couldn't get down. he was able to call 911. rescuers came out here and using hopes, they dropped ropes and some warm jackets and helmets down to the two young them down. i spoke with one of the women, the second she was taken off the mountain. take a listen to what she told me. >> how are you doing now? >> i'm great. i'm glad they came to save us. >> what happened? >> we just decided to claim. it was just unsafe to continue or come back down. >> so you were stuck, couldn't go either way? >> not really. our friend made it, but we couldn't. >> reporter: she declined to give her name. last monday, a hiker fell off a similar spot inside this park. he became wedged between a tree and the side of the mountain and was stuck there, injured and in shock for about three hours. back here live, this is the rescue crew. again, all three people safely off the side of this mountain. they are a little cold. the trio, as i'm told and as i saw, was in no way, shape or form to be hiking out here in the mountains. that young lady that you just flat fashion boots. they were laughing as they came off this mountain, but the joke in the end is on them. the fire chief here tells me they will all receive summons. for now, live, kimberly richardson, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> uh-oh. thanks, kimberly. in brooklyn, a five-alarm fire killed two people this morning. the flames engulfed an apartment building in williamsburg. stephan kim is live at the scene. >> reporter: the fire left two dead and countless others homeless. you can see the damage to the building, part of what made it difficult for firefighters to in fact, the body of the second victim was not discovered until almost 10 hours after this fire started. >> i had to duck down under the smoke and then i heard my neighbor, my amazing neighbor banging on my door. i had to run through the kitchen, which is at the back of the building. that's where all the flames were. >> reporter: she says it took her six years to build her home, but it took only minutes to destroy it, escaping bare foot with only the shirt and pants she was wearing. she is lucky to be alive. a five-alarm fire tore through her williamsburg brooklyn apartment building, burning all three floors and through the roof. it happened just after 1:30 a.m. on richardson street. residents say they heard a loud explosion. >> all of a sudden there was a boom and fire and smoke and just came out of the blue. >> the first thing i heard was the glass shattering. i sleep with ear plugs, a sound machine, i mask, so it was -- it took a lot to wake me up. an intruder. then through my eye mask, i saw the flames and kind of billowing into my bedroom. >> reporter: the fire spread through a second building behind it and damaged a third one next to it. the body of a female victim was found in a second floor bedroom. firefighters later located the body of a male victim several hours later in the basement. it took about 200 firefighters three hours to control the blaze. one firefighter sustained a minor injury. the arson squad believes the fire started on the first floor. investigation. >> lot of rooms were burned, so, you know, there's a good team in there and they are making a big effort. >> reporter: the identities of the victims have not been as for the building, at some point it will have to be demolished. coming up at 5:00, you'll hear from a next door neighbor who heard the explosion and called 911. reporting live in williamsburg, back to you. >> thank you. for the first time this 911 emergency call made by that scout leader who was mauled by a bear in new jersey. >> 911, where is the emergency? blue trail. i was mauled by a bear. okay. >> okay. you're out of the cave, but where are you, sir? >> okay. um-- >> how bad are you injured? >> pretty bad. >> okay. you're bleeding? >> it's -- we're off the blue trail. >> christopher petronino was bitten on his leg and both shoulders. he was inside the cave with the bear for about an hour with three boy scouts outside. they also called 911. >> uh, we're in split rock reservoir, me and two other scouts, we were hiking. my scout master went into a cave and he says there's a bear in the cave. >> okay. and did he come out of the cave? >> no, he's still in there right now. >> we were going to hear much their leader coming up on eyewitness news at 5:00. diana? temperature shift. if you got used to the warm weather, it's about to change. we are 20 degrees cooler than yesterday's high. new york city department of sanitation has even issued a precaution. they tweeted out this message the department also unveiled its new salt storage facility today. ready, just in case any salt is needed this evening. so exactly what are we facing? meteorologist amy friess is in for lee goldberg with our exclusive accuweather forecast. it's so much colder out there, you definitely notice the difference, but the air is very dry. as we watch the wintry mix come in this afternoon, we're expecting it to take its time. winter weather advisories begin after 6:00 p.m. tonight. looks like we'll get through the commute just fine. winter weather advisory goes into effect 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. for morris county. the storm will start really northwest and then make its way southeast. it goes from 6:00 p.m. until 11:00 a.m. from 8:00 p.m. until 11:00 a.m. for western orange, rockland, northern westchester, north fairfield and putnam county. look at the temperatures. you can see areas below freezing. this is important to pay attention to, because we are expecting first a sleet/rain mix. where the rain falls on a subfreezing surface below 32 degrees, we could get icing. the freezing rain effect. so that's where we could see the slipperiest conditions. also, as the system moves in tonight, even if temperatures are above the freezing point, sleet. so significantly colder, yes. we've got the temperature change. the atmosphere. time. as the moisture begins after 6:00, 7:00 this evening, we'll see the change coming in. right now, making its way into northwest new jersey, looks like the first band of moisture. most of this ends up as rain by early tomorrow morning, but it's a large system here. so it begins tonight, doesn't really end until about noon tomorrow, completely clearing so we've got the cold air in place. there's the potential for the icing early on. a reminder, it has to be freezing at the surface for the ice layer to start to form. it will be sleet that we'll be looking for here in the city first that eventually changes to rain. we'll have much more coming up in the accuweather full forecast, but what you need to prepare for is a wintry mix, a little taste of the real season finally at our fingertips. i'll be back inside in a few minutes and see you guys then. >> all right, thank you very much, amy. as amy mentioned, the same storm system heading our way created big problems in the midwest and south. flooding, snow and tornadoes have plagued millions, especially in texas. abc's lauren lister is live in garland, texas where residents are trying to clean up after a string of twisters. lauren? >> reporter: sandra, here in garland, home after home, just torn up after a tornado swept through here over the weekend. weather event wreaking havoc across the country. a survey of the devastation from the air monday. >> some of these houses are barely recognizable. it's a pile of match sticks left. >> reporter: as residents on the ground try to pick up the pieces, salvaging what they can from piles of rubble, from houses with no walls or roofs. these homes recently completed, now reduced to scrap. [ siren ] >> that's it! that's a tornado! >> reporter: this, after a string of tornadoes blasted through a 40-mile swath of texas this weekend, with winds of up to 80 miles per hour. [ sirens ] >> reporter: police saying at least 11 were killed. >> gosh, it's big! >> reporter: the twister descending onto interstate 30, where eight lost their lives. >> it's crossing the highway right there! >> reporter: juan ruiz rushed to reach his sister's car there, but couldn't save her. >> we tried. we had tons of guys trying to flip it. i watched my sister laying upside down for hours. >> reporter: here's the storm seen from space. it also brought snow to new mexico. the governor declaring a state of emergency. in the midwest, historically heavy downpours producing flash flooding over the weekend, killing at least 15. in missouri, flood waters engulfed homes. >> oh, my gosh! >> reporter: swept away rv's, shutting down major highways. >> this is the worst i think anybody's seen it over here. >> reporter: and today in texas, authorities are surveying the damage from the twisters. the worst here in 20 years. meanwhile, some 70 million americans are under a winter alert across the country. lauren lister, channel 7 eyewitness news, garland, texas. diana? >> thanks, lauren. police are hoping to catch two suspects caught on camera brutally attacking and robbing a man in brooklyn. take a look. you can see the 20-year-old victim getting shoved to the ground. this happened on avenue m in mid wood early sunday morning. car, he started to get up. one of the suspects lifted him times. they then rifled through the suspect kept watch. the suspects got away with the victim's iphone and wallet. a toddler who had surgery to remove a bullet from his face has just been released from a hospital in new jersey. police say the 1 1/2-year-old was sitting in a parked car in jersey city with family members when gunfire erupted on saturday afternoon. a bullet struck the boy in the cheek and glass from the back window cut him under the eye. investigators do not believe his family was the target of that shooting. so far, no suspects have been arrested. a grand jury in cleveland has declined to indict a white police officer in the shooting death of 12-year-old tamir rice. the young boy's shooting last year outside a rec center sparked national outrage. the two officers involved said the pellet gun that tamir was holding looked real. prosecutors today showed video drawing the gun and pointing it at other children. >> given this perfect storm of human error, mistakes and miscommunications by all involved that day, the evidence did not indicate criminal conduct by police. >> tamir's family accused the prosecutor of abusing and manipulating the grand jury process. they are urging anyone who wants to protest to do so peacefully and democratically. a heartless crime happening at not one church, but five. statues of baby jesus, stolen. coming up, the search for the thief. >> plus, danger in your medicine cabinet. how well do those child-proof we'll put them it's the little things in life that make me smile. spending the day with my niece. i don't use super poligrip for hold, because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. even well fitting dentures let in food particles. just a few dabs of super poligrip free is clinically proven to seal out more food particles so it's not about keeping my dentures in, it's about keeping the food particles out. try super poligrip free. . most roads look pretty good. eastbound near the prospect expressway. only problem is a 10-minute delay at the inbound lincoln tunnel. tech sergeant joseph limb will be recognized, as his body returns to newberg. he was one of five service members killed in a suicide attack last monday. a wake will be held for him tomorrow in west harrison. funeral services will be on wednesday. wednesday morning at st. patrick's cathedral. also being remembered this week, staff sergeant lewis bonacasa will be held on thursday and friday afternoon in miller place. the funeral will be saturday at new beginnings christian center. burial will follow at cal veerton national cemetery. prince of basketball. he brought joy to millions of the harlem globetrotters. today, the world is remembering meadowlark lemon. he died yesterday at the age of 83. meadowlark dazzled crowds with his hook shots and no-look behind-the-back passes in the 1960s and '70s. meadowlark played in more than 7500 consecutive games with the globetrotters over 24 seasons and he played in 100 different countries in front of kings and princes and of course a lot of other happy people. he was inducted into the basketball hall of fame in 2003. when we caught up with him a year later, he had a message to go along with his patented hook shot. >> i'm blessed. why can't i bless someone else? can i get an amen behind that? >> amen! >> all right. [ laughter ] >> lemon spent the last years of his life trying to spread a message of faith through he became an ordained minister and was a motivational speaker. coming up at 5:00, some current globetrotters will share their memories of meadowlark lemon. amy friess is back outside wearing the coat now. going to pull out the coats. all bundled up. if you were worried, sandra, diana, will winter ever come? here's a little taste. tonight we have a winter storm we're tracking and the change. we're about 20 degrees colder yesterday. we go from setting records to definitely setting the thermometer a little warmer tonight in the house, as temperatures drop to near freezing in locations north and west of the city. so gusty winds at 22 miles an hour. that's making it feel even colder. we're off only by a few degrees from normal. this is what it feels like here's the large storm system. you can see the comma shape from omaha, nebraska through chicago, swinging down through atlanta and a lot of colors there to the north getting snow, right through chicago, wintry mix, then some rain. we will see a mix of the sleet and the rain. here's a look at temperatures. much colder, but is it cold enough for snow? not really. in fact, the watches and warnings we have posted for our area are mainly north and west outside of the city. these are winter weather advisories. what we'll get in here tonight with this mix is first sleet. that may cause some people to be a little concerned. however, it doesn't last that long and the changeover to rain will happen pretty quickly. slick spots. the longer we hold on to the sleet outside of the city in the suburbs, expect some icing to occur in those locations. and the only subfreezing reading that we've had has been newspaper monticello. that's a spot that could see freezing rain. surfaces are cold enough so falls on it, it will immediately become ice. 11:00 tonight, we've got pink overhead in the boroughs, stretching out on the long island, back through northwest new jersey. that will be areas of mix. areas of blue and turquoise off to the east will quickly change over for everyone to rain. that yellow indicating the heaviest rain is going to occur between 6:00 a.m. and about 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. it will all start to clear out to the east by noon. be ready to contend with a lot of moisture. so as far as the ground goes, it's really not frozen hard to where we would get a lot of runoff problems, but it definitely is cold. this is going to be a lot of rain in a short amount of time. flooding is a real possibility for streets, even highways and roads typically flood-prone. amount of time. overnight traveling could be a problem. it's really the amount of rain we're getting early tomorrow that could cause the most concern. by tomorrow afternoon even into wednesday, things are looking really good. the headlines you need to know for the next 24 hours is that not only is it much cooler, but you could get through the evening commute with no precipitation. the rain returns tonight. first, it is the icy mix and sleet in the city. then it's cold rain. it's sleet mixed with rain north and west. that leads to the slick spots that we're most concerned about for travel. tonight, temperatures do not get down to the freezing point in the city, but they will in some of the suburbs. it's that critical temperature point of 32 degrees and below where we really see problems. so the icing area in pink is where we're really going to watch for the most travel problems, northwest new jersey, through the hudson valley. tonight, we go to 36. the icy spots, again, mainly north and west. but if you're doing any traveling overnight, be aware that the streets could have some of that sleet or ice mixing in. 51 degrees tomorrow, so it doesn't last very long as sleet or even a mix. i think by dawn tomorrow, everybody's changing over to rain quickly. rain comes down hard and temperatures are in the low 50s. new year's eve, new year's day, temperatures will be 53 on new year's eve, then we've got 40s returning as we head into the weekend. still feeling a little bit above average for a couple of days. temperatures quickly return to the low 40s. so much more coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast in the second half hour. we'll try to nail down the timing for you by parts of the area, so we'll look across the tri-state. where does the precipitation start first, what time, and where will it last the longest? also heads-up for travel tomorrow morning, again, with flooded-out roads a possibility. i'll be back inside in a few minutes to see you guys. >> thanks, amy. speaking out, the survivor of a deadly shooting on live tv talking about that day and talking about her recovery. >> also, marlow thomas is back on the broadway stage. she talks about her role and how she first found her calling for the theater. >> and before we go to break, we've got a message from one of our local service members who >> my name is lance corporal carter. i would like to send a message back home to brooklyn, new york to my friends and family. . spending is up this holiday season and as you might expect, a lot of that is happening online. last year. online shopping, 20%. still did the majority of their holiday spending the old- fashioned way, in person, inside stores. marlo thomas, that girl. she is ageless! she has won four emmy awards, a golden globe, even a grammy award. she has been so successful for so long on television, it's easy to forget her first breakthrough came on stage. >> and to the stage, she has returned in a family comedy called clever little lies. it's running off broadway, which is where sandy kenyan caught up with marlo thomas. >> reporter: sandra, diana, the star was born margaret julia thomas, called margo until she had trouble pronouncing the became marlo. it was an early sign of her talent for guiding her own destiny. the stage is where it all started for marlo thomas. >> it's something wonderful. >> reporter: the stage is where she first found her calling. >> i was seasoned. i always say this to young actors when they say how do you start, what do you do? i say be ready. be ready for your first break. you might not get a second one. >> reporter: half a century after that girl left the theater for stardom on tv, a more mature marlo thomas remains true to the show's theme song. she's everything that every girl should be! >> reporter: she's also back in the city, telling clever little lies off broadway, playing a suburban mom with a dark secret in her past. >> looks like you're in westchester, doesn't it? >> reporter: actually, we were steps from times square in the intimate west side theater where the production will run until the start of spring. >> i love those moments, where you're laughing and laughing and then you just stop and think and the audience thinks with you. it's just -- it's a wonderful sort of communion, you know? you don't have that ever, anyplace else. territory marlo knows well. there is no room in her relationship for lies, clever or otherwise. >> my husband, if i don't want to know the truth, i don't ask him. we could be in the elevator on the way down and i'll say do you like this? and he'll in other things. i go, ugh! take me upstairs! i'm changing! >> reporter: one thing that has never changed is the star's commitment to st. jude's, founded by danny thomas, still supported by many celebrities. >> this is a place of hope, a place of research, a place where no family pays for anything. >> reporter: now, her charity work helped marlo thomas win the presidential medal of freedom last year, but what i find most admirable is how she lives according to the old saying to thine own self be true and does so with charm, yes, and grace, but also with a will of iron and a core of >> i do, too. >> that girl is why i wanted to come to live in new york when i was a little girl. >> right. i always wanted the hat. >> i said i want to be there. i'm going to be that girl! >> and you are! [ laughter ] >> yeah, i was that girl. thank you very much, sandy. bank workers accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from bank accounts. we're going to tell you what the victims had in common. >> also ahead, searching for the thief who is taking statues of baby jesus from nativity scenes in new jersey. . new details following a frightening scene on long island. a brick was dropped from an overpass and went through a moving vehicle, injuring two people. >> it happened on the meadowbrook parkway in union dale. we have the latest on the search for the culprit. >> reporter: sandra, along the meadowbrook parkway in union dale, long island, where state police have made this case a top priority. were not hurt, but they could have been critically injured or killed. driving northbound on saturday night, somebody hurled a brick off an overpass in union dale. it crashed through the windshield and struck the driver in the shoulder and showered his passenger with shards of glass. it happened 8:00 saturday night. the brick apparently tossed from a remote pedestrian overpass where there are no surveillance cameras. the driver did not lose control of the car and spotted as many as two people on the overpass shortly before the incident. >> briefly saw somebody up on the overpass or two people up on the overpass. brick went through the windshield and they got off the next exit and drove directly to the hospital from this location. >> reporter: patrols have been stepped up here. as i said, the driver and his passenger, not seriously injured in all of this, but could have been so much worse. anybody with information is state police, troop l in farming dale. but this first time this has been attempted. more on that part of the story coming up at 5:30 tonight. live in union dale, long island, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. police in new jersey are trying to figure out who is stealing statues of baby jesus from nativity scenes. five churches have been targeted over the past few days. eyewitness news reporter drake clark has details from clifton. >> this is a catholic parish. you should think about what you're doing to other people and don't be so selfish. >> reporter: at st. clair kat rick church, parishioners are hopeful someone will return their baby jesus statue. they can't understand how someone could walk into a symbolic church display and steal someone so sacred. >> this is our first time ever with an outdoor nativity scene and the parishioners loved the idea and they put their heart and soul into this project. >> reporter: this year, parishioners pulled their money nativity scene and put it on display last week. before sunday morning services yesterday, someone noticed the baby in the manger was missing. >> that's a thing you shouldn't be doing. that's jesus there, baby jesus. >> reporter: the five churches and four neighboring new jersey towns have now had their baby jesus statues stolen. the newark archdiocese asked the police for help in getting the statues back and finding the thieves. in a statement, the archdiocese says, quote, it certainly is very distressing this is taking place at this time of year. our hope is that this is nothing more than a prank. we are hoping the police will find out who is doing this. >> i hope they return it. maybe they will just -- these things without any consequences, but at least it would get it back here, right? >> reporter: right now, police can't say if any of the statue thefts are actually connected. but they say the best and easiest thing to do is to in clifton, drake clark, channel 7 eyewitness news. new information tonight about a customer who was injured when an suv crashed into a westchester county store. jeff wiener's family says surgery on his broken ankle this morning went well. that accident was caught on camera. an 88-year-old driver smashed through the front door of a store in new rochelle and hit wiener. the driver was not hurt and is not facing charges. two bankers from brooklyn indicted today for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from accounts belonging to seniors and deceased customers. the brooklyn district attorney says jpmorgan chase personal bankers stole $400,000. the bankers are charged with grand larceny and conspiracy after raiding 15 accounts, eight of them belonging to deceased clients. if convicted, they face up to 15 years in prison. the investigative reporter who accused star quarterback peyton manning of illegal doping says she stands behind her story. manning was given human growth hormone in 2011. the charge was leveled by a former intern pharmacist at an indiana clinic. now that pharmacist has recanted his story. manning, meanwhile, vehemently denies the allegation and says he may sue the network. another fire, this one in new jersey. coming up, the growing concerns about this popular toy and the warning coming from firefighters. deadly shooting caring for someone with alzheimer's means i am a lot of things. i am his sunshine. i am his advocate. so i asked about adding once-daily namenda xr to his current treatment for moderate to severe alzheimer's. it works differently. when added to another alzheimer's treatment, it may improve overall function and cognition. and may slow the worsening of symptoms for a while. vo: namenda xr doesn't change how the disease progresses. it shouldn't be taken by anyone allergic to memantine, or who's had a bad reaction to namenda xr or its ingredients. before starting treatment, tell their doctor if they have, or ever had, a seizure disorder, difficulty passing urine, liver, kidney or bladder problems, and about medications they're taking. certain medications, changes in diet, or medical conditions may affect the amount of namenda xr in the body the most common side effects are headache, diarrhea, and dizziness. he's always been my everything. now i am giving back. ask their doctor about once-daily namenda xr and learn about a free trial offer at namendaxr.com. jess: hey look, it's those guys. [music] jess: are you good to drive? shawn: i'm fine. jess: how many did you have? shawn: i should be fine. jess: you should be? officer: go on and step out of the vehicle for me. bud: see ya, buddy. good luck! so, it turns out buzzed driving and drunk driving, they're the same thing and it costs around $10,000. . turkish police used water cannons and tear gas against thousands of protesters in the southeast part of the country today. demonstrators accused turkish security forces of killing a civilian woman during clashes with kurdish militants. they are also calling for an end to curfews in that area. there is word today iran met a key requirement in its contentious nuclear deal with world superpowers, including says iran is now allowing moscow to transfer most of its enriched uranium to russia. under the deal, iran must ship out all of its low enriched uranium it has stockpiled. it can be further enriched in order to arm nuclear warheads. the sole survivor of a shooting on live television is speaking out about the attack and about her recovery. vicki gardner was being interviewed in roanoke, virginia back in august when a man opened fire. reporter alison parker and cameraman adam ward were killed by the disgruntled former coworker. gardner says she is still in shock and disbelief over the shooting. however, she is not letting the violent attack control her life. >> i am so thankful, first of all, to be here, to be surrounded by the community that we have. it has been an eye-opening experience. i've seen the worst that society can do. >> gardner says after weeks in the hospital and several surgeries, she is nearly ready to return to her job with the chamber of commerce. new video from the hover board fire in south jersey. this is all those left of the hover board after it burst into flames yesterday. there is not much left there. it was recharging at a home in lacy township in ocean county. nobody was hurt, fortunately. the consumer products safety commission is investigating this incident. the family bought the hover board from amazon.com, which has pulled sales of many models amid reports of at least 16 fires now in 12 states. >> lot of problems. >> they got to figure >> yeah. the beatles music is now services. can you guess which song was weekend? trend. >> plus, soda surprise. if you think drinking diet is the radio city christmas spectacular presented by chase. don't wait! get your tickets today. as an everyday business person, and not colonel sanders, why sometimes i'm just too busy to cook dinner. so, i just pick up kfc's twenty dollar family fill up with eight pieces of delicious, original recipe chicken. it's finger lickin' good. . breaking news. the bronx bombers have just acquired left-handed pitcher chapman from the cincinnati reds. chapman is one of the best relief pitchers in baseball. four seasons and he's going to help out the yankees bullpen. by the way, 52 days until spring training. it will be here before you know it. >> not long at all. good news for parents and kids. childhood asthma rates are going down. that study in the journal of pediatrics finds that the percentage of children with the disease fell to just over 8% in 2013. now, that's after peaking at more than 9% earlier. however, the rates are a bit higher among the poor, as well as children of color and those over 10 years old. if you drink diet soda, you may not be cutting as many calories as you think. according to a study in the journal of the academy of nutrition, diet beverages may make you feel like eating more unhealthy foods than you realize. researchers say people who drank a lot of diet drinks tended to eat more and loaded up on high-calorie foods like chips, cookies and ice cream. dropping sight off the coast of japan, just in time for christmas. that diver was coastal waters near the land of the rising sun when a giant squid swam near him. so he took out a camera and he captured the 13-foot-long ocean creature in action. the squid usually spends its time in deep waters, but this one made a surprise appearance in a marina. after swimming with the diver, the squid headed back out to sea. that is my favorite story today. besides the marlo thomas one. [ laughter ] >> you can see the squid smiling a little bit there. >> no, not really. i think you have a very active imagination. [ laughter ] amy, doesn't take an imagination to realize that winter has officially arrived. >> well, yes. it's a big shocker. you step outside, it's 20 degrees colder than it was yesterday. we're setting records, now winter storm coming into the area. winter weather advisory is up. areas north and west really have the coldest temperatures. that's where we'll see the change holding on the longest of the wintry mix before everything goes to rain early tomorrow morning. looking outside right now, we'll check the numbers. officially 41 degrees in the park. humidity at 49%. northwest winds are still gusting. and the advisories are basically going from 6:00 p.m. tonight until about 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. so the entire tri-state needs to be ready for precipitation. depending where you are is how much ice or sleet you may get. so highs today, significantly cooler, but closer to average than we've been. we'll keep this cold air in place at least for the next 24 hours. then we'll bump numbers right back up into the low 50s. 24-hour temperature change, it really is pretty dramatic. 25 degrees difference in poughkeepsie. colder, so much colder than yesterday at this time. a chilly night ahead. sleet will begin at first in the city. so the air mass is very dry right now. so as the precipitation starts, it could become sleety and slick early on and then 9:00, everything goes over to rain in the city. more sleet holds on north and west. there could be icy spots through dawn. then there will be a transition for everyone to all-rain. that occurs early tomorrow morning. maybe this should really be our focus, because a large amount of rain in a short amount of time could really cause problems for us for the early morning commute. while we do have this winter weather advisory in purple for many areas outside of the city through northwest new jersey up through the hudson valley, along 95 for coast alcon con, we also have a lot of rain coming in with the system. right now, the atmosphere is getting moistened up. this is not actually reaching the surface in a lot of cases. maybe a little drip, drizzle, a piece of sleet here or there early on, but it really is after 6:00 we'll start to see more of this moisture move in. all these areas through northwest new jersey are well above freezing. so once the precipitation melting on impact. only the areas that have 32 degrees or colder will see the rain freeze on the surface, creating ice. that's really up in monticello where we're seeing that and the precipitation will start later for them. out on long island, likely rain for the entire event. you may see some sleet popping up early on, but it quickly changes over to rain. norwalk, connecticut, this takes us through the overnight hours. look how the temperatures do briefly slip about 10:00 to the freezing point. that means freezing rain is a possibility. take your time if you have to drive tonight or early tomorrow morning. the future cast really paints the picture for us on the timing. early on, it's mixed, a snowy, icy, even rain mix all the way down through south jersey. tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m., everybody starts to get the rain across the area. yellows and oranges starting at 7:00 a.m., continuing through about 11:00 a.m. this indicates the heaviest rainfall. that's going to be the biggest problem i think across the area. so watch out for the rain. here's your accuweather seven- day forecast. we bounce back into the 50s by early tomorrow afternoon. even if we do have a mix late tonight, early tomorrow, everything changes over to rain and it's a wet mess through about noon before we start to dry out. another dose of rain coming in on wednesday. that will be evening rain. then our temperatures stay in the low 50s through thursday. as we get into the holiday, things are looking pretty good. drier skies and a little blast of cold coming in on friday takes us into the mid-40s. we'll keep low 40s, seasonal temperatures right through saturday, sunday, early monday, a high of 41. that's a look at the weather for right now. diana? >> thanks, amy. it is time to take a look at the trend and the top stories that are trending this monday. meadowlark is trending on twitter and google. the always-funny former harlem globetrotter passed away at the age of 83. also a hoax on facebook, somebody spread a rumor that mark zuckerberg wanted to give millions to his facebook users all of this started earlier this month when zuckerberg announced the birth of his daughter and that he was going his lifetime. of course he's giving the facebook users. the prank. >> dang it. we told you last week that the beatles catalog was finally available for streaming. so what is the most streamed song so far? yeah! >> way to go, amy! [ laughter ] >> according to spotify, the abby road classic "come followed by "hey jude. of course you no doubt remember your favorite christmas gift, but check out this christmas morning surprise for one little boy. >> what is it? >> they are glowing! look! >> he is saying it's a rug! it's a rug! it's a rug! more like a blue bath mat, but he was really, really happy. >> snuggling up with it. >> might have thought it was a magic carpet. it was warm and cozy. >> thank you! >> oh, so cute. >> you're welcome! now that christmas is over, next up is new year's. today, an annual tradition in times square called good riddance day. people gather and write down all of their bad memories, just bad stuff from 2015 on a piece of paper. that paper is then shredded and used as confetti when the clock strikes midnight on new year's eve. i could pretty much say good riddance to the entire year. what about you guys? >> oh, man. i am with you. just say 2016 -- 2015, bye-bye! >> bye-bye! >> on to 2016. as always, check out the trend online at abc7ny.com. >> thank you very much, diana. danger in the medicine cabinet. how well do child resistent gettin -are you happy with your bathroom? i wasn't. until i learned about bath fitter. bath fitter puts a new bathtub right over your old one. isn't that amazing? bath fitter will measure, custom-make and install right over your existing tub. and only bath fitter has seamless walls, which guarantees a watertight fit. plus, they do it all in just one day. . a hazard for kids that could be hiding in plain sight. reach. what about the pillboxes that medication? how easy are those to get into. abc's chief health and medical editor dr. richard besser put that question to the test with some alarming results. >> reporter: it's a sound no little kid should be making. child resistent caps are designed to help keep kids under five from getting into medications, but what about pillboxes and organizers? in 2012, more than 64,000 children under five went to an poisoning. and in many cases, the medicine belonged to a parent or grandparent. with the help of montclair children's school in manhattan, we got some little kids together to see if they could open medication containers, child resistent and not. not one toddler in our group of 2 to 3-year-olds is able to open the child resistent bottles. >> how do you open these? >> yeah, i'm not going to tell you. >> reporter: but getting into are meant to be easily opened by the elderly, is a different story. 3-year-old margo opened this pillbox in 9 seconds. >> that one open up? >> yeah. >> let me see. do you want to try another one? >> reporter: experts say the eye-catching boxes look like toys. >> we use them for storage of toys or small trinkets or for arts and crafts. then when they see that. they put that in their mouth. >> reporter: three out of five little kids broke into the boxes in under 15 seconds. our group of 4-year-olds were even faster. >> if you get it open, tell me. hannah got one. keegan's got one open. katy's got one open. >> daddy lets me do this. he lets me help him take his pills for him. >> reporter: 4-year-old ky got into a child resistent medical bottle. every 4-year-old in our group opened the pill organizers in under 15 seconds. could open this one. i didn't really think about it. >> i definitely thought maybe we should make sure that pillbox goes at a higher shelf at her grandparent's place. >> again, that was dr. richard besser reporting. now, experts say that's exactly what you should do to keep those boxes out of the reach of children. put them up high and you should treat them like you would that pill bottle. there's still more news ahead. eyewitness news at 5:00 begins right now. . channel 7, eye witness news. and good-bye to the warm temperatures. our first dose of winter weather is headed right for us. we are tracking a storm system that will hit overnight. plus -- >> okay. okay. for the first time, we're hearing a man's calls for help inside a cave in and good evening. i'm diana williams. >> and i'm sade. it's finally beginning to feel like december. but along with the cold, parts of our area could see wintery mix over night. and salt spreaders are ready just as a precaution to hit the roads later tonight. amy freezes in with what we can xrekt. good evening to the both of you, sade and diana. it's a winter advisory posted for the northwest of the city. and what that means is a messy mix around here. not necessarily deep snow but the snow alert likely for slick streets and also heavy rains coming in and the possibility of water tomorrow morning. 24-hour temperature change. no doubt about it. 25 to 26 colder than it was at the same time yesterday. go from breaking records to

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