construction... could impact your commute.. in the coming weeks. all lanes of frank sinatra drive ... near the mandalay bay parking garage .. will be closed from 9 p-m through 6 a-m... -5- nights a week. starting monday. it s part of a project... to enhance mandalay bay s.. pylon sign. those closures will be in effect.. until friday. december - 23-rd. the transition of power is underway in washington.. with a little more than 2- months before donald trump s inauguration. a major part of that will be selecting cabinet memb the transition team is now being led by vice-president elect mike pence.. who replaced new jersey governor chris christie earlier today. christie.. and former new york city mayor rudy giuliani.. are both being circulated as potential candidates for u-s attorney general. 40-45 q: what s your role expected to be? giuliani> i have no idea. i have no expectation, all i do is give my advice. sources also say r-n-c chair reince preibus is now the leading conte
humidity continues today. it s quiet on the radar. no rain to worry about today. sunshine goes on and on. 74 degrees, mostly clear skies in central park. visibility is great as you start your monday. planning the rest of your day, temperatures in the 70s. delightful start to the day. well into the 80s by this afternoon. 3:00, 88 degrees. it s hot but it s nice because of the low humidity. bring your shades. mostly sunny a look at the ten-day forecast and muggy weather making a comeback. right now lauren scala has your early morning commute. good morning. we have big problems if you re headed towards the gowanus. it s shut down eastbound. an overturned tractor trailer out here and emergency vehicles. this is a spot to avoid. in addition, road work by 96th street and 61st. instead. more weather and traffic on the 4s. now breaking news in afghanistan where an american was one of two people kidnapped. it happened last night near the american university of afghanistan in kabul
rubio s 2013 water sipping state of the union response speech. do you remember that and he s like this. and we will ah, ah! and i need water, help me. help! poured it on. it s rubio! [ applause and cheers ] as for whether christie wants a job in a trump administration, the governor ducked the question. he did say for once in his life he would like to make more money than his wife when he leaves office. she makes a lot of money on wall street. this is an unbelievable afternoon. i have to think all the years we have covered american politics, races for dog catcher, races for mayor, city council, president, secretary we have never seen this kind of language this kind of attack this kind of comedy routine going on. i can t imagine usually said to be orchestrated by donald trump he seems to be a master but if that s any indication, super tuesday still not until tuesday. so even more harshness perhaps on the way. more to come. this is just the beginning. mor
i may get out and have dinner. ton something. that s for sure. a horrible accident here on the grand central parkway today and there was a second smaller fender-bender here in the eastbound lanes about an hour after the first crash. it s caused even more delays. that second accident appears to have been removed but the damage has already been done concerned. reporting live from mobile2 on the grand central parkway in hollis, queens, brian conybeare, cbs 2 news. we are two days away now from a possible new jersey transit strike. there are conflicting signs now about whether a deal could be reached today. new jersey transit and union leaders are meeting at this hour. we have team coverage. cbs 2 s emily smith is at penn station with how commuters are planning to cope. we begin with lou young with the latest on the negotiations. reporter: it s crunch time according to their own words. we re gathered at the hilton here, the gateway hilton to get first news of a union contra
reporter: thompson says the drugs were often transported in innocent looking apple jacks boxes. we spotted some in the recycling where they live. neighbors say they never suspected a thing. they do it quiet. they are never at home. for me nice family i never saw something wrong, you know? reporter: while most of the heroin came through this building, authorities say they only got as high up in the distribution chain as tavera. where all that heroin came from is under investigation. in williamsburg, sonia rincon, cbs 2 news. in all, 25 people indicted in this case. breaking news tonight at 6:00. another tough commute for new jersey transit rail customers. an amtrak problem earlier this afternoon causing delays for all trains in and out of penn station. at this hour, riders have a 30 to 45-minute delays after having previous delays of 90 minutes. a commuter alert for subway riders on the 1 train. service will be suspended this weekend for maintenance work. it star