This does not cover the city. Right nogowere chilling down a little bit. Were closer to the 40degree mark in and close to the city. Mid and upper 30s in the suburbs and up north. The 60s are gone. Right now, partly cloudy to clear, 40 degrees. Any early sunny breaks will give way to clouds. Well talk more act the precipitation heading our way in just a little bit. Lets say good morning to lauren scala. How is this monday morning looking . Good morning. This monday morning is looking good o far. A train from 111th street to 80th street, brooklyn bound platforms will be closed until spring of 2016. Your alternaol would be the q112 bus. Also, major commuter lines, everything looks good. Path commuters, the christopher street station is closed until 5 00 a. M. Today. Well have more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. Thank you so much. Breaking news in brooklyn this morning. A raging fire overnight in williamsburg. People posting video of the flames that erupted about 2 00 this rning. Its on richardson street near the bqe. Today in new yorks Katherine Creag is there. We understand youve just gotten new information about this from firefighters. I reporter it is th tragic and horrific morning, michael. The fdny, a source there, tells usy hat one person has jed, one person is missing. We want to show you just how huge this fire continues to be. You see all that smoke pouring out of that Apartment Building that you see there. Smoke, you could see it from the highway. The flames have been huge. The fire broke out at 2 00 in the morning. The building at 40 richardson street houses some apartments. One man we talked with about two hours ago said his two roommates are missing. They had been in the apartment at the time the fire started. Agai one person was killed, another is missing. It cant be said enough that people were just amazed, terrified by seeing all of the flames shooting from this Apartment Building and also before that happened, people thought they heage62n explosion. One man told us, hat he and his wife ran out of this building. Take a listen to him. My wife, you know, tells me we heard a big bang. The house even shook a little bit. One of our ning. Bors told us that the house behind us was ablaze. Reporter and its not just him, but other people said they thought they heard an explosion. As you know, this is early in the investigation. The fdny still trying to figure out what caused this fire. Were being told one man was killed, another man is missing. Back to you. Kat, thank you very much. Meanwhile this morning, parts of texas crippled by snow after the state was hit hard by some of those deadly tornadoes. This is garland, just northeast of dallas. Th evats the area that saw the most damage. Officials say a powerful ef4 tornado touched down there, leaving a nearly 40mile path of destructtsn. In all, these storms are being blamed for 11 deaths indtexas. Nine tornadoes have been confirmed. Id say most of these houses are complotely trashed. You cant rebuild but a couple of them. These two by fours flew like bullets through homes. I saw it across the street. Meanwhile, the texasoklahoma panhandle getting hit yy a dangerous blizzard. Some areas seeinly two inches of snow an hour. New mexico is also under a state of emergency this morning. The state getting hammered by snow. Some areas have seen more than 16 inches. The states governor urging everyone to stay off the road. She says its a dire situation. In fact, shes activated the national guard. Theyre helping to rescue stranded drivers. 4 34 right now. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. Chris, weve seen that picture, a terrible situation in texas. Yeah, a great contrast. Winter is just toorying to do its thing, but theres still unusually warm weather lingering. Thats making it very volatile. For us, a piece of that system is heading in our direction. It will not be as severe by the time it gets here. Well see early breaks of sunshine, but that sun will fade. High temperatures this afternoon close to where they should be, right around 40. The northnortheast winds, its going to pick up to 20, 25 miles an hour at times. Its a day you certainly need to bundle up. No rain, no snow, no ice during the Daylight Hours today. Temperature doesnt really go anywhere. Hovers close to 40, give or take one or two degrees. Later on tonight, some rain develops. Well have the details in t sevenday forecast. Lets get a check on the commute. Good morning. So far, so good. The m50. Otherwise, everything running on or close to schedule. Road moving along nicely inbound at the George Washington bridge. The lincoln tunnel and holland tunnel are also in good shape. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect today as well as meter rules. Okay. 4 35. Thank you, laurreen. Overseas, the taliban claiming responsibility for a deadlylyuicide bombing in afghanistan. It happened on the road next to kabuls airport. One person was killed, several re were wounded. The taliban claim they were targeting foreign fighters. Were told the victims here were civilians. Meanwhile, today the body of the nypd veteran killed in afghanistan will arrive at Stewart Air Base in orange county. Detective joseph lemms remains were transferred last week. Thats in dover, delaware. He was one of six americans killed by the taliban in another suicide bombing. He lived in west harrison. He leaves behind a wife and two childrenw he will receive a heros funer l at st. Patricks cathedral on 5th avenue. That is scheduled for wednesday. Then the burial will take place not far from lemms home at gate of heaven cemetery in hawthorne. An 18monthold baby is in the hospital in new jersey, shot by a stray bullet. His father had brought his family to the United States from egypt, but now hes wondering if he needs to move again. Today in new yorks Lori Bordonaro is at Jersey City Medical Center whereumhat young boy is being treated. Whats theth latest . Reporter and michael, 18monthold mina beshay is expected to be released from the hospital today, but police have not yet tracked down that person who fired in the familys car, injuring the little boy. The toddler and his 5yearold sister were both strapped in the backseat of the car saturday afternoon right in front of the Jersey City Post Office when someone sprayed bullets, one of them piercing the little boy in the cheek. Glass from the s ttered window also cutting him under the eye. Mina islexpected to be okay. His dad says that his older sister is traumatized. He tells news 4 he moved his family here from egypt for a better life, and now he wonders if he should move somewhere else. What if he died . Im trying to think in the future, should i stay in my home . Reporter and the mayor says the city continues to hire more Police Officers but says the challenge is daunting without a larger change, such as restricting access to guns by criminals. Back to you. Lori, thank you. The edgewater new Jersey School district will have counselors available today for parents that are struggling to tell their kids about a Young Students death. 8yearold Mellie Stasko and her mom were the victims of an apparent murdersuicide. They were shst and killed by her dad, michael stasko, before he turned the gun on himself. The bodies of all three were christmas day. Investigators are still trying to figure out a motive. A man accused of shooting a worker at a Roosevelt Field mall is due in court today. 21yearold oliver lee tried to rob a tourneau store inside the mall last tuesday. During a struggle with a security guard, his gun went off, hitting a 67yeaicold mall employee. And police are still tryg to figure out why a car jumped a curb and hit two people. This in manhattan before 10 30 last night at 39th street and park avenue. Police say the victims were both pedestrians. Thankfully they only have masor injury. Were told that car also hit a cab. Moving to Westchester County, a customer recovering after he was hit by an outofcontrol car. Suv slamming into a shoretown stationary storeein new rochelle. It happened yesterday. It actually knocks a man over. He has a broken ankle. Police say an 88yearold woman was behind the wheel. She accidently hit the gas instead of the break. 4 40 right now. Today, folks living in one bronx neighborhood will grab the last of the fresh bagels and bread at a local landmark zaros bakery, closing up shop in park cheste its been there for 55 years. Zaros said the lease wasnt renew d, they dont know why. There are a dozen other locations that will remain open. All right. Day you can head to times square to put some of your worst memories of 2015 where they belong. Is good riddance day. During the noon hour, bring a photo of the ex who umped you or write an account of a terrible event, then shred it and forget it. E giant shredder will be there to help you start fresh for the new year. All right. Yes, i know. Im supportive of that. Also, another big step just completed, helping you ring in the new year. 288 brand new crystal panels mounted on the giant ball high ove times square. They were specifically made by waterfdad crystal with the theme gift of wonder. When that ball is lowered at midnight, l. E. D. Lights will help start 2016 with a bit of extra sparkle. If youre driving through times zwar this square this morning, you can see that. They had a couple roads blocked off. There might be a few people around. Perhaps just a few. 4 41 right now. Ead, Peyton Mannings direct response to allegations he used performanceenhancing drugs. Plus, a danger from above. What did this to a car drivink on a local highway . And storm team 4 tracking, yes, our first taste of Winter Weather this season. Weather and traffic on the 4s coming up as we look at the hamilton bridge. 4 43. Heres four things to know this morning. Breaking news in brooklyn. A fire overnight destroyed a building in williamsburg. Firefighters do confirm that one person died in this fire. Another is still missing. Weasre going to have an update an om the scene in 15 minutes. Also, iraqi forces may have dealt a blow to isis. They say the iraqi army is in ll conrrol of central ramadi. Devastating storms hitting r the sohthwest. People died over the weekend. Nine tornadoes hit texas in all. And things coming together. In times square this mos ing. 288 brand new crystal panels mounted on to the giant ball that will drop to mark the beginning of 2016. And so far so good the weather picture for then. But we have a little wintry weather heading our way for a e change lat r on tonight into early tomorrow. A chillier change out there this morning with temperatures back closer to normal. Wintry mix late tonight north and west of the city. In the city itself, coastal areas, mainly rain. Could start with a little sleet. Tomorrow, everybody goes back over to rain. In terms of temperatures, closer to normal. Its chilly. 40 is our normal high. 42 is our expected high today. Were back above normal again by tomorrow and wednesday and probably thursday as well. So far for december, were still on track easily to break the old record for the warmest december on record. 52. 1 degrees average temperature. Weoure a whopping 14 degrees abfrove normal. Almost a half inch above normal on precipitation now. You can see 44. 1 is the next closest. I think this is going to be a lock, even with the trend for at least the next 24 to 36 hours. Winter weather advisory for morris county, Passaic County and north of the hudson valley. Northern half of Westchester County on north. This is from 8 00 tonight through early tomorrow. Theres the possibility ofp seeing a little sleet, maybe a li le freezing rain, and a few flakes of snow mixed in. You have to go further north to find any kind of icing issues. Future tracker, thin spots early. By 1 00, its looking cloudy again. We may get sun for a while. Evening is cloudy, but notice its dry. Push of precipitation, mixture to the north. Best chance of any snow, get into duchess county and north of that point. South of there, its just a liekt mix. This is midnight. Light rain in central new jersey. By tomorrow mornings commute, notice its mainly rain. Could be soaking rain. Central new jersey through the city and long island. But then you get further to the north. Orange, sullivan county, on north and west, looks liking a prolonged period of perhaps mixed pritation from overnight through th Early Morning commute. Even from there it goes over to plain rain. Winds down by the early afternoon as things start to improve. Well see a clearing trend before another system arrives wednesday. Wednesday during the day is dry. Notice the rain getting closer again. This is overnight, wednesday night into thursday. I think its out of here by new years eve. In terms of rainfall totals, not much going orethrosgh the first half of tonight. Maybe a half inch, threequarters of an inch by 00 a. M. Over 2 inches of rain further north and west. It may start out as a little bit of an cy mixture, particularly north and wgst. 42 today. Looks wet tomorrow at 50. Rain Late Wednesday night, gone by thursday morning, 52. New years eve, i think were around 40 at midnight. New years day looks okay with sun and 44. A colder weekend, temperatures saturday and sunday closer to the 40degree mark. Should be an easy commute this week in general, shouldnt it be, lauren . Absolutely. School is out. A lot of people are off from work. Right now it is a very size commute. Were going to take a live look outside at the connecticut turnpike. There are cars on the roads, but everything is moving along nicely. This is what most of the roadways look like. Well head to the belt parkway by jfk airport. Smooth sailing here as well. Over on the long island expressway by the Grand Central de parkway, looks like theres no construction there this morning for a change. You are in for a nice ride overall. If youre headed out the door, nothing should get in your way. Alternate si thde of the Street Parking rules in effect today. More weather and traffic ahead. Thanks very much. 4 48 now. Wea commuter alert for anyone who gets on the a train. Brooklynbound platforms at 111th street and 80th street are now closed for renovation. Crews will spend the next three months replacing the station walls, doors, stairs, and windows. In and even artwork. Denver broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is furious over a reportfthat claims he used performanceenhancing drugs. That report aired on al jazeera america. It was based off secret recordings supposedly made in 2011. A former intern who worked at an indianapolis antiageing institute is at the center of those recordings. He now tells espn he made those allegations up. Disgusted is really how i feel. Sickened by it. Its completely fabricated, complete trash, garbage. Theres more adjectives id like to be able to use. We can assume what those are. Manning tells nbc sports he may sue al j. A. Azeerajazeera. Chicagos Police Department is going to review how it handles troubled suspects after two people were shot dead by officers, one accidently. A vigil as held on the citys west side sunday. Thats where Police Respond to ta domgotic dispute early saturday morning. Shhaots re fired. Officerscray they killed a recombative 19yearold. A 55yearold neighbor opened hehir door and was hit andh, killed as well. My mama just opened the door, and they shot and killed my mama. You call for help. The police are supposed to serve and protect us. Yet, they take the li. Now, Chicago Police have apologized forttohe death of bettie jones by offering their deepest condolences. They admit she was, quote, accidently struck. Paterson, it is still not clear why two men were shot and killed at a weekend party, but police say the party was held illegally in a warehouse. One of the victims brotherings says he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Whatever he needed, i was there for him. Whatever i needed, he was there for me. It r lly hurts. The second o far, there are no arrests. Happening now, police are searching for two thooefs who made off with thousands of dollars in a brooklyn armed robbery. The nypd releasing Surveillance Video of the two men theyre looking for. They say the two tied up a female worker at the king bao Variety Store in sunset park. Police say they stole more than 13,000 in cash and took off. Nobody was hurt. A brooklyn man who called for, quote, arab blood, unquote, now facing a hate crime charge. Police arrested 40yearold james someways. Hes charged with menacing as a hate crime. Investigators say he had what appeared to be a handgun and was yelling obscenities. He allegedly yelled, quote, i nt to see arab blood in the streets, and also saying, quote, go back to mecca. It is 4 51 right now. The parents of a Staten Island High School Football player who died are ow suing new york city. 16yearold miles kirkland collapsed last year. He had a fatal heart attack. Now his parents are saying he could have been saved if there had been a defibrillator there. Their lawsuit also argues thaa the ambulance crew was poorly trained. Police are searching for the suspects behind a dangerous and destructive stunt on long island. Investigators say somebody threw a brick off a bridge on the meadowbrook parkway in uniondale saturday night. That brick smashed through the windshield of a blue bmw. The driver was hit in the shoulder. Fortunately, he was not seriously hurt. A 22yearold westhempstead woman riding with him has injuries to her eye and mouth. Several churches in new jeanrsey have been left without these statues were stolen. The clifton theft happened sometime saturday night. Parishioners showed up for mass yesterday. Thats when they learned the statue was gone. It was only purchased and blessed last week. Hopefully theyll be re vered. 4 52 now. Coming up, a highspeed chase on the water. Were going to tell you how many hours it took for the coast guard to stop this boat. Also, some dramatic video from abroad. This is where flooding has destroy buildings that have been standing for centuries. This is the best blioock of all. Its like candy cane lane. I know. Oohhh th. Oh, holiday ferris wheel. I kind of love it. Look at those reindeer. Jeffrey, youre awfully quiet back there. I was just thinking. Maybe its time we finish this test drive and head back to the dealership . That is so jeffrey. Sesoo jeffrey. So jeffrey. Oh. Elves. Its practically yours. But we still need your signature. Nthe volkswagen s n nthen drive event. P zero due at signing, p p zero down, zero deposit, p p and zero first months payment p p on a new passat nand othernselect models. Time for a check of weather and traffic. Great to be back with everyone. Havent seen you in ages. You went throwgh some rough weather, right . I was in nashville. I was there on the 23rd when the tornadoes were coming up fro pthe south. Sirens were oing off in my motherinlaws neighborhood, where we were. Obviously there was a lot of concern. They did lose six people in the state. Youd think on Christmas Eve right, in december. Highly unusual. You were saying . Irrelevant. Never mind. Well chalk it up to the next half hour. Meantime, lets get a look at whats going on today. Clouds on the increase. We may get a little sunshine for a couple hours before the clouds take over again. 42 the high. Its a chilly change, but it stays dry today. I think it stays dry through the evening hours. Slater on tonight, a light mixture of a little sleet, little wet snow. The city, just rain with sleet mixed in. Wet and chilly overnight with a wi ry mix north and west. Low temperature in the mid30s. Could be slippery for a couple hours in the northwestern suburbs overnight tonight. By tomorrow morning, i think most of us go over to rain. Nothing to shovel just yet. Were certainly building up the anticipation of it though. Thats true. Well, good news is not too many people on the roads this morning. We have one accident out there. This one is on the henry hudson heading southbound out there by 158th street. It does block the right lane. You can see the flashing lights. Another thing you can notice is its not causing too much of a delay. Just something to note more or less. Youre gettlig on the rails, everything running on or close to schedule. The christopher street station for path commuters is closed for a few more minutes. By the time you get there, hopefully itll be reopened. All right, lauren. Thanks very much. There was a highspeed chase caught on camera in florida. This is unusual though. It was happening at sea. It went on for almost the whole day. It started when police in ft. Myers spotted a boat being stolen. The coast guard was called in. They pursued the boat fo some 20 hours. The chase ended near cancun, mexico. Ye4 57 right now. In news for your health, some childhood asthma rates are on the decline for the first time in more than a decade. A government study found that after peaking back in 2009, childhood asthma rates leveled off and have been dropping. However, for americas poorest ichildren, th rates are still chrising. Experts believe children living in poverty may be exposed to more environmental triggers. Hitting the gym also could help you fight off a cold. Scientcsts say exercise could actualit help fight off diseases. Researchers in houston found that people who hit the gym three to four times a week for at least 20 minutes have stronger immune systems. The effects of exercise are immense. The immune cells are better at recognizing and killing cancer cells. They also respond better to viral infections and the ability to recognize bacteria. Scientists say any amount of fitness is beneficial. All right. If youve ever been to rome, you its legendary. But today and tomorrow, many car ares going to be banned. The same is happening over the next three days in milan. Romes mayor says he hopes the move will ease a choke ing pollution problem there in rome. Meanwhile, the unthinkable will be happening south near naples. Pizza makers will have to turn off their woodburning ovens for three months. What . Yes, to help combat the pollution problem there as well. So no pizza. Parts of Northern England are under watter this morning. Heavy rains caused historic flooding over the weekend. It drove people from their homes. Raging water washed away part of an old mill and a pub. It sat on that river for over 200 years. Today, britains Prime Minister David Cameron plans to tour that
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