They found him in a padded cell. He came to court as he has on other mornings. He is seen here during a different part appearance. His lawyer raised questions early, telling the judge she was having trouble committee getting with the 16yearold. Jury selection was suspended and a psychologist brought in. She tried twice to speak and he refused to respond. Chisholm s top charged with firstdegree murder. Jury selection has gone on for three days. As for his mental status judge says he was in a factual vacuum. He needs more information, and order the psychologist to try again tomorrow morning. And if the judge decides tomorrow that he needs more evaluation we could be talking about 20 days in a hospital and to delay in trial. Hearings tomorrow. Liu brooklyn firefighter faced a judge accused of beating up a man who was too slow to order his meal. Witnesses say ward became incensed at a man in front of him, in line, at a local taco shop last weekend. Ward allegedly beat and kicked the man ou
The iowa caucus. And look at this, isis retreats in ramadi liberated, thats without american boots on the ground. How about that . Oil down, stocks down, gas a buck 99, amazons stock of the year . Maybe. Varney company about to begin. All right. Severe weather in the south, tell you about it, this is sad news indeed. Tornados in the dallas area and east texas killed at least 11 people overnight. Homes leveled, power lines down across much of dallas county. Meanwhile, blizzard conditions are forecast, heavy winds gusting over 50 miles per hour, snow accumulations up to 13 inches drifts to ten feet and very likely in some areas of north texas, southeast new mexico and the oklahoma panhandle today. Thats the weather and how about those markets . This is how were going to open on monday morning right after christmas. Were down about 80 odd points for the Dow Jones Industrial average. The price of oil is down, were back to 37 a barrel, so that same relationship holds this morning. Oil down,
8 in union. Seeing singledigit windchills. Bundle up in a big way. Youll need it. Dress in layers if you can. Sunshine today, a few scattered clouds. Only back to 31 by noon. Forecasting a high at the freezing mark. At best, 32. Windchills all day staying in the teens. Lets find out about the Early Morning commute. A lot of green. Yes, we like a lot of green. Even though we have green, we have an accident outz there on the roads. This is on the whitestone expressway. Southbound out by linden place, that blocks two lanes. Thats an update that just came in. As you can see by the live traffic flows, not really causing a delay because its pretty quiet out there. Roadwork to keep in mind at the queens midtown tunnel. The south tube is shut down until 5 30 a. M. The north tube will take on the twoway traffic. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Lauren, thank you very much. Breaking news in new jersey. Thats where firefighters are battling a huge business fire. Its happening right n
Android at your phones app store. The pleas of dozens of solar customers. Werent enough to sway to Nevada Public Utilities Commission today. In just the last 30 minutes, the Commission Voted to keep increased fees for solar customers. Kolo 8 news nows colin lygren has been in the meeting all day. He joins us live with what the puc was voting on, and what this decision means. Colin . Sarah and noah. Back in december. The public utilites Commission Voted to increase fees for solar customers. In an effort to reduce the burden of subisdies. That had been placed on normal rate payers. Today. They stuck to their guns. And upheld that decision. Solar power is the power of today, tomorrow. And it is the necessary power to change the planet. The same arguments we heard last month. Hashed out again today. In carson city. It is unfair, it is unjust, and you are doing so many horrible because of my job, but also to those who opted into solar. Commissioners. Hearing arguments again today. After the
Mid to upper 20s across long island. Bring in those strong wind gusts, it feels like 7 in newark right now. Feels like 9 in union, new jersey. 12 degrees in central park. Wietndchills generally low teens across long island. So a brutally cold day ahead today. At least it will be bright and sunny. Just a few scattered clouds mih xed in. Windy throughout. The breeze will subside, i think, toward the evening hours. We barely limp back to the freezing mark at 32. Thats about it for today. Lets get the first check on a wednesday morning. Good morning, everyone. Talking about wind and weather conditions out there, we have 45mileperhour speed ourestriction on the Tappan Zee Bridge because of that. Th e roads look good. We have roadwork. The overnight closure on the midtown tunnel, south tube shut down. Right now it is not causing a delay. More weather and traffic coming up. Thank you. Now to breaking news in new jersey. A business in irvington. Tracie strahan is at the scene. Firefighters are