18 in wall pack, 21, califan. 26 at islip. Even 27 at long branch. Sunshine mixed with clouds. We see a few more clouds in the mix in the afternoon. 46 by noontime. The wind not as biting by afternoon with a cold and a high of 47 degrees. Lets get the first check on a Tuesday Morning commute. Chilly one. Hopefully its a quiet one. We have one closure out there in sussex county. 347 out between 111 and Mount Pleasant road right now. Thats shut down in both directions. Then if youre getting on the trains, right now uptown 4 and 6 trains are terminating at 86th street and downtown trains terminating at 49th street. No trains in between there. Ill continue to keep you posted on that. More weather, traffic ahead on the 4s. 4 31. Breaking news in new jersey. A home up in flames. It happened in fairlawn in Bergen County. The house is on Berkshire Road. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is there. Good morning, tracie. Reporter darlene, good morning to you. Now that the flames have been contain
Listen, i think medical marijuana plays a significant positive role for a lot of patients when you look at cancer survivors, people with epilepsy, people with fibromyalgia. Theres proven scientific knowledge that it works. Ernie it is effective . It is effective and it is going to help a lot of people. Im a little disenchanted with the program in new york because its ernie what concerns you . What concerns me, we dont know how many physicians and how well register. We made phone calls to see how do you register. Ernie why is there so much confusion . I think listen. This is a bureaucracy. I think albany is making sure that all the ts are crossed and everything because you dont want abuse. This is a system thats going to work where the patient goes to a physician. The physician examines the patient and calculates that he or she needs the medication, gets a prescription and they go to a dispensary, which is run by pharmacists, so you have total control. Connecticut and other states as th
Arraignment is definitely not accident. She joins us to explain why the prosecutors are in a race against time. Good evening linda. Thats right. Good evening to both of you. The decision by prosecutors to pursue a criminal case against bill cosby right now came just days before pennsylvanias 12 year statute of limitations was about to run out. Bill cosbys alleged Sexual Assault on Andrea Constand happened 12 years ago. The previous District Attorney at that time declined to criminally charge cosby. The current prosecutor chose to reopen the case over the summer after constands civil suit became public. At about the same time dozens of other women came forward with similar accusations. Attorney Peter Frankel is a defense attorney. If you look at the probable cause affidavit to get the arrest warrant to arrest mr. Cosby, it reads like a movie script. Theyre true, it is trouble for mr. Cosby. Attorney frankel says if this case goes to trial it is highly unlikely that cosby would testify b
Major roadways in the tristate look like right now. A good monday morning commute. More weather and traffic ahead. Lauren, thanks so much. New this morning, were trying to find out the condition of an nypd officer who was thrown from a patrol car in a crash on i87. New York State Police say the officer was driving north on the throughway near exit 15 last night when the officer lost control. The cruiser rolled over. The officer was thrown out into the road. One else involved in that crash. Today drivers all around our area may feel theo mpact of president obamas planned visit. Hell be in newark to talk about his push for criminal justice reformno. First hell visit a Halfway House for exconvicts. Then a rutgers round table discussion. This evening the president attends a fundraiser in manhattan. As usual, expect street closures and frozen zones. New this morning, mets fans are now looking towards next year. The teams season ended ed ed early this morning at citi field. Bruce beck talked
The teens, though. Single digits there. 15 up in Hudson Valley duchess conthink. 19 montauk but hanging out at 28 in the city. 19 as you head to the jersey shore. From last night, up 5 to 10 degrees in parts of the area. A little improvement. The wind, the big improvement. That has dropped off and becoming more west to southwesterly here. So that that is the trend to get temperatures up here over the next couple of days. Sky stays clear tonight. Tomorrow, another beautiful day. It will be sunny. We should boost up to 40 degrees t. The average high is 38p 39 in the ballpark there. A few clouds start to appear on thursday. By thursday, the southwest wind in play. Looks like temperatures will make it to the lower 40s. Even better than that friday. Tonight is cold. 21 in the city. The coldest valley down the lower single gig gites and 10 sore. The wind light out of the west. Tomorrow, the sunshine returns. 20s in the morning. We stop at 40. Steve, dari. Steve thank you, nick. With temperat