Hours and the mayor declared a state of emergency. Yesterday, she apologized. If we had gotten out earlier and had more resources we may have seen a difference. Schools will be closed today and the metro system will suspend service this weekend. A woman in queens is fighting for her life after being shot in the head during an attempted robbery. Two men targeted a woman and her daughter. It happened in the parking lot of a hampton inn. The daughter was pistol whip. The men fled the scene in a white car. The 53yearold mother is a hospital. Charged with murdering his own wife. A funeral was held yesterday bronx. Wednesday. Police say there there was no history of Domestic Violence reports at the home. Goldmans husband filed for divorce last summer. They were due in court on monday. You can never tell what happens when somebodys getting divorced but i dont think anybody saw anything like this. Everybodys shocked. None of us can believe it happened. Hes being held in the jail. Weve been dealing with them since the height of the collapse. The zombie homes are causing problems in poor and affluent neighborhoods alike. Its a big issue in suburbia. The home own purchase street in upscale harrison has seen better days since the former owner walked away from his mortgage. He left belongs behind but the grandest zombie home in the brainings ore owners or current various stages of foreclosure. Suburban town and cities have begun using taxpayer money to clear them up. We deal with Zombie Properties on a weekly basis. Its hard to miss an eye eyesore like this. Its estimated 20 million in home equity has vanished because theyre too close to dumps like this. I dont know who owns it. Why hasnt is been sold . You know, cleaned up and put on the market. I dont know. Its mystery. Usually its fallout. A home thats worth less than the mortgage. The bank doesnt really want it. New legislation sponsored by state senator jeff klein with the urging of Mount Vernons mayor would force banks to follow the law and maintain the local powers to get reimbursed for any clean up cost t. Would immediately pull 5 grand off the value. Theyre really having an impact of the American Dream of Home Ownership and we need to do something about it and force the bank to abide by the law as they should. It wont be too soon for people in harrisson. This place is slated to be demolish. The cost of the deem a funeral will be held today for abigail flannegan. She was one of the students killed in last week when their bus crashed. She was also a nurse practitioner. She was 45 and leaves behind a husband and two sons. Time now coming up on 440 plan for the city. The shocking number of guns found in carry on luggages. An unwanted drug in it. Get ready. Youve got a nice, quiet, calm day today. Ons the cool its on the cool side. Tomorrow its not just the snow. Its the wind as well. Weather on the 2s coming up. Make the windshield wiper is good. Get something to do and make sure youre ready for the potential for and i hate to say this, some scattered Power Outages. Wind were talking about. Thats persistent and gusty winds. Its on the cool side. 21, 20. You get. Feels colder for that with the wind. Weve got the teaches to the north. Some sink digit readings as well. Yeah. Its the full moon thats going cause problems along the coast and yeah. Less is waiting. Hes got the house in focus. Were talking about inches of snow and managing and moving it. Its hard for you to amuse around tomorrow its just a brisk then bright cloudy january day. Winds out of the north at 9 miles an hour. Relativity humidity at 46 . Its still cold 21 in the hamptons. Colder than it was this time yesterday. 5 to 10 degrees colder. When you throw in the wind. Storm is to the south. There it is. An almost of ice now. Thats a mess. Thats why alex is talking about the preemptive cancellation of so many flights. Its had a real impact. Now, lets timeout your day. Your day work and school, fine. Snow free. Youve got clouds rolling in. Now the models bringing it a little sooner. Yes we were hipting at snow free sunrise. Well start to see some snow by sunrise. And then remember we mentioned this earlier. As soon as it starts hitting, its sticking because its so cold and even as early as 3 00 or 4 00 in the morning parts of ocean county start to she some accumulating snow. Gets busy in the morning between 9 and noon. I think models are a little aggressive with this. Then very busy into the afternoon. Worried about the morning high tide cycles and a little more. Thats when the wind is starting to kick in. Thats going to be leaving by sunday morning. 4 to 8inch range. Less accumulating snow to the north. 1 to maybe 20 inches of snow for parts of new jersey, central and southern parts of new jersey. That means a 3hour period. Dpusty winds, blowing and drifting snow. Its a winter storm watch. Withless than impact in parts of northern west chester. The afternoons brighter. Monday into tuesday get out the barbecue. Its quiet right now. Thatll change though. What a sing. If you were traveling this morning. Already some changings, not weather related. Closed in both directions for road work. Liberty and jerseys afternoon. Closed for 15 minutes or so for some lingering constructions and john mentioned this just a reminder airlines are prepping for the storm by canceling flights along the east coast already. Check with your carrier before you head out the door. Its in effect city wide today. Its already suspended tomorrow but you still have to feed the meters. Dont text and drive. Back to you. If youre just waking up heres a look at some of the stories making news. Russian president probably personally approvalled the murder. He died in 2006 after drinking substance but he was an outspoken kremlin critic. Rick snyder has been called to testify in the flint water crisis. The house government reform committing is the first inquiry into the high levels of lead in flibts drinking water. President obamas pick for the next secretary of the army appeared yesterday. Theyve confirmed by the full sentence, he will be the first openly gay member of the u. S. Military. Hired today after the dow gained ground on thursday. The asian markets are way up. As Energy Prices recovered. The Dow Jones Industrial average was up 115 points. Almost unchanged. Up less than one point and over 9. A brand of cough syrup has been pulled because its a little too strong. It contains morphine. They issued a recall of the it isnt listed and the syrup is manufactured in china. They didnt know about the ingredient. With the up and downs of wall street a cautious preliminary spending man. Marsha cramer has that story. Youre not going be able to his spendthrift bill. Were also watching a global and National Economic landscape that looks increasing uncertain. The mayor proposing a budget that kill puts billions into reserve funds just in case and asks agencies to find creative ways to spend money. Large and small. Like switchings to red asphalt. There are also new priorities. We know that we have to make targeted investments because of what builds a longterm economically strong city. Translator mayor proposed 700 milliondollars of new programs to fund new traffic evensment agents, 12,000 new classrooms, crack down on synthetic marijuana, prevent elder abuse, reduce ambulance response time. 67 full time and 50 part time. Hes digging into the homeless problem and millioner if prevention, shelter repair and new housing units. Praising the mayor for putting money aside for a rainy day but they need a larger cushion in order to be prepared for the next financial down tour. The mayor will propose a final budget in the spring and marsha, cbs 2 news. They have their hand full. Found in carry on lug an last year alone. Thats more than 80 of the weapons were loaded. Airports in dallas, atlanta, houston, denver and phoenix saw the most cornifies indicated gun this year. Its illegally to pack them in carryon bags. They can be checked if the owner informs the weapons. 4 50. The popular musical thats returning to broadway. And the snow causing some major problems this week. Other events put on hold for the storm. And weather on the 2s next. More than 3 Million People already know the feeling of feet so silky smooth that you cant help but touch them. Discover the latest innovation in the amope foot care line. The new amope pedi perfect with diamond crystals and extra coarse roller head. It softens callouses effortlessly and efficiently for beautiful, soft feet in an instant. Feel it yourself amope. Ve every step. Thanks, everybody and good morning. Its the calm before the storm. The snows going to hold off until late. I overheard folks saying its tomorrow morning. Thats right. Its after midnight. Its well afternoon midnight tap for your saturday. Plus that south and west of city. Then we dig out on sunday with sunshine overhead. And the low 30s. It feels cool. Youve got no snow right now. No snow for the afternoon or evening hours as well. Here comes the low. European model actually the numbers are up a bit. Want to show some of these models. They have the city at 6. 7 by saturday at 2 and for the e. Right around 10. Again thats close to that 4 to 8 and 12 is just off to the south and west. Thats your saturday into the first part of your sunday. Its the first part of your friday right now. Whats going on, al scene of the accident if you remember traveling in some changes for you. Theres an accident involving a tractor trailer. It has the offramp closed. As well as the bridge. Closed in both directions construction should be out there for another 10 to 15 minutes. Its in effect city wide. You will need to feed the meters and do remember to be safe. Dont text and drive. Back with you. The musical cat is returning to broadway. The original Tony Award Winning production from 1982 to 2000. Performances begin on july 14th. So many people excited about it that. It may be a good weekend to go to the movies. And these new movies out their top spots . During a traffic stop. Teaming up in their new r rated comedy. Movie opens today. While its not expected to not ride along with the remnant. It could take over third place from star wars. The others took my brother and im going to go get him. And the new low a snowy weekend and football playoffs may keep people in their homes instead of in the theaters. I dont think ill leave home anymore than i have to. You never like when a movie is described as low budget. Part of the godfather trilogy. They did better than we expect. Getting to the theater tomorrow. If you can walk to it, great. So in just a couple of minutes. Okay. Time now is 4 58. Bracing for a big one. The massive snowstorm up the east coast. Long lines in storms as people prepare for all of that snow. The shore tries to minimize the flood risk. There the storm track and snow totals coming up following a developing story in queens. A woman shot at a hotel. In 0 seconds. Good morning we have special eye on the storm Team Coverage, this is cbs 2 news this morning. It is 5 00 now, 22 degrees on this friday, january 22nd, it is common cool right now, that will all change by tomorrow. Good morning im chris wragge. Welcome to cbs 2 news, lets get to our special Team Coverage. Meg baker and Andrea Grimes is in lower manhattan, that was it, you just saw it i want to show you where that storm is, where it is headed in the city, it is calm, it is quiet, it is it is chilly, well be dealing with gusty winds, 21 feels colder with that north wind, it is a complex system. Im making headlines across the country that ice now down into parts of alabama, up into and through kentucky and wrapping into North Carolina, thats today. By tomorrow morning around this time weve got flakes falling in the city then it is a rather hasty exit on sunday. The problem is it is an all day deal tomorrow, so youre easily going to see that 4 to 8. That blue line, the 8 to 12, very close to the city. That could pivot up and include parts of brooklyn and queens or it may retreat a bit down into more of summerset and middlesex county, the bullseye to the south and west, it is going to be very challenging around the nations capitol. Some of the models have two feet of snow for d. C. , just for fun ill show you little later. 33, feel like 27, take advantage of it. Checked they were supposed to be wrapping up construction, whats going on . First the beginning in northburg, there is an accident involving a tractor trailer has the off ramp closed to the new jersey turnpike. Also in jersey city the covered roadway is closed in both directions for road work between liberty and jersey avenues but the bridge has reopened that was supposed to clear. Mass transit on or close to schedule, do remember this weekend if snow accumulations or wind gusts are higher than normal, which we know they will be, la the new Jersey Transit may suspend operations just make sure if mass transit is the way youre getting around check before you head out the door. Alternate side parking is effect today, be safe, dont text and drive. Now lets talk about air travel. Airlines are preparing by canceling flights along the east coast already, on flightaware. Com reporting that some 4,000 flights will not American Eagle canceled all saturday flights from jfk, la guardia and newark, canceling late morning on saturday, united as well canceling in hubs along the east coast starting today. The airlines are waiving fees for people who rebook flights in advance and check with your carrier, well keep you posted. The city gearing up for the first big storm of the season. Thousands of workers are ready to hit the streets. Andrea grimes has more from lower manhattan. Reporter diane and chris, good morning starting this morning the Sanitation Department is deploying workers on 2300 workers on each shift. The city says it is keeping an eye closely on this evolving forecast and so are new yorkers. You know that its a busy day when they are keeping people out of the store. People lined up to get their hands on the hottest items in at this trader joes and snow supplies like at this home depot in chelsea. Im buying a shovel and a scraper for the car. At this store in the bronx, chad managed to get his hands on some salt. Buying the last two, thats it. Anybody that come after me, youout of luck. When it comes to salt the city is ready to. Mayor deblasio has 300,000tons on hand and 1600 sanitation vehicles fitted with plows. I have every confidence that the department of sanitation and agencies are ready to handle this. The mayor says they are in daily contact with the National Weather service. As of yesterday the city was planning for the possibility of up to a foot of snow in addition to strong winds and possible coastal flooding. Every new yorker can help out as always when the storm hits, it is crucial for people to stay off the streets to the the mayor also says that 579 salt spreaders will be pre deployed tonight. He adds all agencies will be out during the storm including the fdny and nypd. Since the storm is coming on a weekend most people should be able to heed the mayors advice and stay in doors. Andrea grimes, cbs 2 news. The jersey shore is bracing for a brutal combination of heavy snow and coastal flooding. Meg baker joins us with how the area is getting ready, good morning. Reporter good morning chris and diane. Shore towns are not only building up dunes for breaking barriers but moving emergency vehicles to higher ground, tying down property. Were standing next to the inland, and that full moon is only going to add to the power of the storm. Sandbags are blocking doors could be a powerful storm this weekend. These people must really be concerned you know, it is a big deal. Many homes have been raised since the devastating floods three years ago. We had waves coming up and flow down the street and come up again. Patricia is planning to move furniture upstairs just in case. The core of engineers did a treatment three years ago, supposedly we have enough stand on the beach to protect us. Residents know all too well about the back bay Flooding Issues here. As we get northeast which were talking about, usually this whole area in this end, right to the err end is always flooded. We have more sand, we have more equipment, so well be better prepared for this storm than we were for sandy. His main concern is not snowfall but the dangerous combination of a lunar high tied and strong winds. If you live if a low lying area move your car to a higher area, we believe there is a high probability of flooding on the streets. A moderate probability of flooding into peoples homes. Residents say theyll prepare the best they can. I love it around here. Just goes with the territory, you know . Now the worst of the flooding expected 7 a. M. And then again at 7 p. M. On saturday. Again, thats due to the lunar high tied. Were live, meg baker, cbs 2 news. Thank you. Looking to earn extra cash . The city is looking to hire eligible workers to remove ice after heavy snow falls like the one we are expecting this weekend. By their Sanitation Department, they make 13. 50 an hour but jumps to 20. 25 during the course of a week. Snow making machines had already transformed a section of central park into winter a big rig takes a dangerous turn, plus this. This is really messed up to target people like me, specifically. Thieves take advantage of a Staten Island teen who has no arms, here how he escaped his attackers. Lets get you ready to go for your day today thats going to be a different drill tomorrow. You need to coat you need to gloves and hat, it actually feels colder today. Make sure you got the snow weather on the 2s coming up. Welcome back to cbs 2 news here at 5 11. 21 degrees, everybody is getting ready for the snow headed our way. A close call for some Police Officers in texas as they were waiting for a tow truck, the brakes on a big rig caused a traitor behind it to swing around, amazingly the truck did not hit them or their police cruiser. Time now 5 12. John and alex having a very busy morning today. It is going to be, you know the blessing about this, it is a drag for people trying to fly. But as far as School Districts and as far as kids hate it, but that is a blessing. So you know you have to plan household, plans were changed and canceled. Lets talk about some numbers and show you the variety ofnumbers that the models are cranking out right now, 21 winds out of the north at 9 i