The breeze picks up through the morning. Temperatures slide down a little bit and back up to a high this afternoon of 57 degrees. Well have more in the forecast and the weekend outlook. First check on a friday morning. I dont care its friday 13th. I forgot about that. Friday morning commute, we do have a whole lot of construction out there, especially on 95 northbound between exit 16. Two lanes shut down there. Over to hacketts down, we have an visitation on 46 westbound between sand shore road and timber line drive. Well have more coming up on the 4s. Thank you. 4 31. We begin with breaking news. Were awaiting a statement from british Prime Minister david cameron. He could tell us whether the United States took out the isis killer known as jihadi john. Weve seen him in videos wearing a mask, beheading americans. Now the Associated Press reports he was the target of a u. S. British intelligence identifies him as mohammed emwazi. As lebanon, two suicide bombers struck in beirut, moments apart, killing 41 people. The militants struck in a neighborhood of businesses and coffee shops controlled by hezbollah forces. The attack is seen as retaliation against hezbollahs battle against isis in syria. Right now police are looking for a man who went on a spree yesterday morning around this time. They were three attacks, targeting three different women. Tracy strand is on the Lower East Side with more on this. Reporter incredibly disturbing because this is a man who targeted three women in three hours time. I spoke to police over the phone. They say there are no new updates on this and thats exactly why they hope this video gives the public a better idea of who theyre looking for. They tell us the man you see here is in the lobe of the baruch houses on fdr drive. Conversation with a 40yearold woman yesterday, forced her into her apartment and then raped her. Police believe this is the same guy that groped and robbed another woman on broome street an hour earlier and attempted to rape a woman on jane street. Residents in the baruch houses are fearful the sexual crime spree could continue. I know the lady. The lady is a very nice person. Always with her kids. She always every morning i see her walking with her dog. I have kids. I have daughters. You know, im always worried. Reporter residents here say they have complained about locking being broerngs allowing easy access into their building by potential criminals. Well have nychas response coming up in the next half hour. Thank you very much. 4 33. New this morning a new report out suggests a startling number in jump of children diagnosed with autism, but it may reflect better awareness. The National Center for Health Statistics says one in 45 children are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. In this latest survey, researchers changed how they asked parents about their childrens developmental delays. Were asking questions better and that people are aware of the dgsz diagnosis and using this label and perhaps this is a label or diagnosis being used instead of other goings that may have been used in the past. Researchers found an increase in diagnosis of autism, other Developmental Disabilities did fall. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. Were dealing with the wind but its not cold yet. I think the chillery air moves in tonight by tomorrow. That wont last veng either. About a 24 to 48 hour period of cooler temperatures, chillier temperatures. Its a dry morning out there as the wind does pick up. Well see a mixed sky of clouds and sunshine. The west wind could gust to 35 to 40 miles an hour. Well see high temperatures generally in the upper 50s but with a strong, gusty wind it will feel chillier than that. Right now its not bad. In the mid50s. Lose a few more degrees as wind increases. Noontime, 54. Same thing at 3 00. That should be the high at 57 degrees. Well take a closer look and detail the weekend outlook just ahead but the commute early on friday. Things moving along nicely. Just a reminder, fast track maintenance on the a train, so no between inwood 207th street but can you take the shuttle buses. Getting on the buses we have a couple of detours. The m4, m101 and m10. Although side parking is in effect today. 4 35. Today an education blitz is taking place in manhattan. It could be a lifesaving lesson and its all part of the mayors vision zero plan to make the streets safer. Today new yorks Katherine Creag is in union square. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. We often see Police Officers right here. Their patrol cars on park avenue south near 14th street. Something drivers really need to be aware of. Youll see even more Police Officers. We want to show you video of Police Officers in the past on patrol. This is a big program thats part of vision zero that has started, its under way. The nypd increased the number of officers on patrol to enforce safe driving. They will look for drivers speeding, failing to yield to pedestrians. The crackdown will last through november 22nd for now. It may go longer. Its happening across the city in all five boroughs, not just local streets but highways as well. The nypd says extra officers will be working longer officers and dedicated to traffic enforcement. That happened in union square last year. It was one of those cases that drew attention to unsafe driving. Well talk about that more in the next half hour. Back to you, darlene. Katherine creag in union square, thank you. 4 37. The gunman at penn station is under arrest. He was allegedly hiding out with relatives and they also arrested vincent arcana after he walked into a bronx hospital looking for medication. Right now police are searching for the person who shot and killed a 16yearold girl in the bronx. Police say that girl was found dead in an apartment on east 171st in clairemont yesterday. They say she was shot in the face. Neighbors say that building there has a history of crime and violence. Some of them say theyre even afraid to leave their apartment. I dont come out. I dont communicate very much to anybody in the building. I dont come out. Police are still searching for the weapon that may be involved. If you have any information, youre asked to give police a call. Hachg right now. The coast guard searching waters near cuba for an american cruise ship passenger. The crew of the norwegian pearl reported the woman missing last night about 22 miles from the cuban coast. She apparently went overboard during a Music Festival called the mad decent boat party. The ship was traveling from miami to cozumel, mexico, when that accident happened. New troubles for the secret service. Today one of its officers will answer charges in court of being an online predator. Lee robert moore is accused of soliciting sex from someone who he thought was a 14yearold girl, according to investigators. Sometimes while he was working at the white house. Police say he sent explicit photos, a Delaware Police force hes now suspended from his job. Mourners will gather at the wake for the 9yearold girl who was attacked by a pit bull on long island. They say she was playing in a friends backyard in elmont sunday when the dog suddenly attacked her. When police arrived, the dog lunged at the officer, who shot and killed it. Police arrested the pill bulls owner at the scene on an unrelated charge. 4 39. Upstate inmates who outran police is expected in court, david sweat. He may face additional burglary charges. Local Prosecutors Say Police were justified in shooting him and his alleged cohort, richard matt. Matt killed by police in june. The das investigation find police had the right to use deadly force because they feared for their lives. Happening today. Users of fan duel and draft king take the fight to new york attorneys general to keep them legal. Schneidermans Lower Manhattan office at 1 00. Our sister companies, nbc Sports Ventures and comcast Sports Ventures have invested in fan duel. Ahead, a favorite among kids. Well tell you about hundreds of thousands of cans that are being recalled. Plus, this man calmly walking down the street about to do something very dangerous and illegal. See the crime caught on camera. Plus, this is the talk of the campaign trail this morning. Thats Donald Trumps tirade targeting ben carson. Its a windy morning with cold air blowing in. Your weather and traffic on the 4s is coming up. One mortem. Dont forget follow us on facebook and twitter and instagram. Youre watching today in new its 4 42. Breaking news in syria where United States launched air strikes aimed at executioner known as jihadi john. Were waiting for word on whether the u. S. Believes the strike was successful. Today nypd officers will take part in an blitz, part of the mayors vision zer program. Campbells is recalling 355,000 cans of spa get ghettios. For specifics head to nbcnewyork. Com. A holiday tradition kicks off across the street. Radio citys Christmas Spectacular begins tonight. It runs all the way through chris cimino, who we call the camel whisperer. Camels love him. They love chris. Youre g with the camels. I know every bicuspid. Its beautiful to watch them in the morning. Theyre very calming. They are. If you dont bother them, they wont bother you, as they say. Thats a clear sign the Holiday Season is upon us now. Temperatures will start to feel more holidayish as they chill down, especially tonight. If youre heading out to radio city tonight, bundle up. Gusty winds and falling temperatures. The temps still in the mid50s but wind is increasing. Weve soon gusts exceed 30 miles an hour. Mostly cloudy sky right now and mperatures will slide a few more degrees downward this morning. A mixed sky with gusty wind. Hard pressed to get to 50 degrees tomorrow afternoon even with sunshine. Then were back to a mild trend next week with above normal temperatures coming at us. Around 50 in new jersey. 50 in franklin. Down to 48 in high point. Were seeing temperatures in the 40s up toward cat skills and poconos and the chilly air will be pushed in with the west wind. Generally most between 50 and 55. Jfk with a gust of 23. Laguardia, 25. Morristown down to 24 miles an hour. They had a gust earlier at 37 miles an hour. East end of long island, gusts of 30. These will increase through t the day. You can see the movement of the showers and thats the flow of westnorthwesterly wind theres some instability. Well see some clouds today mixed with sunshine at times. Wont be brilliantly sunny. Well have cloudy periods where you wont see t un at all and then breaks of sun in between. Future tracker shows most of the showers stay to the north and west of us through the afternoon. They oon change over to snow showers in the catskills later on tonight. Then tomorrow again a mix of sun and clouds. Could be a stray sprinkle north and west of the city. Moving forward through sunday, a few clouds mixed in. Overall the weekend is dry. Well be in and out of cloud cover. The windier day is saturday. Less wind going through sunday. Futurecast, wind gusts on the torder of 30 to 35 miles an hour along coastal areas of jersey. Close to that in the city this afternoon, pick up to around 40 along the coasts. That continues overnight tonight. Ug it comes down, notice the winds finally start to drop dow tomorrow afternoon and evening. Then wellinally see more comfortable conditions by sunday. For today, look f a mix of clouds and sun. Its windh. 57, 40 tonight. Upper 40s tomorrow with sun and clouds, still windy. Nicer half of the weekend, sunday, 57. 60s next week, chance of showers on thursday. Lets find out about the commute. Hopefully still quiet. No accidents to report on, westbound l. I. E. The ramp is shut down. Heading over to route 19, northbound is e. Ut down to de lancy street. Well take a live look at the George Washington bridge where roadwork, things moving nicely into the tolls. The lincoln tunnel and holland tunnel are in good shape. Well sl more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. The reputed mobster accused in the legendary heist that spired the movie goodfellas is a free man. Jury cleared Vincent Asaro of all 14 counts of racketeering. They claim he planned the lufthansa flight, which became i like to thank my two lawyers. And i would like to thank u. S. Marshal service for treating me greet. He remains the only person to be put on trial for that heist. In Connecticut Police are looking for an arsonist. The suspect was caught on video torching a car. Happened last sunday on vasser avenue in stanford. You can see the man apparently pouring gasoline then lighting e fire, then running away. Investigators say this may not be a random crime. They believe that suspect targeted that vehicle. If you recognize this man, youre asked to contact police. Now to the latest on the deadly house explosion in elizabeth, new jersey. Officials pulled what may be a y piece of evidence from the rubble. Investigators were seen wrapping up a stove outside the duplex. Meanwhile, the mayor tells 4 investigates there had been an an illegal conversion from the garage into an apartment. Multiple sou es say t gas company was there just days earlier. The blast killed 24yearold motivated son. Beautiful, beautiful, handsome, great child. He has a dream. Hes very hard working. Hes gone now. Femi browns girlfriend was seriously injured. His father has revealed that she is pregnant. Two adults and two children remain in the hospital in cru itical condition. 4 49. Ayo man who allegedly burglarized a home near Madison Square park and caused police to lock down a ev Landmark Office building in custody this morning. This was the scene outside of 2 1 sixth avenue. Members of the s. W. A. T. Team sealed the building looking for gthe suspect who allegedly ran inside. Police arrested 33yearold aporadori. Investigator tuay he snuck into an apartment and knocked that tenant to the ground when she came home. Residents say they were scared. Im wondering how with a doorman this person was able to get in here. Now im worried. Because theyre going to have to do something, you know, with the security. This is right across from the flatiron building on 23rd street. Residents tell us theyll pay more attention to their surroundings from now on. Queens, police are looking for a thief who looks expensive guitars. Take a look at his video. He picks up a custo g gibson guitar, looks amund and realizes no one is watching so he walks out. The guitar is worth about 5,000. In president ial politics donald trump lashing out againsttidr. Ben carson in some of the rongest terms hes used yet. He said hes got pathological dise e. He actually said, pathological temper and then he defined it as disease. So, he said he has pathological disease. Yesterday mr. Trump also said child molesters are also pathological. Mocking another statement in carsons autobiography. He acted out the claim that attempted it stabbings stopped br a friends belt. So far, no reaction from the carson camp. 4 50 on this friday morning. Still to come a lottery scandal in connecticut. Why one game is being suspended. This could be the news bway riders hwant to hear. Well tell you whats being done now to speed up, yes, speed up, a mega project. Its still years away. Youre watching today in new welcome back. 4 53. It is 55 degrees out, friday morning. Friday the 13th. That stuff doesnt bother us. Thats silly, silly. Chris, theres a young man named chucky here to see you. Nice. Weve already signed him in with security. Hes waiting for you. Came in walking under a ladder with a black cat under his arm . Lets complete the whole picture. Weather wont be a problem other than the wind. Winds could gust to 40 miles an hour later. Be cognizant of your surroundings with strong winds. Sunshine mixing with clouds. Upper 50s for the high. 40 in the city tonight. With the winds gusts over 30 miles an hour, that 40 will feel the 30s and feel like the 20s in the suburbs. What . Bundle up. What . I didnt mention anything floating in the air thats flakey. Thats true. 20s . Im sorry. Whats happening on this friday . Not too much on the roads. Some roadwork in pa ram muss. In route 17, one lane between garden state parkway. Its early and not causing a delay yet. Route 46 in hacketts town area. We have an investigation in the shore road and timberline drive. Theres a downed pole and wire. Thank you. 4 54. Commuter alert. The mta says its committed to bringing Second Avenue subway line to east harlem as soon as possible. The agency met with federal, state and city officials yesterday to discuss ways to move forward with phase two of the project. Residents were outraged last week when the mta announced construction for stations above 96th street would not start until at least 2020. Meanwhile, three stations on the Upper East Side are expected to open next year. In connecticut, lottery officials announced suspending all sales and payouts for its five card cash game. Officials say they learned some retailers may have intentionally manipulated the reporting mechanism on the lottery terminals for their own personal gain. Theyre not saying which retailers are involved in their investigation. Officials say the game is suspended in order to install new security software. Upgrade costing Connecticut Department of vehicles a lot of money. Records show the dmv went over budget by more than 30 on overtime payments. Thats to install and train employees to use this new system. The dmv Spokesman Says the extra cost will be absorbed in other part of the bublg. He also says the dmv is working to try and cut down the lengthy wait times that have come up. The investigation into leaks at the vatican weve been talking about is now focusing on two italian journalists. Both men recently released a tellall book about problems within the catholic church. Theyre now claiming protection under italys press freedom. Documents were leaked concerning pope francis and his struggle to fix the churchs finances. A project creating a sea of controversy is in final stages of construction. It claims to be an accurate recreation of noahs ark. Right now only the bow and stern need to be finished. It should be open to visitors in july. A religious theme park in kentucky. The project came under fire when state tax incentives were given to the project and then taken back. Ryan returned to Metlife Stadium to get revenge against the team that fireded him. He was met with boos as he ran onto the field. The game was tied 33 in the second quarter. Devin smith receives the kickoff and coughs it up. Corey graham picks it up and ran in for the touchdown to put the bills ahead. Last chance for jets, down by five in the final seconds. Fitzpatrick picked off by rambo. The bills beat the jets 2217. This is kind of like well, i look at it like this, its like being dumped by a girl you had the hots for and you move on. Every now and then they call you back. They cant get you back. The jets will have another crack although beating rex ryan. They play the bills in buffalo on january 3rd. Rarely heard a pro Football Game described in that way. I know. Leave it to rex ryan to come up with a way to really irritate the other team. Succeeded there. Stay classy. Its coming up on 5 00 a. M. If youre about to head out the door, take us with you. Keep watching today in new york by yound downloading the app. Just in from police. Theyre looking for this man in the shooting of a teenage girl in the bronx. Also breaking the United States on the offensive launching air strikes against the isis executioner known as jihadi john. Three women attacked this morning. An urgent search has the Lower East Side of manhattan on edge. Good morning. 5 00 a. M. On this friday, chris cimino here with the forecast. Good morning. Mid50s around the city. Were seeing lower 50s to the north and west, generally low 50s. Its a partly to mostly sky out there. Wind the big issue. Wind gusts are up a little bit. 35, laguardia. Most folks gusting between 20 and 25. Before the day is through we could see gusts of 40, maybe even better than that, especially near coastal areas. Gusty winds throughout. 54 by noon, forecasting a high of 57 degrees. Before 5 00 a. M. , lets find out about the commute. Its starting to slow down. Well take a look at Alexander Hamilton bridge. Eastbound on the crossbronx expressway, stop and go traffic. An accident with fuel spilled that takes out webster avenue and third avenue
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