To see if the suspects may have been connected. Steve they take that real serious. They keep upping the penalties. Thank you, liz. More developing news. The mobster accused of planning the lufthansa heist has been acquitted acquitted. 80yearold Vincent Asaro walked out a free man after a jury found him not guilty. The heist happened in 1978 when armed thieves made off with 6 million at kennedy airport. At the time, it was the largest robbery in u. S. History. Dari police have arrested a suspect in that Fatal Shooting near penn station earlier this week. 27yearold Vincent Arcona was taken into custody after checking into a bronx hospital under a fake name. He is accused of luring three men inside of the stairwell of a subway station at west 34th and 8th avenue. Another man reportedly opened fire, killing one of the victims and injuring the other two. That shooting is said to be drugrelated. Charges against arcona are pending. Police are still looking for the other suspect. Steve a sombe
Been waiting for flights all day. Reporter the arrival, departure boards spelled out bad news for many travelers. These days, they dont call them delays p they just time. When we first got here they didnt say they were being delayed so we were aggravated but we got coffee and now we are just hanging out until he comes. Reporter by midday, the an hour. Arrivals were closer to an hour and a half. Its slow but its okay. Reporter adding to the overload tighter security courtesy of tsa. Fewer passengers able to opt out of body scanners. The ones critics call virtual stripsearch machines. I do enough traveling that im like, you know, really thats not much to see. [ laughter ] [ music ] reporter tis the season for more people more security so be sure to pack some patience along with your ugly holiday sweats. Reporter the latest average delay times at new york area airports newark the worst delay 3 hours 28 minutes. Laguardia is second 2 hours 35 minutes. Jfk 1 hour 9minute delays. We have tal
There are the snow showers we are talking about on 684, i 287, i95 and across the l. I. E. So cold it will be a fluffy flurry. 33 degrees at noontime. 38 this afternoon with sunshine. We turn the corner to warmer weather. Its warmer tomorrow into the 40s. We talk about that next. Heather has all kinds of stuff. We talk about the connecticut turnpike northbound side 17 to 18 a tractor trailer fire being cleared away. This is something you want to think about for the weekend since its a for most. Major construction project, harlem river drive ramps to and from the harlem river bridge will have closures. George Washington Bridge southbound on the harlem river drive the ramp will be closed. Northbound one lane open. This is supposed to start tomorrow evening and last until at least monday. Now, we are finding that we have construction still with us to the 60s. Two lanes are closed down. New Jersey Transit Long Island Railroad, metro north doing fine. Brooklyn bridge is completely reopened
Cancelled across the entire state. The blizzard left 16 inches on our area. Wow it is going to be one more hour before Port Authority reopens. Bridges and tunnels. And until then, George Washington bridge and holland tunnel and lincoln tunnel are still banned. We have Team Coverage for you on the cleanup from this monster blizzard. Marcus solis, toni yates and kristin thorne. Well begin with meteorologist amy freeze. What are the final numbers on this mega storm . We did have close to 30 inches in some spots. Looking at historic snow storms over time this one turns out to be nearly the biggest. In fact, missing the slot by. 1 outside right now it feels cold. 22 degrees. Thermometer readings in the low 20s. The breezy conditions picks up from time to time, it takes the wind chill factor down. Northerly winds feeding down fiercely as it moved offshore. Were waking up to sunshine this morning. Here are the new york city top snow storms of all time. This storm comes in second place by. 1 i
On 60 hudson street, standing nearly 600 feet in the air and weighing more than 300 tons. It all came crashing down this morning on worth street in tribeca, crushing cars and swiping at least one building on the way down. Residents and workers say they saw thought it was a bomb or either earthquake. A 38yearold man from the Upper West Side who was just sitting inside of one of the parked cars did not survive. Ironically enough, crews were in the process of putting the crane in the secure position because of todays high winds and it was during that process when this collapse took place for reasons that are still unclear. The deadly accident did impact local streets and subways and buses and also forced evacuations of nearby buildings pop con ed shut off power and gas as a precaution. Officials had to check the Structural Integrity of nearby buildings. Seen about 10 00 this morning and admitted this tragedy could have been a lot worse. Crane. You can see how powerful the damage was, but