That milder feel by noon, about 51. Forecasting a high today of 54. Just only the beginning. Another stranger has returned this morning. Its lauren scala. Good morning. We have just a couple problems on the roads already. On long island, an accident on the Southern State parkway eastbound by exit 39. Then heading down to toms river, we have a closure. This is leftover from an accident yesterday. A utility pole in the road. Route 9 shut down in both directions. Lauren, thank you. Happening now, were waiting for charges to be filed against a woman who police say intentionally ran down pedestrians on the vegas strip. Police say the woman had her 3yearold child in the car during the crash last night. Witnesses say the car drove on and off the sidewalk in front of the paris hotel, hitting dozens of people. At least one person was killed and 37 were hurt. Six are in critical condition. They dont even pay attention. People were running behind the car, chasing the car, and they were not Police Officers chasing the car. Just random dudes. Theyre like, im going to help out and theyre like screaming. The driver sped away but was quickly arrested at a nearby hotel. Police are testing for blood for drugs and alcohol. Now to that bear attack in new jersey. Three boy scouts are being called heroes for helping save their leaders life during a horrifying encounter. Today in new yorks jen maxfield is at the morristown medical center, where the scout leader is being treated. Reporter thats right. Good morning, rob. The boy skoutd leader is being treated here for injuries to his shoulders and legs. Really, hes lucky to be alive after exploring a cave that turned out to be a bears home. The cave was in the Split Rock Reservoir in rockaway township. Police say the man had taken explore a cave. He went inside first, and a bear grabbed his leg and dragged him inside, where he was mauled. He was bleeding but had the presence of mind to tell the scouts to put all their trail mix outside the cave and build a fire to draw the bear out. The scouts built a signal fire that they also used the smoke to drive the bear out of the cave, which eventually worked, resulting in the bear exiting the cave and enabling their scout master to extricate himself from the bears den. Reporter he was then air lifted here to morristown medical center. This bear attack comes a little more than a year after a fatal bear attack in a reservation in west milford. New jerseys bear hunt just ended here, resulting in more than 500 bears killed. Again, this scout leader is recovering here today at morristown medical center. Now back to you. Incredible story. Jen, thank you. 4 33 right now. Determine what sickened shoppers at a Kohls Department store. The store was evacuated and a hazmat team was called in. The cause is still undetermined. We saw no signs of residue, nothing in the area. Our meters didnt detect anything, so we called in jersey city hazmat. Officials say an initial investigation shows no sign of a gas leak. 4 34 a. M. Time to go to weather and traffic on the 4s. A little chill over the weekend, which was just what its supposed to be like this time of year. Were right back and warming things up again this week. Well above normal, especially by the time we get to christmas eve. 20s right now in many suburbs this morning. To the low 30s. In the city, were in the low 40s. Were back into the 50s this afternoon as the wind goes southwest. Milder trend heading our way day. 43 degrees current temperature. Thats in the park. Suburbs a bit chillier. Well be around 50 or so by noontime. Into the mid50s as clouds over into the afternoon. We have some rain in the forecast. Well take a closer look at that. Right now, lets get an update on the commute. Hopefully its tame. Pretty tame, especially if youre taking mass transit. A couple bus detours. If youre getting on the subways, weekend track work still out there. Youll see delays and Service Changes on those lines. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect today. Well have more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. In just a few hours, a bronx father will face a judge to answer ak ccusations he murdered his infant son. Reporter darlene, Jose Feliciano is expected to face a judge on seconddegree murder charges and manslaughter. Baby inside his bronx apartment and dumped the body more than 50 miles away. Take a look at this video. Police believe this is feliciano carrying the corpse of his son in a duffel back. They say he killed his baby back on december 10th. This picture shows him in the hospital room smiling right after baby mason was born. But his building superintendent tells news 4 the new dad complained about the babys crying. Disclosures learned of the death after the babys mother told hospital staff that her boyfriend killed the baby. Felicianos neighbors are shock shocked. Its very devastating. Im a mom of a 10yearold. Reporter and the babys mother is being questioned but has not been charged. Feliciano is expected to appear here in court later this morning. Thats the latest from here. Back to you. Lori, thank you. Looking for two women who robbed a 76yearold man ithe bronx. Grainy surveillance images show the suspects near the scene of the saturday morning attack. Police say they confronted the victim on melrose avenue. One of them punched that man ground. They took his wallet before street. Happening today, the friend and former neighbor of the San Bernardino shooter is heading to court in california. Enrique marquez is charged with conspiracy to commit crimes of terrorism and federal weapons charges. Prosecutors say he bought the two assault rifles used by syed farook and his wife in the deadly shooting rampage two weeks ago. Were told six passengers are being questioned over that bomb hoax that forced an air france jet to make an emergency landing. The mauritius to paris flight was diverted yesterday to kenya. Thats where 473 people scrambled down exit slides. During that flight, a passenger reported a box with a timer. Then the plane slowly and safely made its way to the ground. The plane just went down slowly, slowly, slowly. So we just realized probably something was wrong. They told us it was a technical problem, just to not make us scared, you know. Air france says that box was filled with paper and cardboard. It was harmless. The airline says it stepped up security checks after the paris terror assaults. Senator Chuck Schumer now backs legislation that would allow social media to be examined. Schumer says theres nothing wrong with scanning twitter or facebook for talk of jihad, shootings, or bombings. He said agents need new tools in the wake of San Bernardino shootings. Federal government must make sure were on the cutting edge when it comes to how we decipher, disrupt, and decode social media communications. Immigration officers did not look do not look at facebook postings because of Civil Liberties cooncerns. In president ial politics, donald trump is fighting back against Hillary Clinton and her claim that trump is fueling isis recruiting. They are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit. Cli on made that claim during saturday nights democratic debate, but no one can seem to locate any isis videos online that show donald trump. She lies like crazy about everything, whether its trips where she was being gunned down in a helicopter or an airplane. Shes a liar and everyone knows that. Yesterday, governor Chris Christie also piled on clinton. He called her the architect of a failed foruign policy when she was secretary of state. Coming up on the today show, a live interview with donald trump. Gas prices have fallen to levels not seen in more than five years. According to the latest lundberg survey, the average price of gas is now 2. 06 per gallon nationwide. Thats the lowest price since april of 2009. According to aaas fuel gauge report, drivers in new york are paying 2. 26. In connecticut, the average price is 2. 18. Its a real bargain in new jersey. The average price there, just 1. 88. Thats the place to go. You just have to pay the toll to get back in the city. 45 or Something Like that these days. Up next, a major mistake at the Miss Universe pageant. See what happened when host steve harvey announced the wrong winner. Later, expecting a drone under the Christmas Tree . Were going to tell you about new rules going into effect today. And your weather and traffic on the 4s i coming up. Its 4 42. Here are f sour things to know this morning. Were waiting to learn the name of the driver who plowed into groups of pedestrians on the vegas strip. One person was killed, dozens were injured. Police say the female driver intentionally swerved her vehicle into the crowd multiple times. A new jersey boy scout leader in the hospital this morning following a bear attack near Split Rock Reservoir in Morris County. The three scouts he was with were not injured during that attack. Officials are still searching for that bear. If you take the verrazano bridge on your way to work, you may be in for some headaches. The upper level staten bound one lane will open at 10 00 a. M. Today is expected to be the busiest delivery day of the year for the United States postal service. Postal employees are expected to handle more than 30 million packages today alone. Thats not including cards and other letters. And its 4 44 on a monday morning. That chill over the weekend is about to ease again as we go on into this weekend. In fact, were probably going to see temperatures get close to record highs by the time we get to christmas eve. Ill explain in a minute. Clouds are rolling in today. It turns milder gradually. We go from the 40s over the weekend to the 50s today. There will be some on and off rain through the midweek period. Then it looks warm for the holiday, especially on thursday. Ill show you that High Temperature possibility in a minute. Speaking of High Temperatures, the entire month with the exception of this past weekend has been above normal. So far the average for the month is 50. 4 degrees. Next closest warmest december we have is in 2001. That average temperature was 44. 1 degrees. Were pretty much a lock, especially the way these last to go, with having this become the warmest december on record. Were already 11. 3 degrees above normal. A half inch below the rainfall total. We may gain a little on that over the next few days. You can see a lot of cloud cover. That will be moving on in today. Heres the rain out to the west. Cold front approaching us. First well see a couple showers across parts of the area overnight tonight as a warm front moves on through. Then well get the more significant showers with a cold front. For the time being for today, a lot of clouds around. Limited sunshine, but there should be some sun early on in the day. The clouds thicken up into the evening hours. Also notice no rain through at least 7 00. Then we get a couple light showers that go to the north and west overnight. Tomorrow morning, were kind of in between batches of showers. I think tomorrow is going to be an umbrella day. You can see showers hit and miss around the area. Looks like the steadiest stuff passes probably just to the south of the city. Another lull in the action from tuesday night to wednesday morning. This is 7 00 a. M. Wednesday. Showers wednesday afternoon into wednesday night. We get breaks on and off. About every 18 to 24 hour, were going to have rounds of showers come on through. Milder today, 54 the expected high this afternoon. 56 in ramsey. Through the hudson valley, close to 50. A mild night tonight. Only around 50 or so in town. Upper 40s in the nearby suburbs. Lower 40s to the north and west. That mild trend continues. Look at this sevenday forecast. Thursday, christmas eve, 70 a possibility. That would be a record high. For christmas day, that looks to be the day we really dont have to worry about rain during the day, but its a green christmas at 61. Could be showers again over the upcoming weekend as temperatures cool back into the mid50s. But that 70 just looks odd. Just jumping out on christmas eve. It is a little weird for sure. But i guess its better than a blizzard. Well, if youre getting on the roads, we have a closure out there in the toms river area on route 9. Directions by clayton avenue. Thats due to cleanup from an accident yesterday involving a downed utility pole. A live look outside at the brooklyn bridge. No road work this morning. Things are moving along nicely. Similar story on the cross bronx expressway. Smooth sailing out there. You need to move your car today. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect. More weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. Lauren, thank you. The families of two murdered Police Officers are still doping with their grief. While the city marked one year since their murders. Officer wen sjian lius father spoke in his native cantonese and choked back tears. The family of officer rafael ramos was also at brooklyns 84th precinct. Thats where plaques were dedicated yesterday in their honor. Both men were shot to death in would give anything to s him and hear his voice. To detectives liu and ramos, i say, we see you. We see you in the faces of your e families. Wreaths were laid at the scene of ohe ambush. The killer committed suicide after gunning down those officers. Well, we just checked and police are still searching for the person who robbed and killed a jersey city s re owner. He was inside his Journal SquareClothing Store top plus when he was killed saturday evening. Yesterdam those who knew lee lit candles outside that store in his memory. Theyre struggling to understand how Something Like that could happen in this area. I just saw him thursday. I was just in there with him, talking to him, trying on stuff. Its crazy. Weve been told lee may have been targeted because he often worked in that store alone, and there were no security cameras. New this morning, Police Looking for the passenger who brooklyn. You can see cameras inside that cab got a good look at the suspect. Police say the driver picked him up an parsons boulevard saturday afternoon. When they reached bushwick avenue, the suspect ordered the driver to pull over and demanded cash. The driver handed over his money, and he wasnt hurt. The suspect did take off on foot. And four people were hurt when a car crashed into a fire truck that was racing to an emergency in brooklyn. The car flipped on to its side, injuring the driver and three passengers. Two of the victims are in serious condition. Police say the fire truck was traveling on snyder avenue with its lights and sirens on when it was hit. It hit the nissan crossing in the other direction. A former cohost of the opie and anthony radio show is free on bail this morning. Anthony cumia was arrested saturday following an alleged fight in his home with a woman. That reads in part, mr. Cumia emphatically denies the allegations brought against him and is optimistic that when the truth comes out, he will be exonerated. Things are not always what they appear to be. One of the real housewives of new jersey will be home for the holidays. Teresa giudice will be released from a connecticut prison on wednesday. Shell then head to her Morris County home to be reunited with her husband and their four daughters. Giudice will have served about a year in prison after she and her husband pleaded guilty to bankruptcy fraud. Her husband joe giudice is expected to start his prison term in march. Well, this morning the world is reacting to an unprecedented blunder at the Miss Universe pageant. Colombia imagine this. Host steve harvey announcing the winner as miss colombia, bu after she took the crown and began her walk as Miss Universe, harvey came back to the stage. I have to apologize. The first runnerup is colombia. I will take responsibility for this. It was my mistake. It was on the card. You feel bad for them. Simple mistake. Miss philippines stood cfused and in shock when she realized she had actually won the crown. Miss colombias crown was removed and given to her. Imagine that. After the pageant, both ladies talked about what happened. Its a very nontraditional crowning moment. Its very, very 2015. Everything happens for a reason, so im happy. Im happy for all what i did for becoming this dream. Well, steve harvey took his h pride many countries, fans, and most importantly the contestants take in preparing if r this night. I hope that you can forgive me. The today show will have more on this pageant mistake coming up at 7 00 a. M. So heartbreaking. To see she was crowned and the crown s taken away. To have to take it off. He did make an hon t mistake, and he immediately apologized. Eemed sincere too. Absolutely. Coming up next, luke and leia soar the competition. Were going to tell you how much money the new star wars movie made this weekend. And later, Odell Beckham jr. Loses his cool against the panthers yesterday. Why some people want the giants star receiver suspended. Unstoppable at the box office. The dark side. Star wars the force awakens has shattered box office records. It brought in an astronomical 238 million over the weekend. Thats the biggest north american debut of all time. 30 million more than than the record set this summer by jurassic world. Very dramatic. Has anybody here seen it . My son has seen it twice. I havent seen it at all. Twice already . Yeah, there were two separate birthday parties. The same kids went to both parties. So they saw it again. Its winter break. Hes not nothing else to do. Very true. One of those im sure will be seen multiple times. In the meantime, the weekend was one of those weekends maybe you wanted to get inside out of the chill. Now were back to milder temperatures. Were talking about 50s today. Thats not going to be that dramatic of an uptick. Wait until you see what happens look for increasing clouds today. Milder, no rain to worry about. Over night tonight, showers north and west of town, 52 degrees. By the time we get a peek of the holidays, christmas eve, record warmth possible with a high of 70 degrees. Watch for a couple showers later in the afternoon and early evening. Christmas day, it really cools down, 61 with lots of sunshine. Last christmas we were at 62 degrees. Maybe very similar again. But we also remember how the rest of the winter went. There was that. Just hold our breath. Were going to take it a day at a time. And enjoy them. All right. We dont have too many problems for the commute. Nice and early. We have the Hackensack River drawbridge pen right now. Truck route 19 shut down in both directions in this area. If youre getting on the major commuter lines, everything looks good. For a few more minutes, the 9th street station is closed for path commuters. That will reopen. Lauren, thanks so much. Right now the manhunt continues for a texas teen who killed four people while driving drunk. Ethan couch was given probation for that deadly crash. His attorneys claim he was spoiled by his familys wealth and couldnt tell right fr wrong. Couch and his mother disappeared nine days ago. Police think video that shows the teen appearing to play beer pong may have caused himoro go on the run. Drinking alcohol is al violation of his probation. If it turns out his mom is helping him escape, she could face charges as well. Two Southwest Airlines planes clipped wings at bob hope airplane in burbank, california. Flight 815 was scheduled to fly to oakland when its wing touched the wing of a parked plane yesterday. 225 passengers had to get off the planes and get booked on busysholiday travel season. No injuries were reported. Both planes, though, were pulled out of service for inspection. Spacex is hoping tonight is the night for a successful launch of its falcon nine rocket. The rocket was supposed to launch yesterday afternoon, but engineers decided to wait. The extra time would give the liquid oxygen more time to chill out. Spacex founder elon musk says the delay improves the rockets success rate by 10 . The last rocket launch in june ended right there in that explosion. New drone rules go into effect today. Unmanned Aircraft Systems weighing up to 55 pounds must be registered with the federal Aviation Administration no later than february 19th. For anyone who purchases a drone after today, it must be registered before its first flight outdoors. The Consumer Electronics association predicts 700,000 drones will be sold this year. The giants Odell Beckham could face fines and a possible suspension after losing his cool he clashed multiple times with carolina receiver josh norman during yesterdays game. Things got really ugly when beckham came charging at him for a helmet to helmet hit. Beckham was not ejected. He wound up scoring a gametying touchdown with less than two minutes left. A 43yard field goal did give carolina the win. Its unfortunate we lost. You know, its what weve been dealing with all season as far as finishing games. It comes down to it hurts to lose games like that. The giants are 68 on the season. The panthers remain undefeated at 140. Its coming up on 5 00 a. M. If youre about to head out the door, take us with you. Keep watching today in new york by downloadings the news 4 new york on your mobile device. Right now, its being called an intentional act. Were learning new information about the driver who plowed into and a father accused of