Reporter a spokesman for the American Beverage Association told me they are not keen on the idea claiming bans dont change peoples behavior. But the association is working with the city of new york on an initiative to go into communities like the south bronx, bedfordstuyvesant and crown heights. The goal is to get residents to reduce their daily beverage caloric intake by 20 . We have heard this before. Let us know what you think about kids being carded to buy soda on our website, cbsnewyork. Com. New at 6 00 tonight, the long island rail road getting an upgrade that will hopefully improve the service on the busy ronkokoma branch. Cbs 2s meg baker shows us why improvements are so needed. Reporter 48,000 commuters ride the long island rail roads ronkokoma line each weekday. And commuters say at times, it hasnt been a pleasant ride. It gets crowded at the end of the day and everyone is pushing. Reporter today the long island rail road announced an upgrade to improve service. This line wa
Happened here. This may have been an altercation. Maybe something else. We dont know. We are still looking for answers. When we find new information we will come back and let you know. Reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. Larry thank you. Sign up for breaking news text alerts at the website wjla. Com. Michelle all right. 7 on storm watch. Just when you might have thought things were about to get a bit warmer around here, another taste of winter is on the way. Stormwatch7s chief meteorologist doug hill is here with the details. Doug it will get warmer. Starting overnight. Between now and then the potential problems there. In advance of the possibility of the freezing rain, the National Weather service issued freezing rain advisory north and west of the area. Western montgomery, fauquier and the area to the valley and the mountains as well. The temperatures above freezing at freezing to the motor and west. And again, thankfully the temperatures will slowly rise later tonight. But ma
Keep officers safe. A classic board game getting a digital face lift. Find out why you could soon be playing monopoly with emojis. Slick spots are concerned in the Lehigh Valley. Big changes on the way. Kate bilo will tell you how warm it will get when Eyewitness News continues. Went crashing through a drivers windshield north of exit one in salem county. He was thrown to Chester Medical Center and into surgery. His wife was not injured. Upper darby police have a new tool. The department purchased 137 tactical arm vests for its officers. The vests go over the mandated bulletproof vests that officers wear under the uniforms theyre to protect the officer from any type of rifle round that may be fired against them. In particular, active shooter, because we are under siege because were being shot and killed most recent was the tragedy that occurred in orlando, florida, i can see the need for it. The vests are heavy, way 16 pounds a piece a legal battle is brewing involves a popular enterta
Still needs to be done. Also ahead on good day philadelphia, does russia have damaging information about the future president this morning, of course, president elect donald trump has a lot to say firing back on twitter about those claims. And vaccinations compromised, why hundreds of children in ocean county may not be properly protected against diseases. What parent need to know right now. Great to have you with us on this rainy wednesday morning. Thomas drayton along with karen hepp. Im ex seated because i got a free car wash. Exactly, thats a good attitude. My car was white yesterday. Now it is black today. Yes, welshing i went to the car wash, thats why it rained. Obviously. Thank you, sue. Your welcome. A day late. So the rain is actually on its way out. So were getting ready for a pretty decent day. You see, the back edge of the rain sort of hugging the shore there. We zoom in little bit closer. All right, maybe we wont. Anyway, it is not to say we didnt. Well, you can see, ther
Now, only on 9, every now and then a story takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions before it leaves you with a smile. This might be one of those stories. A 13yearold boy has defeated cancerous brain tumor that could have certainly cut his life short, and to celebrate he watched his two favorite hockey teams face off. Reporter meet jimmy alverson. Like every other kid, he loves sports. Soccer, baseball, basketball, and hockey. He is big fan of justin williams. They are pals evidenced by the parenteau joying their time on ice together. Also, alex ovechkin. Did you meet them . I did. Reporter are they cool . They are great. They showed me around the locker room. Anaheim ducks, if they did not mean so much to jimmy, he is buds with ducks personnel, too. I feel great. I cant wait to watch the hockey game. Reporter feeling great was not always a given for jimmy. In 2015 he suffered from nausea, double vision, and headaches. He was diagnosed with a brain cancer. He immediately underwent seve