Transcripts For WABC Eyewitness News This Morning 20160318

Reporter problems right now on path train, bill. Well head right tot path trains and tell you whats happening. As you head newark to world trade, still seeing delays. Its all due to Police Department activity. Metro north, lirr running on or close. Subways on time. Lets take it over to the te conic northbound getting up towards peekskill hollow road in putnam county, an accident there. And problems continue on the fdr drive in the 50s with a collision back toward the 40s. The ed koch 59th street bridge starting to build into town because of the problems on the fdr drive. Heres a look at the southbound van wyck moving okay into kew gardens. And going over to our other camera, heres a look at the northbound van wyck. Thats moving slowly heading up towards hillside avenue. Alternate side parking rules are in effect. Back over to you, lori, ken. All right, debbie, thank you. Its 6 01. And this morning the nypd along with the fbi and secret service are investigating a suspicious package that was mailed to the son. The letter addressed to eric avenue south was deemed suspicious, but it was harmless. Eyewitness News Reporter mallory hoff is live outside the trump park east where police remain on the scene. Mallory. Reporter ken, good morning. Certainly a frightening situation last night. Now a cop car parked here throughout the morning, this as investigators try to get tot bottom of of what happened here. I do want you to take a look at what the seen looked like scene looked like last night. Multiple agencies responded to the white powder scare, Hazardous Materials parked into trump park east this. Is where eric trump lives. They also rushed to Donald Trumps home in trump tower and other family locations. Evidence taken from the building is now being analyzed. Its believed that powder was not dangerous. Eric trumps wife, lara opened the envelope from massachusetts and then powder spilled out. This comes as the hacking of donald trump has now become a federal case. The cyber Group Anonymous says it stole trumps personal information and then made it public. Tried to attack trump on stage in ohio. Republicans are denouncing trump for predicting riots will break out if a brokered convention denies him the nomination. Now, back out here live now, investigators trying to determine exactly what that white powdery substance is and who sent it. Live in m, mallory hoff, channel 7 Eyewitness News. All right, mallory, thank you. And police are urging the man accused in a deadly stabbing in manhattan to turn himself in. Wanted posters hang at harlem as Police Search for julio valasquez. Police say that he stabbed and killed a man at the 116th street subway station wednesday night, but valasquez daughter says he was just defending her. She says that the victim, 53 yearold Herbert Burgess stole a dollar from her and punched her twice in the face. I called my dad, and i was, like, dad, someone just robbed me. Can you please come . My son was probably scared daylights that my granddaughter was going to be another victim in the train. Thought in my sons head, hes going to hurt my baby well, the suspects daughter says burgess who spent 18 years in prison for murder threatened to stab her and there was no one around to help her. New details investigators believe they have found the body of a man who was accused of killing his roommate at a manhattan homeless shelter. Police ended the manhunt for 21 yearold Anthony White after finding a body floating in the hudson river. White is accused of stabbing his roommate to death in january at boulevard homeless shelter in harlem. The victim, 62yearold devon black was a former special ed teacher and librarian who was killed on his third night living at the shelter. 6 04. Police shoot and kill two Armed Robbery suspects. Investigators say they were among five armed men who burst into a houston, texas Furniture Store last night. Police say all four were being monitored by a Tactical Team looking into other robberies earlier in the two of the surviving suspect wrs wounded. Five officers fired their weapons, none of them was hurt. Governor john rowland will appeal his latest campaign fraud convictions this morning in manhattan in federal court. Rowland remains free on bail, but hes also facing a sentence of 2 1 2 years in prison. He was convicted of conspiring to hide payments for work he did for republican congressional candidates. Rowland resigned as governor in 2004 during a Corruption Scandal that sent him to prison for 10 months. Its 6 05. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Heres meteorologist bill evans and the accuweather forecast. Well, here we go. Its friday. Lets rise and shine, everybody, shall we . Lets look across the park. I believe those are newscopter 7 high above gotham this morning. Some of also the red eyes coming in in the overnight hours too, the airports there. But heres whats the airplanes too. As we look across the park, we have a clear sky and a wind thats mostly out of the west here. About 48 to start the day. Normal overnight low is 36. So we got clear skies, we got back here today were going to the great lakes. Come down. Its going to bring us colder air tonight and tomorrow. It might bring us a sprinkle, but were really looking at more or less that cold air kind of surging in. Before it gets here, we got a lot of sunshine, few clouds this afternoon, we hit 58. Not a big deal. It is going to get chilly tomorrow and some snow on sunday to talk about. Kiddos, for school today, i give it a b with bright sunshine, cool after school and 58 degrees. Weather then heather every seven minutes. Thats heather doing one heck of a Debbie Duhaime impression this morning. Reporter thats it. Amazing, right . Good morning, bill, good morning, everybody. Path trains back on or close to schedule, so newark to world trade everything back on or close. Police Department Activity cleared metro north, lirr running on or close. Subways on or close to schedule this morning. Watch for a slowdown on the taconic heading northbound in Putnam Valley with an accident up by peekskill hollow road. A collision. So expect delays back toward the 40s. Ed koch 59th street bridge starting to build heading into town. Heres a look at the southbound side of the van wyck moving slowly here getting down to our q. And lets go over to the other camera. Heres a look at the Southern State parkway westbound, building heading out toward eagle avenue in nassau county. Alternate side parking rules are in effect. Back to you, lori, ken. Debbie, thank you. 6 07. Last march we lost a dear friend an member of our Eyewitness News family. Lisa colagrossi. The 49yearold mom and wife died after suffering a brain aneurysm we think about her often and we know for so many of you who woke up to lisas reporting every morning, we know you think of her, you miss her, we also know you considered her family as well. Well, i recently went to her home in connecticut and sat down with her husband and her two boys, and we chatted about life without lisa. Reporter you feel your mom here, dont you . Oh, yeah, everyday. I know shes there watching over me. Reporter 15yearold Davis Crawford and 11yearold Evan Crawford are still trying to get used to life without their mom, Lisa Colagrossi. Usually when im feeling sad, i just usually sit down somewhere and pray to her, and i know that shes always listening to me. Reporter but last march they suddenly lost their mother when she suffered a brain aneurysm. Todd crawford, their father remembers the day he lost his wife. So when you all of a sudden get a call one day from a top neurosurgeon at one of the top hospitals in the country saying we have your wife, you know that your life has changed forever. Reporter and suddenly it was up to todd to look after the boys on his own. We didnt have as great of a appreciation for it as we certainly do now and how amazing she was and how much she shouldered and so efficient in how she just got things done. She just took it upon herself and done it. Reporter shortly after 9 00 this morning reporter lisa chose to work the boys after school, make dinner, help with homework and take the boys to hockey practice. Did she make it kind of seem easy to just juggle it all . I always thought that she just like being a parent was easy and you could just do anything you wanted. But now i see my dad doing it, i realize that its a lot of work, and you have to know how to multitask and you have to know how to do a lot of stuff. So your dads done a pretty good job, though, do you think . Yeah, a really good job. Amazing. Hes just stepped right in taking moms place. Hes pretty much the same multitasking, great attitude, doing so much work. Hes so hectic and hes just like her now doing everything that she did. Well, todd has turned his creating the Lisa Colagrossi foundation, a nonprofit has already been credited with saving eight lives. On and leaves a la i do everything on the internet. But its kind of slow. My friends said i should get fios because its the fastest. I just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. Thats seriously better. man were out of 2 . I wonder what else could be better around here . man i heard that. Now get our best offer ever. Super fast 100 meg internet, plus tv phone for just 69. 99 a month online with no annualcontract. 100 meg speeds at a price this good . Fios can do that. Cable just cant. 6 12. Welcome back. A worker who fell more than 50 stories to his death in Downtown Los Angeles did not have clearance to go above the third floor of the skyscraper from which he fell. It happened yesterday afternoon at the Wilshire Grand Center which is supposed to be the tallest building in the west when its finished. The worker took off his hard hat before going to the 51st floor and not working with harness. It was just his second day on the job. New this morning, and he was a wild man as mayor of toronto, but rob ford is now in the hospital, stepping up his cancer treatment. And his family is asking for privacy. Ford gained noteriety three years ago when after months of denial he admitted using crack cocaine while in a drunken stoop or. Well, a year later and ford got his first cancer diagnosis. He a tumor removed, but new bladder just a few months ago. 6 14. New Jersey State Police want future travelers to cuba to be on the lookout for more than just cigars. See, he created a poster asking tourists to be on the lookout for fugitives who live on the island wanted by u. S. Law enforcement. One of those fugitives joanne chessamar who murdered a new jersey state trooper in 1973 and then escaped from prison. 6 14. Time to get a check on your accuweather forecast meteorologist bill evans outside our studios on the Upper West Side. Bill. Reporter feels good out here this morning. We got just a little bit of a little wind here thats coming in from the west kind of in between the buildings. Other than that a nice start to the day. Here we go. We look outside from our roof camera here across the park, and were looking looking at a morning where the sun is coming up really nice. Clear skies, west wind at 10. Yesterday it was 63. Normal is 50. Normally the temperature this hour of the day would be 36. Were into the upper 40s here this morning. So were going to be looking at a lot of clear skies, a lot of sunshine is going to be coming your way and temperatures are in the low and mid40s around the tristate area. Got a wind this morning out of sweater will do it for you. Should be just fine with a lot of sunshine today. Heres whats going on. We do have these clear skies all the way back to the great lakes. To our north is what we call a back door front where it comes down north south rather than most of our weather which comes from west to east. So that front will drive down through the area this afternoon and youll see the temperatures are going to be in the upper 50s today as opposed to the low 60s from yesterday on st. Patricks day. There might be a shower with that front. It doesnt look like theres going to be much with it, except that youll notice the colder air coming in tonight and for tomorrow. Tomorrow morning we start out in the low and mid30s where we should be for this time of the year. Thats going to feel cold because its been so warm. But heres the futurecast. Weve been talking about this spring snowstorm coming for as you mentioned. Well, here are the clouds that start to increase. Spring begins at 12 30 a. M. Sunday morning, and then as we start sunday, look at this, 6 00, 7 00 in the morning, just south of the city its a mix of snow, ice and rain. So now our latest computer guidance is showing that snow during the marathon, the Half Marathon that will be coming up starting at 8 00 on sunday. So doesnt matter what speed you run on sunday, looks like youre going to get rain and wet snow on you. Were looking at about 3 to 6 inches of that from the city northward, six inches plus you get above i84. Its a very heavy, wet snow, which means it will accumulate on grassy surfaces, car tops, that sort of thing. After school today, kiddoes, were going to be looking at a great day, 58 degrees, 56 degrees, very nice. Just a sprinkle possible this evening as this colder air comes out of the north. Were down to 44. Tomorrow we got sunshine on saturday. Its brisk and chilly right around 46 degrees. Here is your accuweather seven day forecast. We are going to be looking at that snow starting on sunday morning, lasting through the day, maybe ending on monday morning. Were going to be looking at whats going to be temperatures hey, good morning. [ dog barking ] come on you big dog. Were looking at whats going to be temperatures right around the 40s to start next week, rather chilly. And then were looking at normal temperatures in the middle of the week. [ dog barking ] i dont know. I just walked around and i feel like st. Patrick. You know, they follow me everywhere i go. Or st. Francis. Yeah. Because you have scene of the accident. Thats it. St. Patrick didnt need snacks. Here we go. We have whats a beautiful morning with girls, we got maximus, we got lulu and we also have sire here this morning too, theyre so sweet. Everybody asks what kind of dogs are they . Theyre samoas. Hungry samoas. Theyre like, you know, these dogs that are very popular here on the Upper West Side and maximus is the secretaryian of the breed. Look at her face in the bag heart. You guys have a great weekend. You too. Debbie has a check of the commute. Reporter boy, theyre hungry this morning. Good morning, lori, ken, bill. Good morning to everybody. Were going to go right up to john del gorno. Hes high above the fdr drive. Good morning, john. Reporter and good morning, debbie. You can see weve got some serious issues here on the fdr drive. This is northbound right at 53rd street. This looks to me to be a simple accident, but as you can see theyve got the entire roadway shut down. Thats a tow truck trying to get up to the accident scene. That silver pickup truck and another dark vehicle there off on the right side of the roadway. Like i said, this looked like a major accident, but all lanes are shut northbound. Youve got big delays, standstill delays going back under the united nations. They begin all the way back down in the 20s. Debbie. Reporter thanks a lot, john. Well also tell but a problem as you head over to the bronx River Parkway over in westchester county. Bronx River Parkway southbound right at the cross county an accident reported there. Heres a look at the inbound side of the lincoln tunnel. Starting to build here as you minutes in at the lincoln. Holland 10 minutes as well. Still moving okay at the George Washington bridge. New Jersey Transit moving okay. Path trains back on or close. Metro north, lirr on or close. Subways running on time. Another shot right now. This is the Southern State parkway westbound building avenue. Alternate side parking rules are in effect. Back over to you, ken, lori. All right, debbie, thank you. Repairs are under way to fix a massive hole in a mountain road. Right now the Northern California crater is 500 feet long and 300 feet deep. Its on a mountain highway thats partially collapsed after weeks of heavy rains caused by el nino. And guess what, its getting larger. Weve marked the road and we continue to monitor it, but we anticipate its going to end up at about 700 feet well, the hole sits in the middle of the only north south the only way around it is a 200 mile, fivehour long detour. Come on, duct tape. Some duct tape, fix that. Move out of the area. 6 20. And still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, millions of dollars in phoney apple products seized here in new york. Also a turn of fortune literally for a homeless man who hit the jackpot by doing allergies distracting you . When your symptoms start. Doctors recommend taking of your allergy season. Claritin provides powerful, nondrowsy 24 hour relief. 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The suspected ringleader told here and then sell them online or at flea markets. The items were chipped from china to newark and then sent to a Storage Facility in new york. Four people in all are facing counterfeiting trademark charges. Tesla in manhattan will be easier than gassing up your old pinto. New reports and tesla is expanding its network to 105 charging stations in manhattan that. Will give them three times more charging stations than gas stations. There are about 40 gas stations still in business on manhattan, but that keeps falling as buyers investors buy up their space . Where do you charge your tesla . In new jersey. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Heres meteorologist bill evans. Here we go. Sunrise in progress, sun is up just after 7 00 this morning as we look across the park here. Temperatures 48 around the park we start warming up pretty fast. Well cool down a little bit more to about 46 by the time we get to 7 00, 8 00, then we get 92 mid50s by 1 00. A nice start to the weekend. But itll feature colder air tomorrow and snow on sunday to kick off spring. Debbie duhaime is up in the Traffic Center in for heather whats going on out there . Whats happening. Bill. Well go right to john del gorno, hes high above the fdr drive. Now, john just showed us this picture a little earlier, the fdr drive northbound was completely closed in the 50s. Now it looks like one lane getting by, but you can see traffic is really tough here going back down toward the u. N. Heavy traffic northbound fdr drive into the 50s with an accident still working. Lets go to the maps, bronx River Parkway south at the cross county a collision. Heres a look at the van wyck southbound building quickly into kew gardens. Alternate sides in effect. Back over to you, ken, lori scblvment all right, debbie, thank you. And Seattle Police have released new pictures showing the nirvana front man was found dead in his seattle home more than two decades ac. The images posted on seattle p. D. s website show a cold case detective holding the 20gauge shotgun found near cobains body. The pictures were actually taken last june, but posted earlier this month and added to the citys investigative file. 6 26. A homeless man who did the right thing gets his reward for helping police catch a group of men who did the wrong thing. The man on the right there, thats a gentleman who did the chapman. He gave a tip to police in Northern California that helped them nab three escaped criminals. 100,000 reward. He says hes going to use that money to help his children and grandchildren thats great. Give him another chance through go. Closing in on 6 30. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, Donald Trumps son and daughterinlaw targeted by a suspicious package. The alarming delivery that has the new plan to fight back against the spread of zika in new york that may raise some eyebrows. Also were hearing from eric trump, the son of billionaire donald trump the target of a threatening letter. His wife finding a suspicious powder inside. Nypd now stationed outside the trump park east tower near central park, and we are live with a report. New this morning, gunfire at a harlem barber shop with customers watching in horror. And two guns found at schools in queens just days apart prompting action today from angry parents. Good morning, im ken rosato. Im lori stokes. And what a thrilling night of College Basketball as well, some major upset, some disappointments that come along with it. Stony brook cinderella story came to a quick end. The sea wolfs hardly stood a the season came to a close with a blowout loss 8557, though congratulations to the sea wolves nonetheless. Right now we want to get a major traffic situation on manhattans east side talked about. John del gorno is live in newscopter 7 with the delays on the fdr. John. Reporter thats right, lori. Youve got a long morning ahead of you if you are headed out the door for the fdr drive. In the northbound direction, this was an earlier accident northbound at 53rd street. You can see crews are still working on it here. Only the left lane was open. As a matter of fact, sporadically all traffic is being stopped while these accident vehicles are being placed on the tow truck and cleared from the scene. So weve got standstill delays now northbound on the fdr drive from the 20s all the way up through the 50s. Thats it from the east side of manhattan. We are never more than seven minutes all right, johnny, d. , thank you very much. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic together here on Eyewitness News this morning. Heres our camera this morning right here around times square, looking south here. And we can see, of course, the way down to 1 world trade and our temperature at 6 30 is 48 degrees. So were at 6 32 where were going to be warming up from this point. Well get back to around 50 in a few hours. But its showing up on the meter, automated meter. 27 west hampton with a clear sky and a west wind there. 45 at newark. So today we have sunshine. Well be into the upper 50s later on today. There might be a sprinkle by 6 00, but colder air starts to pour in tonight and that is the operative word, colder. Well talk about that and some snow for the first day of spring on sunday. Well, well talk about that in a few minutes in your accuweather sevenday forecast. All right, ken, lori, back to you. All right, bill. Im sorry. Lets go to Debbie Duhaime whos in the Traffic Center. Reporter ill tell you whats happening. Good morning, bill, good morning, everybody. Again, john mentioned that accident on the fdr drive northbound getting through the 50s. Still stopandgo delays back to the 20s. Watch for a problem on the bronx River Parkway south at the cross county, accident Jersey Transit, metro north, lirr, no problems to report. Again, no problems on the subways. George washington moving smoothly. Lincoln 20 minutes in, Holland Building to a 20minute delay as well. Heres a look at the Grand Central parkway westbound starting to build heading out toward laguardia. Some more volume heading right out toward the rfk bridge. Going over to our other camera, heres a look at the l. I. E. Westbound. Starting to bill now getting out toward little neck parkway. More volume reported out through casino boulevard in queens. Alternate side parking rules are in effect. Back over to you, ken, lori. Debbie, thank you. Its 6 33. And the race for a president taking a scary turn here in manhattan. Police swarm the luxury high rise on Central Park South after a suspicious letter was mailed to the apartment belonging to Donald Trumps son. Now, this comes as the president ial frontrunner deals with a cyber attack as well. Eyewitness News Reporter mallory hoff is live now on Central Park South with more good morning, mallory. Reporter lori, good morning. Really a scary turn indeed. Multiple investigators arrived here last night at 7 15. And you can see this morning one police car remains in place. This as investigators try to determine exactly what happened here. The white powder scare got a preplanned response from the nypd, the fire department, the fbi and the secret service. This materials expert this as materials experts packed into Central Park East where eric trump live on Central Park South. They also rushed to Donald Trumps home in trump tower and other family locations. Redbag evidence is being analyzed burks its now believed the powder was not dangerous, spilled from an envelope from massachusetts, opened by eric trumps wife, lara. At the same time the hacking of donald trump has become a federal case. The cyber Group Anonymous says it stole and made public trumps personal information, including trumps cell phone contents and his Social Security number. All this comes days after a man in ohio, and as more republicans are denouncing trump for predicting riots will break out if a brokered convention denies him the nomination. Now, investigators are working to determine exactly what that white powdery substance was and who sent it. Live in midtown, mallory hoff, channel 7 Eyewitness News. All right, mallory, thank you. And Bernie Sanders says that he wants to save the taxpayers of missouri some money. So he will not ask for a recount in his neckandneck primary finish there with hillary clinton. Sanders says that he is conceding to clinton because the results wont have much affect on the awarding of missouri delegates. The republican race in missouri still, though, remains too close to call between donald trump and ted cruz. 6 35. New this morning a suspect is under arrest and a man is in the hospital after a shooting inside a harlem barber shop. It happened late last night inside the wilton beauty salon at 140th and amsterdam. Walked in and shot a 23year old man, critically wounding him. Police quickly took the suspected gunman into custody and found a weapon nearby. Five other customers and three barbers were not hurt. A 60yearold Foster Parent will be in court on long island today, facing sickening charges. Caesar gonzalez will be arraigned in riverhead on an indictment alleging that he sexually abused his foster children. The ridge man is charged with seven counts of endangering the welfare of a child and one count of sexual misconduct. Lead testing in newarks Public Schools will expand over the weekend. The district plans to examine every single tap at all 67 of contamination. The news came the same day newark Public Schools began testing students for possible lead poisoning. Eventually 17,000 kids will have their blood checked. Parents say theyre concerned schools. It draws a lot of concern the whole area. Its not just the school that the water is going to. Its going to peoples homes and these houses around the neighborhood. Well, the city of newark says that there is no lead contamination in its water supply. Its believed the metal entered a school water system through lead building fixtures or soldering. 6 37. Later this morning parents will take their concerns over School Safety to new york city hall. For the second time this week a student was found with a loaded gun at separate schools just blocks away in jamaica, queens. Eyewitness News Reporter darla miles live in lower manhattan. Darla, good morning. Reporter good morning, ken. There will be a rally this morning on the steps of city hall. It has been organized by the Group Families for Excellent Schools which says it has detailed information about the number of weapons found in new york city schools. Now, just yesterday a 15year old took this loaded. 30caliber revolver to Newark Academy in jamaica, queens. Police say one student talking about the handgun. He let administrators know and they later found it in his backpack. The department of education says this is all deeply alarming and they are working with the nypd. I had no clue that my daughter is going to a school where theres an loaded gun found. I never heard anything like this before, nothing. Im shocked. Wow reporter now, on tuesday an 11yearold student took this loaded. 38 rather,. 380 caliber gun to p. S. 40 in south jamaica, queens. He told police that he found it at home and his grandfather has now been charged with criminal possession of a weapon in that incident. Now, neither of these two schools have metal detectors at school, and that is one thing this group will be rallying for this morning. Reporting live in lower manhattan, darla miles, channel 7 Eyewitness News. All right, darla, thank you. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and bill evans with your accuweather forecast. Heres our shot from our live camera in rutherford, new gotham and were looking at a pretty morning here, got a gorgeous sunrise as we look over routes 1 and 9 and toward 1 world trade, the empire state building, Chrysler Building there on the left. Looking good. Nice start to the day with a lot of sunshine. Heres our camera on the roof of our super studios looking across central park and off to the east into that beautiful sunrise this morning. Temperature 48 degrees. We got clear skies all the way back to the great lakes. But theres a back door front. This front to the north slides down, brings us much cooler air this afternoon and colder air tonight and tomorrow. By afternoon were looking at 55 by 1 00, 58 this afternoon. Still warmer than normal. Therell be some wind out of the northwest with this, there might be a sprinkle with that front coming down from the north, but after school we got sun and clouds, 58 degrees. Kiddos at the bus stop today, for those of you that have school, grab a jacket or a coat and youll be just fine. Weather and traffic together every seven minutes. Hows it going, Debbie Duhaime . Reporter were going to go right above to john del gorno. Hes going to show us a picture accident just being cleared on the fdr drive northbound in the 50s. But you can see traffic is barely moving here. Delays go way back toward the 20s. Again, just getting word and john showing us that the accident just being cleared here northbound fdr drive in the 50s, but delays way back to the 20s. Lets also go tot maps, tell you about a problem on the bronx River Parkway south at the cross county a collision. George minor, lincoln 20, holland 20. Throgs neck, whitestone, rfk still moving fine. No problems with mass transit. And going over to our other camera, tappen zee bridge moving smoothly into the tarrytown tolls. Alternate side parking rules are in effect. Back over to you, lori, ken. Debbie, thank you. Speaking of parking at 6 40, say good goodbye to the parking meter. Coming up how one local city is making it easier for drivers to pay for a spot. And the met museum is going larger with a new expansion opening its doors today. And lightning strikes a plane en route to new york city. Ab i do everything on the internet. But its kind of slow. My friends said i should get fios because its the fastest. I just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. Thats seriously better. man were out of 2 . I wonder what else could be better around here . man i heard that. 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Cory glow is facing new charges after his friend was pulled caught glow with a gravity knife and marijuana. Well, that opens the door now for resentencing in the drag racing case to change it from six months to as many as 15 years in prison. The number of zika cases has now topped 50 and new york state in new york state, prompting state Health Officials to roll out a new campaign to stop the spread. Governor cuomo unveiled the six step zika action plan, focusing on new york city, long island and several other counties. Mosquitoes will be trapped and tested and pesticide will be spread to prevent breeding. 20,000 zika protection kits that include condoms and bug spray will be given to women who live in targeted regions. 6 44. A pilot was forced to make an Emergency Landing after hitting some unexpected bad weather on a flight to laguardia. 4233, we just got hit by dont send us through that again, please. Lets go ahead and do jfk. We obtain these exclusive pictures showing the damage done when the lightning bolt struck the American Airlines jet. The flight from North Carolina flew through the storm that hit our area last night and thats when the plane was hit by lightning, rocking passengers. There was a flash of light, and big explosion. The plane dipped about 100 feet, i dont know. It just felt like i was on a roller coaster. I never had this kind of experience, its the first time for me. The pilot was able to land the plane safely at Kennedy Airport instead of laguardia. The faa is now investigating. 6 45. Good morning america is coming up next. Lets check in with Robin Roberts in times square. Reporter good morning to you, lori. Were going to talk about donald trump, members of the frontrunners own party plot to stop him with new attack ads. Well have the latest this morning on all of that. And new details on the 26year old virginia native captured by kurdish forces. This morning hes saying the to iraq to fight for isis. His family and friends are speaking out. More on that. And an abc news exclusive, the actress who made headlines after she and sean penn secretly met with the infamous drug lord known as el chapo sits down with our diane sawyer whos here. Its the first tv interview since that meeting and diane will join us here live for a preview. And also more of my conversation with prince harry an how he is reminding many of his beloved mother, princess diana. Wow hes so thoughtful. Amazing. Hes really growing up. Great interview. Yeah, nice job, robin. Have a good weekend. Reporter happy friday. Happy friday to you thank goodness. Bye. 6 46. And time to check the accuweather forecast. And lets check in with meteorologist bill evans. Bill. All right. Its a spring is coming. Heres a sure sign of spring right there, theyre changing the water in the coffee pot. [ laughter ] thats funny. A sure sign of spring too is and thats whats on the way for the first day of spring sunday. Heres a look outside this morning. We have a beautiful sunrise. Morning. Its a little breezy with a wind out of the west about 10, 15 miles an hour. Today were looking at a high in the upper 50s. Yesterday was 63. So well cool down a little bit today, but still above normal which is 50. So its cooler today, sharply colder tonight, and then wet snow mixed with rain on sunday. You will have that for the Half Marathon. Be ready for that. And a few inches of that heavy, wet snow is possible on car tops and grassy surfaces. So were looking at 45 north towards massapequa. 48 out toward the hamptons and toward montauk. Winds out of the the west at 8, 10, 13 Miles Per Hour and well have that through the morning. Were going to be looking at clear skies. Good morning. Sunshine all the way back to the great lakes, but theres this front thats right across i would say the northern Hudson River Valley into albany and binghampton. That will keep sliding southward with colder air. Comes in tonight and will be driving in from the north. So you see this afternoon we got sunshine, we get into the mid to upper 50s. Theres that front coming from the north. But you see it kind of dries out as it gets into the area. But youll notice the winds shifting to the north. Youll notice the colder air coming in tonight and saturday is going to be a coal day despite the fact we have a lot of sunshine. But then ill show you on our futurecast there, there comes the snow. And the latest run of our computer guidance shows that snow starting sunday morning just south of the city at 6 00 in the morning. So if youre traveling and youre particularly going south, youre going to run right into that early. If youre going north, you get started early on sunday, but if youre running in the Half Marathon, its snow and rain mixed for you. But it looks like its mostly just heavy, wet snow for a time before that mixing takes place and that will be in the afternoon. So it could be some very wet, sloppy travel around on sunday morning into the afternoon. Today i give it a b for bright, lots of sunshine. 58 degrees after school, kiddos. A couple of scattered showers theyre going to be very few and far between. Its much colder tojt, looking at 44 in the city, 34 in the suburbs. Tomorrow a cold day despite sunshine, brisk, cold, chilly, 46. Theres a look at your accuweather forecast. Theres the snow for sunday. Spring officially begins at 12 30 a. M. On sunday morning. There might be a little leftover snow for monday, and then its going to be a little colder to start the week, but warms back up into the mid50s and the upper 60s by thursday. Have a great weekend. Be very careful of that heavy, wet snow on sunday. Good luck to you runners in the all right. Thank you, bill. Duhaime and traffic. Reporter good morning, ken, lori, bill, good morning, were going to go right to john del gorno. He found a problem at the George Washington bridge. Good morning, john. Reporter and good morning again, debbie. Thats right. First live pictures here from newscopter 7. Problems now if youre headed for the inbound George Washington wrij. Bridge. Take your attention to the inbound lower level there. You can see two cars stopped in it looks like a fender bender, but the center lane is blocked. This has been out here for about 10 minutes. Police not here yet. Delays back across the span. Look for heavy delays inbound now at the tolls. Debbie. Reporter thanks a lot, john. Lincoln 20, holland 20. Bronx river cross county a collision at the ramp. Hutch north at mamaroneck road blocking one lane. Metro north, lir on time. M trains seeing delays now as well. Lets go over to our camera of the fdr drive northbound. Still moving slowly into the 40s and the 50s with an accident cleared. Alternate side parking rules are in effect. Back over to you, lori, ken. All right, thank you very much. As we continue this morning, channel 7 is your home for the United Airlines nyc Half Marathon. And were taking you mile by mile, introducing you to some of the faces youre going to see on race day. Hi, im Dorothy Evans with team for kids. I am running the united marathon to raise funds for youth programs. See you on race day. The United Airlines nyc Half Marathon this sun. 6 53. Welcome back. The city of hoboken is rolling out an easier way to pay for street parking. Hoboken is transitioning from traditional parking meters to a drivers will now be able to pay at any station in the city without returning to their vehicle to display the receipt. It also allows drivers to pay by phone using a smart phone app. The paybyplate transition begins monday with meters located on hudson place. Art lovers are getting ready to celebrate Opening Weekend at new york citys newest space for modern art. The met brougher welcomes the public today at the former home of the whitney on the upper east side. Mayor bill de blasio will be on hand for todays opening. This weekends festivities includes special programs and a family day sunday with events for all ages. 6 54. Coming up a scare at the home of Donald Trumps son. A letter with a suspicious substance mailed to a high rise on Central Park South. Well get a live report where the nypd and secret service this price cant be right. Thats the right price its that low. What other things on this list cant be right . Looks like a list of cant be rights. Seriously . Everything natures promise is so wholesome. And it doesnt take the whole paycheck. Stop shops exclusive natures promise. Eat well for less. My stop shop. 6 57. And theres stepped up security for the trump family this morning after a hacking attack and a threatening mail delivery. Eyewitness News Reporter mallory hoff live in midtown with the story. Mallory. Reporter lori, ken, good morning. Theres a Police Presence outside of the building after last night, but i do want you to take a look at this video from the scene. You can see multiple agencies responding to this white powder scare. Hazardous materials experts packed into trump park east. This is where Donald Trumps son, eric, lives. Evidence was taken out of the big. Its believed the powder was not dangerous. Eric trumps wife opened the envelope from massachusetts, powder then spilled out. This morning investigators trying to determine exactly what that white powdery substance was and who sent it. Live in midtown, mallory hoff, channel 7 Eyewitness News. All right, mallory, thank you. Parents will rally on the steps of city hall today over safety concerns in new york city schools. This comes after two loaded guns were found in queens schools, one yesterday, another two days earlier. The rally was organized by the Group Families for Excellent Schools which is planning to release new data on the number of weapons found in city schools. Lets get another check now on your morning commute with Debbie Duhaime. Debbie. Reporter thanks, lori. Were going to go right up to john del gorno. Were going to show you a picture right now of the inbound George Washington bridge, lower level. Its an accident being cleared here mid span on the lower level. So traffic is starting to build, about 15 minutes in with this accident on the lower level still being cleared. Go over to going to our chart, inbound lincoln 20, m trains with delays with switching problems. Delays in both directions. Watch for slowdowns south thruway 12 with a collision. Also the hutch north in scarsdale an accident being cleared. Alternate side parking rules are in effect. Back to you, lori, ken, bill. All right, debbie, thank you. All right, bill. Lets look outside and show awe beautiful sunrise this morning. Sun is officially up in just a few minutes as we look over toward 1 world trade and wall street. 48 degrees. 50 now at laguardia, 49 jfk. Were looking at a nice start to the morning. Its cool, its crisp, we got a light wind out of the of the west. Upper 50s later on this afternoon, a nice start to your weekend burks there will be some colder air pouring in tonight. Itll be 46 and a chilly day on saturday. Then we got that snow on sunday morning. Could be 3 to 6 inches of very heavy, wet snow during the day on the first day of spring. Oh, joy. Have a nice weekend. Thank you, bill. Thats the news for now. Im ken rosato. Im lori stokes. Morning with good morning, america. Spring on hold. 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