Security measures that are in place for tonights celebration. And good morning, im lori stokes. And thank you for joining us, im ken rosato. Today is thursday, december 31st and new years eve and you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans is here with the exclusive accuweather forecast. You look at the live picture this morning and you dont see the tops of the buildings. Good morning everybody and happy new year. There you see the top of the Empire State Building but some low clouds and temperatures a very comfy 45 in the park. 46 yonkers. So these overnight numbers are way warm again. 48 in wrightstown and 50 at man tuck. Some of montauk. Some of the visibilities and not all that bad although theres some fog like in newburg and morristown. Some of that up the throughway. 684 and i84 and 80. Otherwise thats going to burn off and well have sunshine today. And well be around near 50 degrees this afternoon. Every seven minutes on this
With the exclusive accuweather forecast good morning, everyone. Happy friday. Were starting off with some nice numbers here for you. Grab a jacket or a sweater, but the temperature 36 degrees. Two days ago we were starting off at 11. So its really warmed up nicely. Normal overnight low is about 28. So we are above normal, even north and west some cool numbers, kingston, poughkeepsie, 16 degrees. 15 around middle town, 30 norwalk, 30 on long island. So these numbers are nice. Its calm, its quiet this morning. But there is a Winter Weather advisory for tonight up above i 80 and i287 and along i84. There could be a little frozen precipitation. Were going to talk about that and your weekend coming up here with some heavy rain on sunday. Weather and traffic together every seven minutes. Apparently heather had an alligator fall on her windshield. Reporter you heard about that, right . Yeah. Reporter you gotta watch out for those alligators. Snakes on her windshield in this warm and cold, war
Hoping to beat the odds and win the biggest jackpot ever. This morning, what you need to know before you jump into that office pool. We hit the jackpot because amy is back. Yay. Incredible trip. It was the trip of a lifetime. I encourage everyone to see iceland at one point in your life. You dont feel like youre on this planet. Great job. Thank you very much. We are glad youre back. I know you were concerned. We all were. Dont go any closer. You know, the good news is you can still hit that jackpot, yeah, we have powerball fever. Weve got our own Lottery Machine here this morning and important tips to protect you from your coworkers in your office pool in case you do strike it rich. Thats ahead. Story. We begin with that breaking news overnight. After that passenger got completely out of control forcing the plane to land in detroit where she was carried off by police. Our aviation correspondent david kerley has all the latest. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, george. Anxious
Do you have anywhere to go that you needed the car . To work. So youre not going to work today . I had to call off because i work in long island so its pretty hard. Its like too much of a commute. That was Lauren Glassberg reporting. Even though new York City Schools were open today, a lot of students didnt make it to class. Todays attendance was 74 . Compare that to an average of 91 . Thats because much of the city is still struggling with all the snow. The mayor said today it will take time and hes hoping to get help from Mother Nature. Eyewitness news political reporter dave evans is in Lower Manhattan where the great snow melt is underway. As you know, whenever we get more than 12 inches of snow in new york city, Sanitation Department goes in to something called haul and pile. Thats what we see behind me, this large snow pile thats collected over the last day, day and a half. What theyre going to do is take this snow, move it over vehicle you can see behind the green oil truck. Mel
And its an abc news exclusive. Heros homecoming. One of the americans who took down that terrorist on a train back on u. S. Soil this morning. [ applause ] the whole airport cheering. His parents in tears. Hes telling his incredible story in his first live interview this morning only on gma. And we do say good morning, america, on this friday morning and its a big morning because dan harris is here. Always an occasion. Great to be here. And Alek Skarlatos is here. We dont throw this word around lightly. He is a true hero and we have so much with him still ahead. He landed on thursday. It was quite a scene at the airport. Were going to talk to him coming up. But we want to start with that Tropical Storm churning. Theres a live look. Erika hovering near puerto rico. The storm is already picking up strength and it could become, could become the first hurricane to hit florida in a decade. It has caused problems in the islands and caribbean causing major damage blamed for at least four deat