Whipping winds as they battled a raging fire on 91st street, not that far from laguardia airport. Today in new yorks cath s s Katherine Creag has the latest. Dat. Reporter its a frantic scene, one man grabbed his kids and ran for their lives. We want to show you, the top there of that house, you can see all of that smoke damage that came out of the window. Heavy smoke and flames when firefighters first arrived here. Thats what they saw about 2 00 this morning. Two houses and three garages have been destroyed in the fire. Agthain, neighbors describing heavy flames. And it didnt help that it was so windy. Fire investigators are concentrating on work being done in one of the garages, that it might be the spot as to where the fire started. Right now, were taking a look at it, it looked like they were doing Water Repairs in the we recovered four propane cylinders from the rear. And again, its under investigation, but we are looking to see could have possibly started in the rear of the build
Light showers from the city on east. Theres more to e south. Its this area of rain that has to work through. Foe r today, the way the breakdown is, gray through early afternoon. Do rain, could pick up in intensity. Some parts could clear. The other story becomes the wi. Well talk more about that in a bit. Emily west is joining us again this monday morning. Already have a few stories, too. A closure onong island. Ut down eastound bztween the seaford oyster bay. You can head up to the southern state. There was a disabled tractortrailer on the bqe. But a car hit it. Now theres a bigger problem. Two lanes taken up. More weather and traffic on the 4s. In new jersey, thats where police say it started o davis place in east orange. At e where we find tracie st han. Good morning, tracie. Reporter good morning to you. An officer confirms that that driver was able to bring himself here to the east Orange Police station after reports that he was shot. Theres an officer outside guarding that vehicl
Apple about the weak spot in its security . Blown away. High winds battle the northeast. 50 Miles Per Hour gusts knocking down trees, damaging homes and delaying flights, with more on the way today, tuesday, march 29th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. Weve got breaking news. We want to get right to it. That is a live look at the hijacked egyptairplane, sitting on the tarmac. The hijacker is reportedly carrying explosives and making demands. Rah ehema ellis has the latest. This situation has been unfolding all night and into the morning. Motive appears to be of a personal nature, not terrorism. Nonetheless, Officials Say they cant take any risk and theyre proceeding with extreme caution. Reporter egyptair flight ms181, from alexandria, was hijacked. An early hopeful sign, most passengers, including women and children, were allowed t
Woman was working in the walkup window of this Dunkin Donuts here on east kingsbridge road when police say a homeless man with a lengthy criminal history reached through the window and slashed her face. The slashing happened around 5 45 this morning. The 35yearold victim noticed the suspect Ronald Thompson loitering inside Dunkin Donuts and asked him to leave. Police say the suspect left but returned and then during an argument he slashed the worker on the left side of her face. Its unclear how badly she was injured. But she was taken to an area hospital in stable condition. The suspect was arrested at the scene and we have learned he has 31 prior arrests. A witness inside the store at the time described the bloody scene. It was horrific okay . When i saw the girl, she clutched her cheek to close the gash. It was not a pretty sight. Reporter a similar attacked january 4. A mcdonalds employee was stabbed to death by a homeless person who overstayed his welcome in the bathroom n these ty
You take that and bring in rain and breeze. s damp and chilly and raw throughout the morning hours. The rain sliding from south to north. Right now, nothing terribly heavy in and around the city. It is rainy and starting to fill in to the south. You can see a larger solid area rain down here across delaware. Thats going to slide up in our direction too. The day is going to break down. Light rain now. Std. Eadier rain made to late morning. Temperatures in the 40s. End up in the 50s by the end of the day. Wei re going to talk about strong gusty winds. Lets talk commute with emily west. Its shut down both ways between seaford oyster bay. Merrick frroad, Southern State parkway, good alternates. Knapp stirreet, crash in the r ht lane on the bqe. Accident eastbound at the brooklyn bridge. Bound rfk triboro bridge. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Thanks so much, emily. Breaking news in new jersey. A cab driver was shot. He managed to drive himself to get help. Police say it all started on