Drinking water is safe. Today in new york starts now. Good morning. Friday, march 18th. At this 5 00 a. M. Hour. Im michael gargiulo. Im darlene rodriguez. Chris cimino here with the forecast. Good morning. Good morning, guys. The last couple of days, winter officially going out quietly. The first day of spring were worried about. Mid and upper 30s. Chill in the air toward the upper hudson valley. 46 in white plains. 49 in the city. Not bad. Northwest new jersey, 30s as well. In the pine barrens, down to the 20s in westhampton. Closer to 44. Most locations across long island. We have a weak front to the north that will drop in. Maybe a sprinkle or two this afternoon but a few more clouds. The storm were concerned about sunday into monday, beginning to take shape in the plains states. It will dive towards the gulf of mexico and the turn toward the middle atlantic coast. How much snow we do see, sunday night into little rain today, maybe a brief sprinkle. Temperatures mild and generally
Looking at chilly numbers there. But 72 by afternoon and only gets warmer by friday. Talk about that in your accuweather seven day forecast coming up in just a moment. Heather has all kinds of issues out there this morning. Thats right. Lets take a look at the web cam and show you whats happening on rides on the south shore and you take the Southern State parkway. Look at this activity on the Southern State parkway. This is the eastbound side. Lets go to our maps and ill explain to you whats happening here. The Southern State east right near wantagh avenue, thats where we have an accident being cleared away. Then we have this problem on the Grand Central parkway. Westbound near northern boulevard. Thats a crash and we have a debris spill solved. You see all the red involved. You can see all the red coming down the fdr drive. Southbound near 96th street. We have an accident in that spot. Mass transit is on or close to schedule. Subways are doing just fine. And we have alternate side of
Gallbladder. The u. S. Supreme court has now released a statement about it. It says, quote, Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg underwent nonsurgical treatment for acute forgive my pronunciation cholecystitis, a benign gallbladder condition, this afternoon at Johns Hopkins hospital in baltimore, maryland. Following oral arguments on monday, yesterday, Justice Ginsburg underwent outpatient tests at Sibley Memorial Hospital in washington, d. C. Those tests confirmed she was suffering from a gallstone that had migrated to her cystic duct, blocking it and causing an infection. The justice is resting comfortably and plans to participate in the oral argument teleconference tomorrow morning remotely from the hospital. She expects to stay in the hospital for a day or two. Joining us now is pete williams, msnbc justice correspondent, for the latest on this breaking news. Thanks for making time to join us. I appreciate it. Reporter so, sure. Think about how tough Ruth Bader Ginsburg is at 87. She takes