Will we. Will we bow down before the tyranny of the nra, the gun manufacturers and the politicians, you know, which are in their pocket . The director applauds the call to action by groups like black lives matter but emphasizes that blackonblack crime cannot be ignored. Were killin ourselves. Recently lee was awarded an honorary oscar for revolutionizing modernday black cinema. That didnt stop him from speaking out about the need for still greater representation in the industry. Its easier for African American person to be president of the United States of america than president of a Hollywood Studio or tv or cable network. And talking about the president , one of lees most iconic films do the right thing may have helped a younger barack obama. I always say thank god he didnt take michelle to see driving miss mother in daisy. laughs or that have been the last date clapping i spoke to spike lee at his production house 40 acres and a mule, based in his childhood neighborhood fort greene
And im mary calvi. Well have traffic and weather on the 2s in a moment. First mourning a music icon from fans to fellow musicians. Tributes have been pouring in for grammy Award Winning pop star prince who died yesterday at the age of 57. He was found unresponsive in an elevator. We have Team Coverage on princes death including how fans in new york and around the world are sell britting his celebrating his life. Theres still no word on the cause of the Legendary Musicians death. Were learning more about the initial phone calls from medical assistance. Lets begin with jennifer merrily. Person down not breathing. Moments later police and paramedics arrived at the scene and found the 57yearold singer unresponsive in an elevator. They tried performing cpr but the grammy and oscar winner was pronounced dead. Prince had been battling illness forcing him to cancel two shows this month. He felt well enough to perform last thursday at atlantas fox theater but on the flight home princes plane wa
First lets talk with meteorologist vanessa murdock. Looking good for today with regard to the wet weather. Tomorrow will be the soggier half. Its going to be the cloudier side of thing. We arent anticipating any rain today. Maybe a few spots of drizzle near the coastline. Lets take a look at temperatures. Its 43 in the city, 43 in the hamptons and 47 in month monticello. I think its a please ant beginning to your weekend. Thats just the first half. The second half will be a soggy one. That low pressure system is moving in our direction and will bring rain tomorrow. For today, not looking at rain just a mix of sunshine and clouds. By noon, 57, at 3 00 it is 62 degrees thats as warm as it gets today. By 9 00, 53 and mainly cloudy. Your full forecast coming up and well talk about wet weather not just tomorrow but for several days next week. Andrea and brian back to you. Thank you. Were following some break ing news this morning. Several people have been rushed to the hospital in new jerse
Wi developing at 4 30 an intense fire forcing people out of their homes overnight. We are live in medford with the dramatic video. Police release pictures and details about the duo wanted for a mugging in central park. They may be behind another violent attack. The tributes continue to pour in as the music world honors prince. We are live in harlem. Good morning, im lori stokes. Im ken rosato. Its friday, april 22nd. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans with the exclusive forecast. Here is bill evans. We start off warm for the overnight hours, 65. The normal high is about 63. Well, we are looking at 61 around teterboro. 66, cooler on the coastal islip and some of the numbers inland will be 52 at morristown. We could have a popup shower or thunderstorm at 4 00 where the temperature gets close to 80. Weekend coming up. We are taking a look at the l. I. E. In Suffolk County near route 112. We have construction that is going on in
Not sure why this happened. This stretch of color road is an Industrial Area as well. Police are working to figure out if speed or alcohol was a factor in this accident. Again, as you can see back here live crews are working to get those power lines reestablished here. Some crash investigators were here earlier this morning collecting evidence as well trying to get more information as to what caused this accident. Again, four people have been injured. We are live in clifton, new jersey. Cbs 2 news. Thank you. Also new this morning , the nypd is on the hunt for three teenagers in connection to a hate crime in queens. A 19yearold was viciously attacked wednesday afternoon in historia by these three suspects who yelled isis, isis and arab during the assault. Investigators released the surveillance video. The victim the teens ran off when someone approached the scene. Police released the photo of a shooting suspect of a 41yearold. He was dressed as a construction worker when he jones was s