Westchester county, through greenwich. So that gets out of the way in a little while. And its gone by 7 00. Sun comes to out midday, through the afternoon we will warm to about 58 degrees. Its weather and then heather. Happy thursday to you. Happy thursday to you. Lets 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 mondays 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, thats one good element to this story. But we have a highpressure 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 couldnt find the source of the were told this neighborhood also was flooded with the smell of natural gas. Four multifamily 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 hitandrun driver in queens will join lawmakers in a call for increased traffic safety. And junction boulevards where the 17yearold 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 dont 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, were a country of laws. Were a country where you have to behey. You cant 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. Theres 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 trumps proposal but he is also ruthless violence of socalled 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 noshow jobs. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. And bill evans. Were 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 whats going on . Show you traveling on the ed koch 59th street bridge, traffic coming towards us, thats inbound. We have the closure north 67th street up to 56th street because of mondays 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 citywide. 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 Paltrows popup 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 Paltrows popup 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 youre 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 postgame chaos if the home team fans. The one young man who hit the gamewinner said, it kind of nice. What a moment. Lets get a check on the heres 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. Heres 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 thats a warm wind thats going to drive the temperature up. Yesterdays high 55, warmer today. And were 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 thats how its 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, weve 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. Its 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 its very mild tomorrow. Look at that, 60 degrees tomorrow. Very mild to milder to mildest that could be a record high. And monday its 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. Its 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 mondays 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 todays tech bytes, a big year in facebook. The u. S. President ial 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. Theres some things you dont want to know. Thats 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 industry. 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Yep, thats one of the three snacks United Airlines will start offering 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. Its 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. Thats true. 10 for water, for a cocktail napkin. All a fee. Up the valley, a couple showers along the thruway and thats 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. Its going to be great today and tomorrow. And we will talk about the weekend coming up. The sevenday 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 tractortrailer and its on the ramp. So lets 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 tractortrailer. So we will get more information there. 57th up to a6th street because of mondays 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 layaway. Instead, she was told the bill was taken care of. Someone had come into the store and paid off every single item in layaway. My eyes filled with tears and she told me it was 20,000 worth of layaways. 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 strangers 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 we are live in central park following developments after a group of teenagers confronted two groups of people just hours apart. It will once again be a mild day for december with a potential recordbreaker for the weekend. Meteorologist bill Evans Accuweather forecast. Im not a fan of putting my personal info in these Online Shopping forms. Hellloooo . . . I dont have time to be filling out my address, i need to be buying a dress. Thats why i use masterpass. Less typing, more dancing. Sfx tango music como te llamas . Yo soy camarones. Dip me. The easier way to shop online. Masterpass from mastercard and your bank. Its the shortcut to priceless. Im not a fan of putting my personal info in these Online Shopping forms. Hellloooo . . . 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