Targeted but was it because of their religion. It happened to the rabbis who live a block apart in new city. Marcus solis is there with the lead story. Marcus. Reporter bill, the tree that was set on fire after that device was thrown police say to label this a hate crime would be premature. They dont have the evidence. Many remain convinced this was a deliberate act. I was really scared. I was shaking. Pounding. All because of this, a small tree engulfed in flames after a fire work was tossed on the lawn of this house owned by a new city rabbi on tuesday night. Seconds later another blast. It certainly was intentional. It certainly we certainly know that the effects of it create, you know, tension and fear and pair people in the e spotted running from the skween. From the scene. Police are trying to determine whether it was a prank crime. Right now its alleged hate crime and the word alleged is important. We what about to do everything that we can as an organization to try and help get
We want to take a look at the radar because first things first, you may want to grab the umbrella. Warm air up and over from the southwest and thats creating showers that are around. We are keeping an eye on thatting for this morning. The temperatures are mild. Look at this, 53 riverdale. These numbers are way warm. And warmer than the normal average afternoon High Temperatures. And speaking of that, we will go to about 58 degrees and little sprinkles this morning and warm this afternoon. And its only going to get warmer to sunday. We will talk about that next. Healther is looking at the commute. The George Washington bridge, i will show you how the bridge as you try to move across the span, you can see the upperlevel moving left to right very slow theres a reason for that. El explain whats going on. Inbound the upperlevel, we have construction underneath the apartments, at least two lanes are closed down until at least 5 00 a. M. Transit which is doing just fine. Long Island Railroads
Eyewitness News Reporter josh einiger at the scene with the breaking news. Reporter i have to tell you there is a very heavy odor of natural gas here on 64th street in this block here in borough park. Just on the other side of that van. National grid crews are rushing right now. They have broken open 64th street. Theyre trying to get to the emergency shutoff valves so they can try to shut off the gas mainly a together. Only then can owe figure out the source of the leak. The Fire Department right now is on standby just in case. We will show you video as the crews were starting to jackhammer open this street. This is 64th and 11th avenue in the borough park section of brooklyn. Homeowners complained of the odor of natural gas. Firefighters rushed here. They were so concerned they couldnt find the leak they were breaking down doors in the bit. S of several of these homes. National grid right now is trying to shut off the gas so they can get the work trying to locate the source of that le
Nearly 2. 5 billion views. And no end in sight. Got to love the koreans. Thanks for watching. Tune into Good Morning America tomorrow first thing. As always were online 24 7 on our Nightline Facebook page and at abcnews. Com. Two stories breaking right now. Suspected dwi driver loses control and crashes into everything in his path. A potentially dangerous situation unfolding now. Good evening at 11 00. Im bill ritter. Im sade baderinwa. Crews are now trying to figure out where the gas smell is coming from in the neighborhood of borough park. Eyewitness News Reporter josh einiger at the scene with the breaking news. Reporter i have to tell you there is a very heavy odor of natural gas here on 64th street in this block here in borough park. Just on the other side of that van. National grid crews are rushing right now. They have broken open 64th street. Theyre trying to get to the emergency shutoff valves so they can try to shut off the gas mainly a together. Only then can owe figure out
Best thing to do is what we all kind of what wish we were able to do, stay inside. Lets get over to lee goldberg. A week of waiting for this storm and it has more than delivered. The heaviest snow will be over with soon and then well just have lighter snow until midnight to 2 00 a. M. This should be one of the signature shots of blizzard 2016. Thats about 30 inches. Pictures of huge snow piles in Staten Island 1 to 2 feet along the island. Heavy snow will continue right now. They are going to be wayning. Through 7 00 well see this and then well see diminished snow intensities that wind down between midnight and 2 00 a. M. Up to 30 inches in new jersey. Meteorologist jeff him in a moment. They are getting hit with big winds. Heavy snow and wind gusting over 30 Miles Per Hour we have blizzard conditions all day. 1 to 2 feet covering a huge part of the area, mixing in new jersey. They are getting hit hour after hour. Big time difference north of i85, 6 to 12 inches and even 3 to 6 to a du