westchester county, through greenwich. so that gets out of the way in a little while. and it's gone by 7:00. sun comes to out midday, through the afternoon we will warm to about 58 degrees. it's weather and then heather. happy thursday to you. >> happy thursday to you. let's go over to our mass transit chart. and the jfk air train is suspended until 8:00 a.m. long island doing okay. new jersey transit no major problems. and metro north is okay. the subways are running on or close to schedule. and we have the grand central parkway east at the kew gardens interchange being cleared away. the deegan southbound ramp to the westbound side of the cross bronx, the right lane closed down. a debris spill. that has to be cleaned up. and 1st avenue remains closed north 57th up to 65th street because of monday's brick incident. and 63rd closed between york and 2nd. and street cleaning rules are in effect. >> thank you. in brooklyn, streets are closed as crews work to contain a gas leak. >> this led to evacuations last night but families in four homes are back inside this morning. we are live at the scene with the work under way right now. >> reporter: yes, ken, that's one good element to this story. but we have a high-pressure gas main that had a gaping hole in it. it now has a safety bag on it to contain the leak. and families are allowed back in their homes but it was a different story late last night. utility crews faced a tough street here because they couldn't find the source of the we're told this neighborhood also was flooded with the smell of natural gas. four multi-family homes were evacuated. firefighters broke down basement doors in some cases to that leak. the quick action though is understandable in light of the march 2014 gas explosion in people and leveled two apartment buildings. this morning, a national grid crew is here keeping an eye on the high pressure gas main making sure the bag continues to contain the leak until repair crew cans get here this morning. just another reminder, if you smell something like natural gas, call authorities. channel 7 eyewitness news. >> all right. thank you very much. new video just in to the newsroom shows the suspect in a string of arsons in queens. this man was caught on camera walking near the scene just 10 minutes before a fire on 68 drive back on november 8th. it was the second in a series of fires at homes all under construction in forest hills. in the video, you can see the suspect bend down and get a gun from his ankle before putting it into his pocket. family members of a teenager hit and killed by a hit-and-run driver in queens will join lawmakers in a call for increased traffic safety. and junction boulevards where the 17-year-old was killed late tuesday night. last night, friends and loved ones gathered at the scene to call for the driver to come forward. >> i just don't understand how someone could just, you know, take a lifeline that, and you know, as of now, feel -- life like that, and you know, as of now, feel no remorse. >> tomorrow, later, no matter what, we will find the guy. >> police say the car then hit the junior high school student with a black toyota camry. if you have information, you are asked to call crime stopper. despite the firestorm over his comment, donald trump is refusing to back down in his plan to ban all muslims from entering the united states, although on a temporary basis. he insist such a ban is necessarily especially after the recent terror attack in san bernardino. and now he spoke with dave evans during a visit to our studios on the upper west side. look, we're a country of laws. we're a country where you have to behey. you can't knock down buildings and do the kind of things that are happening in our country. happened in california and with the world trade center. >> we asked trump if he might run as an independent. and he down played the possibility saying he is sure he will not only get the nomination, he thinks he can win the whole thing. you can view the full interview at abc7ny.com. there's heightened security at mosques in jersey city. the mayor is increasing police patrols near mosques. an islamic center received letters and phone calls. several of the callers praised donald trump. and police are also investigating threatening phone calls. and boxing legend mohammed ali is did you announcing trump's proposal but he is also ruthless violence of so-called islamic jihaddist. he says their actions go against the tenants of islam and he is calling on fellow muslim, quote, to stand up to those who use islam to advance their own personal agenda. stay with eyewitness news and abc news for updates on the immigration firestorm. "good morning america" picks up our coverage that begins at 7 :00. jury deliberations should get underway today in the corruption trial of former new york senate majority leader dean skelos and his son adam. court recessed yesterday with the jury being charged. the long island republican is accused of strong arming businesses into giving his son $300,000 in fees and no-show jobs. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. and bill evans. >> we're looking from our camera here at times square looking south. we have a nice morning with clouds. there are a couple showers that are out there. but when you walkout side the first thing you will notice is temperatures here and we will have a few showers for the what's going on? show you traveling on the ed koch 59th street bridge, traffic coming towards us, that's inbound. we have the closure north 67th street up to 56th street because of monday's brick incident. 63rd is closed between york and 2nd avenues. and new jersey transit looks great. and jfk air train suspendedded until 8:00 a.m. and long island railroad doing okay. subway service is fine. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect city-wide. ken, lori, over to you. >> thank you. still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, new video overnight that police want to you see as they search for the men who stole from gwyneth paltrow's pop-up store at columbus street. 6:11. new video of the one of the men accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from gwyneth paltrow's pop-up shop. investigators say the suspect pried open a cabinet and took costing nearly $175,000. a section of 1st avenue on the upper east side remains closed to pedestrians this morning and near the scene of a brick facade collapse. businesses near 1st avenue and east 63rd street planned to re- open last night after workers dismantled the remaining bricks. but the crews still deemed it too unsafe. monday night, a large section of the brick fell from the high- rise on 64th street. amazingly, no one was hurt. since this is december, you can call what you're about to see an early christmas miracle, a minnesota high school basketball. the team in red is up by two with 1.6 seconds left. the home team grabs the missed free throw and with a little hail mary help, nothing but net. and won by one point. and then the post-game chaos if the home team fans. the one young man who hit the game-winner said, it kind of nice. >> what a moment. let's get a check on the >> here's bill evans outside the studios on the upper west side. >> it feels great out here. very comfortable. just right. the temperature in, that you know, you could put on the suit and not have to wear the overcode today and only warmer into tomorrow and then into the weekend. here's a look outside this morning. we look at the cameras here in brooklyn. the lower east side toward the battery and staten island ferry on the left and the brooklyn bridge on the right, 53 degrees. and the winds continue southwest. and that's a warm wind that's going to drive the temperature up. yesterday's high 55, warmer today. and we're looking at 53 around the parks. about 53 toward laguardia airport. and 49 up toward white plains. these numbers are way warm for this hour of the day. some 15, 20 degrees warmer than normal. and that's how it's going to be through the weekend. showers are left in rockland, westchester county and those are sliding eastward. and that will move up into connecticut there and fairfield county. clear and partly cloudy skies and it will slide eastward and warm things up today. by noontime and the early afternoon, looking at 56 and 58 degrees today. tonight, we've got warm numbers again, overnight and then tomorrow, by the time we get into the afternoon once again, warmer air comes in. and we start tomorrow in the upper 40s to low 50s. by afternoon, looking at temperatures in up ther 50s to 60 degrees tomorrow. and you see 61 down in jersey shore there. it's going to be warm. after school, great weather. partly cloudy skies and looking at 58 and temperatures this weekend 60 on saturday. and 64 sunday. and that would tie the record high set back in 1923 as the temperature this weekend, 10 to 20 degrees warmer than normal. and 58 58 with the morning shower. and mild. and then it's very mild tomorrow. look at that, 60 degrees tomorrow. very mild to milder to mildest that could be a record high. and monday it's warm, 62. but a front comes through monday with a shower and a thunderstorm and maybe even thunder. but next week we cool down into the 50s. and those numbers are warmer than normal for this time of the year. it's thursday, right? >> right. >> yes. >> yeah, so thursday. got nobody out here with me this morning. nobody out here at all. hanging out here, just quiet, beautiful day. >> who you blowing kisses to? no dog? >> leave me alone, dog. come on. >> nice. you know your pal is always going to be thering for. >> exactly. right over to the subway status. looks like the subway is there as well, no major issues to report. all of the service is on or close to schedule. new jersey transit, long island railroad, metro north doing just fine. but jfk air train suspended until 8:00 a.m. the new jersey turnpike near exit 16w, disabled tractor- and you also have the deegan south to the westbound side of the cross bronx, the right lane is closed down. debris spill, expect delays through the spot. and we had an accident on the grand central east near the kew gardens interchange. that accident has been cleared away. it looks much better. and 1st avenue closed north of 57th street up to 56th street because of monday's brick incident. so 63rd street remains closed between york and 2nd avenue. that could affect your ride to and from the ed koch 95th street bridge. and harlem river drive going south at 155th street, emergency construction. and we have the street cleaning rules in effect for today. lori, ken, over to you. >> thank you. 6:16. serious news story dominated the chatter on facebook this year. >> reporter: hey there. in today's tech bytes, a big year in facebook. >> the u.s. presidential >> and second were the terror attacks in paris. the syrian refugee crisis was third. >> and best buy is slashing the price of the apple watch. all of the watches in its inventory are now $100 off. that means you can pick up the entry level model for just $249. >> and lowes wants to help you and your kids track santa. >> the free app is called iris by lowes santa tracker. on christmas morning, it will let you know when, where and how saint nick moves around your house on christmas. and you can catch them dropping off presents under the tree and sneaking milk and cookies. >> there's some things you don't want to know. >> that's true. >> have a good day. >> all right. still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, first of its kind for general motors, how the company is shaking things up for the car 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economy passengers in february. they began charging for snacks in 2008. the airline is bringing back freebies as part of the focus on things that matter to customers. the pretzels will be among the mid- to late day offerings. fliers will receive a caramel- filled waffle snack in the morning. >> still chuckling. it's better than what you get now, bill, which is this. zero. >> zero. >> never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. here is the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> well, everything comes with a fee. >> that's true. >> $10 for water, for a cocktail napkin. all a fee. up the valley, a couple showers along the thruway and that's the last of the showers. so today, central park, looking at 51 by 9:00. and 56, 58 as we get to the and over the next several hour, the temperatures starting to rise now. and we will get to maybe 50, 51 at 8:00. but remember the temperature should be about 34 degrees for this time of the year at this hour of the day. after school kid, get outside. it's going to be great today and tomorrow. and we will talk about the weekend coming up. the seven-day forecast. heather is looking at the commute, how is it going? well, we have two problems on the deegan. two accidents. one is by fordham road. and another problem, and we have news copter 7 over this problem. and this is the deegan to the southbound side and it looks like we have an overturned tractor-trailer and it's on the ramp. so let's go over to the maps and we will talk about the problems on the deegan. the first is southbound. and then we have the other one on the deegan, the ramp to the westbound side of the cross bronx the right lane closed down. and reports that it was a garbage truck and a debris spill but looks like that was a tractor-trailer. so we will get more information there. 57th up to a6th street because of monday's brick inspiration kent. and 63rd street closed assault. and this is affecting the ride at the ed koch 59ing street bridge. start thing to pick up -- 59th street bridge. starting to pick up volume. jfk air train suspended until 8:00 a.m. street cleaning rules in effect. >> thank you. an anonymous person with a big heart is shelling out big bucks for shoppers in massachusetts. debbie went into the toys r us ready to pay for gifts on the lay-away. instead, she was told the bill was taken care of. someone had come into the store and paid off every single item in lay-away. >> my eyes filled with tears and she told me it was $20,000 worth of lay-aways. i would love to know who it was just to thank them and give >> now all the customers who had put toys aside at that store for the holidays will be able to celebrate without any worries thanks to a stranger's kind surprise. >> very generous. $20,000. wow. that is nice. still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, we continue to follow developments in brooklyn where a gas leak has led to street closures. we are live on the scene. people have now been allowed back into their homes. and 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developing right now in brooklyn. gas leak while keeping some streets closed off. we are live at the scene where people were allowed back inside their homes this morning. and new this morning, the search for a group of teenage robbers targeting people in central park. and we are following breaking news on the major deegan expressway where there's an overturned tractor-trailer. we are over the scene in news copter 7. >> good morning. this could not have happened in a worse spot. you can see the garbage hauler that overturned on the common ramp from the north and southbound sides of the major deegan expressway. and now a little bit of good news, at least when it overturned, all the debris spilled over the ramps but right now, all lanes shut down as you try and get to the westbound cross bronx. what you need to know, northbound, the delay that bad. you can see it's really just a ramp delay. we want to show you what's happening on the southbound side. despite an accident by fordham look at the line of headlights. it's a nightmare on the southbound side of the major deegan. and reporting live, shannon stone channel 7 eyewitness news. >> and good morning to you. it is thursday, december 10th. never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans. >> well, starts out mild today. and no question about it, you will feel how mild it is when you walkout side. the temperature this hour, 53 degrees. we've got a southwest wind at 8 miles per hour and gusting up to the 18 miles per hour. so that's just pouring the warm air in here. and northport, 52. 53 islip. that little shower is cutting up throughputtal and northern westchester county now the through fairfield. and that's that. the sun is going to be coming out. check this out, 56 at noon and 58 this afternoon. and normal is 45. so we will run 15 to 20 degrees warmer than normal from this we will talk about the weekend coming up. let's go over what shannon was showing us. what a mess on to the major deegan. and now the delay begins up. and continuing southbound into the cross bronx expressway, you have an accident over here at fordham road but it doesn't matter you're you're stuck this the delay anyway. and that takes to you the deegan, the common ramps to the hamilton bridge where the overturned garage hauler and that's not spelled correctly but it's being cleared away. we have a debris spill on the ramp. this is what happens when you're trying to get the maps done quickly for a report. 63rd closed between york avenue and 2nd. this is definitely causing delays across the ed koch 959th street bridge. and the street cleaning rules are in effect. mass transit not doing too badly. >> thank you. developing right now in brooklyn, streets are closed but people have been allowed following a gas leak. we are live now on the scene. >> reporter: lori, good morning. at this hour, they have made a lot of progress. they have a safety bag covering the hole in that major high- that we've had. so that is all to contain the leak this morning. and the good news is also that people can go back into their homes but it was a different story late last night. utility crews faced a tough night of ripping open 64th street to turn off emergency valves because they couldn't find the source of the leak. we are told this neighborhood was flooded with the smell of natural gas. four multi-family homes were evacuated and firefighters broke down basement doors in some cases to evacuate people and search for that leak. >> i think aisle glad they caught it in time. i'm glad that -- i think i'm glad they caught nit time. and i'm glad we're not in danger. and i applaud them for doing the work they're doing. i don't find criticism with it. is understandable in light of the march 2014 gas explosion in east harlem that killed eight people and leveled two apartment buildings. national grid will be here making sure that the safety bag stays on and continues to contain the leak. and repair crews will be here later this morning. channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. 6:33. also developing, the search is on for a brown of -- for a group of teenagers targeted people inside central park and robbing them. and just hours ago, there was yet another robbery inside the park. and we are live near the park with the latest. >> reporter: well, good morning, ken. because of the recent armed robbery, the nypd has stepped up their patrolsment you can see behind me an officer stationed here near 9 -- patrols. you can see behind me officer stationed here near 96th street. the most recent happening around 3:00 this morning. here is video of the police searching for the suspects. robbed a man of $2,000 cash, his cellphone and his shoes. luckily the victim was not injured. and now a look at the other robberies that happened this week that are connected. this map shows you where they occurred. the first one happening at 97th and central park west and the second one happening at 91st. monday night around 11:15, police say four young men between 15 and 18 years old robbed a queens man at gun point, stealing his backpack along with his cellphone and several credit cards. the victim in that instance was not injured. about 20 minutes later at 91st and central park west at 11:35 and several blocks away, police believe the same group of teenagers robbed two women who are 26th and 45 years old. again, police say the suspects used a gun to get what they wanted. and in that case, an off-duty police officer happened to also be inside the park and saw the teens acting suspiciously. they got away. so again, the suspects in all of the robberies still on the run and police say they should be considered armed and dangerous. and if you have any information, you should give police a call. live this morning in central park, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. 6:35. and police are hoping some newly released video will help lead to the arrest of two men wanted for a stabbing in the east village. a video caught on a surveillance camera is very clear. police say the suspect approached a 49-year-old man near 2nd avenue early saturday morning. the suspects then stabbed the victim several times in the back. the victim had to be treat at the hospital for injuries and then released. an arrest has been made in the robbery and rape of a woman in a billing stairwell in brooklyn. the 31-year-old suspect is in custody this morning. police say that he raped a woman in the stairwell sunday night. police say that he is the man after the attack. and he is also wanted for robbing another woman less than an hour after the rape. we are closely following new developments in that san bernardino terror attack. the fbi saying this morning that the couple who carried out the attack use encryption technology to cover their trail. abc news has learned much of the communication between syed rizwan farook and his wife tashfeen malik, much of that was encrypted. this has presented a challenge for investigators as they try to access information on the couple's phones and computers the. the fbi director says encrypted communications are a key method of the islamic state. >> there's no doubt that the use of encryption is part of the terrorist's trade craft now because they understand the problems we have getting court orders to be effective when they're using the mobile messaging apps. >> sources say authorities are working around the clock to decode the encryption. santa-con is coming to town public transit. the log lirr and metro north are bang alcohol during santa- con weekend. alcohol will not be allowed on trains or in stations starting 11:00 tomorrow night through noon on sunday. metro north ban starts 5:00 saturday morning. and this year, santa-con bar crawl kicks off saturday morning and goes to the lower east side. >> yeah, you take a lesson from the real santa. the real santa does not drink alcohol. so that's it. bill evans with the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> take a look at the camera on the fort lee side of the george washington bridge. we are at dawn, sun's up just after 7:00 this morning. here's the shot from the roof camera. and high definition. and that last shower now heading up into northern fairfield county. that's the last of the hours. and this morning looking at temperatures that are really warm at 53 degrees. becoming partly cloudy by about, you know, through the end of the morning commute. afterward, this nice ridge of high pressure is giving us clear to partly cloudy skies comes and warms things up. by lunchtime today, it's 56. 58 this afternoon. way warmer. and tonight, the evening temperatures will be comfortable. and at the bus stop kids, there they are, the lug nuts will be meeting through. they're dressed and ready to go. 5 had at the bus stop this morning. notice there's no snow on the ground. >> nope. >> no. >> that's a good thing. >> in my world. >> yes, it is. >> in my world. all right, so we have news copter 7 up above. and if your world is bronx and you take the deegan, check this out. this is the major deegan common ramp to the hamilton bridge. you can see, this garbage hauler is on the side and there's garbage all over the ramp. and now the left lane is open but it will take time to get the garbage cleared away and tractor-trailer. i imagine it will be there for quite some time. but the delay on the cross bronx itself not doing too badly. deegan jam packed. not too bad with mass transit. jfk air train suspended until 8:00 a.m. still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, a wild scene in china town. a car slams into a police vehicle and several tree, landing the driver in police custody. and ahead, five years later, and the beach murders remain unsolved. the move suffolk county police plan to take today to crack the cold case. and as heather showed us, news copter 7 is over an problems on the alaska. finally. the search for brown bears begins. denali highway. low on gas. pit stop. fill up. 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still no arrests have been made and there's been no new leads. the suffolk county police will join forces with the federal government today in hopes of cracking that case. the department will announce a closer collaboration with federal officials and other law enforcement to try to root out new leads. the remains of a woman were discovered in the area december 11th, 2010. nine more bodies were found in the days and months that followed. happening today, police commissioner bill bratton heads to washington, d.c. to push for permanent renewal of the zadroga act with its health he will join senators in calling for the renewal. the coverage is set to run out next october. the push is on to get it passed by tomorrow before the congressional session ends for the holidays. 6:44. new morning, the same old story for power ball. no nobody took home the big prize in last night's drawing. the jackpot now jumps to an estimated $164 million. if you want all your winnings at once, you take home just 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"good morning america" is up next. and we are live in times square. good morning. >> good morning. great to be with you on this thursday morning. coming up next here on "good morning america," new details in the san bernardino shooting. the fbi saying the couple had been radicalized before they ever met each other so how did they cover up their trails and we are live in california with the details. and donald trump under fire, growing backlash over the gop front uner's proposal to ban muslims from entering the country. and now a never before seen video of donald trump giving a deposition. we have marco rubio joining us live to weigh in on all of that. >> thank you so much. it is 645:67:89 time to get a -- 6:45. time to get a check on the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> well, good morning. nice to be with you. comfortable out this morning. just a jacket or sweater is all you need. and then it's really going to warm up today. here's our cameras outside to show you all you need to know. the beautiful sunrise down into the southeast corner of central park. right there at 5th avenue and 59th street. the humidity 71%. the winds are west at 8 to 18 miles per hour and the pressure is steady and rising now as the with the passing shower. at 60 degrees, near that the next five days and rain on monday. and it will be much cooler next week. still going the to be warmer than normal for this time of the year. 50 around jfk. and 48 to the north. and these temperatures nearly 20 degrees warmer than normal this time of the year. the passing shower is now in caramel and up toward monroe in fairfield county. and behind, clear to partly cloudy skies and sunshine coming in today and this will last into the weekend and into monday. 57 long island. 58 down the shore afternoon. 58 around the five boroughs. and tomorrow morning, we start out in the mid- and upper 40s. and by afternoon tomorrow, you see on the futurecast, partly cloudy skies and temperatures into the upper 50s. and after school, great weather, kids. 58 degrees. sun and clouds, beautiful and just nice weather. saturday and sunday, the weekend, 60 on saturday. 64 sunday. and that would tie the record high set back in 1923. and here we go, temperatures 20 degrees, the 10, 20 degrees warmer through the weekend and into monday. 58 today, looking at cloudy sky, sunshine this afternoon. and tomorrow, sunshine and it's going to warm to 62 degrees in parts of the area. and 60 around the five boroughs. 64 on sunday. that will tie the record high. and might even beat the record high. and monday, looking at a shot of rain, a front comes through and maybe even a shower or a thunderstorm as we go along. and then cooler next week. all right, you guys, have a great day. good morning. good morning. good morning. >> the official greeter. >> thank you, bill. >> yeah, it's me, bill. >> oh, no. it's bumper to bumper in bronx. shannon stone with an update on this mess. hello. >> reporter: yeah, for lack of a better word, this really stinks. garbage all over the ramp from the major deegan expressway. to the westbound cross bronx expressway books the hamilton bridge. you've got the overturned garbage hauler. and you can see the left lane getting through right now. they are trying to get traffic moving through this. it's not an easy task. and expect full closures as they try to off load this and up right it. if you are traveling northbound on the major deegan expressway, a long ramp delay but the southbound side of the major deegan, look at the volume. it's a bumper-to-bumper to jam that takes you back to the courtland park. avoid this if you can. >> i would. now over to a camera and show you how things are looking and see if it's affecting the george washington bridge inbound. you are slowing up on the upper- levels and the lower level. and the maps and talk about the c and f train, mechanical problems at roosevelt avenue. and the r train, some fire department activity at dekalb avenue causing delays there as well. and the street cleaning rules are in effect. and 46 east is closed at the garden state parkway with an accident. over to you. >> thank you. 6:49. holiday fantasy became reality for dozens of children living with or recovering from serious illnesses in new jersey. and it's all thanks to united airlines workers at newark liberty airport. they put together a special flight for patients at st. barnabas and university hospital to a far away land, the north pole. and they must have used some holiday magic because the flight only took an hour to get to gate c90, otherwise known as the north pole. >> this is the best, to give back and be here and watching the faces on the kids, you know, the kids' face, it's awesome. >> children and their parents music and got to meet santa himself. coming up on 6:50. still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, a frightening confrontation between a uber driver and his a cab driver. ask a little girl who lost her parents in an arson is her small wish [ dog barks ] [ bark ] there it is! [ gasps ] oh no! look, the sky's awake! that. was. a confrontation between a taxi driver and a uber driver is caught on camera in toronto. now the taxi driver was trying to confront the uber driver outside city hall when the uber driver took off. the cabbie was dragged for several feet as he held on to the car's door. it happened just steps away from a protest against uber drivers. no one was hurt. we told you yesterday morning about an 8-year-old burn victim in upstate new york. sapphire terry's christmas wish is for enough cards to fill her spiral metal card tree. >> and many have responded, making it one of the stoppers to at abc7ny.com and now her small wish has been granted in a big way. >> look at all the cards. >> what? >> isn't that gorgeous. >> i love that. this was her first trip to the post office. they told her they were going surprise, there were just crates of cards from around the world and there are also local fund raisers to help her with her medical problems. she lost a hand and foot in the arson that killed her father and three siblings. >> we have lots of cards at home. well, one card i got from jay because he is our bus driver. >> i'm happy that she could find some happiness in that. glad that we could be a part of that. but more importantly i'm glad that she can have a merry christmas. >> all these cards. >> the local postmaster says he hopes to be overwhelmed with mail. he says he has volunteers that are ready to come in and deliver to it sapphire. if you would like to send her a card or share her story with friend, we have put her address on our facebook page as well as abc7ny.com. >> sweet little girl. "good morning america" is come up next. utility workers are keeping a watch on a leaky gas main in brooklyn. >> we are live with the story. >> reporter: ken, good morning. we are dealing with a gaping hole in a high pressure gas main. it now has a safety bag on it to contain the leak. were evacuated yesterday are now being let back into their homes. late yesterday, crews ripped open 64th street to turn off emergency valves because they couldn't find the source of the leak originally. we are told the neighborhood was flooded with the smell of natural gas. and several people called 911 to get crews here. this morning, national grid repair crews are keeping an eye on this. and repairs start once the sun comes up. channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. new video showing the man whom police want to find after a strike of arsons in queens. this man was caught on camera walking near the scene near 68th street on november 8th. the the second in a series of seven fires all unconstruction. you can see the suspect getting a gun from the ankle before putting it into his pocket. it is 6:58. let's check in with heather. >> yeah, the huge mess on the deegan with the truck and the garbage. new copter 7 up above. and shannon stone showing us, delays go back to courtland park. and northbound delays not too badly. and we can head to the maps and i can tell you that there's george washington bridge is about 20 minutes. lincoln is 30. holland is five minutes. jfk air train is suspended until 8:00 a.m. >> wow. >> all right. thank you very much. >> thank you. a look outside to show you the pretty sunrise. sun is up in a couple minutes officially. 51 degrees going to be the 7:00 temperature. looking at 52 around ridgewood. these numbers are warm. way warm for this hour of the day . wednesday be at about 34 degrees. and later today, we will hit 58 and we will be looking at 60 tomorrow. up to 64 sunday. >> all right. thank you, bill. >> there you go. that will do it for us. i'm lori stokes. >> and i'm ken rosato. more local news, traffic and weather in 25 minutes. "good morning america" is coming up next.

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