Im rob nelson. Or late birds. Im michelle charlesworth. Ann is taking a little respite. She works around the clock. Shes in a very nice spot. Good spot. So shes chilling. Jeff smith slumming with the weekend morning crew today and tomorrow. Good morning, sir. Hi, jeff money. Always happy to be with you guys. Well warm up as we head into him to. Were going from winter chill to springlike warmth as we head dep near the weekend. We see the first little glimmer of hope. We have temperatures in the lower 20s like white plains and 26 in teeterboro, 28 at jfk and la guardia. Of course you add in the wind and it will bring things into the Single Digits well north and west of north city. There is a squeeze play with the system well off to our north that will spread snow showers into parts of canada. Were south of that system, so that means a westerly and southwestly flow during the day. It will be breezy like yesterday, but not quite as cold. We take the edge off of that arctic air mass just a
There, and remember keep track of the rain and snow coming down in the neighborhood, just app. Tonight the man who was operating that scaffold that malfunctioned with two workers ponsst sponge. The men were response. The men were rescued after spending more than an hour 62 stories high with the wind and rain around them. It played out on live television, and Shirleen Allicot saw it all from the ground and joins us now live. Reporter what a scary scene to watch unfold, so hip in the sky, all of it unfolding right here at 1717 broadway. We spoke to several people. The workers supervisor and the fire chief, and a man who claims he was operating the scaffold at the time and said what the fdny did was unnecessary. There was no need for the Fire Department at all. Reporter harsh words from the operator of the scaffold that criticized the Fire Department for acting too quickly. He claims he already had the rig operating after a breaker caused it to stall 62 stories in the air. Two glass repla
Pleaded guilty to a civil rights violation. He is expected to be sentenced to 51 months in prison, according to the plea deal with the u. S. Attorney. Burk was accused of assaulting a handcuffed suspect, who allegedly stole a duffel bag from his suv and tried to cover it up. He resigned in october. Also developing right now in new jersey, schools in bergin county have gotten the all clear after a series of bomb threats. High schools in five towns got the threatening phone calls. New jersey reporter toni yates has the latest. Reporter bergin field got the all clear. Students filed back into the building to resume the school day. Threats were made against at least five Bergen County schools. In the morning, going to first period, there was a bomb threat. Then we had to leave. We had to go to church across the street or, like, down the road. Yeah. Reporter you guys have been through this before, havent you . Yeah, a lot, actually. Reporter the sheriffs investigation of the threats with th
Decades in solitary confinement for a crime he says he didnt commit. What hes saying this morning about starting a new life. And reallife star wars. Virgin galactic unveils its new spacecraft designed to take passengers far, far away. The price of a ticket to ride and look who we found in the drivers seat captain solo himself. Hey, good morning, everyone, on a momentous and multilayered day in american politics. With voters in two key states heading out to vote. In South Carolina, the republican primary, which is really been a nasty race at points, donald trump is hoping to pull out his second win. Meantime, what jeb bush said last night that has people wondering if his campaign is all but over if he doesnt finish meanwhile, in nevada, a tight race against Bernie Sanders for Hillary Clinton in the caucuses today. A nailbiter. And theres another political layer to all of this. President obama is spending the weekend studying that binder full of potential nominees for the supreme court.
The evening and Severe Weather already in virginia, North Carolina and active tornado warnings there. The Storm Prediction Center has put in a slight risk of Severe Weather after 7 pm or 8 pm tonight. Wind advisories are also in effect. New york city, connecticut, the coastline is starting to see wind cranking up near 30 Miles Per Hour. That will only increase. We have had three quarters of an inch of rain fall. At least as we go into the evening commute, we have gone into a relative lull where you still need the umbrella but we are in shower rains and then more thunderstorms coming toward dc. Thats still several hours away and wont move in and tell the tail end of the evening commute took off and on showers the next few hours, heavier rain regenerates during the evening hours, an in short two on average throughout the night back and then we get into gusty thunderstorms at times. Even if we dont see tornadoes, we could see wind gusts of 50 60 Miles Per Hour causing power outages, downe