Showers out to the west of us. No big problems from the rain through the morning hours. A quick look at one of those storm reports, this is out at mattituck, officially an ef0 tornado in mattituck. Today, nothing severe. But any one particular storm could get nasty. 87 by what are we watching on the morning commute . Not much out there just some road work. Route 17, all lanes are shut down between midland avenue an century road. Thats something to keep in mind. On the cross bronx expressway, road work in both directions. Eastbound two lanes are shut down by webster avenue. Westbound out by the bronx river more weather and traffic on the 4s. Right now the man who scaled 21 flights of trump tower is in the hospital. Were learning more about who he is and the message he had for donald trump. Today in new yorks Katherine Creag has the latest on the high rise drama that lasted for hours. Once you arrive at trump tower, the first thing you notice are Police Officers and security personnel. A
Lauren, good morning. Good morning. No accidents to report. Well take a live look at the Grand Central parkway out by Laguardia Airport where youll see things block. A very slow ride through here, then if youre headed toward the queens midtown tunnel, we have overnight work there. Right now the south tube is closed and the north tube is taking on the traffic. Well have more coming up. On long island. Investigators say a subaru slammed into two vehicles on the long island expressway over the weekend and now five people are dead, several others are in the hospital this morning. Today in new yorks andrew siff has the story. Reporter in an instant the driver of the subaru was airborne. The driver and his 10yearold son killed, his sister patricia also killed. Spoke about their paint his girlfriend was in the car in front of theirs. All i saw was the car flow to the other side, to the other side of the byway, and thats when i stopped and run away to see if everybody was okay. Reporter doctor
Then heading over to the gowanus, things moving just fine all the way over to your low east river crossing. As you head out the door, youre in for a pleasant ride. Well have more. Six people are in the hospital after the long island crash that has taken five lives. It happened on the l. I. E. And were learning more about the victims. As we do that, the more heartbreaking the story becomes. Katherine creag is at the hospital reporter a tragic situation, michael. Several patients continue to recover here at this hospital. Theyre lucky, if you can call it that, to have survived. Five people were killed in the crash. We want to show you the video. The impact was so great the subarus engine flew into the woods. He and his son were killed. The boys aunt patricia also Carmela Pinellas tells us he lost control of his vehicle. He flue into the packet of two cars, a bmw with four people inside from west hampton as well as a honda whose driver was a Communications Director for the Suffolk County
Hospital and lost his arm. The victim of the attempted robbery is in jail. Looking at a picture from Lower Manhattan from brooklyn on what is a bitter Cold Saturday morning. Hopefully you are in bed, under the covers. Electric blanket. Flannel jammies on. Whatever you are doing, hopefully its keeping you warm. Were in for a historically cold weekend. Here we go. Baby, its cold outside. Good morning, im michelle charlesworth. Looking at the weather, miss friesz, and it is brutal out there. Is it feels like just 11 degrees. This is is the beginning of touching the surface. It is going to be a quick hit. Its not going to last that long, but while it does, avoid the temperatures and outdoor exposures because its going to be that cold. Temperatures go low and winds go high. Parts of maryland the winds are gusting up to 20, 30 Miles Per Hour. Feels like 3 below in monticello right now. This cold air will infill rate the entire tristate. So the cold air is coming down from the north and west
Ernie the fcc has clout and theres some support in congress, but it could be a while before we actually see anything, any legislation of any sort. Reporter getting a bill passed into law seems to take forever. Yes, were not at that phase yet. Ernie well keep an eye on it. Something to think about. Thank you. Other stories to report in the news for you tonight. Local Law Enforcement is criticizing apples decision to fight a court order demanding the company unlock the iphone used by the suspect in the San Bernardino terror attack. Apple says creating Encryption Software would make its iphones vulnerable to hackers. Investigators say the information on the phone is crucial to the case and national security. Today iphones are the first Consumer Product that i know of in our history that are designed to be and are beyond the reach of judicially authorized warrants. Ernie commissioner bratton taking aim at apple. He says the nypds inability to access an iphone, despite having investigation