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A deadly wreck overnight a car slams into a truck that had stopped on the Grand Central parkway. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan just arrived at the scene. Be reporter were just getting official details from the nypd about exactly what has traffic stopped here on the Grand Central heading eastbound. This involved a box truck that remains on the right shoulder where it was when a 2014 Hyundai Elantra plowed into it just before 3 00 this morning. I want to show you video now of the scene that has things blocked off in this area right after the rfk bridge. Two men who were inside that hyundai Hyundai Elantra were killed as a result of what happened here. They were pronounced dead at the scene. As for the driver of that box truck that for some reason was parked on the shoulder of the road when it was hit, hes at elmhurst hospital in stable condition. No word yet as to why he was parked on the shoulder. Again, this is an accident that has the eastbound Grand Central right about 31st street shut down totraffic. It remains unclear when it will be reopened. Back to you. All right, tracie. Keep us posted. Right now were headed to emily st with a detailed look on how to avoid that area. They will be diverted off at astoria boulevard. Coming off the rfk bridge, the Grand Central diverted on to astoria boulevard. We u can also get back on the Grand Central. Grand central eastbound closed after the rfk bridge from an accident this morning. And neamw jersey travelers, garden state parkway southbound, exit 143, this ramp is closed from a crash. More weather and traffic comes up on the 4s. An emily, thanks so much. Right now ahe unofficial start of the Holiday Shopping season is under way. Many of you may have already gotten a head start online or maybe last night hitting the mall. But black friday is still king for deal seekers, they say. Today in new yorks Lori Bordonaro is at Woodbury Commons in orange county, where stores have been open all night long. Lori lori . Reporter yeah, and rob f you want to beat the crowds, this is the time to do it. You can get first dibs on everything here from designer duds to toys to electronics for as much as 80 off. You can see a lot of people coming out here already. The stores have been open since 9 00 a. M. Yesterday. Take a look at our video from yest rday. Many Stores Opening their doors on thanksgiving day, including macys in Herald Square, which was bustling. The holiday sales also drew a crowd at toys r us in times square. Everyone looking for all the best prices. Wtoday is notorious for deep discounts. The National Retailers association expects more than 99 Million People to shop this black friday. For the enrst time this year, mo people are expected to use their smaphones to shop rather thkean their computers. Still, there are t ose that love the black friday rush. Take a listen. The deals arent as great as i anticipated. Im a little disappointed about that. But overall, im pleased with what i purchased. We havent seen a lot of good sales so far, but we havent gone to most of the stores we wanted to get to yet. Anything specific youre looking for . No, just clothes. For gifts or yourselves . For ourselves. Reporter here at woodbury common, there are 220 stores. A lot to get to. Theyre open untme 10 00 tonight. I spoke to a girl earlier. She was out here yesterday shopping. She came back again early this morning. Back to you. Shes got that intensity. Lori, thank you so much. In todays cnbc money report, Google Offering tipping to help black friday shoppers avoid crowds and long lines. The search giant says yt should shop in the morning, the late afternoon, or in the evening. Google says foot traffic peaks between the hours of 2 00 and it also says to avoid electronic and cell phone stores. That data was gathered from a study of cell phone users who had their locy ion option turned on in november and december of last year. Its crazy what they can track through that thing. Everything. Every single detail. All right. It is 5 05. Time for weather and traffic. Hey, dave. Good morning, folks. Listen, weve got some trouble out there. Weve got good news and bad news. The good news is these temperatures are climbing. Already in the 40s in central park. City island, Valley Stream still stuck in the 40s but getting there. As we look at staten island, youre the cool spot at 42 degrees. We head on out. Much cooler temperatures from monticello to poughkeepsie. 33 in bridgewater. 33 degrees in morristown. Visibility limited throughout the entire area. I wouldnt be surprised if it beins to overtake the five boroughs before the morning is done. If we see some delays begin to build at the airports once hetraffic picks up. Just watch that. As far as the day planner goes, nice and warm today. 61 at noon. 63 our high temperaturd. A nice wrapup to a holiday week. Thats a quick look at your weather picture. Emily is standing by with traffic. A new accident just popped up, west side highway northbound just before exit 11, 96th street. You can start to see delays with that. Also, with the fog, take it easy this morning. Tappan zee, 45mileperhour speetod restriction. Modified schedule for metro path. Lirr is on a regular schedule. Saturday schedule. Effect. More weather and traffic coming up. All right. 5 06 right now. Happening today in chicago, protesters planning to mark black friday with a massive demonstration. Reverend Jesse Jackson is organizing this rally. Protesters planning to march down Michigan Avenue, which is pectedweo be very crowded with black friday shoppers. Its a huge strip of shops and retail locations. This all following that release of this dash cam video showing an officer gun amng down a teen. Xejackson calling for an investigation as to why it took so long for that video to be made public. Well, new thisiomorning, a Memorial Service taking place in paris. Theres the president speaking, the french president. A thousand people are gathered with french leaders there. The crowd includes families of the 130 People Killed in that citys coordinated terror assaults from two weeks ago. The people osibiris being encouraged to fly the french flag from their windows. Just north of there in brussels, belgium, were seeing people return to the streets now that terror warnings are less of a threat. The city subway system is running. Children returning to reopened schools. Officials say an attack no longer appears imminent. Theyve been on lockdown since saturday. Sterday several raids were carried out in the belgian capital. Also, russian president adimir putin promising to work with the United States and other countries to fight isis, but he deis still furius over the he says if it happens again, his country may not cooperate with the west. This morning, turkey is trying to ease tensions by insisting they didnt purposely intend to attack the russians. And in africa, two people with suspected links to that weekoldh,error attack on a hotel in mali are now nder arrest. Officials not giving us too many details about the two of them, but we do know a pair of attackers were killed by Police Last Week at a raddison blu hotel. That ended that deadly ninehour siege. Righ now pope francis is meeting with Loc Al Catholic bishops in kenya. He just spoke to a huge crowd of young people at a stadium. The pontiff told them to reject corruption nd tribalism. Earlier he viscked a slum. Thats where he criticized the rich for seizing land that served as a playground for poor children. This morning, the pontiff will fly to uganda. Happening now, Police Searching for this missing woman. This is 64yearold Rosa Gonzalez. She got separated if her husband at the Port Authority bus terminal wednesday night. Her family says she has alzheimers. If you have seen her or know where she is, please contact police. Th 5 08 a. M. Coming up, a wild scene in brooklyn. A car slams into several people. The driver runs off. What happened next. Plus, there is a man in connecticut who is in big trouble this morning. He hopped the white house fence. This was yesterday as they were sitting down to thanksgiving dinner. Hear what witnesses say about that wild scene. And there is some fog on,the roads to deal with this morning. Your weather and traffic on the 4s. Welcome back here at 5 12 in the morning. Can you believe all these people are already out shopping on this foggy morning . Thats Woodbury Commons in orange county. Really getting the jump start on the day. Some of them have been there there you have it. If you missed the tonight show starring jimmy fallon, you missed a new holiday music mashup. You did, but well help you out. Twisting the lyrics of some hit songs to make them more appropriate for this time of year. Because now the turkey is all done the pumpkin pie was awesome now its time to naps because everybody is messed up now watch me whip those mashed potatoes. Now watch he whip, whip those mashed potatoes eat the turkey leg, eat the turkey leg north pole, north pole, north postle, north pole thats awesome, right. Theres a lot more than that. The tonight show posted the entire thing on their website. Who is that . The cast member . The guy that was singing there. The santa claus. It was santa. Of course it was santa with a brown must he. Tune in tonight at 11 30 after news 4 at 11 00. Actor hugh jackman is stopping by. All right. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. Theres a dense fog alert. Macklemore or Something Like that. Oh, yeah. Downtown about the vest pa. Okay, dave. Theres a dense fog alert here. There is, throughout the entire a. So many folks waking up at this early hour and getting on the road with anticipation. Stay alert, stay awake, and be careful on the roads. Well talk about more about of course, visibility in just a moment. Springtime in november. Look at these temperatures. Its 52 degrees at 5 14. Were on our way up to 63. How good can it get . A mild friday but cooler weather for the weekend. Heavy rain, muchneeded rain possible into next week. This is the area affected by the dense fog advisory until about 9 00 a. M. This morning. I wouldnt be surprised if it began to kind of roll in and envelope the city over the next several hours. Still fine visibility at the major airports, but we could see that change. That could make for delays during the early part of this morning. Threequarters of a mile in poughkeepsie poughkeepsie. Westhampton at a quarter of a mile. White plains, half a mile. Bridgewater at about a quarter of a mile. All right. This is what were looking at right now. A couple clouds out there. Were going to have a nice day filled with plenty of sunshine. Thd clouds thicken up tonight. Scattered owers rolling through tomorrow morning. Maybe another dose later on in the day. Well keep an eye on it. In the meanti , wsl above normal temperatures. 63 degrees. Varying amounts of sun and clouds. A little mix of both today. Mild temperatures are certainly the thing were going to most notice as you walk out the door. 49 degrees tonight. The clouds are going to be thicke sng overnight. They will be with us as we head to saturday morning. Still mild for this time of the year. If youre making weekend plans, could see scattered showers tomorrow. 52 degrees. Sunday, 50. I think the showers will stay mostly to the south of the city. Then aseme head through the next se n days, looksit that. We say goodbye to these warm temperatures. We have kind of an upanddown week. Sunday and monday for the most part were dry. I think we could see showers sunday morning. 46 degrees on monday. Tuesday and wednesday, muchneeded heavy rain could be coming in our direction. Well talk more about that as we head through the rest of the week. That is a quick look at your forecast. Emily is taking a look at whats going on if youre getting on the roads or taking the ras. We have a few things going on. Plus, it is foggy. You definitely need to take it easyc accident closing the ride on the Grand Central parkway eastbound right after the rfk bridge. So you will be diverted off at astoria boulevard. You can stay at astoriy bo evard or take the bqe and get back on Grand Central. Tracie strahan is on the scene. Well get more with her coming up. Live look at the l. I. E. Looks like a nice ride this morning. We have another accident on the west side highway northbound just before exit 11. Thats 96th street. Two lanes are blocked there. Connecticut ride, in milford, the turnpike southbound exit 38 to 36, two lanes blocked with a crash. On the garden state parkway, southbound, exit 143, lyons avenue, the ramp is closed for a crash. With the turnpike, due to the fog, 45 Miles Per Hour from interchange 12 on up to the George Washington bridge. Alternate side, meter rules in effect. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. All right. Thank you, emily. 5 17 right now. A hitandrun driver behind bars, accused of running down a woman in brooklyn. It happened last night around 7 00 at linden boulevard and pennsylvania avenue in east new york. Police say he hit and killed a 56yearold woman as she was getting into yer car. Then he slammed into several parked cars. He got out, tried to run away. Officers caught him a few blocks away. One brooklyn family spent thanksgiving grieving for a wife and mother of six killed by an mta bus. She was struck wednesday night crossing ocean avenue in midwood. She was supposed to pick up her youngest child. She never made it there. Her husband spoke to news 4. Translator she she take our kids to school all the time. She was a good mother. A good mother. Awell, this Surveillance Video captures that busthust before the crash. Witnesses tell us the driver was speeding but did stay at the scene. It is 5 18. This morning a connecticut man is in custody for setting off a scare at the white house just as the first people was family was sitting down for thanksgiving dinner. Cameras captured him scaling the white house fence. He was wrapped in an American Flag. More from that mans hometown in stanford. Reporter you can see the secret service as they swarm the white house from the roof to the groundy chasing down a man who climbed over the fence. Draped in an American Flag, the white house says this man is joseph caputo. Witnesses outside describe a chaotic scene as he scaled an tfoot spiked fence. The first family was having thanksgiving dinner inside. Hes climbing. Hes like, woo, crazy. Reporter news 4 investigates confirms the man you see in this video is from connecticut. In 2011, a local online newspaper profiled caputo as a student with aspergers ndrose. At the time, he was a senior in high school. The article called him an inspiration. Any time someone successfully jumps the fence, theres no question theres a level of danger to the first family. Theres no question about that. Reporter the climb captured on social media caused the white house to go into lockdown mode for hours as the secret service combed the grounds. This type of security scare has happened in the past. A year ago a man with a knife jumped the fence and made it into the mansion before being tackled. Thursdays breach of security is the first since new spikes were added to the fence. Its also the first time the entire family was at the white house as an intruder tried to get on the property. Its a very big deal. And the secret service treats all of these incidents very seri usly. Reporter this morning, we know caputo is in custody. Criminal charges are pending. A relative here in stanford told me the family did not want to talk. Reporting from stanford, connecticut, im rey villeda, today in new york. It is 5 20. Just ahead this morning, how a church made that Holiday Season this Holiday Seasont very special for one single mother. And a touching reunion for prince rry. Who he caught up with 11 years after they met. Welcome back. It is 52 degrees, 5 24. A bit of fog out there. First, an emotional reunion for britains uince harry in africa. It was 11 years ago that he last saw this boy. They had bonded immediately. Both of them lost their mothers of course while they were very young. Were all familiar with harrys story. Harry was there to dedicate a churns center for orphans. It even has a dining hall named after his late mother, princess diana. Pretty cool. All right. Weather and traffic on the 4s now. I could feel last night, i knew the fog was coming. Felt like there was a layer of moisture in the air. Thats what were seeing thismemorning. The problem is so many folks are out very, very early this rnin t see on a normal weekday rus hour. E visibility is significantly down. Were talking about a quarter mile, half mile in many cations. Talk more about that in full weather. Right now, what y can expect later on today. Degrees, a mix of sun and clouds. Nice, just nice. No better way to say it. 49 tonight, clouding up, still mild. Well see showers pop in over the weekend. Well talk more about that in a couple minutes. Thats what you need to know to start your day. Please be c eful on the roads this morning. Eemily . Yeah, because there are a lot of people out there trying to get the shopping done. So we have a very serious crash. Grand Central Parkway eastbound coming right off the rfk bridge. All lanes are closed. You can get off at astoria boulevard. Lets take a live look at the lincoln tunnel this morning where there are no problems. Things are moving along fine at all the hudsons. They all look good. Emily, thanks so much. This morning were hearing the story of a single mom who delivered pizza to a Tennessee Church congregation an had her prayers answered. Anybody would help me give a tip . Audrey martin wiped away tears as members of the congregation pitched in to give her a 1400 tip. Hugs as well. Martin, who just lost her apartment, now says she can find a new home for her family. Shes thinking about gifts she can give for her children. That is so cool. Very, very cool it is 5 26. Still ahead, pope francis is on an historic trip. The message he delivered overnight. And not just balloons in the air in this years macys thanksgiving day parade. Why a man flying a drone over the festivities will not be facing any charges. And if your ane about to head out the door, take us with you. Keep watching today in new york. Down ad the news 4 new york app on your mobile device right now. 5 30 right now. Breaking news in queens. A serious crash, two People Killed. What police say happened. Plus, this morning a look at the man wanted in a terrifying attack targeting a woman jogging in a manhattan park. And blimp down. Became the talk of the holiday in one local neighborhood. Today in new york starts right now. Good morning. It is black friday, november 27th. Im kerry barrett. Im rob schmitt. Darlene and michael have the morning off. Chris does as well. Dave price is here with a check of the forecast on a warm morning. Nice stuff if youre a fan of warm weather. We got it for you. It is all over the tristate area. 50 in mill basin. 52 in central park. In the 40s in city island. A little cooler as you head to places like pugh oughkeepsie. Visibility, big problem this morning. We have a dense fog advisory in effect through 9 00. If youre leaving early to go shopping, please take good care. Look at these visibilities through morristown and bridge watt bridgewater. Up through poughkeepsie, 84 and route 9. Quarter mile from farmingdale to islip and out through westhampton. Keep that in mind. Through the rest of the day, plenty of sunshine for us and mild air. Warm, up to 61 degrees. A nice wrapup to the holiday week. 63 should be our High Temperature. Well have traffic in just a minute. Right now, rob, back to you. All right, dave. Thanks so much. Now to breaking news in queens where two people died overnight in a crash on the Grand Central parkway. A car slamming into a box truck. Tracie strahan is there. Shes been in contact with police all morning. Reporter rob, Emergency Responders are actually on the Grand Central parkway right now. Not necessarily tending to the box truck that was hit, but the Hyundai Elantra that struck the box truck. This is all happening at Grand Central parkway right about 31st street. Were told by police they found two men unconscious and unresponsive when they responded to the crash around 2 42 this morning. That elantra had slammed into the back of the box truck on the righthand shoulder. Its unclear why the driver stopped. That 35yearold driver was taken to elmhurst hospital. Thats what police told me over the phone. He is said to be in stable condition. The identity of the two men killed inside the elantra has not yet been released. Still, it remains unclear when theyre going to open this stretch of the road. Seeing a lot of backups because of the detour. Back to you. Hopefully wont be too much longer. Tracie, thank you. Now to emily west with how this is impacting traffic this morning. Yeah, you can see here delays as you get off the rfk bridge heading eastbound. This accident happened right after that. You will be diverted off at astoria boulevard. You can get back on. Also, you can take the bqe to get back on to the Grand Central parkway or stay on astoria boulevard. Also in connecticut, still have these right and center lanes blocked from a crash on the turnpike southbound between exit 38 to 36. Well have more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Fingers crossed. Thank you. 5 32 right now. Stores are open, there are deals to be had. Black friday actually began thursday for a lot of people. But the tradition of getting up and shopping for sales continues. Lori bordonaro is at Woodbury Commons in orange county, where they havent closed since yesterday morning. Reporter since 9 00 a. M. Yesterday theyve been open here, kerry. And who can resist shopping when there are signs that say 80 off. Certainly a lot of people drawn to that. You can see a big crowd here already early this morning. Lots of shoppers with bags. Many came out at midnight following the annual tradition of midnight madness. But some early birds couldnt macys in Herald Square drew a huge crowd. Toys r us in sometimes square was packed. Everyone offering deep discounts, especially on items like winter coats because of the warm weather. Still a lot of winter items on the shelf. We spoke to quite a few shom ppers who got a jump start this morning. This is what they told us. What are you looking for today . Suits, pants, clothes. Anything to put on our backs. Seeing good deals so far . Seen some good deals. Seen some fun people. Are you going to go home and go to sleep . Wont be home until sunday. Going stay shopping all weekend . Probably, yeah. Were going to the palisades afterward and find somewhere else to be. Reporter and this great weather certainly making shopping much more appealing today. You may remember this time last year, black friday, it was cold and snowy. So thats why they are expecting a very successful day here and weekend as well. All right. Lori, thank you. It is 5 34. That means it is time for weather and traffic on the 4s. We have fog and a couple problems on the roads as well. Lets get right to weather. The good news is we have mild temperatures at least. After 9 00 this morning, the fog should begin to dissipate. We have a terrific day ahead. Right now, 52 at central park. 35 in poughkeepsie. 55 in montauk. 33 in bridgewater. Monticello at 41. 30s, 40s, and 50s. We have it all covered. Were going to moderate pretty uniformly into the 60s today and upper 50s. Advisory in effect, dense fog through 9 00. Now we have some shallow fog rolling into jfk. Visibility still fine both at jfk, laguardia, and into newark. Later on this morning, we could see that begin to change. Well keep an eye on it. In the meantime, if youre on the roadways heading out to those early deals at the malls, if youre going to the westchester, south hills mall in poughkeepsie, quarter mile visibility many that direction. A quarter mile in morristown and bridgewater. Again, in trenton as well. As we head through the Holiday Weekend, well see passing showers tomorrow morning. Sunday, quiet and nice. Again, today, what a bargain. 63 degrees. Please be careful on the roads. With more on the condition of the roads, emily is standing by. Its really foggy. Low visibility with that. Tappan zee bridge, 45mileperhour restriction. For your commuter checklist. Modified schedule on metro north, new Jersey Transit, and path. Lirr is running a regular schedule. Check out new jersey buses before you head out. They could be a little different the day after thanksgiving. New york city buses on a regular schedule. Alternate side, meter rules in effect. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Emily, thanks. Right now, Police Looking for this man wanted in the rape of a woman on the lowerer east side. Police say this man attacked a 26yearold woman jogging through East River Park. This was on wednesday night. After raping her, he also robbed her. The Surveillance Video comes from a store where police say he used the womans credit card. The woman was reportedly dragged behind the amphitheater there and sexually assaulted around 7 30 wednesday night. The suspect got away on a bicycle. 5 37. Moving to long island now. Two parents giving thanks to two people who saved their sons life. There was a 10yearold boy that stopped breathing wednesday at the Laurel Park Elementary School playground in brentwood. Officer john mccully arrived and found the boy unresponsive. He and a school nurse performed cpr and the boy started breathing once again. Amazingly, hes in stable condition at the hospital. Well, millions of people kicked off their Holiday Weekend by lining the streets of manhattan to get a glimpse of a timeless thanksgiving tradition. In its 89th year, the macys thanksgiving day parade headed down 6th avenue. It was a mix of clowns, floats, balloons, musicians. This years lineup included old favorites such as tom turkey, ronald mcdonald, and even a skyhigh power ranger. Mayor de blasio weighed in on which ones he enjoys the most. A tie between snoopy and underdog. Its a generational comment. The Ninja Turtles. Thats pretty awesome. I love them. Theyre so cool. Im impressed he knows who the Ninja Turtles are. That is not his generation. Theyre a big deal though. They are a big deal. And what is the thanksgiving day parade without a visit from santa claus . There was Record Police presence at this years parade. Organizers say the goal was to give spectators some comfort after the attacks in paris. There were no arrests at the parade, but one man was issued a ticket for poor judgment. This is exclusive video of nypd officers detaining him after he allegedly flew a drone over the parade. Probably trying to get video. The man is russian and was at the celebrations with his son. Were told he may not have known about the laws we now have for drones. Theyre not very old. In case youre wondering, that video is from news 4 new york. A blimp that was supposed to fly over the parade never made it to manhattan. Take a look at this. The pilot ran into a little bit of trouble in the air and had to make an Emergency Landing on long island. Some news 4 viewers captured video of that aircraft hovering close to the ground. It finally was able to land on a baseball field. The pilot said it got so windy, he wasnt able to make it to the closest airport. You know, they came over and we have two lines that you might see in blimptype scenarios. They grabbed them and held me in place while i went through my checklist and shut it down. The pilot was able to walk away without a scratch. Thankfully, nobody on the ground was injured either. New this morning, this emotional scene in paris just moments ago. French president Francois Hollande led a silent tribute just after the names of the paris terror attack victims were read. 130 people died exactly two weeks ago today in those coordinated assaults. Hollande was joined by about a thousand other people for a massive outdoor Memorial Service. Right now pope francis is in the final hours of his visit to kenya. He just spoke to a huge crowd of young people at a nairobi stadium. The pontiff told them to reject tribalism and radicalization. Earlier he visited a slum and warned against the growing gap between rich and poor. In just a couple hours, the pontiff heads to the next stop on his african trip. That is in uganda. 5 40 right now. Straight ahead, new criticism for donald trump because of something he said about a New York Times reporter. Why trump, though, is the one demanding the apology. Because now the turkey is all the pumpkin pie was awesome and holiday hits courtesy of jimmy fallon. The melody getting thousands of hits online. And it is warm and foggy out there this morning. Weather and traffic on the 4s coming up. It is 52 degrees. Youre watching today in new york. Imagine a world where the holidays were about people again. Where doorbusters referred to loved ones pouring through the front door. Was love and not sale. What if the only reason to wake up at 3 a. M. Was to spot a reindeer in the sky . And coupons were only used to redeem one more kiss . That s the world t. J. Maxx, marshalls and Homegoods Stores live in. Where there s no need for sales because we offer amazing prices on popular brands everyday. And where you can always save on thoughtful gifts thanks to weekly arrivals of new products. Let on what really matters. Back the holidays its 5 44 right now. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. I cant eastbound can you help me . Ill take it from here. I got the gist of what you were trying to say. Take a look, everybody. Rockefeller plaza in the background. The tree, the scaffolding is off. Coming up, december 2, it all takes place here. Woodbury common at this hour. There. Is not the concern. You can take care of that very well on your own. Its the trip up there thats worrisome right now. 52, partly cloudy skies in the city. We have a dense fog advisory in effect. Very limited visibility in some parts of the viewing area. That is the biggest headline. The other three look like this. Absolutely spectacular. Perfect. 63 degrees. Its going to be strange to be out there the day after thanksgiving with temperatures that warm. Temperatures do slide this weekend. Some muchneeded rain rolls our way into next week. Heres what we were talking about. Until 9 00 today we have some shallow fog at jfk, some fog rolling into Newark Airport with a little bit of drizzle there at this hour. But it is the visibility thats the biggest problem. This is what were seeing. Half mile at white plains. Threequarters of a mile at danbury. If youve been with us for the past hour, hour and a half or so, you know these numbers are changing every 15 minutes. We have a quarter mile in poughkeepsie. We have a quarter mile in bridgewater. Back down to zero visibility in morristown. Please, take extra care. If youre not in a rush, delay your trip until a little later on this morning when the visibility improves. Some clouds are going to begin to roll on in tonight. Some showers potentially tomorrow morning. Maybe another dose later in the day tomorrow. So well keep our eyes on that. In the meantime, plenty of sunshine today. Watch for that dense fog. 63 degrees should be the high. Down to 49 tonight. Clouding up again. But still relatively mild for this time of the year with north to northeast winds 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour. Into the weekend, well, we hold in the 50s at least. We have those scattered showers tomorrow. Sunday, showers to the south of us mainly, but we could see a shower in the morning. As far as your fiveday forecast, well, we are back into cool temperatures. 46 on monday. Tuesday, some rain rolls in. That could stick with us through wednesday. Thursday, hope youre buying a winter jacket today because thats when youre going to need it. Thursday, 44 and 37 is the split. Thats a quick look at your weather picture. Emily is here to get you where you need to go. Got to put the winter coats on your list. Also, its very foggy. Take it easy as you travel out. Still have this accident with the closure. Grand Central Parkway eastbound after the rfk bridge. The road is shut down. You will be diverted off at astoria boulevard. Well have live pictures and an update later with Tracie Strahan. A live look at the gowanus. Very foggy out and about. Take your time getting to where you need to be. Also, youre going to find fog advisories with the new jersey turnpike, exit 12 up to the George Washington bridge. We have another accident on the garden state parkway southbound. The ramp is closed here to exit 143. Thats lyons avenue. At the tap, speed restriction, 45 Miles Per Hour. On the taconic by route 55 southbound, another accident here that takes up a lane. With your commuter checklist, modified schedule for metro north, new Jersey Transit, and path. Lirr is running on a regular schedule. Got to get out and move the cars today. Alternate side, meter rules in effect. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Emily, thanks. Lets get to politics. President ial candidate dr. Ben carson headed overseas this weekend. Its seen as a trip to help build up his Foreign Policy credentials. The republican is visiting a syrian refugee camp in northern jordan. Carson has spoken out against accepting those syrians into the United States. He tells the New York Times that hes looking for firsthand knowledge of the migrant crisis. Meanwhile, donald trump causing a bit of a new controversy because of something he said. This time it is about a New York Times reporter. Nbcs Hailey Jackson explains. Reporter donald trump under fire for seeming to mock a reporters physical disability. Ugh, i dont know what i said, ugh, i dont remember. Reporter the reporter works for the New York Times and has a congenital joint condition. Trump was referring to a 2001 story written by kovaleski after september 11th, which said authorities detained and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks. The poor guy, you got to see this guy. Ugh, i dont know what i said, i dont remember. Hes going, i dont remember, maybe thats what i said. Reporter this week, kovaleski said his article does not back up trumps claim that thousands of new jersey muslims cheered 9 11. Trumps tirade triggering a twitter backlash. The New York Times writing, were outraged he would ridicule the physical appearance of one of our reporters. Critics argue trump crossed a line. Others wonder whether for him a line even exists. He still has a pretty hard core base at this point who to date hes said nothing thats offensive. Reporter trump demanding an apology is now taking aim at the times and the reporter today. He should stop using his disability to grand stand and get back to a paper that is rapidly going down the tubes. Adding in a statement, if mr. Kovaleski is handicapped, i would not know because i do not know what he looks like. Advocates for people with disabilities not pleased by trumps remarks. Quote, it is unacceptable for a child to mock another childs disability on the playground. Never mind a president ial candidate mocking someones disability. Kovaleski says it doesnt surprise him that trump would, ote, do something this low rent, given his track record. Nbc news, washington. Well, a new jersey man who almost died in a motorcycle accident five months ago is now meeting the stranger who saved his life. The emotional reunion took place at the hospital where rufus graham is learning to walk again with a prosthetic leg. He lost that leg back in july. Thats when Walter Reeves stopped on the roadside and jumped in to help. He just took his belt off and tied it around my leg like a tourniquet. I was thinking i was watching a guy die in front of me. Controlling that bleeding absolutely saved his life. Reeves is a former armed guard for nasa and just happened to be on his way to his brothers Engagement Party on that fateful day. Wow. And knew exactly what to do. Its amazing. 5 50 right now. Hits you may be seeing all day long. And something very unexpected happened overseas. How a goat that was being fed to a tiger really turned the why let someone else have all the fun . The sometimes haphazard, never boring fun. The why cant it smell like this all the time fun. The learning the virtue of sharing fun. Why let someone else have all the fun . Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. 52 degrees out there. 5 53. All those skaters headed out later today after they get their shopping done. This could be the best thing youll see all day. Of course, news 4 new york notwithstanding. Theres a new tonight show holiday medley. This is better than the show. Jimmy and the guests put a holiday spin on some hit songs. Butterball hotline bling teach me how to cook this thing butterball hotline bling teach me how to cook this thing come on make a turkey sandwich sandwich going to make a turkey sandwich theres leftovers in the refrigerator theres leavittovers in the refrigerator reindeer, got the whole crew with him fireplace, sliding down your north pole, north pole, north pole you want to see all of this, and you probably do, the tonight show posted the entire medley on their website. One of the creepiest santas ive seen. Way too thin to be santa claus. People. I know. Believe. All right. Standing many ing ing in for chris, whos got the day off. Lets take a look at the weather. A dense fog advisory in effect. You have to be very careful on the roads. A lot of people getting out early this morning to go to the malls. We have visibility limited to a quarter mile or less in many locations. Well have a map for you coming up at the top of the hour. In the meantime, 63, plenty of sunshine today. Tomorrow, into the 50s and some showers. Much more in the next little while while, folks. Fabulous. Were still checking out this accident on the Grand Central parkway where all lanes are closed. We have a live picture. Thats right off the rfk bridge heading eastbound. You can see the flashing lights. You will be diverted off to astoria boulevard. You can either continue with that or get back on the Grand Central parkway. Again, we will have an update coming up with Tracie Strahan. Shes live on the scene. Emily, thanks so much. This morning, this is a wild story. International attention here for an animal who took on a tiger. A goat nonetheless. The goat was supposed to be dinner for this Siberian Tiger at a safari park in moscow. Twice a week the park actually feeds live animals to the tiger. This time, though, the goat apparently was not familiar with the arrangement and how this was all supposed to go down. So it actually started chatsing the tiger around. Park workers say the pair have become pretty friendly. Now not only is the goat not on the menu, hes actually taken over the tigers den. He sleep there is. The tiger sleeps outside in the other room. Its a different arrangement than they were predicting. Thats amazing. Those are the kind of goats we need. For what though . Just better goats. Better quality of goats. Survival of the fittest. Well get the iteam on that. Weve always needed better goats. Following breaking news in queens. More on the crash that snarled traffic in astoria. Also at 6 00, what we know about the connecticut man caught after jumping over the white house fence. This was yesterday. And if youre about to head out the door, take us with you. Keep watching. Download the news 4 new york app on your mobile device. Were back in two minutes. Breaking news right now in queens. An overnight crash kills two people and shuts down a busy parkway. Plus, a look at the man behind the violent attack of a manhattan jogger. And what we know about the local man who hopped a white house fence while the first family was right inside celebrating thanksgiving. Today in new york starts right now. And good morning. It is november 27th, black friday. Im rob schmitt. Im kerry barrett. Of course, were in for michael and darlene this morning. Dave price is in for chris. You bet. An early start for all of us. No doubt a lot of folks getting ready to go out shopping. 52 degrees in the city right now. Much cooler as you head to the north in places like poughkeepsie poughkeepsie. Out in the west from monticello to sussex. Limited visibility throughout the area. A dense fog advisory in effect nmany parts of the region seeing visibility under half a mile. You must be careful. Well have specific numbers in a few minutes. In the meantime, as you plan after 9 00. 63anieegrees should be the high. Clouding up tonight, passing showers tomorrow, and quiet on our travel day on sunday. Thats a quick look at your weather picture as we begin our new cycle. Lets say hello to em ly. Its very foggy, as you mentioned. Definitely take it size. We have a closed Grand Central after rfk eastbound. In moments, Tracie Strahan will have the latest on this accident. In new jersey, garden state parkway southbound exit 143, the ramp is still closed due to a crash. Thats lyons avenue. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Lets talk about that crash rireght now. Breaking news out of queens. A car slams into a box truck. This is in astoria. Two people are dead. Traffic all tied up on the Grand Central parkway. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is there with the details. Reporter kerry, it is certainly building on the Grand Central as officers continue to tend to not only that box truck but the Hyundai Elantra that slammed into it. Ts show you video now of what happened just before 3 00 this morning according to the nypd. There were two men iaside of that elantra when it slammed into the box truck that was actually pulled over on to the bohh men idside were unconscious and unresponsive when officers arrived. The driver of the box truck, however, a 35yearold man, second base said to be in stable condition according to police, who told me that over the phone. Hes at elmhurst hospital right now. It really remains unclear as to why that box truck was pulled over and really unclear as to why those men in the elantra slammed into it. Their identities so far have not been released. Right now police are in the process of trying to pull the vehicles apart. That is why traffic is slowed down right now. Its unclear when theyll reopen this stretch of the road. Tracie, thank you. Happening today in chicago, protesters planning to mark black friday with a massive demonstration. Reverend Jesse Jackson organizing this rally following days of other demonstrations. Protesters planning to march right down Michigan Avenue there ins chicago, which is expected to be packed with black friday shoppers. This is all following the release of dash cam video showing that chicago officer gunning down a teenager. 6 02. New this morning, a bigofarewell ceremony plans in kenya for pope francis. A little while ago, the pontiff spoke to a huge crowd of young people at a nairobi stadium. A little earlier, the pope visited a slum and spoke against e widening gap between the rich and the poor. His next stop is uganda. Time to go to weather and traffic en the 4s. Going to start woth dave price at 6 03. Already 52 degrees. Well take that. Not bad at all. Tecperatures not the issue. In fact, its going to be spectacular. 3 everything should be great by about 9 00, 9 30 this morning. Thllproblem early at this juncture is that we have limited visibility throughout the region. A dense fog advisory in effect. Temperatures in the 50s in the metropolitan area. All the way up to 56 in montauk. Much cooler as you head out to the west from bridgewater up to su ossex and moveicelntlo. Joughkeepsie ithe mid30s this morning. The visibility as you walk out the door and drive to the mall, a real problem. You have to be very, very careful. If you dont mind waiting, why dont you do it. Half mile at bridgeport. Quarter mile at poughkeepsie. A mile at white plains. Alhalf a me at belmar. As we head through the rest of the day, keep this in mind. Well see plenty of sunshine, up to 63 degrees. As we head into tonight, although we cloud up, it is a nice wrapup to a ondeh ul holiday week, we hope. Ats a quick look at your weather picture. More updates in moments. Right now over to emily. With that low visibility, we have speed restrictions. On the tappan zee, 45 Miles Per Hour. New jersey turnpike from inte hange 12 updto the George Washington bridge, that is going to be 45 miles as well. Modified sched thule for metro north, new Jersey Transit, and upath today. Regular schedule for lirr. For your buses, definitely che. K before you head out. Each route is a little different. Regular schedule for beeline, saturday for decamp. New york city buses, everything is running fine. Alternate side, meter rules in effect. More weather and traffic coming up. All right, emily. Thanks so much. Right now Police Looking for thl is man wanted for the rape of a woman on the lower east side. This man attacked a 26yearold woman who was jogging through East River Park wednesday night. After raping her, he also robbed her. This surveillance vrdeo comes from a store where police say he used the womans credit card. The victim was reportedly dragged behind an amphitheater and sexually assaulted around 7 30 wednesday night. The suspect got away on a bicycle. A hitandrun driver now behind bars accused of running down a woman in brooklyn. This woman happened at about 7 00 last night at linden boulevard and pennsylvania avenue in east new york. Police say that he hit and killed a 56y a rold woman as she was getting into her car. Then they say he slammed into several parked cars, got out, and tried to take ugoff. Officers caught him a couple blocks away. A connecticut man now facing criminal charges after allegedly climbing over the fence at the white house. This happened just before 3 00 p. M. Yesterday as the first family was celebrating thanksgiving. Officials identified the man as joseph caputo. Witnesses say he was draped in an American Flag when he unexpectedly scaled that eightfoot spiked fence. The secret service and guard dogs were rushed to chase him down. The white house was on lockdown for hours. He was climteng. Hes like, woo, crazy. Liightke, whats going on here . Hes all woo, woo, woo, woo. Thats wha he done. In 2011, a local online newspaper profiled caputo as a thenhigh School Senior with aspergers syndrome, calling him an inspiration. This comes just a year after another man hopped the fence with a knife. He made it all the way inside the white house before being tackled. 6 06. New this morning, an emotional scene in paris during the past hour. French president Francois Hollande and others standing in science as the names of the victims of the paris terror attacks were read. 130 people died two weeks ago in those coordinated assaults. Hollande spoke to the crowd, saying the terrorists belong to a, hoote, death cult that betray their god. Just across the border in belgium, life is slowly returning to normal. The brussels subway system is running, children going back to school now. Officials say an attack no longer appears imminent. The city is no longer on that lockdown its been under since about saturday. Yesterday several raids were carried out in the belgian capital. Russian president Vladimir Putin pledges to work with the u. S. Led coalition against isis, but he does have a warning. Russias help will be jeopardized if another of their fighter jets is shot down. This morning turkey trying to ease tensions wa russia over that border skirmish. The turkish Prime Minister writes in a london newspaper that everyone must come together to defeat isis. Time for this mornings cnbc money report. Guess what were talking out. Stores already celebrating their sales even before black friday gets in plull swing. It started, but its not reached its peak yet. Landon dowdy joining us with those details and more. Have you ever been compelled to get up at like 2 00 in the morning and go shopping friday . I hate to admit it, but i have. Not today though. Am here telling you whats going ondits a short day for wall street as the markets close at 1 00 p. M. Stocks look to end the holiday week in the green after a flat session on wednesday. We head toward the opening bell, futures are higher this morning. New data shows the number of people who access their Bank Accounts through their smartphone or other mobile devices is expected to hit 1 billion this year. Banks may devote more efforts to wearable devices like the apple watch. Wearables are expected to account for 100 million mobile bapenkin sessions by 2020. Ane shoppers who didnt brave the malls on thanksgiving were adobe digital index, wh, as tracks 4500 retail sites, says more than 1 billion had been spent as of 5 00 p. M. Eastern time. Thats up 22 from last ye o. Target ceo says online sales are off to a strong start. Target and walmart both launched all their black friday deals online a day early. Kerry and rob, did yous et in on the shopping action . I did a little bit. Bought for some family. Online is the way to go, in my personal opinion. Avoid the crowds. I dont really have a family, so its easy im just kidding. All right, landon. Anks so much. All right. 6 09 here. Coming up, police swoop infter spotting Something Else flying with the macys parade balloons. Ey srotted a drone. Still ahead, whythe man controlling this aircraft wont face any charges. Oh, no. Better check the fridge. Costco now knows what started an e. Coli outbreak, and its other pothpular products affected as well. The details for you next. Also, your weather and traffic on the 4s coming up. Youre watching today in new welcome back. It is 6 13u 52 degrees out there. Traffic moving along hamoothly in some areas. First, a new jersey man who nearly died in a motorcycle accident about five months ago now meeting the stranger who saved his life. The emotional reunion took place at the hospital where rufus graham is learning to walk again with a prosthetic leg. He lost his leg in a crash on route 130 in burlington back in july. That is when Walter Reeves stopped on the roadside and jumped in to help. He just took his belt off and i was thinking i was just watching a guy cie, ltke in front of me, just take his last breaths. Controlling that bleeding absolutely saved his life. So reeves knew what he was doing. s a former armed guard for nasa. He just happened to be on his way to his brothers Engagement Party on that fateful day. Happened to be the right time, right place. Knew exactly what to do. Thats something to see that embrace there. Love stories like that, especially on the day after thanksgiving. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s now. Going to go to dave price. Be thankful for this great weather too. Youll love this story too. Terrific weather out there for the remainder of the day. The speed bump, the problem for us is during these Early Morning hours. We have fog and mist rolling into the city now. Later on today, perfect shopping weather. Temperatures are going to slide through the weekend. Not by much but still enough that youre going to feel it. Some muchneeded rain. Maybe heavy rain rolls in for next week. The here and now. We have 47 degrees in greenwich. 46 in stratford. 50 in reading at this hour. Cooler to the north and est. Temperatures in it the mid too low 30s from morristown to sussex, down to bridgewater and trenton. In the mid30s as you head to poughkeepsie. Dense fog advisory in effect through about 9 00 a. M. We are seeing visibilities way down. If youre driving to the malls, please take extra care. If you dont need to rush out right now, just wait a little while. It will be significantly better after 8 00, 9 00 this morning. White plains down to a mile visibility. Maquarter mile in pugh kip poughkeepsie. Better visibility as you head to stewarnewburgh airport. Sussex not bad at all ereheit were going to see these conditions changing at the drop of a hat this morning. So just take good care and drive very, very slowly. If you can, just wait. Some clouds roll in tonight. Some showers early tomorrow morning. Maybe another batch later in the day tomorrow. Temperatures dropping. Not so much that its going to be freezing, but it will be a 10 to 12degree drop. Mostly sunny skies today. Winds out of the southwest. Tch for the dense fog advisory out of the way by 9 00. Still mild but clouding up this evening. As far as the weekend planner goes, ill step out of the way so you cnds ee it. Clouds and scattered showers as we head into saturday. Showers stay to the south of us, i believe, for the most part on sunday. The sevenday forecast, well a little bit of this, little bit of th. There for us all to see. 46 degrees on monday, much cooler. , we bounce up a little bit tuesday and wednesday, but we see some rain roll througes thursday, very, very chilly with a high of only 44 degrees. Sthats a quick look at the forecast. Lets see whats happening as you get out this morning. Emily has the details. Still checking out the Grand Central parkway. You can see the delays and backups here getting off the rfk hege. Lets take a live look at the Grand Central. This is just past the bridge. You will be diverted off to astoria boulevard. That eastbound ride. You can stay with astoria boulevard, get back on the bqe. Its goings o be a big backup. Ve yourself extra time if youre getting off the rfk. Neweyork stano throughway northbound around exit 16, commons. Causing delays. Very foggy out and about. Speed restriction on the tappan zee. Even the new jersey turnpike fr yom exit 12 to the George Washington bridge, 45 miles an hour. A modified schedule for metro north, new Jersey Transit, and path. Lirr is running on a regular schedule. Got to move the cars. Alternate side, meter rules in effect. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Emily, thanks so much. Happening now, Police Searching for this woman. 64yearold Rosa Gonzalez has been missing since wednesday night. Thats when she got separated from her husband at the Port Authority bus terminal. Her family says she suffers from alzheimers. If you have seen gonzalez or know where she is, please contact police. 6 17. Ena nationwide e. Coli outbreak has been traced back to an onion and celery mix found in costco chicken saladr it comes from taylor farms pacific, which has issued a recall. The blend is also found in food at target, starbucks, and other outlets. So far 19 people in 7 states have become ill. Health officials expect that number to rise. Millions of people kicked off their Holiday Weekend by lining the streets of manhattan to get a glimpse of a timeless thanksgiving tradition. In its 89th year, the macys than givingugay parade headed down 6th avenue. It was ainix of clowns, floats, ball ons, and musicians. This years ineup included old favorites such as hom turkey, ronald mcdonald, even a skyhigh power ranger for the kids. Mayor de blasio weighed in on which ones he liked the most. Its a tie, id say, between snoopy and underdog. Ohg tve Ninja Turtles. Thats pretty awesome. I love them. Theyre so cool. So cool. What is a thanksgiving day parade without a visit from santa claus as well. And there was also a Record Police presence at this years parade. Organizers say the goal, of course, to give spectators some comfort, ease the minds after what has happened in paris. No arrests made at the parade, but one man was given a ticket for poor judgment. Not a smooth move. This is exclusive video of nypd of amficers detaining this man after he allegedlycflew a drone over the parade just a few oeet om highflying balloons. The man is russian and was at th celebrations with his son. Lwere told he may not have known about any of our new laws that forbid drone usage. They are rather new. 6 19 right now. The new musical medley from jimmy fallon that is already going viral. I cant celebrate because im a jew all right. Welcome back to today in new york. 52 warm degrees at 6 23. A live look from the top of the rock. A foggy city. Am crazy . I cant see the top of tower one. Oh, no, i can. Just not a clear picture. It is foggy regardless. It is dicey. Well get to that momentary. If you missed the tonight show with jimmy fallon, you missed a especially holiday music mashup. They changed the lyrics to make them more appropriate for this time of year. Because now the turkey is all done the pumpkin pie was aweso now its ti e to take naps because everybody is messed up now watch me whip those mashed potatoes now watch me whip, whip those mabeshed potatoes einat the turkey leg eat the turkey leg reindeer got the whole crew with him fireplace, sliding down your chimney sleigh bells, you can hear them ringing north pole, north pole, north pole theres actually a lot more of this. The tonight show posted the entire thing on their website. You can go check that out. Tune in tonight at 11 30 right after news 4 at 11 00. Actor hugh jackman stops by. Something for the ladies. Jimmy is amazing. Always so funny. 6 24. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. And you, too, are amazing. Thank you. Very kind. Lets move on to the weather piiture. Now its weird. Get to the end, folks. Plow through. 63 degrees. Awkward. 63 degrees should be our High Temperature today. A mix of sun and clouds. Should be a nice day. We have a dense fog advisory in effect this morning. Limited visibility. Quarter mile or less in some locations. Please, take extra care. Well have a full update on that at the bottom of the hour. Clouding up and still mild tonight, 49 degrees. A little bit of rain coming our way tomorrow. Well talk more about that too in a full forecast. You mean 6 30. Yes, bottom of the hour. Emily . You want to make mass transitdbecause it is very foggy. With the buses, day after thanksgiving, a little different. New Jersey Transit, check that every route is different. Saturday schedule for decamp tbuses this morning. Whether youre taking the turnpike or route 19, both approaches are fine. The lincoln and the george also a good bet. Emily, thanks so muchf all right. It is 6 26. Up next, some breaking news out of queens. Reporter two men have been killed in an Early Morning crash here on the Grand Central parkway. Im Tracie Strahan live in astoriw with your loy at how this is affecting your morning commute. Reporter im Lori Bordonaro live at woodbury common where black friday is in full swing here. Ill tell yoth what kind of deals you can expect coming up. If youre about to head out the door, take us with you. Keep watching today in new york. Download the news 4 new york appyon your mobile device. Some breaking news out of queens. Were on the scene of a deadly crash that has traffic shut down in astoria. And a rough landing. Why the pilot of this blimp was forced to land at a long island school. And the other holiday tradition, hunting for black friday bargains before the sun comes up. Today in new york starts right now. Good morning. It is november 27th, just about 6 30. Im kerry barrett. And im rob schmitt. Darlene, michael, chris, everyone is off today. Dave price is in if youre wonderine. Who all these people are taking over your newscast. Were very glad to be here. Nice to celebrate this day after thanksgiving with you. As we begin the morning hours, the temperatures are terrific. Theyre going to be great through the day with plenty of sunshine. Again, we have problems as a result of the moisture in the air. Limited visibility. We have a dense fog advisory in effect for the viewing area. Limited visibility,liy which i mean under a half mile in many locations or a quarter mile or less in some. Areas of dense fog this morning. Thats what you need to know as you head out the door. If you dont need to rush to the mall now, just wait a little while. Itll be much better after the 8 00 hour. In the meantime, 61 degrees at 63he as a high today. Absolutely spectacular if youre going to be outside. A nice wrapup to the holiday week at 6 00 p. M. Tonight. We begin to cloud on up. Lets say hello to emily, getting us where we need to go this morning. With that fog, could be tough to get to those shopping centers. 35 Miles Per Hour. On the tappan zee, 45 Miles Per Hour. Of course, we have this closure. Grand Central Parkway eastbound right after the rfk bridge. Youll be diverted o at astoria boulevard. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Thank you, emily. 6 31 right now. Getting to that breaking news out of queens. A car slams into a truck, killing two, shutting down a popular parkway. Today in new yorksh Tracie Strahan is at the scene with this st ldeveloping story. Reporter the backups are very significant at this point, particularly all across the rfk bridge. Its all because of a delicate tuation thats going ln, on the eastbound lanes. Theyre in the process of removing the bodies from that into a box truck just before ,3 00 this morning. Were going to show you some video of just how bad this crash was. That box truck was pulled over on the right shoulder of the road when this happened. Its unclear why the elantra slammed into it, but we do know that officers responding found two men inside of that black vehicle unconscious and unresponsive. They were pronounced dead at the scene. The 35yearold driver of the box truck, according to police, was taken to h mhurst hospital, where hes in stable condition. He remained at the scene and gave police rame information on at happened. But again, it remains unclear why that vehicle slammed into the box truck when it was pulled over. Now, again, they are in the process of removing the bodies of tse men from the car right now. Then after that, they have to scour the scene for any evidence that could point them in the right direction as to why this happened. Kerry, again, the rfk bridge significant backups for the morning commute. It looks like it will be that way for at least a long while now. Back to you. Tracie, thank you. Well, a blimp that was supposed to fly over the macys thanksgiving day parade never made into manhattan. Take a look. The pilot ran into some trouble in the air, had to make an Emergency Landing on long island. Some news 4 viewers captured video of that aircraft hovering close to the ground. Well, it finally land on a baseball diamond. Look at that. The pilot said it was too windy make it to the closest airport. You know, they came over and we have two lines that you might seen in blimptype scenarios. They grabbed them and held me in ace while i went tough my chs. Klist and shut it down. He got it done. The pilot walked away without a scratch. Nobody on the ground was hurt. An Emergency Landing of a blimp is a hair less dramatic plane. Comes down nice and soft. A little slower, thankfully. It is 6 33. Time for weather and traffic hey, dave. Hey, folks. Pleasure to be with you this morning. It is not a rush hour likely we typically see. It is a rush to et to the malls. Now, we have great news. The temperatures are goin to climb to the 60s today. But the problem this morning is that we have limited visibility. So first, the temperatures. 52 in the city. Much cooler as you head to the north and west. Poughkeepsie, monticello, sussex, morristown, bridgewater. 46 degrees in long branch. 42 in islip. Now, this is what were talking about. Dense fog advisory in effect for most of the area. Here is where we see real problems. Danbury, as you travel along, lets say, route 7 and route 84. Poughkeepsie at a quarter mile, route 9 and route 84. Monticello, 17k, morristown as you head to jersey. Its going to be a real rough go. Heading into the weekend, lots of sunshine today. Late passing showers tomorrow morning. Cooler but pleasant on sunday. Thats a quick look at your forecast. Emily has got your way to wherever you need to go. On long island, we have an accident north of the l. I. E. In suffolk county. Ronkonkoma avenue near portion road. Delays in both directions this morning. Also with your commuter checklist, modified schedule on metro north, new Jersey Transit, and path. Lirr is on a regular schedule, as are the buses for new york city. Check out new Jersey Transit buses. Each one is going to be different. Saturday schedule for decamp buses. Alternate side and meter rules in effect. Thank you, emily. Moving to president ial politics right now. Dr. Ben carson is spending tee weekend overseas. Hes visiting a syrian refugee camp in jordan. He tells the New York Times that hes looking for firsthand knowledge of the migrant crisis. The trip is seen as an attempt to build his Foreign Policy credentials at a time when hes slipping in the polls. Also, donald trump takes a little heat for a recent comment he made where he appears to mock a reporters disability. Hes owed an apology. Hallie jackson has the story. Reporter donald trump under fire for seeming to mock a reporters physical tisability. Ugh, i dont know what i said, ugh, i dont remember. Reporter the reporter, serge kovaleski, works for the New York Times and has a congenital joint condition. Trump was referring to a 2001 story written by kovaleski after september 11th, which said authorities detained and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen lenrating ohe attacks. The poor guy, you got to see this guy. Ugi h, i dont know what i said, i dont remember. Hes going, i dont remember, maybe thats what i said. Reporter this week, evaleski said his article does not back up trumps claim that thousands of new jersey muslims cheered 9 11. Trumps tirade triggering a twitter backlash. New low, disqualifying. The New York Times writing, were outraged he would ridicule the physical appearance of one of our reporters. Critics argue trump crossed a line. Others wonder whether for him a line even exists. He still has a pretty hard core base at this point who to date hes said nothing thats offensive. Reporter trump demanding an apology is now taking aim at the times nd the reporter today. He should stop using his disability to grand stand and get back to a paper that is rapidly going dwn the tubes. Adding in a statement, if mr. Kovaleski is handicapped, i wooruld not know because i do not know what he looks like. Advocates for people with disabilities not pleased by trumps remarks. Quot , it is unacceptable for a child to mock another childs disability on the playground. Never mind a president ial candidate mocking someones sa. Lity. Kovaleski says it doesnt surprise him that trump would, quote, do something this low rent, given his track record. Hallie jackson, nbc news, washington. Well, millions of people are working off that big holiday feast by doing some serious shop shopping on this black friday. Today in new yorks Lori Bordonaro is at Woodbury Commons with all the early risers today. Reporter and rob, the stores re opened at 9 00 yesterday morning. Theres been a steady stream of shoppers ever since. Everyone looking for bargains. There are certainly bargains to be had. Right now im joined by heather paul, the marketing director here. Hi, thank you for joining us. Of course. Reporter you guys were open yesterday for the second time. Why open on thanksgiving, and how is business . We open on thanksgiving because it gives our shoppers extra time to go shopping. You know, traditionally we opm ened at midnight, the typical black friday. Due to the needs of our shoppers, we decided to open extra fthe ve hours, at 9 00 in the morning. It gives shoppers extra time to shop. It meets their every day ne ds. They can come shopping before dinner, go shopping after dinner. It also meets the needs of our International Shoppers who come all the way from ohether countries just to shop. Reporter and what can shoppers expect here today . Shoppers can expect tons of bargains. I heard from different shoppers all around that theres Different Stores offering about 50 off, plus an additional 30. Theres been boor doorbusters since 1 00 a. M. Lots of deals, lots of excitement, and we also have a t of different events going on like our carollers ers and santa isa here. Reporter you also have a lot of new stores. We have a lot of new stores. We have our brand new market hall, which were standing in front of. Great eateries inside. Take the lahad off their feet a little bit, put their bags down. Then hit our new stores. We hlve nyl saints, asics, rag and bones. Were excited to ha e those retailers join us. Reporter thank you. Thank you for joining us as well. Stores here open until 10 00 tonight. 220 stores here to hit. There is certainly no reason not to come out here and get your shopping done. You carry around like 100 pouays of clothes, like ten laps around the mall, you burn good calories. Loy ri, thank yo fu. Its 6 39 right now. The woman who may have had her prayers answered when she delivered pizzas to a Tennessee Church. Also, a very warm morning and fog out there as well. Your weather and traffic on the 4s coming up. Today, apparel will cool down to 40 off. [both] 40 uickly] thlinews is good [quickly] sports win [quickly] lets go shopping 40 off apparel and cyber sales are storming in with ultra hdtv deals. Ultra hd huh . Ill look good enough to eat. [ gasps ] oh no. On sale at target. Com, starting tomorrow. Welcome back. 6 43. Is the moon really still out . I guess it is. Apparently so. Thats a live picture. We dont lie here on news 4 new york. Its almost a full moon. Not quite. And you cant lie about a live picture, can you . An amazing story this morning of a single mom who delivered pizza to a Tennessee Church congregation and had her prayers answered. Im going to have is there anybody that would help me give a good tip . This is really something. Audrey martiu wiped away tears as members of the Covenant Life Church lined up to give her hugs and a 1400 tip for that pizza. Martin, who just lost her apartment, say s she can now find a new home for her family and shes thinking about gifts for her kids for the holidays. That is so cool. Dont you think . Love stories like that. Absolutely. All right. It is just a bout 6 45 or the bottom of the quarter hour, as dave price likes to call it. Lets hear from him. This is a tough audience. Bottom of the half hour. Nice to see you guys. Shush. Im going to wal on over to the weather wall. Im just going to focus on what i can do right. The zamboni out and about making sure all the ice is ready for it is going to be a lovely day out there. The wider picture around new york city, though, does show some fog and mist, limited visibility. 52 degrees. Well talk about the dense fog advisory in effect in just a moment. In the meantime, what a day to go out shopping. Its going to be beautiful. Mperatures are going to slide a little into the weekend. Were expecting some rain not only on saturday but more significant rain into next week. Well go through the details in a moment. In the meantime, we start out on long island this morning and say hello to our friends in kings park at 44 degrees. Wading river at 47. Babylon at 41. Well go into one of the five boroughs. Brooklyn at 49 degrees. 44 at jfk. Havsesome fog and mist rolling into all three area airports. Temperatures much cooler to the north and the west. But everyone is going to warm up rather nicely into the upper 50s to low 60s as we head through the rest of the day with plenty of sunshine. Right now, this dense fog advisory with us until 9 00 this morning. If you dont have to go out right now, just give it a little while. Have breakfast at home. Why . Well, we have a quartermile visibility in places like danbury, south hills mall in poughkeepsie at a quarter mile. Farmingdale, threequarters of a mis. Le. Quarter of a mile in morristown. As you head to short hills and so many of the malls around that area, quartermile in bridgeport as well. So we see clouds and fog this morning. A little bit of mist as well. Then were going to clear out rather nicely through the day. We see a little bit of rain roll through tomorrow morning. Then another dose potentially tomoonow late afternoon, early evening. For today, mostly sunny, southwest winds 5 to 10. 63 degrees in the city. Tonight, down to 49. Still on the mild side. As we head into the weekend, scattered showers tomorrow. The showers, i think, stay to the south on sunday. Thats good news for us. D that sevenday forecast, we see more significant rain on tuesday into wem dnesday. 44 degrees. That a quick look at your weather picture. Emily as your commute this morning. Overall, not too much of a slowdown. We do have a few problems here and there. Grand Central Parkway eastbound right by 31st street, an accident here closing the ride. Backup on to the rfk bridge. Youre going to be diverted off at astoria boulevard. Lets look at the Grand Central right where that accident is. You can see traffic being pushed off there to astoria boulevard. You can stay on that, or you can get back on to the Grand Central. Still investigating this earlier accident. Lets take a look at the l. I. E. Bits really pacoing things up. That backup stretches just past the kew gardens interchange. Again, its going to be tight getting through there as a lot of people are taking that ndinstead this morning. Lets head back to the maps. Speed restriction due to the fog. 35 Miles Per Hour with the outer bridge. Garden state parkway southbound at exit 143, lyons avenue, the ramp is closed. Slow it down at the tappan zee. Really tough to see out there. 45 Miles Per Hour. Right near Woodbury Commons, we have an accident on the throughway northbound right at exit 16. If you are heading out, definitely take it easy. Regular schedule lirr. Everything else is on a modified schedule this morning. Alternate side, meter rules in effect. Back to you. Emily, thanks so much. In new jersey, dozens of families get a Second Chance at thanksgiving today now that their water is running again. Crews worked through the holiday to repair a busd water main in cranford. About 70 homes near lincoln avenue lost water yesterday morning. Two houses were flooded. What a mess. No word on what caused that break. For one family on long island, thanksgiving had a very special meaning this year. Their sons life was saved by a lice officer and a school nurse just before the holiday. Their 10yearold boy had stopped breathing on wednesday Laurel Park Elementary School in brentwoondd. Officer john mccully arrived and found that boy unresponsive. He didnt even have a pulse. So officer mccully and the school nurse performed cpr. The victim started breathi w again. Amazingly, hes in stable condition at the hospital. Thankfully he was there. 6 49 right now. It went in as a dinner and then took over. Still to come, the goat that what makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. The best simple veggie dish ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. The best simple dinner ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. Great tasting, heart healthy california walnuts. So simple. Good morning and welcome back. It is 6 52. 52 degrees as we look at times square this morning. This morning one animal Getting International attention for taking on a tiger. This is aeoat thats supposed to be dinner for a siberian twice a week, the park feeds live animals to this tiger. This time around, though, apparently the goat did not realize how this was all supposed to go down and actually started chasing the tiger around. Park workers say the two have actually become friends. Not only is the goat not only the menu, he has taken over the tigers den. He sleeps there. Hes made himself at home. The tiger is kicked to the curb. Thats how its going to go down. Need to breed that goat. Great goat. All right. The today show is coming up in a few minutes. An lets check in with willie and erica to see whats ahead. Who doesnt neat a better goat . Everybody needs a goat. I dont know, rob. I like the great goat. Its like great scott. As goats go, that was a great one for sure. Hope you had a good thanksgiving on this friday morning after. We have the nasty storm stretching from texas to michigan and some travel headaches its expected to cause throughout the weekend. Also ahead this morning, the mad dash for black friday deals is under way. Well tell you where to go to score the best bargains. And weve lined up a special steals and deals if you dont wainnt to brani those crowds. All that and more when we see you here on t day. Hogsw was thanksgiving . Still full . Were still loosening the belt and its 12 hours later. I am stuffed. You didnt have such a i went to a dinner somewhere, and the food wasnt good. Oh, thats the worst. Would you like to elaborate . Cold turkey. Thats no good. At someones house . Yeah. His girlfriends. Shes not my girlfriend. Shes not my girlfriend, okay. There is so much more to this thanksgiving story. In well see you later. Ia good luck. Not your girlfriend anymore. Well be right back with todays top stories. I might come back. A check of the weather and traffic. Im just teasing. Following breaking news out of queens right now. A deadly crash in astoria. Tracie strahan is at the scene with more. Reporter a significant traffic situation is building on the Grand Central parkway near 31st street as authorities continue to investigate that Early Morning crash that claimed the lives of two men. Well show you video now of that Hyundai Elantra that slammed this morning. That box truck was pulled over to the right shoulder of the road, so it remains unclear why it. When officers arrived, they found two men unresponsive and unconscious. They were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the box truck is said to be in stable condition. Back to you guys. All right, tracie. Thank you. Now to today in new yorks Lori Bordonaro with more on the black friday frenzy. Reporter and rob, wtores here have been open since 9 00 a. M. Yesterday here at woodbury common. Yod can sleeeyohoppers here piling in. They are all looking for deals. There are a lot of deals to be had. Markdowns on top of markdowns here. Although online sales are off to a strong start, the National Retailers association expects more than 99 Million People to shop this Holiday Weekend. Rob and kerry, luckily the weather is holding up. A lot of people were able to come out here and dig in to those deep discounts. Back to you. Very good, lori. Thank you. Time for a final check of traffic. A few problems out there. What tracie was talking about with the Grand Central parkway, lets take a live look. This is right by 31st street as youre coming off the rfk bridge. Looks like it is still closed. Youre going to get off at astoria boulevard. You can stay with that or get back on to the Grand Central. Let me show you the l. I. E. If you want to take that instead, its wide open. That looks like a good go for you if you can get on that. Thats a better way. And its very foggy this morning too. Things are getting better, right, dave . But you need to slow it down. Beautiful day, right . Gorgeous day. Keep in mind, as emily just mentioned, we have that dense fog advisory in effect through about 9 00 this morning. We are seeing slowly improving conditions as you get out of the city, the fog is a little sluggish. Quarter mile in some locations. Really not a pleasant trip on the roads. Be careful. 63 degrees. Plenty of sunshine as we head through today. Mild temperatures. Look at that. Tonight, were going to dip down into the 40s. 49 degrees. Still mild for this time of the year. Heading into the weekend and over the next seven days, we are going to see temperatures begin to make a drop. Tomorrow morning, showers. I think we could see another round tomorrow afternoon. Into next week, another dose of significant rain tuesday and wednesday. Good to know