81yearold west hampton man and scott martella, a former aide to the governor, he was communications director. Driving with his fiancee on Cruise Control when they were struck. The randomness of this, you know, seeing this car coming and scott swerving, you know, probably saving her life. Among the survivors, 3yearold annalia ramirez in her car seat, her mother seated next to her didnt make it. Relatives trying to hold it together for the toddler. This is a freshs family, we precious family, we dont have money but we are millionaires at heart. Reporter 71yearold helen pardon me, the steel plates on the road . A spokesperson for the new York State Department of transportation says they are designed to support highway speed, that motorists are warned to slow down, and that they were set to be removed next week. Reporting live from stony brook, long island, carolyn gusoff, cbs 2 news. Thank you. 2 children poked with a syringe at a daycare, and anotherh thon playground. Parents want answer
Warning outshore of long island and an advisory through the north shore. That includes the new york city and harbor area. Theres the monster storm. If it was closer, we would have been clobbered. Another storm will do the same thing, form along the coast, move northward and that will bring in snow tomorrow. Intermittent snow. The heaviest looks south of the city. Watch for where that band sets up tomorrow into wednesday. For now, an inch or two around the city, northern new jersey and long island. Two to four Central New Jersey and maybe more central to southern new jersey. May not take much to shift that northward. Thats what ill be watching in our forecast. Ernie keep an eye on it. Thank you very much. Also in the news, new speculation about mayor bloomberg entering the race for president. He told the Financial Times earlier today he is looking at all options when considering joining the race as an independent. This comes as candidates are making their final push for hampshire primar
Suppliers and manufacturers have recognized the challenge we face for this century, literally this weapons platform will be critical to our national defense. We we can look back and draw lessons and we should from the challenges that cause that improvement to take place. Maybe even the overall conceptual framework as you suggested should there have been more individualization of the platform for different services. But i can well recall that the conventional wisdom not so long ago was the services should get together and collaborate and the by a single fighter and that was the wisdom does your of contracting in its day. Now maybe lessons point in different directions. I hope we will learn lessons from this experience but there has to be a recognition that this weapon platform will do things that no fighter engine or platform has done in the past, would you agree doctor fillmore . The investment ranking is large and the need that we have is large to deal with the threats that currently
Snow actually fell in certain parts of the area today. The good news, were not expecting any more of this. But these cold temperatures are another story. Janice huff is tracking that for you. Hard to believe were talking about all of this in april, but we are. Yes, its still raining in some spots and actually still snowing in a few areas. Youre still getting flurries in rts of connecticut, back through the Hudson Valley and through sussex, new jersey and light rain in and around the city. This line is slowly moving through. Boston still getting some snow. This is all going to gradually move out of the area and dry air will move in. But so will the cold temperatures. Already were seeing that north of this line from white plains to the city, temperatures are below freezing, even in the the city will sre temperatures dropping through the 30s this evening and then the winds kick in. Wind gusts expects up around 30 miles an hour in the morning. That means when we wake up tomorrow, single di
It will feel like the 30s with the wind chill. Thank you. The weather was wet, windy, and wild across the tristate area. Reporter good afternoon. We are on 210th street just off murdock avenue where evidence of the wild and really dangerous weather is still evident. Look at the huge tree blocking the street. People we spoke to had no trouble telling us what they really think about our spring weather so far. Its crazy like the rest of the world. It is unpredictable here. You cant know whats going on. Intense. The winds were intense. The rain was intense. Reporter an intense thunderstorm toppled a huge tree in front of this home. The tree took down power lines and landed on her car crushing it and two others. She feels like the treacherous spring weather is pay back for i guess its got to come sometime. Here it is. Hopefully after this is done, we will have a beautiful spring and not too crazy summer. Reporter the temperature roller coaster continues with day time highs a balmy 79 friday