Testing at 185 miles per hour. It did take a turn to the northwest late last night. Now it is moving northwest at about 5 miles per hour. As far as the latest track goes, the 5 00 a. M. Update from the National Hurricane center, does have the storm as a major hurricane impacting parts of haiti, jamaica, cuba and the bahamas. We will be watching this system very closely. It is likely to widespread flooding and rain for the island nations in the caribbean. At home, dealing with fog. Visibility along i95 down to a quartermile. Smithfield, zero visibility. Seeing very thick fog. The temperatures in the 50s and 60s. A little cooler than this time yesterday. Is afternoon, we will be very similar to yesterday. Mostly sunny skies. Sunshine will stick around and what is in store ahead. Residents and the jamaican capital prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Matthew on saturday. Business owners were busy boarding up the windows of shops but remained open to accommodate those looking to get emerg
And up to 45 minutes or departures. Council speaker Melissa Markviverito gave her state of the city address today and the proposals about criminal justice is already causing controversy. Dick brennan has the story, speech an reaction. Reporter thats right. The speech targets criminal justice reform. The speaker wants to shrink the size of the rikers population and is pointing a new commission to track the entire criminal justice system. Today, im announcing a new independent commission chaired by jonathan lippman. Reporter the City Council Speaker wants what she calls fairer penalties for low level quality of life offenses and warrants. Spending the night in jail on a 10yearold warrant for being in the park after dark senseless. Reporter markviverito proposes to create a system to clear some of the 1. 5 million summons for those who spent years or decades out of the idea has the support of brooklyn d. A. Ken thompson. But warrant amnesty is getting fierce opposition from the police. Pb
Across the tristate area. Im glad its over. Reporter well, she is glad its over but we know theres still much cleanup to be done. Now, pseg long island tells us at the height of the storm, more than 85,000 customers were without power as of last check just over 7,000 remaining without power this evening. And those power problems today did result in some School Closings nearby. Were live from great neck, long island, with the mobile weather lab, vanessa murdoch, cbs 2 news. The storm knocked down trees all over new jersey, as well. Cleanup began this morning in essex fells. Trees took down power lines overnight and large branches blocked some roads and in new milford more trouble when a giant tree snapped and crashed on a deck and part of a home. The homeowner says it sounded like the sky was falling. In queens the storm ripped off chunks of a building that crashed into the street and on parked cars below. The debris came from the verizon building on Broadway Police say 6 cars were dama
Together a missing 18 minutes in their timeline from december 2 and they think the iphone could help establish where they went and who they contacted. Maurice and kristine . Thank you. A new jersey doctor facing serious charges tonight after police say he attacked a 12 yearold boy on a ski slope. The doctor allegedly went know a rage when the boy bumped into him and his son. Cbs 2s tony aiello has more on the ski slope assault. Reporter it can get snarled asciiers and snowboarders as skiers and snowboarders compete for space. In new jersey it got ugly. Dr. Samuel carothers, a Morris County anesthesiologist is charged with assaulting a young snowboarder. Mr. Caruthers ran into an snowboarder and assaulted him. Reporter Vernon Police say it started as caruthers was skiing with his own son. Snowboarder and then an alleged assault. Caruthers accused of punching the 12yearold in the mouth and at some point he struck him with his ski pole. There were visible signs of injuries and complaints
Well as at the coast. It took hours for steady grass. Streets and sidewalks remain too warm and remain clear as we speak. Schools let out early along westchesterputnam line. But this is as bad as it gets. This go home early today. But this is a piece of cake deal. Not bad now but in case it gets icy, there still would have been another 15, 20 minutes before the younger ones would have been dismissed. So reporter just playing it safe . Absolutely. Reporter you got plenty of snow days, dont you . We do. Reporter they got plenty. Its still snowing but the streets are clear. They are worried about temperatures dipping tonight and if that happens the trucks but they are not out yet. The dpw looked at the forecast and decided to wait. At the end of any other winter this would be a day we might not notice it snowing but its been mild. So here we are snow in the winter. Its the news. Live in yorktown, upper westchester county, lou young, cbs 2 news. It is going to be a very active week. This i