Take an umbrella. They get going after lunchtime today. Weather and traffic every ten minutes. We have the new jersey turnpike south of exit 13 earlier tractor trial fire. Continue to block two lanes and news copter 7 scene and john can give us more information about what is going on. That looks messy, good morning, john. It is a meze indeed. These are live pictures. We are southbound on turnpike. As you said, just south of exit 13. This was a tractor trailer fire, which im told began around 3 00 this morning. You can see it off on the right shoulder. This is a big, big mess. The Fire Department is still out here. The fire is obviously been extinguished. But you can see them putting water on the fire and as a result, they are operating. Just a short time ago, all lanes were shut in the truck is open. They have the signs flipped further north. If youre traveling southbound on the turnpike, expect delays to build as we get into the morning rush. We also have another issue on the new jers
On the center stage of this weekends oscars. President obama is pushing back against republicans who are threatening to block a Supreme Court nominee. The president said that the republicans will damage the credibility of the court if they hold fast to their threats of not even meeting with the possibly nominee. Libby casey is joining us from washington, and libby, the president used an unusual venue to speak about this. Reporter authorities, richelle. He was meeting with King Abdullah of jordan, and they met with the press briefly where the conversation was really about syria, and the refugees, but the president did take one question, and of course it was about the Supreme Court. A big topic here in washington. Very predictable. And a clear indication that president obama wants to shape the conversation about naming a Supreme Court justice. Republicans drew a line in the sand this week, promising to shut down the process of replacing juice scalley a. Ha remember, on the republn side h
Police are specking to the mother of two toddlers killed after they were left alone in an apartment that went up in flames. We are five days away from the New York Primary and the stage is set for tonights democratic president ial debate in brooklyn. And mixed martial arts is getting uncaged. What governor question apollo is set to do today with the combat sport. Good morning im lori stokes. And you are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Heres meteorologist bill evans. Reporter 45 degrees around the five boroughs. Clear to partly cloudy skies, cooler across long island 37 eastern end there, 42 from river head to montauk and 34 toward monticello. A freeze warning until 8 00 this morning in western and northwestern new jersey. Western ocean county for temperatures at freezing and below. But it will warm up fast today. Sunshine this afternoon and a high of 60. And it only gets warmer. Well talk about that. Debby in for heather today. How is it going out there . Repor
Disturbance and an area of low pressure over the gulf. What we are confident in is that there will be an area of low pressure that develops along the carolina coast as those two pieces meet. The uncertainty lies in the intensity of the storm track. Heres what we believe right now. One thing that is our computer models are sending the steadiest snow with this system no matter how light or heavy is going to be during the Daylight Hours on sunday. That makes a huge difference with a spring snow. It makes it very difficult to stick. Tonight is the coldest night since the 6th of march. Wind chills in the 20s by morning. And tomorrow is cool, despite the fact that we have sun we only stay in the 40s. Wet snow will arrive between 7 00 and 10 00 in the morning. But because it is during the day, i think roadways will stay wet. They could become slippery at hours. 1 to 3 inches of snow in general, by late sunday night. That is down from our 3 to 6 inches yesterday. I think we can get a band of s
Up and it began snowing harder this morning. As seen in this video, suddenly as the giant arm was being brought down, it started twisting. The 565 feet of steal weigh 300 tons, crashing to the ground. This tmz video also captures the moment after the crane crushed several parked cars. Its really devastated. I happened to be at my desk and saw the crane come down. Reporter the twisted wreckage stretches along werth street. Right outside, the Sergeants Benevolent Association officers. Our first instinct was to run outside and render aid. Reporter the sergeants with the nypd found the victim who died, david wichs. Three others were injured, two hospitalized. The crane was being lowered into the position, the danger to people on the street was less, and thank god we didnt more people. Reporter the cranes frame work buckled and bent out of shape, most missing the buildings on the nair street. Some pieces of debris crashed through windows and ceilings. This counter weight ending up on someon