Hours and the mayor declared a state of emergency. Yesterday, she apologized. If we had gotten out earlier and had more resources we may have seen a difference. Schools will be closed today and the metro system will suspend service this weekend. A woman in queens is fighting for her life after being shot in the head during an attempted robbery. Two men targeted a woman and her daughter. It happened in the parking lot of a hampton inn. The daughter was pistol whip. The men fled the scene in a white car. The 53yearold mother is a hospital. Charged with murdering his own wife. A funeral was held yesterday bronx. Wednesday. Police say there there was no history of Domestic Violence reports at the home. Goldmans husband filed for divorce last summer. They were due in court on monday. You can never tell what happens when somebodys getting divorced but i dont think anybody saw anything like this. Everybodys shocked. None of us can believe it happened. Hes being held in the jail. Weve been dealing with them since the height of the collapse. The zombie homes are causing problems in poor and affluent neighborhoods alike. Its a big issue in suburbia. The home own purchase street in upscale harrison has seen better days since the former owner walked away from his mortgage. He left belongs behind but the grandest zombie home in the brainings ore owners or current various stages of foreclosure. Suburban town and cities have begun using taxpayer money to clear them up. We deal with Zombie Properties on a weekly basis. Its hard to miss an eye eyesore like this. Its estimated 20 million in home equity has vanished because theyre too close to dumps like this. I dont know who owns it. Why hasnt is been sold . You know, cleaned up and put on the market. I dont know. Its mystery. Usually its fallout. A home thats worth less than the mortgage. The bank doesnt really want it. New legislation sponsored by state senator jeff klein with the urging of Mount Vernons mayor would force banks to follow the law and maintain the local powers to get reimbursed for any clean up cost t. Would immediately pull 5 grand off the value. Theyre really having an impact of the American Dream of Home Ownership and we need to do something about it and force the bank to abide by the law as they should. It wont be too soon for people in harrisson. This place is slated to be demolish. The cost of the deem a funeral will be held today for abigail flannegan. She was one of the students killed in last week when their bus crashed. She was also a nurse practitioner. She was 45 and leaves behind a husband and two sons. Time now coming up on 440 plan for the city. The shocking number of guns found in carry on luggages. An unwanted drug in it. Get ready. Youve got a nice, quiet, calm day today. Ons the cool its on the cool side. Tomorrow its not just the snow. Its the wind as well. Weather on the 2s coming up. Make the windshield wiper is good. Get something to do and make sure youre ready for the potential for and i hate to say this, some scattered Power Outages. Wind were talking about. Thats persistent and gusty winds. Its on the cool side. 21, 20. You get. Feels colder for that with the wind. Weve got the teaches to the north. Some sink digit readings as well. Yeah. Its the full moon thats going cause problems along the coast and yeah. Less is waiting. Hes got the house in focus. Were talking about inches of snow and managing and moving it. Its hard for you to amuse around tomorrow its just a brisk then bright cloudy january day. Winds out of the north at 9 miles an hour. Relativity humidity at 46 . Its still cold 21 in the hamptons. Colder than it was this time yesterday. 5 to 10 degrees colder. When you throw in the wind. Storm is to the south. There it is. An almost of ice now. Thats a mess. Thats why alex is talking about the preemptive cancellation of so many flights. Its had a real impact. Now, lets timeout your day. Your day work and school, fine. Snow free. Youve got clouds rolling in. Now the models bringing it a little sooner. Yes we were hipting at snow free sunrise. Well start to see some snow by sunrise. And then remember we mentioned this earlier. As soon as it starts hitting, its sticking because its so cold and even as early as 3 00 or 4 00 in the morning parts of ocean county start to she some accumulating snow. Gets busy in the morning between 9 and noon. I think models are a little aggressive with this. Then very busy into the afternoon. Worried about the morning high tide cycles and a little more. Thats when the wind is starting to kick in. Thats going to be leaving by sunday morning. 4 to 8inch range. Less accumulating snow to the north. 1 to maybe 20 inches of snow for parts of new jersey, central and southern parts of new jersey. That means a 3hour period. Dpusty winds, blowing and drifting snow. Its a winter storm watch. Withless than impact in parts of northern west chester. The afternoons brighter. Monday into tuesday get out the barbecue. Its quiet right now. Thatll change though. What a sing. If you were traveling this morning. Already some changings, not weather related. Closed in both directions for road work. Liberty and jerseys afternoon. Closed for 15 minutes or so for some lingering constructions and john mentioned this just a reminder airlines are prepping for the storm by canceling flights along the east coast already. Check with your carrier before you head out the door. Its in effect city wide today. Its already suspended tomorrow but you still have to feed the meters. Dont text and drive. Back to you. If youre just waking up heres a look at some of the stories making news. Russian president probably personally approvalled the murder. He died in 2006 after drinking substance but he was an outspoken kremlin critic. Rick snyder has been called to testify in the flint water crisis. The house government reform committing is the first inquiry into the high levels of lead in flibts drinking water. President obamas pick for the next secretary of the army appeared yesterday. Theyve confirmed by the full sentence, he will be the first openly gay member of the u. S. Military. Hired today after the dow gained ground on thursday. The asian markets are way up. As Energy Prices recovered. The Dow Jones Industrial average was up 115 points. Almost unchanged. Up less than one point and over 9. A brand of cough syrup has been pulled because its a little too strong. It contains morphine. They issued a recall of the it isnt listed and the syrup is manufactured in china. They didnt know about the ingredient. With the up and downs of wall street a cautious preliminary spending man. Marsha cramer has that story. Youre not going be able to his spendthrift bill. Were also watching a global and National Economic landscape that looks increasing uncertain. The mayor proposing a budget that kill puts billions into reserve funds just in case and asks agencies to find creative ways to spend money. Large and small. Like switchings to red asphalt. There are also new priorities. We know that we have to make targeted investments because of what builds a longterm economically strong city. Translator mayor proposed 700 milliondollars of new programs to fund new traffic evensment agents, 12,000 new classrooms, crack down on synthetic marijuana, prevent elder abuse, reduce ambulance response time. 67 full time and 50 part time. Hes digging into the homeless problem and millioner if prevention, shelter repair and new housing units. Praising the mayor for putting money aside for a rainy day but they need a larger cushion in order to be prepared for the next financial down tour. The mayor will propose a final budget in the spring and marsha, cbs 2 news. They have their hand full. Found in carry on lug an last year alone. Thats more than 80 of the weapons were loaded. Airports in dallas, atlanta, houston, denver and phoenix saw the most cornifies indicated gun this year. Its illegally to pack them in carryon bags. They can be checked if the owner informs the weapons. 4 50. The popular musical thats returning to broadway. And the snow causing some major problems this week. Other events put on hold for the storm. And weather on the 2s next. More than 3 Million People already know the feeling of feet so silky smooth that you cant help but touch them. Discover the latest innovation in the amope foot care line. The new amope pedi perfect with diamond crystals and extra coarse roller head. It softens callouses effortlessly and efficiently for beautiful, soft feet in an instant. Feel it yourself amope. Ve every step. Thanks, everybody and good morning. Its the calm before the storm. The snows going to hold off until late. I overheard folks saying its tomorrow morning. Thats right. Its after midnight. Its well afternoon midnight tap for your saturday. Plus that south and west of city. Then we dig out on sunday with sunshine overhead. And the low 30s. It feels cool. Youve got no snow right now. No snow for the afternoon or evening hours as well. Here comes the low. European model actually the numbers are up a bit. Want to show some of these models. They have the city at 6. 7 by saturday at 2 and for the e. Right around 10. Again thats close to that 4 to 8 and 12 is just off to the south and west. Thats your saturday into the first part of your sunday. Its the first part of your friday right now. Whats going on, al scene of the accident if you remember traveling in some changes for you. Theres an accident involving a tractor trailer. It has the offramp closed. As well as the bridge. Closed in both directions construction should be out there for another 10 to 15 minutes. Its in effect city wide. You will need to feed the meters and do remember to be safe. Dont text and drive. Back with you. The musical cat is returning to broadway. The original Tony Award Winning production from 1982 to 2000. Performances begin on july 14th. So many people excited about it that. It may be a good weekend to go to the movies. And these new movies out their top spots . During a traffic stop. Teaming up in their new r rated comedy. Movie opens today. While its not expected to not ride along with the remnant. It could take over third place from star wars. The others took my brother and im going to go get him. And the new low a snowy weekend and football playoffs may keep people in their homes instead of in the theaters. I dont think ill leave home anymore than i have to. You never like when a movie is described as low budget. Part of the godfather trilogy. They did better than we expect. Getting to the theater tomorrow. If you can walk to it, great. So in just a couple of minutes. Okay. Time now is 4 58. Bracing for a big one. The massive snowstorm up the east coast. Long lines in storms as people prepare for all of that snow. The shore tries to minimize the flood risk. There the storm track and snow totals coming up following a developing story in queens. A woman shot at a hotel. In 0 seconds. Good morning we have special eye on the storm Team Coverage, this is cbs 2 news this morning. It is 5 00 now, 22 degrees on this friday, january 22nd, it is common cool right now, that will all change by tomorrow. Good morning im chris wragge. Welcome to cbs 2 news, lets get to our special Team Coverage. Meg baker and Andrea Grimes is in lower manhattan, that was it, you just saw it i want to show you where that storm is, where it is headed in the city, it is calm, it is quiet, it is it is chilly, well be dealing with gusty winds, 21 feels colder with that north wind, it is a complex system. Im making headlines across the country that ice now down into parts of alabama, up into and through kentucky and wrapping into North Carolina, thats today. By tomorrow morning around this time weve got flakes falling in the city then it is a rather hasty exit on sunday. The problem is it is an all day deal tomorrow, so youre easily going to see that 4 to 8. That blue line, the 8 to 12, very close to the city. That could pivot up and include parts of brooklyn and queens or it may retreat a bit down into more of summerset and middlesex county, the bullseye to the south and west, it is going to be very challenging around the nations capitol. Some of the models have two feet of snow for d. C. , just for fun ill show you little later. 33, feel like 27, take advantage of it. Checked they were supposed to be wrapping up construction, whats going on . First the beginning in northburg, there is an accident involving a tractor trailer has the off ramp closed to the new jersey turnpike. Also in jersey city the covered roadway is closed in both directions for road work between liberty and jersey avenues but the bridge has reopened that was supposed to clear. Mass transit on or close to schedule, do remember this weekend if snow accumulations or wind gusts are higher than normal, which we know they will be, la the new Jersey Transit may suspend operations just make sure if mass transit is the way youre getting around check before you head out the door. Alternate side parking is effect today, be safe, dont text and drive. Now lets talk about air travel. Airlines are preparing by canceling flights along the east coast already, on flightaware. Com reporting that some 4,000 flights will not American Eagle canceled all saturday flights from jfk, la guardia and newark, canceling late morning on saturday, united as well canceling in hubs along the east coast starting today. The airlines are waiving fees for people who rebook flights in advance and check with your carrier, well keep you posted. The city gearing up for the first big storm of the season. Thousands of workers are ready to hit the streets. Andrea grimes has more from lower manhattan. Reporter diane and chris, good morning starting this morning the Sanitation Department is deploying workers on 2300 workers on each shift. The city says it is keeping an eye closely on this evolving forecast and so are new yorkers. You know that its a busy day when they are keeping people out of the store. People lined up to get their hands on the hottest items in at this trader joes and snow supplies like at this home depot in chelsea. Im buying a shovel and a scraper for the car. At this store in the bronx, chad managed to get his hands on some salt. Buying the last two, thats it. Anybody that come after me, youout of luck. When it comes to salt the city is ready to. Mayor deblasio has 300,000tons on hand and 1600 sanitation vehicles fitted with plows. I have every confidence that the department of sanitation and agencies are ready to handle this. The mayor says they are in daily contact with the National Weather service. As of yesterday the city was planning for the possibility of up to a foot of snow in addition to strong winds and possible coastal flooding. Every new yorker can help out as always when the storm hits, it is crucial for people to stay off the streets to the the mayor also says that 579 salt spreaders will be pre deployed tonight. He adds all agencies will be out during the storm including the fdny and nypd. Since the storm is coming on a weekend most people should be able to heed the mayors advice and stay in doors. Andrea grimes, cbs 2 news. The jersey shore is bracing for a brutal combination of heavy snow and coastal flooding. Meg baker joins us with how the area is getting ready, good morning. Reporter good morning chris and diane. Shore towns are not only building up dunes for breaking barriers but moving emergency vehicles to higher ground, tying down property. Were standing next to the inland, and that full moon is only going to add to the power of the storm. Sandbags are blocking doors could be a powerful storm this weekend. These people must really be concerned you know, it is a big deal. Many homes have been raised since the devastating floods three years ago. We had waves coming up and flow down the street and come up again. Patricia is planning to move furniture upstairs just in case. The core of engineers did a treatment three years ago, supposedly we have enough stand on the beach to protect us. Residents know all too well about the back bay Flooding Issues here. As we get northeast which were talking about, usually this whole area in this end, right to the err end is always flooded. We have more sand, we have more equipment, so well be better prepared for this storm than we were for sandy. His main concern is not snowfall but the dangerous combination of a lunar high tied and strong winds. If you live if a low lying area move your car to a higher area, we believe there is a high probability of flooding on the streets. A moderate probability of flooding into peoples homes. Residents say theyll prepare the best they can. I love it around here. Just goes with the territory, you know . Now the worst of the flooding expected 7 a. M. And then again at 7 p. M. On saturday. Again, thats due to the lunar high tied. Were live, meg baker, cbs 2 news. Thank you. Looking to earn extra cash . The city is looking to hire eligible workers to remove ice after heavy snow falls like the one we are expecting this weekend. By their Sanitation Department, they make 13. 50 an hour but jumps to 20. 25 during the course of a week. Snow making machines had already transformed a section of central park into winter a big rig takes a dangerous turn, plus this. This is really messed up to target people like me, specifically. Thieves take advantage of a Staten Island teen who has no arms, here how he escaped his attackers. Lets get you ready to go for your day today thats going to be a different drill tomorrow. You need to coat you need to gloves and hat, it actually feels colder today. Make sure you got the snow weather on the 2s coming up. Welcome back to cbs 2 news here at 5 11. 21 degrees, everybody is getting ready for the snow headed our way. A close call for some Police Officers in texas as they were waiting for a tow truck, the brakes on a big rig caused a traitor behind it to swing around, amazingly the truck did not hit them or their police cruiser. Time now 5 12. John and alex having a very busy morning today. It is going to be, you know the blessing about this, it is a drag for people trying to fly. But as far as School Districts and as far as kids hate it, but that is a blessing. So you know you have to plan household, plans were changed and canceled. Lets talk about some numbers and show you the variety ofnumbers that the models are cranking out right now, 21 winds out of the north at 9 it feels cooler relative humidity 46 . Your spread there about 10 to 22 degrees. Now with the wind it feels colder the wind chill in the city is down, the wind chill is the air temperature reading there, we have wind chills in the teens for long island, and Single Digits wind chills throughput numb, duchess and sullivan. Were quiet right now, were taking the trip down to the storm. It is heavy rain through georgia, it is now snow and lots of it into parts of the carolinas and we are seeing some ice into parts of South Carolina then snow and ice all the way up into kentucky. Now the gfs, this is a fascinating model because this thing has just totally backing down by saturday morning, half and then for the event through sunday 3 inches in the city, 15 inches in trenton. There is pretty good agreement that the bigger totals will be to the south and west, but look at that spread. You dont even get hardly anything into parts of the hudson valley. The north american model has it parked on top of us with 27 inches of snow. Mike on camera 2 apparently loves the north american model, he is in long island and the kids want snow. I dont see this happening has it stalling . 42 inches for sparta, i dont see it there is just not enough moisture for that, i think it is going to be elongated with once again the more significant totals to the south and west, the euro has been a pretty dependable model by tomorrow afternoon already half a foot in the city. Thats a big headache. Again you get to see those bigger totals off to the south and west, and for the event city with that 6 to 12 just off to the west. So yeah. That line, that might be flirting with the city with some double digit totals. Dont forget, though, a big part of this is going to be the wind. Thats why were concerned about the possibility of Power Outages thats what makes it hard getting around that 3 hour period at minimum with those winds in excess of 35 to 40 Miles Per Hour. Winter storm warning to the north and you notice further to the north, not as much of an impact from this and along the coast as meg has been reporting all the high tied cycles saturday Morning Saturday night sunday morning could see coastal flooding and also beach erosion, good news is, it is not, were actually going to start to see melting by monday into tuesday with those warmer numbers, but plan on it yeah, it is going to be busy tomorrow. Whats going on right now alex . We have changes not weather related quite yet there is a lane on the eastbound side at exit 36. It is out there in northburg there is an accident involving a tractor trailer, has the off ramp closed from route 3 eastbound to the new jersey turnpike. A live look outside, if you are taking any kind of air traveler if you want to take air travel, airlines are already prepping by canceling flights along the east coast before you head out the door make sure you call and say hey should i change my flight . Alternate side is in affect city wide, in suspended for tomorrow, youll have to pay the meters and dont be safe dont text and drive. An update on that slashing in the east village the man is now in custody accused of two incidents 28yearold francis was out on bail yesterday, when police say he slashed a mans face. He was previously charged and jailed for a slashing that took place behind belleview hospital. The attack appears random over a fight over a cigarette. Out of control car in east harlem slams into a woman happened in front of on lexington avenue, a worker inside wanted to help. Just when i saw the car, hit the girl she was trying to escape but she cannot make it out and hit the girl. Police say the driver is a gas station attendant who was parking the car, questioned no word now if he will face any charges. Police say a disabled Staten Island teenager is finally getting some justice after being targeted and mugged on the street. Dave carlin has this story from port richmond. I just feel like i was at the wrong place at the wrong time. 18yearold carlos simon was alone on the evening of november 30th when a group of young people assaulted him robbed him. He says they were after his phone. No doubt, after noticing the how does it work show me. It activates by touching the screen twice with my nose use the touch screen. Born without arms he says often strangers can be counted onto help him get things out of his pockets but he could tell right away with these suspects he was in trouble. They cornered me and surrounded me on each side trying to make as much noise as i could so hopefully someone in a near by house could turn on the light. Simon got his chance to get away when a resident got closer to the group and that caused the suspects to backup. Police say tips led to an arrest include ago 13yearold boy and 15yearold girl and 20 yearold vincent, they call him the ringleader and faces charges of robbery and criminal possession of stolen property. I could see the word is cowardous. Simon did not get his stolen phone back, it is a brand new his long time friend sky. Simon vows to continue to go where he wants unafraid and pursue his dreams of being a professional artist and therapist. Dave carlin, cbs 2 news. Just when you think people cant get any lower. I know how do you pick on someone like that . Time is now 5 19 tips before you head out in the snow, how to stay safe on the roads, plus this. She has struggled with her weight for years but this balloon might help. How a stomach balloon is usedded to treat obesity. And weather on the 2s next. Ye pasm,ue wt . Maiea owanweehanginlilelo bie mh iusboht hme thntnefa eugfo erne t os people are shocked, that this process is so easy. Every person that i helped, i wanted to help 10 more people after that. It just made me feel good. Come into work everyday, and just knowing that i was going to make a difference in peoples lives. Come get health insurance, its easy. I can help you. I just love helping people. I dont want anybody to be without health insurance. We have an alert for parents, tens of thousands of infant car seats are being recalled federal regulators say 71,000 seats have handles that can develop cracks that can lead to fractures the affected models are the be safe 35, the be safe 35 elite and the travel system, the seats were made from october 2014 to july 1st of 2015. Time for 5 22. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s. Spectacular, clear and cold right now, this is the wolf moon and it is full tomorrow. Pretty look at it now, but a menace tomorrow as it will add to the height of the ways, high tides tomorrow morning and unrelenting winds will lead to coastal floodings. Now lets talk snow and time it out. You are fine through the day, fine into tonight. Late tonight, thats after midnight, the snow starts to spread from south to north. It has to clear all the way up to your neck of the woods during the course of the morning wake up saturday there is light snow in the city. It is into the middle part of the afternoon where we have the heaviest snow and strongest winds and saturday night into the very first part of your sunday it wraps up, it starts early on your saturday. A friday with alex. Thank you good morning if you are traveling in northburg and we have some changes, there is an accident that has the off westbound to route 3 you can see it in the bottom left portion of your screen there was an earlier tractor trailer accident that has since cleared out on route 3 eastbound. In amityville, on the eastbound way at exit 36 no delays quite yet. Alternate side parking is in affect city wide, suspended for tomorrow youll still have to pay the meters and be safe dont text and drive. Thanks. 23 minutes after the hour, good night for the devils, and mellow is an all star again. Ottis livingston has this morning update. The knicks host the clippers, playing brooklyn and last night devils hosted the senators ottawa with a 5 game road trip and it showed second goal of the night, his 20th of the season, 30 jersey boys not close the being done, end to end unassisted as the deviled up a 50 lead in the first period, winning 33. Caramel ow anthony, beat out with 360 votes. Thats your cbs 2 sports this morning several Animal Rescue groups are trying to place a run away cow in a sanctuary. Hazel sanchez shows us the chase and the big ending. Holy cow. No youre not seeing things there really was a cow running loose in jamaicaqueens. This attendant says she was working in this booth when she saw him running into her parking garage on archer avenue and 150th street. The head bolted from the live poultry and meat market across the street from the garage. The cow being delivered from up state new york was being transferred from a trailer when he got loose. When you bring him in the pen, you escape from the pen so we cant catch him. Just run away. Police had to shut down to safely capture the four legged escapee, they cornered the cow right here at this parking garage. Hazel sanchez, cbs 2 news. You cant send him back to slaughter now he earned it didnt he . This is a new trend, people are freezing their jeans and putting them in their car, they say the wet pants hold in their place until they freeze solid, we say it takes 30 minutes, that should give you an idea how brutally cold it is there. People have been freezing their pants off in minnesota for years. All right. Time now 5 26. Up next Team Coverage of the snowstorm in our area john elliot is tracking the forecast and were watching the travel changes plus this. Were here where officials are expected the flooding come saturday during the lunar high tides. New york city is gearing up for this weekends big storm ill explain how it is dont be left with your wheels spinning we have tips to keep your car on track when continues after this. All milk milk milk milk milk okay funs over. Aw. Aw. Thirsty . They said it would make me cool. They dont sound cool to me. Guess not. You got to stick up for yourself, like with the name your price tool. Arent you lactose intolerant . This isnt lactose. Its milk. Welcome back to cbs 2 news this morning, a blizzard live look from the jersey shore where flooding is a big concern. Just a couple of days ago we had been hearing about a storm that hadnt even formed yet. Now snow is up on the radar and it is headed our way. New video just into the newsroom, snow already starting to fall in charlotte North Carolina. Good morning everyone im chris wragge. Im diane in for mary calvi, we are live with Team Coverage from the city to the jersey shore. We have Andrea Grimes and meg baker. Alex dennis is watching travel, john elliot is tracking. There is meg baker. The concern along the shore it is the wind, the wind is going to be unrelenting and you have a full moon. In the city right now, it is calm, but look to the south you can see the area of low pressure and whats resulting, cold enough air for snow and ice into and through virginia down into North Carolina and all the way wrapping around into alabama. During the day today, it makes atlantic, i have to tell you, d. C. , it is going to be tough in d. C. Through baltimore as well. Quick exit on sunday, the blue line the 8 to 12 closer to the city, nosing in closer to the city, one thing the bright color you see on the bottom of the screen, yeah. Pretty good model agreement the real bullseye so to speak will be south and west of the city. That includes portions of central and south jersey as well. Clear and 21, right now hour by hour it is going to be a cold day today. Wind chills something to consider high of 33 but it stays dry so take advantage of it before it isnt dry. All right john thank you. Alex. As you are traveling of course we arent dealing with the weather quite yet. There is an accident that has the off ramp closed from 495 westbound to route 3 westbound as well you can see the flashing lights in the bottom left portion of your screen and the area in amityville there is an accident on the eastbound side of the Southern State park way at exits 36 no delays quite yet through the area. Alternate side parking is in affect city wide, it is suspended tomorrow, you will still have to pay the meters be safe as you make your way out please do not text and drive. If you are taking air travel airlines are prepping for the snowstorm by canceling flights along the east coast, online flight tracker flightaware. Com already reporting that some 4,000 flights will not take off. American eagle canceled saturday flights from jfk, la guardia and newark, and the late morning on saturday and united also reporting cancellations along the east coast that is starting today. Plan on leaving over the weekend, but the way the storm looks, going to go ahead and get out now. All right. Good luck to you airlines are waiving fees for people who your carrier before you head to the airport. The jersey shore is expected to get pounded by this storm. The combination of high winds and tides are a big concern this morning. Meg baker joins us where they are getting ready. The worst of the flooding is expected saturday around 7 a. M. And then again at 7 p. M. During high tied. The high tied will be powered by that full moon. Here is a look how officials in the area are preparing to keep residents safe residents here on the beach there is a three foot berm here, set in place since the fall, the houses are basically on the beach here expecting to protect the homes from the strong high waves that could reach up to 12 feet. Now across the way in Point Pleasant they have sandbags up on the boardwalk to protect that area, further north in belmar, the mayor actually was running a drone along the beach to check and see how the dunes have held up throughout the winter and building them backup so that they are in place for this weekend. Again, high tides saturday, 7 a. M. Again at 7 p. M. This inlet here is a very flood prone area why . Because this is where the ocean meet it is may Manasquan River, the low lying areas particularly on first after. Well have another update coming up for you for now were live in manasquan. The city is also bracing for the storm. Thousands of sanitation we have more from lower manhattan, andrea. Reporter chris and diane, nearly 600 salt spreaders will be predeployed this morning the Sanitation Department has workers on two, 12 hour split shifts 2300 workers on each shift and many people we spoke with who live here in here say they are ready as well. This has many new yorkers gearing up for a nice weekend in doors. I dont want no snow this weekend. Are you getting prepared . Yes i do. What are you doing . Im going to stay in the house, not going nowhere. Seems most will not go hungry. People lined up to get their hands on the hottest items in town right now including groceries at this trader joe. You know that it is a busy day when they are keeping people out of the store. They are also stocking up on depot in the bronx, chad managed to get his hands on some salt. Im buying the last two, anybody that come after me youre out of luck. The city is ready to. Mayor deblasio says they have 300,000tons on hand more than 1600 sanitation vehicles fitted with plows. I have every confidence that the department of sanitation and all of its sister agencies are ready to handle this. The mayor says they are in daily contact with the National Weather service. As of yesterday, the city was planning for the possibility of up to a foot of snow in some areas in addition to strong winds and possible coastal flooding. Real concern obviously about coastal flooding and thats another reason we want people to be very, very careful. First concern is for human life so we want people to take these warnings seriously, stay inside, not take risks. And the mayor said travel around this weekend, he encourages you to use mass transit. As of now there is no plans to shut down. They are in close communication with the state on that but again expect another day today of long lines at the Grocery Store as people head out, got to get that bread and milk. Reporting live in lower manhattan, Andrea Grimes, cbs 2 news. A warning for businesses from the attorney general, no price gouging anyone caughtboosting prices for winter officials, they are not a time to exploit new yorkers. The washington d. C. Area may get the worst of this storm they are getting ready too. Schools are canceled for the day officials are taking the step to close the area subway. The metro system will shut down at 11 00 even though a lot is under ground there is a concern that loss of power could trap people inside and strand trains. Customers out there and leaving them stranded. The system will remain closed for the weekend hundreds of rail cars will fill the tunnel to avoid potential damage. Maryland, virginia and washington d. C. Declared states of emergency ahead of the storm as well. Driving in the snow and icy conditions is not easy coming up what you need to know if you plan to venture out on the roads over the next new days and we dont recommend. Make sure you keep track of any changes in the forecast 24 7 with cbs new yorks weather app. Now to a developing story a maryland woman is fighting for her life after being shot in the chest during an attempted robbery in queens. Police say 2 men targeted a mother and daughter as they sat in their car last night about 8 30. It happened in the parking lot of a hampton inn year jfk airport. The daughter in her 20s was pistol whipped when her mom tried to intervene she was shot. Police say the men fled the scene in a white car the mother and a man charged with the murder of his own wife. A funeral was held for a woman stabbed to death in her multimillion dollars, police say there was no history of Domestic Violence at the home, goldmans husband, jewels rice filed for divorce last summer they were due in court on monday. When somebody is getting divorced, i dont think anybody saw anything like this at all. Everybody is upset, everybody is shocked none of us can believe it happened. The lawyer and tax expert is being held in the West Chester County jail. 5 39 come up a major recall on car seats. Are your migraines getting worse as you get older . Why it might be true for women. A wheelchair bound veteran isnt letting his ability stop him from clearing the snow. Forecasted an update and twitter cbs newyork. Ohi ini w sst hestentastng at tt . Ou. Y wt e y . Hoy,e dn s tt dot ghyo ititswi eh r 0 loesrle,troulen rsbrni, d eecas. Beon such a shame its labeled a getaway. Life should always feel like this. Hampton. We go together. Always get the lowest price,. Hi everybody, i want to have a little fun with the weather watchers and use their reports to kind of set the stage for saturday. Pretty sunset shot from yesterday, really like that. I like this comment as well. Cant wait for the snow, having a Blizzard Party, see, plan ahead, do something fun, if youre having a Blizzard Party and having people over, guess what, they are staying over. If you are going to have. Might be like a sleep over because it is going to be hard thanks for this in Staten Island, after katrina, the flood warnings are taken seriously and unhappy flashback with the flooding on Staten Island. Staten island ill tell you what you could see the higher totals the city due to your geography, this is from less. The middle one right there, this is an icebreaker these two will come in handy and could see a little cap of ice as it exits for parts of the shore and the twin forks at the end of the storm. No storm right now, lets dive right into it show you whats going on in the city, were waiting were cold, were shivering 21 out of the north at 9, air temperature readings around 10, parts of the hudson valley, it was a cooler morning than yesterday. Wind chills retreat a bit thats going to be the case during the course of the day today only 33 the normal is 38, notice the atmosphere is primed and ready for snow, it is going sun is up 7 14. Pretty cloudy at 5 01. We may have them if you dont take advantage of the day. So far not a half an inch of snow. Normal today, 9. 7. We may make up the entire deficit in a day so yeah, we are going to experiment with this line right here the blue line might seem to be creeping a little to the north then again Staten Island you may have 4 inches more snow than we have in the bronx. Even parts of manhattan where youll have that kind of graduation, more snow in brooklyn than queens, definitely in toms river thats where youll see. And the focus the bullseye of sorts not crazy about that expression, it paints the picture is to our south. And yeah, d. C. The hills of maryland and virginia getting there. It is going to be problematic, storm and watch it roll in during the course of the day today, still 8 00, youll be okay and early saturday, we have snow, and then a little bit of banding every now and then well see banding thats when the wind will intensify, icing as it wraps up really still a strong storm early saturday night and then it exits quickly on your sunday. Saturday clearly a day friday a day to prepare. You have to work and do other things too lets get you there with alex. And there is an accident with an over turned tractor trailer, has the off ramp closed from route 3 westbound to the new jersey turnpike western spur, also from 495, you can see the bottle to left portion of your screen the flashing lights and all the to tunnel e avenue. Mass transit on or close to schedule. No accumulation or wind gust. That metro north could suspend operations, keep yourself posted as you travel throughout the weekend alternate is in affect city wide it is suspended already in advance for tomorrow. You still will need to pay the meter and be safe dont text and drive. Good news for over seaing markets following wall street gain. An important recall for parents and the apple watch isnt high tech, now it is very high end. Cbs 2 is live at the New York Stock Exchange with more. Good morning chris happy friday, good news, the day before the dow jones and the price of oil is on the rebound, rose 4 closing shy of 30 a barrel. Its biggest dive since september, crude is a benchmark for International Oil that rose almost 5 still the price of oil is at its lowest point since 2003. Recalling 71,000 infant car seats because the handle can crack and break causing the seat to fall unexpectedly. Recalls the be safe 35 and infant car seats and travel systems, now if you have one of these seats you could sign up to get a free repair kit and stop carrying the seat by the handle until the repair is made. At least one infant has been injured. Today you can go online to buy an apple watch, the french designer, hand made leather apple watches start at 1,100, the most expensive will set you back 1,500. The collection comes with stainless steal cases custom watch faces and in a variety of colors. Ill have to put that on the birthday list or something. Fantastic. Pretty much. Thanks so much. With the winter storm headed our way, your best bet is to stay in doors. If you really have to head out alex dennis has tips to drive safely through the snow. Aaa offers a few reminders for staying safe during Winter Driving conditions, first drive responsibly by slowing down and increasing your following distance on drive pavement leave 3 to 4 seconds between yourself and the vehicle ahead, and drives should aim for a minimum of 8 to 10 seconds to follow and to allow sudden stops, leaving extra time to reach your destination. Avoid Cruise Control. Using Cruise Control increases the chance of losing control of the vehicle, especially if you hit a patch of ice if you feel your car begins to skid, it is important to not panic and continue to look towards the path where you want to travel, steer in the direction you want the front of the vehicle to go. Avoid slamming on the brakes as this will further upset the vehicles balance and make it harder to control. Make sure to be and be seen entirely clear of the front and back windshield as well as sidemirrors and the roof of the car, clear visibility to keep a safe driving distance as you make your way out. And of course, if you do not have to travel, dont want you to, be safe this weekend. Thanks so much coming up in our next half hour guns at the airport wait until you hear how many weapons were found in carry on luggage. Could this balloon be the answer to the fight against obesity . How nonsurgical treatments are helping. Ottis livingston has this mornings report. The devils spanked the senators last night 63. Anthony named to a 7 strait jazz playing brooklyn. We might want to take notes from one nebraska veteran who has a unique method of snow removal. Justin anderson who lost a leg in iraq added a plow to his off road wheelchair. He says the Omaha Community supported him through his recovery, he says this is his way of giving back look at that. Looks like a tank. Great gesture there. Well be seeing here a lot of snow will be along the sidewalks and drive ways. It is your responsibility to keep that sidewalk clear. That story works on manylevels. Think about what you need to do about your place, or in the city just to make sure you stay safe. Clear and 22, going to be a brisk day today. Staying dry low 30s feeling colder with those wind chills. Were looking at measurable snow the 8 to 12 line pushing a little further to the north. Thats only part of the story, thats a blizzard warning tonight through sunday morning a blizzard warning for thety long island central south jersey winter storm warning to the north graduated warnings to the north and that blizzard warning means youll not just deal with getting through, with the wind and the definition yeah it is a blizzard if you have 35 plus Miles Per Hour winds which well easily do for those are the two facets that constitute a blizzard warning saturday in the middle of the day into the afternoon very, very challenging, lets get right now with alex. Thank you if you are traveling lets take a look at one of our hundreds of cameras in the area unfortunately means slow traffic there was an accident with an over turned tractor trailer, from westbound to the turnpike as well as the western spur this has the ramp closed 495 westbound to route 3 you can see on the left bottom portion of your screen flashing lights and all the headlights through the screen back to tunnel e avenue. To jfk lets talk about airports, prepping for the storm all along the east coast before you head out the door alternate side parking is in affect you will still need to dont text and drive. Chris over to you. In this mornings health women, researchers at the university of cincinnati, they suggest changing in hormone levels could have crippling headaches for as much as 10 days a month for women. Weight loss can be tough but also med, thats why there is bypass and lap bands, this doctor is telling us about a new approach for a stomach balloon. It is no secret that america has a weight problem, twothirds of us are over weight half of those over weight folks are actually obese. Maria fall into that group, she struggled with her weight and the weight crept up after the birth of each of her children. Feel like youre always on a diet. Exercise as much as i can with three kids it is difficult. With 5 8, 225 pounds, she has decided to try this. A stomach balloon. Having the big turkey dinner that doesnt go away. A cannula and scope are passed into the stomach then the balloon is inflated with 20 ounces of solution, roughly the same as a large bottle of soda. When the patient eats there is just not much room for food. In real life it is about a 20 minute procedure done under general anesthesia after about 6 months the balloon is deflated and taken out in a similar procedure. It is a jump start lets you see that light at the end of the tunnel earlier than you would if you were doing diet and exercise alone from the pivotal study it would be 40 of your excess weight loss. To keep it off she knows behavior modification is key. Are you afraid youre going to gain your weight back and go back to your old ways . There is a concern for that im hoping my body will reset, ill have a dietitian. Inside the balloon shows up in the patients urine alerting them to the problem, and the doctor uses a cocktail of medications to minimize the nausea and vomiting that can happen in the early days with the balloon. Dr. Max gomez, cbs 2 news. Costs 9,000, not covered by insurance, you get one year with a dietitian. It kick starts your weight loss. That can help. All you have to do is start to see some results. Speaking of health, take care of yourself tomorrow make sure you are ready if you start shoveling to stretch a little bit problems in new jersey that are causing some delays ill have that for you coming up. 5 57 still ahead tracking the path of a storm well review all of this stuff with live Team Coverage coming up in just a moment. Look at what communities along the jersey shore are doing out to keep flood waters heading to washington d. C. To called a historic storm. A pneoroufitar t 00ac d l e emm vi chne f 1ea tgeiocooral 18tfs. Closed captioning on cbs 2 news is brought to you by bmc. News at 5 and 11, expect more. Welcome back to cbs 2 news, we have special storm coverage. At 6 a. M. We have a blizzard warning in affects for parts of the tristate area a live look from the port of Staten Island ferry the snow is already coming down by this time the storm will be here. Good morning everyone im chris wragge. Im diane in for mary calvi, there are preparations underway and our eye is on this coming storm. This has a remainder of Superstorm Sandy for those who live near the water. Question now is are coastal communities ready this time . Were live from the jersey shore coming up. You know that its a busy day when they are keeping people out of the store. New yorkers are not taking any chances lines out the door in Grocery Stores as people stock up on supplies and prepare for the worst but shoppers werent just stocking up on food coming up the must have item that quickly sold out in stores. This is predicted to be the worst storm our state has seen since snowmageden. Likely be huge blizzard conditions there prepping for a shut down after a larger snowfall practically paralyzed the area we have a live report. Have you ever seen lines like this . I dealt with la guardia, kennedy, and this is bad. The storm was also paralyzing flights across the country travelers left stranded as they wait for the storm to pass, we have cancellations coming up. So is winter jam in central park snow making machines already transformed into a Winter Wonderland, why the city says it has to call off the event. The storm is now heading our way a live look at the radar as the storm moves north. We are live with Team Coverage from the city to the shore, we have Andrea Grimes and meg baker. Alex dennis is watching the impact on travel. First the all important john elliott with the tracking of the storm. I appreciate that chris, i would be remised if i did not today unlike the weather were already seeing through the carolinas into virginia is going to be fine you need to gear up it is cold, windy take advantage of the day. You are fine coming home from school and work, even your activities will be snow free. Take advantage of it. Here is the storm right now, stretches from arkansas to raleighdurham. And all the way down into florida of course in warm sectors it is wet and cold sectors far more of a menace through North Carolina. It is the main player here and including parts of the city, i think there will be variation within the 5boros say from the northern passaic and you get into ocean county thats where bullseye, double that parts of south jersey into maryland as well. 22, colder than it was, sun gives way to clouds and the storm but your roads stay dry. Take advantage of it. Be patient. And watch out around parking lots this afternoon and watch out for right now alex. Already as you make your way, there is an over turn with the tractor trailer, closed from route 3 westbound to the new jersey pike, you can see it here, the ramp closed as well from 495 westbound to route 3, delays are back to the area. In the bronx there is an accident, one lane blocked across the bronx expressway at third avenue delays now back to the bronx river park way here. If you are taking or trying to head to the airport this weekend. Not a good weekend to be canceling flights along the east coast, flightaware. Com, reporting that flights will not take off. American eagle from la guardia to new york, American Airlines canceling after the late morning on saturday and united canceling hubs along the east coast starting today the airlines are waiving fees for people who rebook flights and make sure to check with your airline before you head to the airport. And alternate parking in affect, suspended for tomorrow. Be safe dont text and drive. The city is gearing up for the first big storm of the season. Thousands of sanitation workers are ready to hit the streets. Andrea grimes has more from lower manhattan, andrea. Thats right diane and chris, the city says all agencies will be out the weekend the fdny and the Sanitation Department, 12 hour morning, the city says it is keeping an eye on this evolving forecast as are new yorkers. You know that its a busy day when they are keeping people out of the store. People liked up to get their hands on the hottest items in town. Groceries like at this trader joe and snow supplies at this home depot in chelsea. Were buying a shovel and a scraper. Chad managed to get his hands on some salt. Anybody that come after me, youre out of luck. When it comes to salt the city is ready too. Mayor deblasio says theyve got more than 300,000tons of hand more than 1600 sanitation vehicled fitted with plows. I have every confidence that the department of sanitation and its sister agencies are ready to handle this. The mayor is in contact with the National Weather service as of yesterday the city was up to a foot of snow in addition strong winds and act as a barrier against the along the coastline. The main concern is the mix of the strong winds and high tied. Sandbags are blocking doors along the boardwalk in Point Pleasant what could be a powerful storm this weekend. It is a big deal. Many homes have been raised since the devastating floods from Superstorm Sandy. We have waves coming up and flow down the street and come again. Patricia is planning to pull up rugs and move furniture upstairs just in case. Ed donovan is hoping the berm is enough to prevent major crisis. The army core of engineers treated a couple years ago supposedly they have us enough sand on the beach to protect us for 100 year storm threshold. Residents know about the right to the other end is always flooded. If you are not out of here when the tied gets high youre not going to get out. North in belmar, the mayor surveyed the beach with a drone. We have more sand more equipment be better prepared for this storm than sandy. His main concern is not snowfall but a dangerous combination of high tied and strong winds. If you live in a low of lying area move your car to a higher area, we believe there is a high probability of streets into peoples homes. Residents say theyll prepare the best they can. I love it around here, snow goes with the territory. Right now officials are not asking residents to evacuate in the case of this storm, hits it hard they would flash around with Police Cruisers asking door to door if they have to. Meg baker cbs 2 news. Thank you. Dont forget any changes in the forecast 24 7 with new yorks weather app, it is free in your itunes store. Guns on planes the shocking number of weapons on carry onluggage. And why some residents more for their water. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s, john, what do you got . We have a quiet day today tomorrow is going to be the challenging day, i hate to be a nag, but just make sure youre ready for it. Also good time to check the Carbon Monoxide monitor in your home or install one today, because a will the of thoswindows will be sealed stay safe in every day. 20, this is the reading for joanne there in babylon village, i think this is brian, brian was nice enough to send in a picture from yesterday. Beautiful skies, youre actually in better shape, brian, than we are for our neighbors along the jersey shore. That east wind is really going to cause problems right along the shore also back bay flooding going to be a real concern now obviously cool enough for snow for parts of the hudson valley, up here we are not anticipating the kind of totals well see for the city and further to the south as well. Some snow but there is a lot of variety out there a few model runs to share in just a second. Get you running out the door, you have to have the coat have to have the gear, it is cold cover that head some head. Nice and quiet. Here is the storm nice and big, it is nasty. West virginia, virginia,maryland into d. C. Into North Carolina. They just dont have the gear to deal with it. That means going to be very challenging, thhills of western virginia, heavy rain and storms through the panhandle. The gfs had us at 3 for the event. By saturday morning at 7 30, will have an inch on the ground remember cold enough it hits it sticks and a half a foot by 7 in trenton. Now the gfs is up a little bit more, again, a little bit more at around half a foot on average in and around the city, but you are flirting with that double digit reading the euro has not changed much at all, its been a very consistent model by 2 00 saturday afternoon kind of the middle of the peek wind and when you start to see some banding youre at already half a foot around 10 inches total that will vary depending where you are. Staten island youll see more than we see in the bronx and parts of queens brooklyn, see rockland as well. Saturday is the busy day, the wind and the snow, sunday what a reversal. That sun will come out there will be lots of glare, take advantage of the day today clouds roll in, 33, snow starts north. Cold enough for snow absolutely. It is a snow event busy day saturday, better on sunday, the jump from saturday it is 10 degrees warmer monday, warming continues into tuesday but be smart and think through your day today so you can just enjoy hot cocoa and extended Television Watching right here on cbs 2 because well be covering it tomorrow for you. She is covering the roads right now. Weve been showing you ab accident in northburg causing delays for the morning ride now jim smith is above the scene with another perspective for us, good morning jim. Over turned tractor trailer was carrying garbage and this will take quite some time to clean up. This is all happening in northburg from westbound route 3 to westbound 495 essentially the ramp to the turnpike, this is the beginning of route 3, the major problem with this is it is affecting traffic heading out bound from the lincoln tunnel because the ramp from westbound 495 to westbound can see delays back before kennedy boulevard, keep this in mind if you are traveling out of the lincoln tunnel towards the turnpike. Thank you well continue to update you on your slow commute through the area alternate side is in affect city wide, youll still have to pay the meters, be safe dont text and drive. Team coverage of this weekends snowstorm and our maryland, virginia washington d. C. , declared states of emergency. D. C. Expecting the highest snow totals from this storm. Don champion joins us live from washington with more now. Don. Good morning die diane, expecting 30 inches of snow, schools have been canceled for the day and as you can imagine transportation will be affected greatly by this storm, airlines have canceled autoof the airports and region across the ground amtrak announced it will through the weekend and most significant cancellations for residents in the d. C. Area metro will shut down at 11 00, it is the second largest behind new york even though much of the system is under ground there is a real fear of Power Outages how they could trap passengers. We cannot risk putting customers out there and leave them stranded in the conditions that were all expected. And officials here hope to have the metro system backup and running by monday or so were told during the storm a rail way car will be stored under ground and the head of metro here says that will help the system get backup and running very quickly, chris and diane. If you could hear me ask you a quick question they were unprepared for the 1 inch of snow and ice that fell in the last 36 hours how are they going to tackle this . We promise the people of the suffer the same consequences . As a d. C. Native thats nothing new. The city got about an inch of snow hundreds of accidents the mayor yesterday did apologize to residents, she did not send out plow trucks and salting trucks out early before that storm but she tried to reassure residents that they are prepared this round and have hundreds of plow trucks ready to hit the streets. People are being told to do not go out if you do not need to. You take care of yourself, thanks for that live report. Don champion in washington d. C. For us. Back in the new york city area if you are looking to earn extra cash grab a shovel. The city is looking for workers to help remove snow and ice for places like bus stops crosswalks fire hydrants after the heavy snow fall like this weekend anyone interested can stop by the Sanitation Department garage, slow tsa agents have their hands full at u. S. Airport saying 2600 guns were found in carry on luggage, 80 of the weapons were loaded airports in dallas, atlanta houston denver and phoenix are the most confiscated guns last year, it is illegal to park firearms or ammo in carry on luggage, unloaded weapons can be checked if the owner ininforms the airline. You still cant bring a bottle of water. At least they are getting caught. Time now 6 20, cough syrup thats too strong now being recalled well tell you why. The new breeds coming to next. Remarkable things are happening at your local acme. Were making changes, and were Getting Better every day eaner. Friendlier. Fresher. Like fresher meat and seafood. And fresher produce and hundreds of organics. 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Want to remind you, though, wind is going to be a crucial player in this gusty winds the bigger snow totals will be coastal flooding and beach erosion are going to be key components as well. Right around 1 00, well try something new, do a little live Facebook Chat go through the models four different models and explain some of the other facets if people want to fire off some questions. I know from layman terms why are the models so different. The nam has it parking on top of us. Is there anything to say that could possibly happen . Is there any information. That is just the outlier, the odds 6 it very low. Alex how do the roadways look . Some changes chapper 2 is above the scene of an accident in north, off ramp closed from route 3 westbound to the eastern spur this has the ramp closed from 495 westbound to route 3, delays are back to burgan line avenue as you make your way out of the city this is what you are up against, wide, suspended for tomorrow be safe dont text and drive. Thank you the time is now 6 24 a good night for the devils and melo. Ottis livingston has more in sports. Good morning everyone coming up tonight knicks host the clippers rangers at the hurricanes and the islanders will be in ottawa. Devils hosted the senator and his 20th of the season, 30 jersey, not even close to being done. End to end unassisted as the deviled open up a lead, big score for the devils to win 6 3. Carmelo anthony, bid out paul by just 360 votes. Im Ottis Livingston thats your cbs 2 sports update. The new breads that dog lovers cant wait to show off. The hollywood marriageproposals that have i love the new breads they are moriah carries new love, put a ring on it. Said to be engaged to an australian billionaire businessman, saying that he bent down on one knee, and presented her with a 35 caret ring fit for a diva, to wedding date yet. Also came with a cart to carry it around. She sure did. Well done. And looks like miley cyrus may also walk down the aisle with her australian hunk. And calling it quits, cyrus spent the holidays recently wearing the ring the first time they were engaged good luck to have a little inside secret. I do have my invite right here did you get yours . Im waiting. Must have got lost in the mail. We know that wedding is going to be, real nice. Look at you. The top dog will be crowned soon right here in new york city, organizers of the Westminster Dog Show showed off 7 new breed of dogs that will join the competition, among is the masco, and this is the shows 140th year the 2 day competition will be held at Madison Square garden beginning february 15th. I wish i could remember the name of last years new breed. I think every time we said it, it sounded different. All right good for them. I doesnt look like it is spelled. All right alex thank you. 6 27 were tracking that massive storm headed to our area. People are stocking up before that storm, we have some airlines are brazing for blizzard conditions the flights that have already been canceled come back. Welcome back, in our special eye on the storm Team Coverage a blizzard warning in a live look from the jersey shore where coastal flooding is a big concern. As you can see from the radar this storm is active and heading our way. Snow already starting to fall in charlotte North Carolina. Good morning everyone im chris wragge. Im diane in for mary calvi. We are live with Team Coverage from the city to the jersey shore. Andrea grimes and meg baker are watching preparations. First john elliot has the latest on the track of the storm. That shot from the jersey shore was show beautiful in stark contrast where we wont be able to see visibility affected by the snow and the wind. Also a friend trying to get out of charlotte yesterday was impossible, so much, so many flights already delayed alex has more on that in a bit. I want you to focus real quickly on North Carolina, look at that. There is a little bit of dry air there into that, so it is breaking up a bit. When you see some of these models cranking out 20 inches for the city i think thats a little bullish, there will be some breaks even as it stays organized and rides from the southeast to the midatlantic and tomorrow morning that 8 to 12 fine blue line pushing into and through more of the city, we are anticipating more double digit readings. Remember your day today just off to a beautiful start but cold. 33 for a high feels like the 20s you need the layers ill bet you got stuff to do. It is so busy, whats going on. As you make your way out north burgan, closed on route more for us. North bergen westbound 495 a section of the ramp to the turn lane thats what it is blocked off in addition the ramp from westbound 495 thats coming out of the lincoln tunnel, also closed thats where were seeing delays, delays back down to the helix coming out of the lincoln tunnel, and bumper to bumper traffic on the right side of your screen well try to give you an update in our next report. Live in chopper 2, jim smith cbs 2 news. I was thinking that is starting to look really slow as you make your way through the area mass transit here is a little bit of good news, currently everything is on or close to schedule. Do remember if snow accumulations or wind gusts are high, new Jersey Transit could suspend operations airlines are also prepping for the storm by canceling flights on the east coast online flight tracker flightaware. Com already will not take off American Eagle canceled saturday flights from jfk, la guardia and newark, American Airlines canceling flights, united also reporting cancellations and hubs along the east coast starting today. Plan on leaving over the weekend, the way the storm looks, go ahead and get out now. We wish him all the best the airlines are waiving fees for people that rebook flights check with your carrier before you head out to the airport. Alternate parking in affect, be safe dont text and drive. The coming blizzard is expected to slam the jersey shore. And a double dose of snow and coastal flooding, meg baker joining us from manasquan. Thats awful deceiving here. Were standing in manasquan issue where the ocean meets the bay and the Manasquan River isnt too far off, this will fill up and the fear is with these strong winds the water will sit there until the next high tied causing major back bay flooding. Sandbags are already blocking doors along the boardwalk in Point Pleasant, what could be a powerful storm this weekend. These people must really be concerned. Many homes of the weve had waves coming up and slow down the street. Patricia is planning to pull up rugs and move furniture upstairs just in case. Manasquan mayor was hoping this could prevent a major crisis. Supposedly we have enough sand on the beach to protect us from a 100 year storm i think this will fall below the threshold. About the back bay Flooding Issues here. Northeast, which they are talking about usually this whole area in manasquan right to the other end is always flooded. So if youre not out of here when the storm or tied gets hide youll not get out. The mayor surveyed the beach with a drone. Our beach is wider we have more sand, we have more equipment, so well be better prepared for this storm. His main concern is not snowfall or precipitation but high tied and strong winds. If you live in a low lying area move your car to a higher area we believe there is a high probability of flooding on the streets a moderate probability of flooding into peoples homes. Residents say theyll prepare the best they can. I love it around here, goes with the territory, you know. A gorgeous scene as the sun rises, those waters are very expecting to change quickly, officials are warning residents to go out today run their errands get their groceries because they dont want anyone out on the roads during this storm. Theyve moved emergency vehicles inland and will go around if evacuation is needed to make a loud announcement to get residents out. Were live in manasquan, meg baker, cbs 2 news. The city is also bracing for the storm. Thousands of workers are ready to hit the streets, Andrea Grimes has more from lower manhattan. It is freezing out here this morning definitely feels like that storm is of course on the way the Sanitation Departments 12 hour split shifts begin this morning the good news of course the timing of this storm coming on the weekend many fewer people will be out and about so well really let the Sanitation Department do its work, people we spoke with say they are ready. The first major snowstorm of the winter has many gearing up for a nice weekend in doors. Are you getting prepared . So what are you doing . Im going to stay in the house, not going nowhere. Seems most will not go hungry, people lined up to get nary hands on the hottest items in town including groceries at this trader joe. You know its a busy day when they keep people out of the store. Stocking up on snow supplies, chad fernandez managed to get his hands on some salt. Buying the last few thats it anybody coming after me youre out of luck. When it comes to salt the city is ready too. Mayor deblasio says theyve got more than 300,000tons of hand and more than 1600 sanitation vehicles fitted with plows. I have every confidence that the department of sanitation and all of its sister agencies are ready to handle this. The mayor says they are in as of yesterday the city was planning for the possibility of up to a foot of snow in some areas in addition to strong winds and possible coastal flooding. A real concern obviously about coastal flooding, thats another reason we want people to be very, very careful first concern is for human life we want people to take these warnings seriously, stay inside. The mayor says if you must travel this weekend to use mass transit. Reporting live in lower manhattan, cbs 2 news. Make sure you keep track of any changes, the app is free in the itunes store. 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Lets Work Together to support sensible and fair learning standards that help every child in every neighborhood succeed. 6 42. Weve been seeing the snow coming up from the carolinas, and washington gets it then it will come to us. Snow. Everybody is talking about snow but very important part is the wind, the wind is going to make it as difficult as the snow as far as getting around for your day tomorrow. Lets show you whats going on in the city. Andrea makes a great point it is colder today than it was yesterday, wind out of the north at 9 so we have wind chills in the teens were quiet right now, just cold take advantage of it here is the storm, storm a mess for the south, ill tell you what icing all the way down into alabama that tuskaloosa youll see this hold together and ride our way. Lets time it out for you, going to an 8 00 movie, youll be fine when you get home, youre ready to go. After midnight it starts to roll in from south to north. By sun rise tomorrow morning it is light snow and we could have maybe half an inch or so remember so cold remember it is cold, it will hit it will stick, it is going to be slick. Youll see banding in concert with the gusty wind some mixing for ocean but youre dealing with wind and accumulating snow bigger totals here you see the darker blue through parts of summer set Morris County we see it into the evening hours then a relatively quick exit early sunday morning, dont forget it is a blizzard warning for the city long island south central, then you see the warnings kind of taper off as you head to the north a warning for a blizzard means you have a minimal three hour period of 35 plus Miles Per Hour winds which leads to blowing snow and visibility suffering. Lets turn on one of the model driven future wind gusts by saturday morning, we have 50 Miles Per Hour wind gusts that morning high tied cycle and meghas been pointing out is problematic flooding already early then watch the city as we get into the afternoon you got hour winds for parts of long island, by saturday afternoon, really the peek of the storm from right before noon into the 5 00 hour, thats when youll be dealing with the unrelenting winds for the jersey shore and these capricious and potentially damaging winds through the rest of the tri state. Power outages is a concern, then you see the wind as we work our way into sunday, that said, thats why you have these coastal flood warnings for new jersey and the south shore, coastal flood watch for the north shore but if you get to work, move the car, Pay Attention to it particularly along the coast as far as evacuations the odds of that low, but it is the wind in concert with the snow that make this the challenging storm that it is. 30 on your saturday, a quick recovery sunday and then feeling like the 40s monday into tuesday. I know that was a lot to ingest, take a breath and now from alex. And lets go into this because weve been seeing problems in north bergen where were really slow last time we checked in with jim smith, how is it looking now do you have some changes for us. Alex ill start with the good news in our last report we saw a problem on the inbound side of 495 heading towards lincoln tunnel, it was an accident after kennedy boulevard, very quickly cleared away there are delays coming off of route 3 and the turnpike. This is the problem, the ramp north burgan to westbound 495 over turned this is also blocking off the ramp going onto 3. Delays back to the helix coming out of the lincoln tunnel. If you are traveling into new jersey, slow ride for you jim thank you. Alternate side parking is in suspended for tomorrow, do remember to be safe dont text and drive. Chris and diane back to you. May get the worst of the storm and now getting ready. Schools are canceled for the day, city officials are also taking the rare step of closing the subway the metro system will close down at 11 00 even though most is under ground there is concern that a loss of power could trap passengers inside stranded trains. We cannot risk putting our customers out there and leaving them stranded in the conditions that are expected. The system will stay closed for the weekend hundreds of rail cars will close avoiding damage for them. Maryland, virginia, washington d. C. Declared states of emergency ahead of the storm as well. The citys Parks Department canceled the winter jam because of the expected snowstorm, snow making machines transformed into a Winter Wonderland for the festival, the city said it had to close the event out of caution, and safety concerns. New York State Attorney store owners no price gouging. Anyone caught boosting prices for food water gas batteries and flashlights will be prosecuted. This is not a time for business to exploit those and line their pockets. Many residents saying 57 homes on the community have independent wells that bring the water but the town says thatviolates code and could harbor bacteria and wants to replace the system that will triple homeowners water bills. It is going to be a lot of money and most of us redid our water systems. The average yearly water bill is 365 thats just 1 a day. The oak beach will have to pay 1,500 a year. Thats tough for those who you have to be careful of water as were learning in flint. Time now 6 48 coming up, another look at your traffic and weather as that storm heads our way. And why a west chester woman was forced to stop taking care of birds she has for years. Good morning everyone the devils spanked the senators 6 3. Carmelo anthony is ninth over all. Coming up the knicks host the in ottawa. Are you happy with your bathroom . I wasnt. But for years, i didnt do anything about it. I thought i didnt have the money, until i learned about bath fitter. Bath fitter puts a new bathtub right over your old one. Isnt that amazing . Bath fitter will measure and make you a new custom bathtub that they install right over your existing one, with beautiful matching walls. That means you dont have to rip out your old tub. 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Single digits wind chills,chatham as a wind chill wake up weather on saturday already light to moderate snow as far as intensity, but it is starting to stick too, through the middle part of the afternoon thats the worse of it, the accumlating the gusty winds saturday night still challenging to get around with the damage done. Again that 8 to 12 now closer to and through the city. The bullseye still good model agreement south and west, the saturday, the busy day a lot better by sunday, ill tell you it has been a challenging friday even without the snow. As you make your way to and from the lincoln tunnel we had several alerts come and gone, jim smith is in chopper two with the over turn with more information for us. Good morning alex this is all happening in north bergen the ramp from westbound route 3 essentially the beginning of route 3 westbound to westbound 495 the ramp from westbound 495 as a result we have bumper tobumper traffic out of the lincoln tunnel. If youre heading out of the lincoln to the city as you come through the new jersey side to the helix thats where youll see the bumper to bumper delays. Everything else really throughout the morning is looking okay but not the case if you are traveling in this area alternate side is in affect city wide, suspended already for tomorrow be safe dont text and drive. Chris back to you. A brand of cough syrup has been pulled from store shelves because it is too strong, turns out it contains morphine. Issued a voluntary recall, it isnt listed on the label the syrup was manufactured in china and didnt know about the ingredient. Lets check in with cbs this morning, joining us with a preview good morning. Thats what that was. Good morning chris and diane. We are along the east coast continuing your coverage of moving in. We talk with the snow border who may face charges for setting off an avalanche at a resort. Mercury is in retro grade and people blaming it for mishaps in their life. And ben tracy reports from cuba as hollywood makes history. The news is back in the morning see you back in a few minutes. Thank you. See you at 7 00. 6 55. When you come back. Closed captioning is brought to you by bmw. Here is what you need to know, sanitation workers will begin 12 hour split shifts ahead of the storm, mayor deblasio issued a hazardous travel advisory. Expected to slam the jersey shore the garden state is bracing for a double dose of snow and flooding, businesses along the beach are already laying out sandbags the worse flooding expected during high tied tomorrow at 7 a. M. And 7 p. M. The city is looking for workers to help remove snow and ice, anyone should stop by lets head over to alex dennis for a look at the traffic. When the airport cancellations airlines are prepping for the storm by canceling flights along the east coast, flightaware. Com reporting 4,000 flights will not take off American Eagle canceled saturday flights in the area American Airlines canceling all flights after the late morning on saturday, and united canceling in hubs along the east coast starting today. Airlines are waiving fees for people who rebook flights. What a drag. What a headache. Remember, today is cold, breezy, bright and brisk giving way to clouds this afternoon then this is what were looking at for tomorrow. Half a foot, easy 8 to 12, we can do that too in the city to the west the south and west when it will be really challenging a bit of a brake as far as totals into the hudson valley, snow lovers youre not going to like that, might want to see more snow in the parts of the hudson valley, today quiet tomorrow challenging with