Transcripts For WCBS CBS 2 News This Morning 20160126

Gold is live at the airport this morning. Reporter a much different scene at La Guardia Airport this morning. Take a look, no unusual traffic. Cleared out. Just a few hours ago there were complete chaos missed their flights as a result. Now, this morning we have talked to a few passengers, they are back at the airport trying to catch new flights. As you can imagine, they are outraged. Chopper 2 flew over La Guardia Airport last night and captured the gridlock on the side streets leading in and out of the terminals along with the Grand Central parkway. Hundreds of cars backed up for miles sitting at a standstill. Pilot joe beerman describes the chaos. The traffic at la guardia is just a complete mess. Its a combination of Traffic Control from Port Authority and nypd. The problem started around 6 00 p. M. When many delayed flights resumed following the weekend blizzard. Passengers flooded the area. This along commute made matters worse and people were stuck for up to five hours. Driving out of the airport was impossible as well. Hundreds waiting for rides at la guardia gave up and you can see them walking away from the terminals. Some sitting in the mess recorded what they had to deal with. Weve been stranded at La Guardia Airport for the last 4 hours. We dropped off raul at around 6 30 and its 10 21 and we still cant get out. He took off and landed already. Hes home. A Port Authority spokesperson blamed the jam on a number of factors, congestion on the Grand Central parkway along with a car fire earlier in the day and a rush of passengers arriving and leaving stormdelayed flights. The nypd said la guardia and Port Authority wasnt prepared for the crowds and didnt plan ahead for Traffic Control. Passengers just need assurance this wont happen again. Reporter definitely a lot of frustration over what happened here last night. We did just check the flight board inside and most of the flights are on schedule. So far two delays and one cancelation. Ilana gold, cbs 2 news. Thank you so much. Time now 4 32, time for traffic and weather on the 2s. How could they not know . Heres the deal, come here, this is kind of fun. You see the sheen there . Not charlie. Thats sheen on the sidewalk there. Parts of the area could ice over. In the city, its too mild. 39 in the city, wind out of the south. Im digging it as you are probably digging something else. Weve got a little bit of wet weather on the way. Its a weakening front, a onetwo punch. Could see a stray shower this morning north and west. That line right there pushing through cleveland, we could see that later today. By this youre looking at an atmosphere where its going to be warm so its just rain. Good what else do we need to watch out for, alex . We have some changes on mass transit this morning. Metro north is reporting they are on our close to schedule. Path service does remain suspended though from newark to Journal Square. Thats through at least the end of the morning rush today. Limited Bus Shuttle Service is operating between newark and Journal Square as well as between harrison and Journal Square. New Jersey Transit, the gladstone bridge steaded to resume service today. Today new Jersey Transit is offering full system wide cross honoring. We will let you know when it comes back on line. Current story for lirr. On the long beach, hempstead its suspended but lirr is planning to resume service by 5 00. So fingers crossed for that. Alternate side parking rules is suspended until monday. Metered rules remain in effect. Be safe, dont text and drive. Residents in queens and the about their know snow filled streets days after the blizzard. The crews are making progress. Elise finch is live with more. Elise. Reporter good morning to you both. Were here on 68th and 80th. Theres still a mountain of snow. We had a tremendous amount of snowfall in the tristate area. Its still around. However, as you take a look at 68th street, this is one of the streets where people were complaining they werent necessarily able to get down the street as easily as they needed to. Weve seen two plows and a salt spreader come down the street clearing it again. Of course that means some people are plowed in a little bit. Still, this street is looking yesterday. Im sure some people will be very pleased because yesterday they were anything but. Theyre spinning their vehicles and sick of it. City plow. Horrendous. They havent passed by to plow and its been already two days. Its horrible. Its ridiculous. This is the only street in queens thats like this. Not exactly. Sunday night our live truck got stuck near 69th and 76th street. Monday night vehicles still going nowhere at the same location. The mayor visited queens and heard firsthand from residents who feel the city has left them out of in the cold. Help. Help. Dont forget us. Life is not back to normal here in wood haven or ozone park or Richmond Hill or so many other neighborhoods in queen 2. 5 feet of snow. Said help is on the way. Storm. 2 inches more would have been the greatest snowfall in the history in north city in the last century and the half. The mayor said too many people are putting snow from their cars back on to the street. You take 27 inches of snow off cars and you will block a street. The mayor understands that its not getting done. Its very aggravating. Reporter i think that when people wake up this morning and they see the flurry of activity when i tell you youve seen dozens of city trucks, plows and salters and then sanitation cars following them to make sure things are getting done. I think people will wake up in this neighborhood to some slightly different looking streets and hopefully theyll find them vastly improved. Live in queens this morning, elise finch, cbs 2 news. Thank you so much. Lirr commuters are hope ing ing the mta comes through this morning a day after waiting hours for trains and in some cases for trains that never came. The lirr service will be restored system wide today. Andrea grymes is live from a station in garden city with more. Andrea. Reporter chris and mary , it was a nightmare yesterday for so many people. As of this morning as you mentioned the whole system is supposed to be back up and running including five running since saturday and that includes nassau boulevard here on the hempstead line. Long Island Railroad riders are gearing up today for what commute. This was the scene last night at penn station as people crowded on the trains, capping off a tough day of travel for thousands that started in the morning. I didnt get to work until 10 00 because i had to take the subway. It took me almost 3 hours this morning. It took me 2 hours and 25 minutes for a normal 40minute trip. The mta said thousands of lirr and state workers have cleared the tracks and made repairs to get the rest of the snow bound system back up and running for this morning. The railroad sustained what the governor called significant damage in the blizzard. The mta said 7 of 12 branches would be back by 5 00 a. M. Yesterday but it scaled back expectations after switches froze over night. Every email i got said canceled, canceled, canceled. Then they said after 7 00 and then 7 30. Thousands of people stood confused on crowded platforms in the morning trying to squeeze into delayed trains, shuttled from stations where training werent running at all. Governor cuomo said it could have been smoother. We had trouble and we knew there would be trouble on some of the lines. Reporter we saw a train whiz by earlier so fingers crossed the morning commute will be smoother. Andrea grymes, cbs 2 news. Up next some of the other headlines making the news this morning including the planned parenthood scandal. Also this morning, 911 calls played in court yesterday as the trial of a new York City Police officer begins thats accused of shooting an unarmed man in a left out in the cold. Why some People Holding broadway tickets from last weekend wont get to see the show. Weather wise lets talk about some changes today. It would be icy and messy this morning. The 40s are back. I did something yesterday that maybe i shouldnt have. Well talk about it after the break. Find your sweet spot today with dunkins chicken apple sausage sandwich. Enjoy sweet apple and savory sausage together the new caramel macchiato from dunkin donuts. Let handcrafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramelflavored swirl uplift your mood. Indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. America runs on dunkin. Good morning. Welcome back. Theres some pictures of bryant park this morning on tuesday, the 26th of january. Its 4 42. There are several School Closings and delays across the tristate area. A list of closures on our website, cbsnewyork. Com schoolclosings. Time now 4 42. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s. John, what is this that we hear about another storm system . Yeah, but i think it misses it. Another school day closed. Dad. 234 some cases in some cases theres no access to the school. Kins cove. Tonight more in the way of cloud cover. We wont see it as much. Thank you les for our school friend. Does anybody see it . Cbs. Thank you so much walter. We appreciate that. Hes our little cool friend. Were waiting for other snow men to make an appearance. Now that theres melting, theres more water content to the snow perfect snowman making weather. Outside right now relatively quiet. I just couldnt take it anymore. You put your car in the garage, in the street and its just bad. I had to wash my car. I know it was probably early but i couldnt take it, even with rain cars are just a miss. Cloudy and 39 right now, wind out of the south at 6. Lets head out to morris town. Look at that, its 15 degrees in morris town. Its 36 degrees in hackensack. That south wind has been all over the place. The west shore youre in the 40s already. Look at the 47 in toms river. When you have readings like 14, 19, 22 thats where we could see some icing the youre not down to the pavement. So whether its the sidewalk out the front door or on the street that is. A little impulse this morning and then theres the front this afternoon. Its already changed over to rain, even for ohio down into kentucky and tennessee. So theres a chance of a drop or as we like to say it drop chance. That pushes through and well tomorrow shapes up and tomorrow hanging on to the 40s. Its a tie today and tomorrow, a little cooler thursday. Leave that chance in but it looks like that storm will stay to the south. Its a quarter to 5 00. Whats going on, alex . Hey, john. Good morning, everyone. Some change s for you. A live look at one of our hundreds of cameras on the Grand Central parkway. Theres a 50 Miles Per Hour speed restriction in place between exits 105 and the rareden tolls an between exits 142 and the burrgen. Town 3 trains are running local from times square to 96th. Alternate side parking rules suspended until monday. Metered rules do remain in effect. Be safe, dont text and drive. Heres a quick look at the stories making news this morning. Surveillance video released of a suspect in a subway slashing. He attacked a she was slash in the face as she sat on the d train. Police also released a sketch of the suspect. We will hear from the victim. A texas grand jury investigating planned parent has indicted two antiabortion activists who shot video of the organization. Planned parenthood was cleared of any wrong doing. Washington dc officials said theyll need several more days to get things back to normal. Public schools remain closed today but City Government offices will reopen. The mayor is urging people to take mass transit rather than driving and parking. Stock futures lowered today and asian stocks were lowered over night. The nasdaq dropped 72, the s and p 500 lost another 29 points the average resale price of a super bowl ticket is climbing. Of seats near mid field have sold for 12,000 each making them the most expensive seats sold so far. Super bowl 50 will be play in santa clara, california on the 7th of february. The good news, you can watch it right here for free. The beat seat in the house depending on youre living room right here on cbs 2. Well have that coverage for you. Mcdonalds these seen a jump in sales by more than 5 . They are crediting their all Day Breakfast for their better than expected revenue report. Its the second consecutive quarters that mcdonalds has seen growth. Dramatic moments in a trial of a police officer. Officer peter liang walked into court on trial for manslaughter in the shooting death of aki girly in a brooklyn Housing Project 14 months ago. Were here as well. The rookie cop fired his weapon down a black stairwell injuring girly. They said the officers should have rendered assistance. He wasted precious time arguing with his partner about calling for help. A 911 call from a building resident confirmed the police did not help. They offered instructions to his girlfriend. She was seen leaving and entering court. Im right here with her. Does she have anybody else with her . No, shes alone with him. Hes still doing cpr on him right now. Yeah, hes not breathing. Was an accident. We never had he never had any intent to hurt anybody. Officer ling could have let a judge decide his fate, its called a bench trial. Liang has decided to with a jury trial and will take the stand. Lou young, cbs 2 news. The officers defense team appears worried after Police Shootings could color the judgement. Time now is now 4 49. Still to come here this morning, the entertainment causalities of the storm. Al a scary sit a scary situation for a little girl playing in the snow. A check of your traffic and after this. Still checking on those lirr tracks this morning to see when the trains are back up and we will have it on cbs 2 news. A list of close yours on our closures on our website, cbsnewyork. Com. A girl is rescued after falling into a manhole covered by the snow. 6yearold Kalima Crawford was walking with her mom. She was able to grab on the pipes to keep from falling down further. We were walking on the pathway and all the sudden my daughter disappeared. She fell through a hole. My Immediate Reaction was just to jump in the hole behind her. I heard her saying, mommy, help me. Kalima had some cuts but other wise is okay. Its the family is planning to file a suit against the city. Its 4 52. Lets get you to traffic and weather on the 2s. So scary and you just dont know. Moms and dads, you have to watch all the time. Kids want to play and have fun but you have to stay safe. In the poe the potential for a slippery and sloppily morning rush. Some mixed precipitation early tomorrow. We will see nice numbers over the next few days. A few flakes possible as we head into thursday night and friday morning. It looks like that storm is going to miss us to the south. We dont want you to miss this, a busy morning again, right, alex . Right. Lets talk air travel. Heres a live look at jfk in queens. Aware, 421 flights have already been canceled for today at newark liberty, 42 at la guardia, 6 at jfk. We will keep you updated. Subway issues as well. Town 3 trains running local from 42nd to 96nd. Alternate side parking rules remain suspended until monday. Back to you. Thank you. Time now is 4 54. More after the Storm Team Coverage coming up right here. We have your commute covered this morning. Next, broadway went dark. Why some parttime were not able why some people were not able to see the shows they wanted to when the blizzard hit. This is cbs 2 news this morning. Blood pressure news this morning. Nrz morning the blizzard impacted those wanted to be entertained this weekend. On saturday broadway went dark with all of the 61 matinees. The president of the Broadway League entertainment said they had to think about the safety of their cast, crews and theaters goers. While they will make up for it some ticketholders are not happy. Im really disappointed. Hamilton is sold out for 8 to 9 months. So they cant exactly exchange those tickets for next week or tomorrow because the shows are already sold out. So they are doing the refunds. Bruce springstein went on social media and sent out an mp3 of his chicago show. It was ruffled around here. Some of those shows, sporting events, you can catch another one but to miss bruce. Yeah. Or hamilton. People come from all around the country. Yeah. I guess youre right. 4 57. Ahead, more of the after the storm coverage. Who is the blame here. Three days after the blizzard are the trains back on track . We head out to one of the Health Problems caused by the blizzard that you might not feel the effects right away. Begins in 90 seconds. We have 39 degrees on this tuesday, january 26th. Some rain today, temperatures reaching the low to mid 40s. Schools out again in newark. Now the state d. O. T is step in to help with the clean up. We have a complete list of delays and closings at cbsnewyork. Com schoolclosings. Residents trapped in parts of queens, where are the plows theyve been asking. Gridlock at La Guardia Airport, a sea of red from all the stopped cars and hundreds and hundreds of passengers leaving on foot. In planes to trains, its expected to be better today for the long Island Railroad. Some Services Still suspended for path training. Good morning. Im mary calvi. Im chris wragge. First we are live with after the Storm Team Coverage from queens to long island to la guardia. We begin with Andrea Grymes live from an lirr station in garden city where commuters are expected service to be completely restored this morning. Andrea. Reporter chris and mary , that will be here for the very First Time Since the blizzard on saturday. The mta is saying all of the remaining branchs will be up for the morning rush. Here hempstead line that means the first train out of here should be at 6 06. Long Island Railroad riders are gearing up today for what they hope will be a smoother commute. This was the scene last night at penn station as people crowded onto trains capping off a tough day of travel for thousands that started in the morning. I didnt get into work until 10 00 because i had to get a ride to historia to take the subway. It took me 2 hours for a 40 minute trip. They cleared the tracks and made repairs to get the rest of the snowbound system back up and running for this morning. The railroads sustained what the governor called significant damage in the blizzard. The mta told commuters 7 of 12 branches would be back by 5 00 a. M. Yesterday but it then scaled back expectations after switches every email i got said canceled, canceled, canceled. I woke up and they said after 7 00 and then 7 30. Thousands of people stood confused on crowded platforms in the morning trying to squeeze into delayed trains. Governor cuomo credited crews working hard on the system but admitted yesterday service could have gone smoother. We had trouble on some of the lines and we knew there was going to be trouble on some of the lines. Reporter and back out here live you can see the snow on the tracks but some good signs we did see already this morning two trains whiz past this stop as they get ready to reopen this line along with those others for the morning rush. Reporting live in morning in garden city, nassau county, Andrea Grymes, cbs 2 news. Thank you. At 5 02 lets get to traffic and weather on the 2s. Temperatures are so much better as far as the icing concerns along the rails and, again, right outside your front and west youre hanging on to the very cold temperatures. Do watch out for some slippery spots. In the city 39. Its more slush and mush than ice and snow. Now youre going to see some clouds fill in. It wont be as bright of a day today. You have a little hiccup this morning. Mix precipitation north and west. A line of showers late this afternoon and tonight. Not everybody will see it. 42 at lunchtime, 43 for a high. It will be falling in liquid form. As you fall out of bed lets get you ready to face the ride with alex. Stumble out here to your morning commute. We have some changes in queens. Theres an accident blocking an eastbound lane as you make your way on the Grand Central parkway at La Guardia Airport. Delays now are back to ditmares boulevard. Some mass transit changes. Path Train Service remains suspended through at least the end of the morning rush today. Limited bus service between newark and Journal Square and harrison and Journal Square. Gladstone blanch is scheduled to resume service this morning. Today new Jersey Transit is offering full system wide cross honoring to help you navigate. Lirr scheduled to resume full Service System wide this morning for the rush. Passengers are advised to allow extra travel time and anticipate delays of train cancelations. Alternate side parking rules suspended until monday. Metered rules remain in effect. Be safe, dont text and drive. La guardia airport in much better shape this morning after a night of chaos. Thousands of people arriving for flights and trying to exit the airport were stuck in hours long gridlock. Ilana gold is live at the airport with more for us this morning. Ilana gold, hopefully reporter mary, the passengers are furious over this. They have been dealing with canceled flights because of the storm and then missed their flights again last night. Its all because of chaos out here. This morning really no problems. Traffic is standard but just a few hours ago cars were at a standstill for hours and passengers want to know why. Chopper 2 flew over La Guardia Airport last night and captured the gridlock on both the side streets leading in and out of the terminals along with the Grand Central parkway. Hundreds of cars backed up for miles, sitting at a standstill. Pilot joe beerman described the chaos. The traffic at la guardia is just a complete mess. Its a combination of Traffic Control from Port Authority and nypd. The problem started around 6 00 p. M. When many delayed flights resumed following the weekend blizzard. Passengers flooded the area trying to catch their planes. This along with traffic from the evening commute made matters even worse and driving out of the airport was impossible as well. Hundreds waiting for rides at la guardia gave up and you can see them walking away from the terminals. Some sitting in the mess recorded what they had to deal with. Weve been stranded at La Guardia Airport for the last 4 hours. We dropped off raul at around 6 30 and its now 10 21 and we still cant get out. He took off and landed already. Hes home. Weve been sitting here for almost 4 hours. This line has not moved hardly at all. A Port Authority spokesperson blamed the jam on a number of different factors. Congestion on the Grand Central parkway along with a car fire earlier in the day and a rush of passengers arriving and leaving stormdelayed flights. The nypd said la guardia and Port Authority wasnt prepared for the clouds and didnt plan ahead for Traffic Control. Passengers just need assurance this wont happen again. Reporter and a busy morning passengers are showing up again to get on new flights. Again, theres a lot of finger pointing and we hope to have more answers later on today. Ilana gold, cbs 2 news. People will be looking for answers. That you know. Schools in newark will one again be closed today as the city continues to dig out. The city is working around the clock to get the roads cleared. The state d. O. T plans to deploy crews to clean up. There are other closures and delays that you can find at our website, cbsnewyork. Com. Residents in queens and rock city were blasting city hall were not clearing their streets. They are making some progress. As of last night there was plenty of anger. We take a look at those plows we know yes, things are getting bet we will check back in with her. The nypd said theres six possible stormrelated deaths in the city, each of the victims was shovelling snow or had just finished shovelling. The snow covered body of a 64yearold woman was also found in new jersey. Police say she apparently died while shovelling snow at her home on saturday. Its now 5 08. Coming up, a scare in the air. More reports of laser strikes near La Guardia Airport. Plus new video in the search for a subway slasher and what the victim told us about the terrifying moments in an exclusive interview. And a little later hashtag blizzard 2016 takes over social media. Some of the photos you shared with us. That was lovely. Okay. I wouldnt recommend wear ing that today. Lets gear up again. You need those snow or rain boots today. Its going to be messy. Dont forget the brush and the scraper and this is kind umbrella as well. Traffic and weather and traffic on the 2s coming up. Ye pasm,ue wt . Maiea owanweehanginlilelo bie mh iusboht hme thntnefa eugfo erne t os Tuesday Morning is looking a lot better than it was a couple of days ago. Thats for sure. 39 degrees out there, warm ing into the 40s according to meteorologist john elliott. Washington dc officials said they will need several more days to get things back to normal following the blizzard. Public schools will remain closed today but City Government offices will be open. Federal government offices are still closed though. The mayor of dc urging people to take mass transit rather than driving and packing on the snow covered streets. 5 12. What is it by these big cities paralyzed be this . It was a lot of snow. Dc and here. On a micro level welcome to the infirmary. Our director, john keller, blew something out shovelling yesterday. Joey in lighting is pulling his dad out in Staten Island. Now hes hobbling over there. Heres the deal for you and me, i should talk. This is it as far as the neck goes. Common denominator. Snow. No. Heres the other becomes denser and even though its nice for snow balls and snowmen, to move it and lift it is harder today. Pace yourself. Be smart. Mike on cam camera is like look at me in long island. Hes out there in suffolk county. Some people will take the pain reliever before they go out. Some people just stretch a lot. Watch yourself today because you still got a lot of snow to move. Winds and 39 and wind out of the west at 6 Miles Per Hour. Up north we have cooler readings. Look at the spread there. The south wind will do that. You shoot up to 31 in terry town, 26 monroe b remember theres not as much snow but theres enough for melting during the day and you can see some ice city streets. Sussex. Down through summit, far hills, freehold youre quite a bit cooler. 37 in spring lake. Its been mild through the hamptons. 43 in the city, we can do it. 39 where were right now. Thats normal. So its a win win as far as the warmth. 72 and 3 are your records. Not as much in the way of sun today. There will be more cloud cover, particularly by 5 05 this afternoon. Heres why. Youve got a mix of clouds and sun to start but then an impulse and then a front. So were going to see the chance of an isolated shower. The problem is youre still dealing with so much snow. The season so far, 27. 2. Thats above normal for the entire season all the way through. Normal today just 10. 6. Remember this time last week we didnt even have a half an inch of snow. So we made up all of it in that one event and many aching muscles and still concerns too about the safety for the kids and even just getting the kids back to school. A lot more schools will be ready to go tomorrow. Today 43, tomorrow mild and some nice melting here. A little cooler thursday. Looks like that low is going to stay to the south. Well leave the chance for a little bit of precip over night but nice numbers into the weekend as well. Alex dennis has a cold. I know. Lets help you out in queen s. An accident blocking two eastbound lanes on the Grand Central parkway at la guardia. Delays back to the bqe. Theres a 50 Miles Per Hour speed restriction between 55 and the rareden tolls and 41 and the bergen tolls. Its for snow removal there. Some subway uptown 3 trains are running local from times square to 96th street. Alternate side parking rules is suspended until monday. Metered rules remain in effect. A policeinvolving shooting on the lower east side. According to police around 12 30 officers were called to 765 fdr drive for a report of a violent and emotionally disturbed man. He approached the officers with a knife and was shout once in the torso and taken to the hospital what hes expected to survive. The federal Aviation Administration is investigating another incident of a laser beam being pointed at an airplane. Someone with a green light is down here. The flight coming into la guardia from charlotte. Plane landed safely and no one was hurt. Another random slashing incident in the city. A man wanted for assaulting a 71yearold woman aboard a d subway train monday night is seen falling as he flees through a turnstile. How many stitches did you end up with . Quite a few. Quite a few. Thats okay. Im okay. The 71yearold women in victim didnt want to show hernandez bandaged face but said the attack happened on her way to work just after 7 00 monday morning. I take that train every morning. Had you seen him before . No. Can you tell us what he looked like . Its someone that i dont even know. You dont care at people scare at people on the train. He slashed her as he walked off the train at bleaker stop. The suspect then rump jumped on a d train. There was a visible Police Presence thchl officer appeared to be looking for evidence operate the subway tracks. Others say its concerning. It could happen to anybody. The victim is con any confident he will face charges. He has to answer for everything hes done. The suspect is about 18 and last seen wearing red sneakers and black jeans. Police released which stretch of the suspect described as a hispanic male. Up next, the blizzard of 2016 takes over social media. The jersey shore hit hard by the storms. The latest on the Recovery Efforts there. Another check of traffic and this. 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. Welcome back to cbs 2 news this morning. A live look from the lirr station in garden city. All is on time and on schedule this morning. Well get a check on the traffic update with alex denis in just a moment. For a list of School Closings and delays head to our website, up to 2 and a half feet of snow fell on long island over the weekend and many side roads are still not cleared. Homeowners in hicksville spent yesterday digging out. They say plows blocked their driveways and intersection with all the snow. Ive been here for 35 years and in 35 years this is the worse job. A town spokesman said homeowners are blowing snow into the street. Time few traffic and weather on the 2s. Lets get over to john elliott. Its such a hard decision. The snow has to go somewhere. In its down to black top the snow will felt faster there. We are considering a warmer day today. Cloudy and 39, wind out of the west at 6. You do see cooler readings. Theres that pocket of cold air. When this thing first rolls in you could see some mixed precipitation, maybe a little bit of freezing drizzle. Spots with the arrival of this first initial batch of precipitation right there. A few more showers later in the day and at night. Again, those will be showers because we are going to warm up today. In the low 40s in the city, even the mid 40s for long island. More clouds but these mild numbers today and even tomorrow has some nice melting going on. Lets get you going on your way with alex. Thank you. Lets discuss some mass transit change s for you. Metro north currently on our close to sed for you. Path Service Remains suspended from you, to Journal Square. Limited Bus Shuttle Service is operating. New Jersey Transit the gladstone bridge still scheduled to resume service. Lirr has resumed full Service System wide this morning but we are already seeing delays. For the Hempstead Branch was scheduled to leave at 5 01 and it ran about 10, 15 minutes late. Far rockaway should have just left long beach at 5 35, West Hempstead at 6 53. We will continue to watch. Allow extra travel time. Anticipate delays and possible cancelations. Alternate side parking rules is suspended until monday. Be safe, dont text and drive. We have our fingers crossed. Talk about having to be patient. Last games before the all star break for the rangers and islanders. Good morning, everyone. Coming up tonight the knicks host the Oklahoma City thunder while the heat will pay a visit to brooklyn. Rangers hosting the sabers and they strike first. Dylan mcelrath. Now j. T. Miller is in fire oz of late. Detroit as of late. Justin ablecater finishes off the first one. Im Otis Livingston and thats your cbs 2 sports update. Lets check out some of the postblizzard posting on social media. Many viewers have sent in photos of their still unplowed streets. We got this one from Freddy Gordan talking about his neighborhood. Hopefully thats getting better. Now angel sent in this he said theyll been waiting for the plows and they figured lets just do it ourselves. On the lighter side instead of let it go maybe its let it snow. Danielle added this photo of prek teacher doubling as sing a few bars for me. Let it go its 5 25. Up next after the storm we have your morning commute covered. Chaos at La Guardia Airport. Last night passengers were sit sitting at a standstill in traffic for hours trying to make it for their flights and that didnt happen. Why this happened and the met they were dealing with. Long Island Railroad riders are hoping for a much better commute this morning. The mta said the whole system will be back up and running for the morning rush. Ill have an update coming up. And watch your health when it comes to clearing the snow. Why you might not notice any injuries right away. Cbs 2 news after this. So, what moves me . Its the journey. The feeling of doing. Its making choices for a healthier me, a healthier us. Im on my path and i love it. The path to a healthier you starts with natures path pumpkin flax granola. Crunchy clusters of delicious organic oats, flax and pumpkin seeds, with all the goodness to nourish you and your family. Natures path granola. Its 5 29 here, 39 degrees on the tuesday, january 26th. Grab the umbrella, going to rain today because of this little warm. Three days after the historic storm schools are closed in newark and theres delays in other places that can be found on our website, after a day of commuter Horror Stories are the training back on track . Were live from the lirr. La guardia airport cars at a standstill with red lights as far as the eye can see. Who is to blame for last nights gridlock. Good morning. Im chris wragge. Im mary calvi. First we are live with after the Storm Team Coverage this morning from queens to long island to La Guardia Airport. Andrea grymes and elise finch are standing by. But first lets again with ilana gold with the traffic mess how are we doing this morning . Reporter a much different scene at La Guardia Airport this morning. Its busy and theres traffic but its moving. Just a few hours ago there was complete chaos out here. Cars were at a complete standstill for hours. Now passengers are trying to get back on new flights and they arent happy about it. Guardia airport last night and captured the gridlock on the side streets leading in and out of the terminals along with the Grand Central parkway. Have you ever seen anything like this . No, never in my life. The problem start ed ed around 6 00 p. M. When many delays flights resumed following the weekend blizzard. Passengers needed the area trying to catch planes. People were stuck for up to five hours. Hundreds waiting for rides at la guardia gave up and you can see them walking away from the terminals. Some sitting in the mess recorded what they had to deal with. Weve been stranded at La Guardia Airport for the last 4 hours. We dropped off raul at 6 30 and its 10 21 and we cant get out. He took off and landed already. Hes home. A Port Authority spoke spokesperson blamed it on a congestion along with a car fire earlier in the day and a rush of passengers arriving and leaving stormdelayed flights. The nypd said la guardia and Port Authority wasnt prepared for the crowds and didnt plan ahead for Traffic Control. Passengers just need assurance this wont happen again. Reporter so a lot of frustration over what happened here last night. We did just check the flight board inside. Most are on schedule but theres two delays and one cancelation. Ilana gold, cbs 2 news. Thank you. Its 5 32. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s. Thats subject to change. Weather wise no major impacts. Temperatures are up. For much of the country too theyre up too. Theres some white weather in parts of the lakes. You could see delays in detroit. Cloudy and 39 in the the west at 6. Also rolling out of the west some white cloud cover and then a little bit of icy precipitation well north and west. Before we see those showers later a warmer air mas. Warmer air mas its going to be liquid, not flakes. Well above normal. Do watch out for la little bit of a little bit of freezing drizzle north and west. That will make for a bigger mess. Thats for sure. Thank you some. We had such a mess yesterday morning. How about this morning . Im receiving a lot of tweets as people are waiting for their train to arrive and theyre not showing up. I wanted to break down some things for you. Metro north is on our close to service. Path Service Remains suspended from newark to Journal Square through at least the end of the morning rush today. Limited bus shuttles the gladstone bridge is scheduled to resume Jersey Transit is offering full system wide cross honoring. Lirr has been the big story. Service has resumed system wide but let me just be clear that doesnt mean everything is on time. We are seeing delays. For example, lirrs first train on the hempstead bridge was scheduled to leave at 5 01 and it was 15, 20 minutes. Far rockaway should have left at 5 22. Let me just kind of say this too, if youre traveling on port jefferson, which wasnt one of the lines that was effected, i just received a tweet that at 5 13 the train was expected to arrive and its not there yet. We will continue to monitor the situation. Alternate side parking rules is suspended until monday. Metered rules remain in effect. Be safe, dont text and drive. Back to you. Thank you. The mta Just Announced lirr are all up and running one day after riders experienced those heavy delays. Lets get to Andrea Grymes reporter chris and mary, people were not happy yesterday,hoping for a much lets show you the video. [no audio] long Island Railroad riders are gearing up today for what they hope will be a smoother commute. This was the scene last night at penn station as people crowded on the train, capping off a tough day of travel for thousands that started in the morning. I didnt get into work until 10 00 because i had to get a ride to historia. It took me 2 hours and 25 trip. Thousands of lirr and state workers have cleared the tracks to make repairs to get the rest of the system back up and the railroad sustained what the governor had called significant damage in the blizzard. Told commuters 7 of 12 branches would be back by 5 00 a. M. Yesterday but it then scaled back expectations after switches froze over night. Every email said canceled, canceled, canceled. Confusing. I woke up and they said after 7 00 and then 7 7 30. Thousands of people stood confused trying to squeeze into delayed trains sut. Governor cuomo credited crews working hard on the system but said service could have gone smoother. We had trouble on some of the lines and we knew there were going to be trouble. Reporter the lirr said all service is back up and running. This is nassau boulevard in garden city. The next train out of here is at 6 06. Back to the train earlier, there was one gentleman waiting for it. The boards werent updated yet. He thought it was canceled but now the boards are showing things reporting live this morning in garden city, Andrea Grymes, cbs 2 news. Thank you. Well get back to you short ly. Schools in newark will be closed again today as the city continues to dig out. The city is working around the clock to get the streets cleared. The state d. O. T plans to deploy crews to newark today to help clean around schools. In Jersey City School s will have a 90minute delayed opening. Residents have been blasting city how because of last night their streets were unplowed. We spotted them clearing some of those snow clogged streets. Last night there was some frustration for them. Elise finch has their story. Theyre spinning their wheels and stick of it. Vehicle stick of it. Vehicles untouched by any city plow. Horrendous. The streets. Its been already two days. Its horrible. Its ridiculous. This is the only street in queens thats like this. Not exactly. Sunday night our live truck got stuck near 69th and 76th street. Monday night vehicles still going nowhere at the same location. The mayor visited queens and heard firsthand from residents who feel the city has left them out of in the cold. Help. Help. Dont forget us. Life is not back to normal here in wood haven or ozone park or Richmond Hill or so many other neighborhoods in queens where people are buried under 2. 5 feet of snow. The mayor said help is on the way but we havent seen any help. This is not your average storm. 2 inches more would have been the greatest snowfall in the history of new york city in the last century and a half. We have to get that through everyones head. The mayor said too people are putting snow from their cars back on to the streets. The cars you will block a street. The mayor said he understanding that patience is wearing thin. Its not getting down. Its aggravating. A low cal girl in the bronx is rescued after falling down a manhole. It happened saturday near the st. Marys houses in mott haven. She was walking with her mom when she fell into the hole. She was able to grab on the pipes to keep from falling further p we were walking and all the sudden my daughter just disappeared. She fell through a hole. My Immediate Reaction was to just jump in the hole behind her. I was very scared. I heard her saying mommy, help me. Kalima had some cut s but other wise is okay. The family is planning to file a lawsuit against the city. Its now 5 39. Coming up, was love in the air during the blizzard . Which apps had the most hits. On the jersey shore. A school bus gets stuck in queens. How neighbors got it rolling again. You can connect with us. We just posted an update on facebook and you can follow us cbsnewyork. At 5 42 its time for traffic and weather on the 2s. Lets say hi to some of our weather watchers too. Is this chris . Yes, it is. 19 in garfield. You have some slippery spots in and around garfield. Will we let more snow later this week . Odds are no. A little bit of wet weather today. Well take a look at the model runs for later. It looks like that system will miss us to the is wondering about the warmth around the rain today. This is from bruce. Way to go. Shovelled my hydrant out in north port. The actual mass is down. We had some nice melting yesterday but its still a chore. Good job, bruce. We appreciate that. We are going to appreciate some warmer numbers today. Its National Peanut brittle day today so we appreciate that sweet truth as well. You got to be careful you dont want to dive in too quick. You want to saver it. 39, wind out of the west at 6, humidity at 57 . I want to show you an area view and then the big view as far as the air temperature right now. Look at woodmere, almost 40. Its 41 in comac. Granitesville 24. 12 in sus sex. Morris town youre quite a bit cooler than your neighbors. Theres cold air right now and then warm air around the lakes. It ices up a bit. We could see a little bit of freezing drizzle, Orange County, sullivan, maybe sussex. In the city when we hit 43 by the time the rain gets here its rain. 39 your normal, where we are right now. Sun is up at 7 12, sunsets at 5 05. I like that 5 00 sunset time. Here come the clouds. Theres the pink in central p. A. Again, this is the first little impulse that will pull to the north. A little icing north and west. Here comes the front between now and 9 00. You see a hint of that, wont be widespread but it doesnt need to be. A little bit of freezing drizzle or maybe a flake or two. Its a little wet. This afternoon much of the area just dealing with clouds but a passing shower here. Then that front pushes through tonight so thats when you see rain. Its rain. Now it will add to the but help to reduce the mass of the snow. Wednesday afternoon maybe a flurry north and west. A bigger shoe shows one low missing us here and another low to the north will leave the chance of a few flakes in the forecast over night thursday into friday. Do not think it will be widespread. Then the numbers into the weekend are warm again. So over all the pattern is going to be an ali as we continue the fight the battle of the big snow mounds out there. What else are we battling alex . As long as were not talking about me thats okay. In westchester we have an accident blocking two lanes on the eastbound side of 287 at bonacasa post road. Delays back to bowman avenue. Plan for that. Also in queens we have an accident blocking two eastbound lanes on the Grand Central parkway at La Guardia Airport. Delays are now back to the bqe. A disabled vehicle blocking a lane on the eastbound side at union turnpike. Are running from times square lirr customers be aware that we are seeing delays and cancelations. Alternate side parking rules be 5 46. The jersey shore seeing a lot of flooding. Its bad but at least its not as devastating as super shore Officials Say the storm heavily erode edd eroded damage. The toilet and on the sink right there theres a black line. Thats it. It looks like you get almost 3 feet of water in your house. Pretty much. All this drywall has to come out. New jerseys lieu tennessee lieu ten innocent ten navent the town yesterday and said they could get money from the government for clean up. Jill wagner is live at the new york stock exchange. Good morning. Reporter good morning chris and mary. Global markets are tanking this morning. China dropped 6 . Its at a 14month low. Yesterday the dow fell 208 points, the nasdaq finished 72 points lower. The falling price of oil once again dragging down the market. It dropped 5 yesterday, opec is calling for Oil Producing countries to Work Together to address the over supply. That could be touch as a lot of countries dont get along. Today i investors will watch as apple reports its earning. Most Analysts Expect lower iphone sales because the many distinguishes features. This weekends massive snowstorm may have sparked some winter romance. The dating app happen reported a jump in use. Messaging in new york city went up 139 from the weekend before. Again, love was in the air. Chris and mary. Related story, check childbirths in 9 months too. Thank you. In campaign 2016 just a week ahead of the Iowa Caucuses the three democratic president ial candidates met for cnns town hall. Hilary clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin Omalley addressed everything from the issues in iraq, wall street and political mud slinging. When im actually in office they say really nice things about me. 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It shows people policy options to help fit their budget. [ scanner warbling ] crazy that a big shot like me would pack his own bags, right . [ chuckles ] so, do i have the right to remain handsome . [ chuckles ] wait. For a list of School Closings and delays go to cbsnewyork. Com. At 5 52 lets get you to weather and traffic on the 2s. Im going to tell you its still challenging out there. Friends on Staten Island saying they are suffering too. Yeah, you got to just leave a little extra time. In the city its wet because weve seen some melting. At 39 youre not seeing issues with icing. Look at the variety for the long island. South shore youre at 42. North shore youre at 32. Theres a 10 degree variation. Franklin is at 14. 19 in nicely today. Something to look forward to. What can you look forward to for the ride . We have some changes on the roads and rails this morning beginning in westchester. An accident blocking two lanes on at boston post road. In queens a disabled vehicle blocking a lane eastbound at union turnpike. Some slower than normal traffic getting through the area. A live look at the garden state parkway in east orange, theres a 50 Miles Per Hour speed restriction in place between exits 105 and the rarden tolls. Between exit 142 and the burgen tolls. Alternate side parking rules is suspended until monday. Be safe, dont text and drive. Thank you. At least 42 deaths are now linked to the blizzard that pounded much of the east coast over the weekend. Not just because of accidents. Mike gomez said if youre out of shape shovelling snow can be fatal. The first and most dangerous snow related injury is a heart shovelling snow puts an enormous strain on the heart because most people doing the shovelling probably spent many months since the last snowstorm on the couch. If you are older, not in good condition, havent been exercising or have any risk factors for Heart Disease like high blood pressure, high cholesterol or smoke dont do it. If you do shovel and get out of breath, feel chest tightness or pain stop immediately and get help. It could be the start of a heart attack. Dr. Peter sure said far the most common injuries are. A lot of people with orthopedic injuries, fractured wrists, ain l ankles. Heres a good ship to a a good tip, leave those stylish leather soul dress shoes at home, get yourself a good pair of weather boots and make sure chances are many people will be solving or doing things they wont do like flying down the hill on a piece of plastic. Until you feel something immediate you will probably be able to keep doing the shovelling or whatever it is youre doing and you wont feel the muscle aches until 8 to 10 hours later. So dr. Gomez said when those aches and pains show up the next day try ib profen but if your pain is out of proportion see a doctor. John, look at you barely hanging on. A buddy of mine was at Summit Medical group yesterday with a sprained ankle and he just did an informal survey. 90 of the injuries are know related. Kids and then somebody with a they slipped and fell. We saw the people and sliding. You can get the add on tracks for you shoes. With the melting yesterday theres more water content in the snow so its heavier. I see his problem right there, guys. Legs. I know. Engage your form. I know. When youre trying to shovel like this way and youre then you have everyone complaining as theyre driving by you. Throw it over your shoulder. A life with john elliott. I recruited chris to help me. I was like youre the expert. 45 minutes to an hour. Thats right. Today we have some rain now. Today will be a lot of melting and a little bit of rain but a lot of melting with some warmer temperatures. That will help. Issues on the roads and the rails. Lirr back up and running but we are seeing delays and cancelations. Well have that coming up. Time now 5 56. Coming up, what caused a major traffic back up at la guardia last night. Plus. The lirr said all service is have noticed some delays. The very latest coming up in a live report. Also a unique but pricey stay. Tiacony per w,or799 moh li,t m fs teet tvndho f yr rs ye. Its 6 00, we have 39 degrees as we take a look at this view from chopper 2 on this tuesday, january 26th. We have a warm upcoming but is it enough to melt away all the piles of snow left over from the storm. Good morning. Im mary calvi. Im chris wragge. Alex and john are standing by with weather and traffic. First after the Storm Team Coverage. Piles of snow, spinning wheel, cars, trucks and even a school bus stuck. Some streets still covered in snow days after the storm. And for those who cant get out its not always an easy commute. The lirr only this morning fully back up and ive never seen anything like this at La Guardia Airport. A back up for hours as flights now resume at la guardia. Injury are hoping the mta comes through this morning a day after waiting hours for trains that never came. The mta announced lirr service had been completely restored. Andrea grymes is live from the nassau station in garden city. Reporter to say commuters had their fingers crossed would be a huge understatement. This is the tracks at nassau boulevard and garden city. Trains have been coming back and forth. The next train is at 6 06. We have a train that came in around 5 15 this morning. The first train to stop here since the blizzard on saturday. One gentleman was waiting but thought it was canceled so he the train did come. It was just a little bit late. We spoke with another gentleman waiting for the 6 06 crossed. What train are you talking this morning . I hope to be on the 6 06. Sdmrsz what happened need ned what happened yesterday for you . It was suspended i came down and looked at the station signs and it said it was suspended. So i didnt even try beyond that. Reporter so many other people that i spoke with who usually take this train stop didnt even try like him. That gentleman said hes retired, semi retired so he didnt have to be at work, which is a good thing. Everybody just hoping that the commute will be better for this morning rush and the evening rush reporting live, andrea and its 6 Andrea Grymes. Its 6 02, time for traffic and weather on the 2s. Were already at 40. So we are warming up. Im not complaining at all. Its almost libberating. You need to focus on footwear because its going to be slushy. If youre hopping on 80, 78 or up state watch out, youre going to run into a little bit of ice. North and west could see a little bit of freezing drizzle, even a flake or two early this morning. A lot of variety as far as temperatures around the area but low to mid 40s feeling good even with a bit of a chill. Its more of a south wind. 6 03 and its still challenging. In westchester theres an accident blocking two lanes on delays now back to bowman avenue. Mass transit metro schedule. Metro north is suspended through the morning rush today. Limited bus service is operating between new, and the gladstone bridge scheduled to resume service this morning. Today new Jersey Transit is offering full system wide cross honoring. Lirr has announced it has wide. We are already seeing delays and cancelations. For example, the 716 West Hempstead train is canceled. Take the 736 instead. So allow for extra travel time and anticipate. Alternate side parking rules is suspended until monday. Baaing back to you. The training are up and running but theres some delays we are the mta on the phone with us. Thank you some for talking to us this morning. Can you tell us about what problems youre facing this morning . Over night clean up is happening. We are looking at cleaning up the yard. You need to modify schedule, cancel some trains. We were talking about one track territory. Thats something where we have some trains. We want to get customers into the city but you have to modify schedules there as well. Meredith, we know ins a difficult task for everybody involved. For the frustrated commuters out there that were left hanging yesterday and continue to echo the sentiments that theres not enough communication out there, what do you tell them . What i tell them is actually we have very aggressive communication. Communication via social media. If you look on twitter it will give you train by train delays if you follow at lirr. Please sign up for the emails and the text alerts. Thats the way to get this information. It comes across the digital boards and announcements on the platforms but its the thing to know before you go as well. Meredith, what do you expect for the rest of the commute in regard to delays . I think well have some delays and modifications. Were getting training out, getting customers moving. We just can you to be concerned. Do you have a branch thats a primary concern for you this morning . Do you have one to maybe avoid because the delays you feel are going to be greater there . I wouldnt say necessarily the delays will be greater on a certain branch. The branches that we just restored obviously there will be more delays on already restored yesterday. That is going to be good news to residents who were vocal. Theyre spinning their vehicles stuck untouched by any city plow. They havent passed by to plow the streets and its been already go days. Its horrible. Its ridiculous. This is the only street in queens thats like this. Not exactly. Sunday night our live truck got stuck near 69th road and 76th street. Monday night vehicles still going nowhere at the same location. The mayor visited queens and heard firsthand from residents who feel the city has left them out in the cold. Help. Help. Come. Dont forget us. Life is not back to normal here in wood haven or ozone park or Richmond Hill where people are buried under 2. 5 feet of snow. The mayor said help is on the way but we havent seen any help. This is not your average storm. 2 inches more would have been the greatest snowfall in the last century and a half. We have to get that through everyones head. The mayor said too many people are putting snow they removed from their cars back on to the streets. You take 27 inches off every car and it will block the street. The mayor said he understands patience is running thin and it is. Its not getting done. Its aggravating. Reporter that frustration should be decreased today. They are about to tackle this block. Im thinking some people should wake up happier today than yesterday. Elise finch cbs 2 news. Thank you. Thank you for wing bringing us that information. Queens isnt the only area struggling with unplowed streets. Some schools in new jersey are closed today. Plus new york man decided to try to turn the snow into some money. The luxury igloo up for if the kids are going to school watch out because its still a challenge. A little wouldnt for later. Well take a look at the 2s coming up. Thank you. Imagine if the things you bought every day. Earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. With the united mileageplus explorer card, youll get a free checked bag. Two united club passes. Priority boarding. Everything you need for an unforgettable vacation. The united mileageplus explorer card. Imagine where it will take you. At 6 12 were talking about a little bit of rain today. John. Just a little bit. I think the bigger story is the warmer however, theres just still so much of a mess. Cherry has 18 in little falls. Icy she said and please wish the teachers good luck at parking today. So many schools making the call yesterday because there was no place to park. Today more schools open but its still going to be challenging around schools. 19 for bob. This is intrsing. North and interesting. North and west where we didnt see the totals youre still dealing with slippery surfaces. This morning you have far cooler temperatures for the city and long island. Bob wants to know if people still make snowmen. Ive seen a lot. Lets see the snow men lose some weight today. Im not going to mind that as their figure trims a little in the melting. 40 degrees. Should be in the afternoon. 41 rozland. Look at dairy, almost 20 degrees colder. Look at summit, its 34 degrees colder in summit than it is around the hamptons. Watch out up through sussex county. You could see some icy roads this morning and then an afternoon shower. Not too cold. That first little impulse in parts of orange, sussex and sullivan you can see a little bit of freezing drizzle. That south, southwest wind warms us up. If you get any precipitation it will be in liquid form. Of over night tonight the front slowly clears out. 33 for a critically cold enough morning low. Its a repeat. Youre right back in the low 40s for your day tomorrow. That is wednesday. Now, folks focusing on thursday into friday, theres a possibility of basically two lows. One is going to pull off a passing flurry chance. The more significant low stays offshore. If theres offshore so is the precipitation. The flurry chance comes in from the low from the north, not the more impressive low that will stay to the south. Its a bit of a squeeze play. Were going to leave that possibility in the forecast. Very comfortable numbers today but watch your step. Its still very sloppy out there and slow too. Right, alex . Especially if youre traveling in queens. Theres an accident on the eastbound side of the l. I. E. Its at wood haven boulevard. Now theres heavy rubber necking. Though delays are back to little neck parkway. Locally from times square to 96th street. Alternate side parking rules remain in effect until monday. Be safe, dont text and drive. La guardia airport in much better shape after a night of chaos. Thousands of people are trying to exit the airport after landing were stuck in hours long gridlock. Ilana gold is live with an update on the situation there this morning. Ilana. Reporter a lot of people are outraged a of they missed their flights because of chaos out here. Its busy but fine. Cars were at a standstill for hours. They couldnt move. People couldnt get to the airport and passengers want to know why. Chopper 2 captured the gridlock in out of the terminals and the Grand Central parkway. Hundreds of cars backed up for miles sitting at a standstill. Have you ever seen anything like this . No, never in my life. The problem start ed ed around 6 00 p. M. When the flights resumed following the weekend the area trying to catch their planes. This along with traffic made matters even worse as people were stuck for up to 5 hours. So you walked from the bus . Uhhuh and then we had to cross the bridge to come all the way down here. It was just bad traffic yesterday. You didnt make your flight . Nope. Driving out of the airport was impossible as well. Hundreds waiting for rides at la guardia gave up and you can see them walking away from the terminals. Some sitting in the mess recorded what they had to deal with. Weve been stranded at La Guardia Airport for the last 4 hours. We dropped off raul at around 6 30 and its now 10 21 and we still cant get out. He took off and landed already. Hes home. A Port Authority spokesperson blamed the jam on a number of different factors. Congestion on the Grand Central parkway along with a car fire earlier in the day and a rush of passengers arriving and leaving storm delayed flights. The nypd said la guardia and port the crowds and didnt plan ahead for Traffic Control. Passengers need assurance this wont happen again. Reporter a busy morning at La Guardia Airport. A lot of the people who were stuck in that chaos last night are now coming back and theyre trying to get on new nights. Live at La Guardia Airport this morning, ilana gold, cbs 2 news. Thank you. Schools in newark will be closed again today as the city continues to dig out. The mayor said the city is working around the clock to get the streets clear. The state d. O. T plans to deploy crews to newark today to help clean up around schools. In Jersey City Schools have a 90minute delayed opening. Theres other closures and delays this morning on our website, cbsnewyork. Com schoolclosings. Its now 6 18. Coming up, some delays and cancelations. 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Let us help grow your companys tomorrow, today the people of queens if you are watching this morning this chopper 2 in queens as you can see. Finally getting some action. Look at all that snow. You talk about needing some heavy duty equipment, chopper 2 is following it for you and we are following it this morning all morning long as we continue to chart the progress made on some of these roads. Long over due to have that snow removal. What do you do if you try to cross a highway but realize youre too slow . If youre a sloth you hang onto a traffic median. Ecuador they had to help him. I can understand. Just hang on for dear life. Im not letting go. Even his point ing ing is not going to make me go anywhere. Lets get to weather and traffic. Any word if he had easy pass that might have slowed him down some. You see the front loaders loading that snow. Its a big job still. Of course i like that you still have to feed the meter if you can find it. We have melting that will be underway today, which is some great news. In the city right now were nice and mild. Elsewhere though its quite a bit colder so theres still some issues with icing and slippery surfaces. Well north and west it could start as a little bit of freezing drizzle before it changes to rain. Normal is 39 and were already warmer that that. The low to mid 40s will feel a whole lot better. Big puddles so make sure you have nice boots on. Lets get to the commute. Lets talk about the rails. Everything is on our close to schedule. Path Service Remains suspended from newark to Journal Square through the end of the morning rush today. Service between newark and jury until square. New Jersey Transit the gladstone bridge is still scheduled to resume service this morning and today new Jersey Transit is offering system wide cross honoring for you. The lirr has resumed full Service System wide but mta reports customers should expect modified schedules and delays. Weve already seen some cancelations. The conditions are changing and fluid. Its easy to say be patient but its what we say. Im sorry, be patient. Allow for extra time. Alternate side parking rules suspend l ed until monday. Metered rules remain in effect. Be safe, dont text and drive. Easy to say. Were at work already. Last games before the all star break for the rangers and islanders. The cbs morning sports update. Good morning. The knicks host the Orange County klahoma city thunder tonight while the heat pay a visit to brooklyn. Mcelrath fires one on goal. 10 rangers lead. Now j. T. Miller is in the right spot. Hes been on fire oz of late. The rangers win it 63. The islanders welcoming the red wings to brooklyn. Detroit took this one over. Justin albacater finishes off the first one. The red wings win it 42. Im otis live g ingston and this is your sports update. In this mornings talker, mie si cyrus getting back into acting. First how would you like to rent an igloo for tonight. I did pay you as a teenager. You cant blame a guy for trying to make a buck. A green point man tried to capitalize off this weekends storm by building this igloo in his backyard and then listed it on air b and b. The winter. The socalled studio apartment could accommodate two people for the price of 200 a night. I like that tree in front there and the fancy lights. No word if anything took advantage of that. I hope they didnt. So miley cyrus confirming she will star in woodly allens new series for amazon. She posted a painting of the director. It has been hanging near her bed for years. They will air six half hour episodes of the series thats yet to be named set in the 1960s. Its like abstract art. She said she was looking into the painting when he called and it was a moment of euphoria. Good for miley. Still ahead an innocent woman slashed on the subway during the morning rush. Exclusive interview with her. The big dig still a problem after the storm. Streets and parts of queens are clogged with snow, sanitation crews just getting to them this morning. A live report. This morning passengers at la guardia are outraged. Many of them mised their mised their flights after sitting in traffic for hours. Next. Its 6 30 and 40 degrees on this tuesday, january 26th. Warming up today which means melting and than youve got that slush too. What a mess. Make sure youre prepared before you step outside. People seen walking the streets near la guardia after roads were backed up for hours. On the rails the lirr expected to resume full service in time for you morning rush. We have alex watching your commute and john tracking your forecast. Plus we have a team of reporters covering every angle to recover after the storms. Submit in chopper 2. Reporter looking at the wood haven area front loaders are out here. They have to pick that snow up with these front loaders and remove it from the scene. Live in chopper 2, jim smith, cbs 2 news. Thank you so much. Good morning. Im chris wragge. Im mary calvi. Residents in queens have been complaining about the snow days after the storm. We spotted the sanitation crews trying to clear those roads. Elise finch is live from wood haven this morning. What are you seeing there . Reporter hey. Okay. You guys, listen, we are moving right now because the trucks are as you can see well, you cant see but maybe you can hear they are moving. We are dont want to be the ones impeding the progress. They have two huge vehicles and they are finally going to be clearing the snow from 86th road near 96th street in wood haven. They are about to go down the street. Its one of the last streets that needs to be cleared. Take a look at some video that was shot yesterday. Cars spinning on snow clogged streets and people just really upset that its been several days and their streets still werent cleared. Take a listen to what they had to say. Horrendous. I mean, they havent pass ed ed by to plow the streets. Its been already two days. Its horrible. Hip. Help. Help. Help. Come. Dont for get us. Its not getting done. Its very aggravating. Reporter okay. So apologize, its so hard for me to hear you out here with this. Middle of the street earlier and that snow man down. Theres the snow thats already plowed on the side of the road, peoples cars and these huge machines that are finally trying to get this done. Back to you so they can finish this work. The snow mans day mans days are numbered. A quick question. Are a lot of people on the streets cheering the fact that the plows are there . Reporter one woman peeked out to take a look at it. We have another woman who is standing here and shes sort of watching them do it. We talk today another woman on her way to work and she said she was taking Public Transportation this morning like she did see that the progresagree was pro progress was finally being made. We dont want to be the ones to impede the progress. People are like enough is enough, we want our streets cleared. The Sanitation Department has dozens of vehicles around this area. We are getting out of the way so they can do their jobs. That poor snowman. Hes going. Theyve had enough of him. Elise thank you so much. Keep us updated. Lets find out about the john. That was excite ing ing. Exciting. It was like the transformer taking over there. Its the demise of a snow man. Theres a little wet weather on the way, could be some ice involved north and west. With readings in the 40s it will be rain later so take the good boot that is can handle the big puddles. What are we looking at for, alex . Okay. Lot of changes. On the roads and the rails we have some changes. In queens theres an accident with an over turned vehicle blocking two lanes on the eastbound side of the l. I. E. At wood haven boulevard. Delays back to maurice avenue. We have that delay on the westbound side and now these delays are back to the little neck parkway. Alternate side parking rules is suspended until monday. Metered rules remain in effect. Be safe, dont text and drive. We are seeing delays and cancelations at la guardia and jfk. Just over an hour ago the mta announced all lirr training are up and running the morning. And dree dree and Andrea Grymes is live. Morning expect delays on the branches just coming back that includes the long beach, far rockaway, hempstead lines. Thats where we are now, the hempstead line. Lets show you video that we shot just a few moments ago the 6 of the 6 06 train. The mta had a big job on their hands cleaning up the snow from the blizzard and repairing equipment that was damaged. A lot of people had a nightmare commute yesterday with only about half of the service on the branches are restored. Lets listen lets take a listen. You are waiting for the . 606. They said they were on time and i came here and they are not on time. Do you have a message for you know, its public trust so quite candidly if youre going to just inform folks whats going on. Reporter the mta cold chris and mary in an interview earlier that they do their best to keep everyone informed with email and text alerts. They update their twitter account regularly lirr. The whole system is up and running but do expect some delays. I can tell you already on the West Hempstead line the 716 has been canceled. In garden city, Andrea Grymes, cbs 2 news. This morning La Guardia Airport is recovering from a night of chaos. Thousands of passengers and drivers were stuck for hours. These pictures are incredible. They were trying to get into the airport after flights resumed following the storm or leaving after their flights landed. Ilana gold is live at the airport with more on the situation there. Ilana, quite a scene. Reporter chris, a much different scene at La Guardia Airport this morning. Look. You can see that its busy but traffic is moving. Just a few hours ago it was complete gridlock out here and a lot of people missed their flights. This morning passengers are back trying to get on new flights and they want to know why it happened. Chopper 2 flew over La Guardia Airport last night and captured the gridlock on the side streets leading in and out of the terminal along with the Grand Central parkway. Hundreds of cars sitting at a standstill. Have you ever seen anything like this . No. Passengers flooded the area trying to catch their planes. This along with traffic from the evening commute made matters even worse and people were stuck for up to 5 hours. So you walked from the bus . Uhhuh. Then we had to cross the bridge to come all the way down here. It was just bad traffic yesterday. You didnt make your flight . Nope. And driving out at the airport was impossible as well. Guardia gave up and you can see them walking away from the terminals. Some sitting in the had to deal with. Weve been stranded at la hour. We dropped off raul at 6 30 and its 10 21 and we still cant get out. He took off landed already. A Port Authority spoke spokesperson blamed it on congestion on the Grand Central parkway and a car fire earlier in the day and a rush of passengers. The nypd laid la guardia and Port Authority werent prepared for the crowds and didnt plan ahead for Traffic Control. Passengers just need assurance this wont happen again. Reporter so a lot of finger pointing and we hope to have more answers later on today. Ilana gold, cbs 2 news. Ilana, tlaung thank you. Coming up, three days after coming up, three days after the storm some schools still left with ice. Hear the exclusive interview with the 71yearold victim of a random subway slashing. How gender effects heart youd be surprised how easy it is to get a good lowcost health plan you might even get help paying for it go to nystateofhealth. Ny. Gov or call 18553555777 schools in newark will be closed today as the city continues to dig out there. The city is working around the clock to get the streets cleared. The state d. O. T plans to deploy crews to newark today to help clean up around the schools. In jersey city theres a 90minute delay. Closing and delays on our website, cbsnewyork. Com. Lets get to traffic and weather on the 2s. If your school is off and all these big giant snow piles will be at the intersections and you have to be careful because youre going to be digging it because its snow. Be careful at pick up and drop off. In the city right now it looks pretty. To the west speaking of schools, good morning masie jewels. She dunnville. Theyre studying weather and theyre all going to be meteorologists for a day. I love that. Macie good luck. Just point and theres nothing through but through the magic of it was it looks like the city. Though you didnt see a lot of snow westchester did. Its the mixing and the refreezing were worried about. Bridges and over passes. Freehold. Shore. South shore in long island already in the mid 40s. Were shooting for 43 today. This is what were talking north and west. That could effect orange and ulster county. A more organized front and its not very powerful that could usher in some rain later today. Theres a chance of a little bet of wet weather is some mixing early north and west and then over night to the east. Not a whole lot. Then we see a nice day shaping up tomorrow and a real quick look ahead, i think the next 6 to 10 days temperatures will be well above normal. Major melting will continue. Some major headaches though still continue too. Whats going on, alex . Theres an accident in the process of clearing. Its causing heavy traffic. Jim submit is in chopper 2 smith is in chopper 2 with the latest. Reporter that vehicle was over turned at one point. Now at this time theres two lanes getting by the scene. When we arrived here a short time ago there was just one lane getting by. Bumper the bumper delays back to maurice avenue. Thank you. We will continue to update you on this west side. If youre traveling westbound we have delays back to little neck parkway as well. Lets talk about an accident blocking the westbound side at 125th street. Delays back to the George Washington bridge so plan for that. Alternate side parking rules is suspended until monday. Meter rules remain in effect. Be safe, dont text and drive. Thank you. To a dropping story. Developing story. A policeinvolved shooting on the lower east side. Called to 765 fdr drive for a report of a violent and emotionally disturbed person. Approached the officers. He was shot once and transported to the hospital where hes expected to survive. Two officers were taken to another hospital for another random slashing incident in the city. Surveillance video shows man wanted for assaulting a 71yearold woman aboard a d subway train monday night. Hes seen falling as he flees through a turnstile. Valerie castro talked to the victim in her brooklyn apartment. How many stitches did you end up with . Quite a few. Quite a few. Thats okay. Im okay. The 71yearold victim in the citys latest random slashing didnt want to show her face but said it happened just after 7 00 on monday morning. I take that train every morning. Did you see him before . Can you tell us what he looked like . No, because you dont stair at people. He slashed her as he walked off the train. He had a small blade. After the attack the suspect jumped on a d train. There was a viz presence. This officer appeared to be looking for evidence down on the subway track. Other riders say news is concerning. It could happen to anyone. The victim is con fident he will face justice. I leave the problem to god because he has to answer to god for everything that hes done. The suspect is about 18 years old and last seen wearing red sneakers and black jeans. Valerie castro, cbs 2 news. Police released this stretch of the suspect, described as a hispanic male about 25 years old a woman shot during an attempted robbery in queens. The attack at the south ozone hotel is part of a violent robbery patterns. Police say the victims are held at gunpoint as the suspect demands money before taking off this the victims vehicle. The 53yearold woman is reportedly still in stable condition. Its now 6 48. Coming up, the warning sign of a heart attack. How they are different for men and women. First, Otis Livingston has this mornings sports update. Good morning, everybody. The rangers beat the sabers 63 while the islanders lose to the red wings 42. Tonight the pay a visit to brooklyn. Our cosmetics line was a hit. 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These Cool Temperatures here, you could see a little bit of mixing but everybody warms up in the low to mid 40s. We could theres readings of readings. A stray shower this afternoon and then the next system is thursday night into friday. Its basically two systems. That major lull should stay to the south. Well be watching it make sure you have the rain boots today. As you make your way out we have some changes. Theres app accident blocking a leap lane on the west side highway. Heavy delays back past the George Washington bridge to dikman. Metro north on or close to schedule. New Jersey Transit today will offer full system wide cross honoring. Lirr has resumed full Service System wide but mta reports customers should expect modified schedules, delays and cancelations. From West Hempstead to Atlantic Terminal is one of the trains thats been canceled. We will keep you up to date. Alternate side parking rules is spepded until monday. 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The Grand Central parkway had people stuck for hours. The trial continues today in a nypd officer charged in the shooting death of a brooklyn man. Peter liang is accused of killing kai girly. Now to alex denis for a metro north on our close to schedule. Path suspended from newark to Journal Square. Lirr has resumed full Service System wide. Expect modified delays and cancelations. Alternate side parking rules suspended until monday. Meter rules remain in effect. Well see warmer temperatures today that will help. Theres a little precipitation north and west. We could see a little freezing drizzle mixed in. Where its cold enough theres been some icing over night so watch youre step and be careful. Were going to knock them down. 43 today, tomorrow 37 and more sun. That will help the melt process. A little bit of snow possible over night thursday and into friday. The weekend calls for temperatures to stay above normal which will help. Watch your step today. Thank you some. 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