People here behind me on jfk boulevard. Hundreds of union city classmates, families of the two boys who were killed, their mayors, city officials out here, theyre all here to say farewell while the accused driver was in court and we learned more about that driving record. Reporter the mother of Brian Rodriguez saying together since 2nd grade, together well bury them. A Community Together in sadness, losing two young lives in a senseless tragedy. He was a great person to be around. He made everybody want to smile and laugh. Reporter fundraisers are collecting thousands of dollars to help the families of 17yearold Union City High schooler Brian Rodriguez and 16yearold clifton park middle schooler noel herrera. It shows it speeding down jfk boulevard moments before the driver lost control saturday night hitting the children as they walked down the sidewalk. Stopped at the red light. It crossed over the southbound lanes and mounted the sidewalk, striking three teenagers. Reporter the accus
The victim awoke with the suspect over him slashing at him trying to rob him. He suffered cuts to his hands and face. The wounds relatively minor but there are scars for subway riders. It makes me scared, a little nervous, to, like, use the subway. Because you never know. Like, you could be standing next to somebody and the next minute theyre cutting you. I find it very scary. You know . People come out here to shop, enjoy themselves and stuff like that. The fact you got to look over your shoulder, it aint safe. Reporter some attacks are robberies, some are simply random. But police say these stabbings and slashings are up 25 so far this year over last year. Thats over a thousand to date. As other crime falls in this city, this is getting increasing in noho, Brian Thompson for today in new york. All right. Thank you. Appreciate you coming on this side of the hudson for us this morning. And some terrifying moments in keyport, new jersey, as a building collapsed trapping firefighters ins
Youre getting rain if you havent received anything just yet look at folks in ocean county and parts of Monmouth County and in and around trenton county they havent gotten any moisture. Folks in Chester County seeing light snow moving into that part of the war. Ill be back with more on the rain and snow and freezing temperatures in just a bit. A cold, wet and messy is on tap. Were starting to see that system move in as you heard karen mention. This morning our Team Coverage continues monique braxton. She will show us the conditions there. Reporter hi, rosemary. Since we arrived here about ten minutes ago we have noticed rain and intermittent snow. Also take a look at the highway. It doesnt appear to be too wet now. We noticed that there isnt a lot of traffic here. I guess folks are staying inside. While on route 202 we noticed the was brine. A few rain drops on the windshield. Weve been keeping an eye on the traffic as well as conditions here on exton. Well watch the flower gardens that
And thunderstorms sitting further west that will probably modve in here during the afternoon hours. We may have a lull in between todaney where its not raining. Wi t nonetheless, a quick shot early and another one later in the afternoon. 51 in chelsea. Yhow hoboken, 53. South and west new jersey, perhaps in the 70s. In the city, back to the mid to upper 60s. Take along the umbrella, you will need it. Wet roads, any problems . Lets say hello to lauren scala. No problems but we have a lot of speed restrictions on the cr haossings. And faction track maintenance on the the 2 and 3. No 2 trains near 96th in both directions. No 3 Train Service but take the shuttle buses instead. We have track work on eight other lines. Expect delay and service changes. Breaking news, were learning about a slashing in manhattan. Today in new yorks Katherine Creag arrived on the station near Grand Central station with the latest. Reporter darlene, good morning to you. I just came back from being downstairs at
So were down a couple of degrees from last hour. Temperature will be dropping a little more. But look at these temperatures on long island. This is what the southwest wind weve been talking about over the last couple of days over the 45degree waters of the atlantic and long island sound, so it makes the temperatures cooler there. I dont think it gets above 62 out there today, even though itll be in the low 70s around again today. High wind watches for saturday night into sunday, just to let you know that now for your weekend. Therell ablot of wind around with an arctic blast that is coming. A shower there in the atlantic is going to hit Suffolk County in the next half hour. Otherwise we got popup showers today. We have breaks of sun too, and a temperature of 73 which is way warm for this time of the year. We could have a popup thunderstorm this afternoon which we will talk about on this april fools day. Cold weekend coming up. Weather then heather every seven minutes. Shes going to be