Few hours, where you can slush up a bit. Particularly maybe a coating to an inch or two here off to the north and west. What you see is we get to 8 00 tonight. Long island. Much of northern new jersey, into rain. And then we get this rain overnight. We could be looking at a coating to an inch or two. Notice the rain tomorrow evening is going to be very heavy as we get into tomorrow night. Were going to talk about that next too, in the accuweather forecast. Next system is going to be pretty tough. Thank you, bill. And he will return with the sevenday accuweather forecast and remember, stay on top of the weather conditions on the app. It is free to download for iphone or android. A woman in custody, accused of stealing an mta bus. Now, she got behind the wheel street. Driving for three blocks before she was stopped. Eyewitness News Reporter n. J. Burkett at the scene with details. Thats right, dave. Off. Incident. Came to an end. No, nobody was injured. But for three full blocks, nobody really knew how this whole thing was going to turn out. It happened aboard this mta bus, running the m101 route, dave, north on third avenue. The joy rider, identified only as a 34yearold woman, has been taken into custody, charges not yet announced. It all began around 7 00 a. M. , when the driver confronted the woman because she was apparently smoking in the back of the bus. But when she refused to stop smoking, the driver then evacuated the bus. And the woman somehow apparently slipped behind the wheel, as he was getting the passengers off the bus. Well, she didnt get far. About three blocks, before the bus was cornered and stopped in the police and the police converged on the scene and took her into custody. To be clear, no marriages no except for the customer who commandeered the bus. According to police, she claimed she took off in the bus because she believed someone was will following her was following her. I see this normally down the street. And when i get to the stop right there. Looks like cops, police cars. She is looked like she was dead. But when i asked being they said, she stole the bus. She was Smoke Cigarettes or something. Im told she was taken to metropolitan hospital. Charges have not yet been announced. But of course, the mta is investigating how it was that she was able to slip behind the wheel and drive the bus away. Much more on this developing story coming up at 4 00. Jay burkett, channel 7, Eyewitness News. Were following breaking news. We just learned that a 2year old was killed in a fire in brooklyn. The childs body, discovered Apartment Building on monroe street in bedford stiveson. After the fire was extinguished, the body was found the the exact circumstances of the death are under investigation. Police have investigated a teenager slashed in greenwich. Police took the teen into custody this morning. Eyewitness News ReporterSandra Bookman is live at the restaurant with more. Sandra . Reporter yeah, shirleen. That suspect right now in custody and being questioned at the sixth precinct. He is 16 years old. And we learned this afternoon that the arrest came as a result of tips that came through crimestoppers. As you said, the incident happened on february 17th here at the silver spurs diner in the village. They came into the restaurant, asking for donations from customers. A worker asked them to leave. The panhandler came back and treat. That worker, bobby bar doe, needed 137 stitches to close that wound. In the days that follow, Police Released video and pictures of the suspect and several other teenagers that were said to be with him. Again, he was taken into custody this morning. Customers here at the restaurant, they are happy to hear about that arrest. Im relieved. Because he might have done it to someone else. Im happy. I hope bobby gets justice. Well, im glad they caught the individual. And i hope they throw the book at him. Again, that 16yearold in custody, at the sixth precinct. We are being told that he will be charged as an adult. Were live this afternoon Greenwich Village. Im Sandra Bookman, channel 7, Eyewitness News. Thank you, sandra. Concerns over a gas leak, sending students and teachers at al Hickman Elementary School home. Everyone left the building and police were called in. Firefighters found gas leaking from the heating system on the roof. Are investigating what exactly went wrong. Fortunately, no students or faculty were hurt. Several families are homeless, after fire gutted their apartments in the bronx overnight. The flames tore through the top floor of the building in morris firefighters needed to run several hoses before they could get it under control. They were able to keep the flames from spreading to a second wing of the building. It was pretty dramatic. You know, you had fire out the windows. You had fire we had a few units on the roof, cutting holes in the roof to allow the fire to escape. So it didnt spread laterally. Reporter five residents suffered smoke inhalation. And one firefighter hurt his leg. The nypd officer hit in the hip by bullet fragments during a shootout in brooklyn, will be released from the hospital this afternoon. Officer william redit has been recovering at kings county hospital since saturday doctors did not remove some of the bullet fragments. So investigators may never know if he was shot by the suspect or hit by friendly fire. His officer, officer andrew was released friday, after being shot in his bulletproof vest. Police questioning a suspect in a rape and robbery of a woman. He is identified as 25yearold maurice scott. Detectives say he attacked a woman at her home last friday night. Police say scott also stole the womans cash, jewelry and a cell phone. President obama is making one last attempt to close Guantanamo Bay prison before his term is up. The president announced his plans during a News Conference this morning, saying the Detention Center undermines Americas National security. There are fewer than 100 detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay. And the president says he does not want to pass the problems of this Detention Center onto if we dont do whats required now, i think future generations are going to look back and ask why we failed to act when the right course, the right side of history, and justice and our best american traditions was clear. The president s plan does not specify where detainees would be transferred. Well, the nevada caucus tonight could be a turning point in the republican race for president. And the candidates will all be working to the last minute to win the support of the voters. Senator marco rubio working to convince undecided workers. Senator ted cruz had been decided divided. In fact, trump told a las vegas crowd, theres, quote, something wrong with ted cruz. Cruz fighting back. He fired his Communications Director for spreading false statements against rubio. Now, as for the democrats, theyre getting ready for this weekends South CarolinaBernie Sanders is in virginia, vowing to fight on after losing nevada. I believe this is a live look at the rally. Yesterday, he and Hillary Clinton were in super tuesday states. Sanders pointed out to supporters that the nevada win only picks up four delicate delegates for clinton saying the road to a locked nomination is a long one. Stay with Eyewitness News and abc news throughout the campaign season. Well alert you to the results in nevada as soon as we get them in. Shirleen. All right, david. A family tragedy. A father and his young daughter, killed in a Chain Reaction crash. On the new jersey turnpike. We have new details on the victim. Plus, worldwide protest supporting apple. 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Including some in the tristate area. Apple is refusing to unlock the San Bernardino gunmans phone. Apple says it would open the door to all apple users getting hacked. Meanwhile, the cofounder of microsoft is weighing in. In an interview with the financial times, bill gates says the fbi is asking for something specific. Not for general information. You shouldnt call it some special thing. Its no different than, should should anyone be able to get the heads of many other tech companies, including facebook, twitter and google, have sided with apple. Authorities in arizona say five family members are dead, after a shooting and fire this morning. Firefighters and police in phoenix responded to call from phoenix who said they were being shot. And when the firefighters arrived, they had to dodge bulleteds as they tried to rescue people from a burning home. Shortly above 7 00 a. M. , Police Reported the shooter apprehended, went down. One officer suffered smoke inhalation. Quite a scene in japan, as people had to evacuate an airplane in a snowstorm in the Northern City of hokkaido. More than 160 passengers and crew slid down emergency chutes today after an engine fire forced a Japan Airlines flight to take off. Smoke reportedly got into the cabin. One woman sustained a minor hip injury. Scary to see that. Dramatic escape to an amazing crashlanding. Watch as the pilot is forced to bring his plane down in the and what a family tree. Twin sisters give birth to twins twice. Meet the medical marvels. And we are watching the weather. Weve got a live picture outside. You can see some of the moisture on our camera. Nasty mix of weather is on the way. Meteorologist bill evans, up if youre approaching 65, nows the time to get your ducks in a row. To learn about medicare, and the options you have. You see, medicare doesnt cover everything only about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. 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The jury is out right now. Well keep an eye on that. Bottom of the screen. Kiddos at school. Particularly if youre in the northern and western suburbs, theyre going to close a bit earlier today. Dismissal. The temperature now in the city, with this little light rain has been kind of hovering around 37 degrees, 38 degrees in parts of the area. 41 in the others. East wind, at 14 to 24. Keeps this gloom in here. Looks a little more london dairy. And we had a high yesterday of 52 degrees. Normal is 43. Than normal temperatures, which is why were going to see most of this as rain. And a mix of rain and ice and snow kind of mixed around. Here you go. You can expect this this afternoon. Mix moving in, north of the city. Going to be changing from light rain south to north. Small accumulation. Looking at a coating mostly i think on grassy areas. North and west, there might be as much as a couple of inches of wet snow. Weve got a heavier rain and wind tomorrow night. And temperature at freezing. Andover is 32. Monticello below freezing. Its possible in this higher elevation. Particularly, you get to 500, 800 feet. Thats where you can see a lot of this wet snow accumulating on grassy service surfaces. The other thing is the wind has been kind of tough. 25 in the park. 23 around white plains. 26 around long island. And 28 down the shore. So Winter Weather advisory is posted off to the north and the northwest. But as for this kind of slushy a problem, from now into the evening commute. You see that line really is the bronx. 287 is right here. And this is i80. Route 80 here. And you go up to i84. And there you see, thats where most of all of this kind of wet snow is going to accumulate. Next system to affect us is tomorrow. This will cut right on through the ohio valley, into the great lakes. Bringing us rain ask rain and wind. And youll see that on the future cast. You can see as we get into tonight, a good portion of the area is in the rain. There will be the slush onto the north. Overnight. And tomorrow, we need rain. Then it gets heavy in spots during the day tomorrow. Notice tomorrow evening. Tomorrow night, late. Midnight. Winter mix. West. Were looking at 30s for cloudy with occasional rain tonight. And tomorrow is cloudy, windy. Particularly tomorrow afternoon showing you. Tomorrow night. There might be a leftover rain shower on thursday. Then thursday is going to warm up to 56. Then thursday night, the temperatures come crashing down friday. And sunshine on the weekend. Look at the warm temperatures. All we can see is rain headed that way. Get us to spring in one piece. Thats all im asking. Thanks, bill. Trapped in icy water. The 10yearold girl who fell into a hole in the snow. Talks about the frightening minutes and what saved her life. And check this out. Michael jordan. A plane lands in the middle of a street. A crane goes up in flames. And a girls icy rescue. Just some of the stories that were caught on camera, and caught our attention. Bee begin with those frightening moment we begin with those frightening moments when a small plane drops out of the skies and lands in the street. It happened in the san fernando Surveillance Video captured the dramatic crash. A car went by, but it was too late. Miraculously, no one on the ground was injured. As for the pilot, he didnt complain of any injuries either. From planes to cranes, a helicopter was over the scene when a crane burst into flames, and cameras caught the dramatic collapsed. It happened at a construction site in melbourne, australia. The plane sent flaming debris tumbling to the ground. Fortunately, nobody was hurt. And another dramatic moment caught on camera. 10yearold girl struggling in icy water. Samantha white fell through the snow, while hiking at castle Peak Mountain in northern california. Authorities say a bridge had collapsed, causing an opening in the snow, smaller than a manhole. Her father tried to pull her out of the freezing water but couldnt get her out. I was out for help. I snuck out the snow pole for her to grab. And she wasnt Strong Enough to hold onto it. A search and rescue team just happened to be nearby, doing rescue training exercises. They were able to put their training to use, creating a system of ropes and pulleys to get samantha to safety. Wow. So glad shes okay. Coming up on Eyewitness News. New information on a deadly crash in the new jersey turnpike. What we have learned about a teacher and his daughter who died in the collision. Also, horrifying attack. A group of men beating a man, and then throwing boiling hot water on it. In an important get we continue to follow breaking news. A 2yearold boy is found dead, after a fire ripped through an Apartment Building on monroe street. Hours after the fire was extinguished, a woman returned to the scene and said she couldnt find her son. The Fire Department reentered the building and found the boy under a bed. Police say a woman stole an nta bus in east harlem this morning. The d