50s through the majority of the afternoon with a high in 60 in new york city. In the accuweather sevenday forecast we will talk cool down and the first few days of december. Michelle. Thank you so much. Right no breaking news in brooklyn. A deadly fire early this morning claimed the lives of two people and injured three more. More than 100 firefighters were called out to the scene on east 49th street. Marcus solis has the latest for us from east flat bush. Reporter we can she you a shot of the house here. This is 49th street in East Flatbush on the second floor, completely burned out. This was a fire that started around 5 30 this morning on a twostory house. There was heavy fire in the second floor. Witnesses say that there were people jumping from the second floor. Others injured, taken to kings county hospital, and also cornell burn center, including a child. Now, the cause of the fire still under investigation. Fire marshals here on the scene. The fire brought under control in about
County and across long island, bigger batch of rain is coming our way for 9 00, 10 00 this morning. You see to the south and west. And then the cold front tonight. So a messy day today even though the temperatures will be quite mild. We will have rain that gets steady and heavy by lunchtime. And afternoon temperatures to 57. You will need the rain gear for the Tree Lighting at Rockefeller Center. We will talk about that. And the sunny and beautiful weekend for the first weekend in december. We have an overturned tractor trailer rig on the new england thruway. This still with us. Lets go over to the maps. Its on the northbound side near exit 16. You do have two lanes closed down as a result. And as you go on to 58th street, an ongoing accident investigation. And q and r train, track work, expect delays. George washington bridge, minor at the tolls. Speeds down to 35 Miles Per Hour because of the weather. A five minute delay. Fdr drive, the construction being picked up southbound from th
Presents from santa, people got out of the house. One at the hot spots is right here at the rockefeller tree. Reporter merry christmas. A little while ago we had some rain in the area and that had people going away from the tree. Now you can see the tree is lit and Rockefeller Center is packed with people. At one point today we saw an ice cream truck. A pop. That. But really, that is the only thing we heard from complaints as far as this weather is concerned. Dashing through this not quite. The closest thing we could find to snow today was ice in bryant park. Merry christmas. I really love ice skating. Especially when you dont have to be all bundled up. A comfortable temperatures may be why the line to get on the through the park. People spending their christmas afternoon here, even though it felt far from christmas weather. Youre in short sleeves. I know. Who would have thunk it, right . New york christmas. We met a lot of floridians looking for a White Christmas but finding more warm
The photographer can zoom in. Police are sorting out of motive, but there may have been a struggle that led up to the shooting shooting. Investigators examined the tiny store for clues. Around 5 00 am p, the storeowner was shot and killed after an apparent robbery. My friends said they wanted a pair of jeans or something and shot him. Freddie works across the street and did not see the shooting himself. Many came to his score describing what they heard and saw. When you hear that someone got shot and killed so bad. I didnt have any idea. Those who work near this store say he is a man of asian decent and owned this business for sometime. Most describe him as a good guy. They dont know whats its a shame to happen in broad daylight. About 15 minutes before, we saw a Police Sergeant canvassing the area looking for possible security video that might lead them to the shooter. No one is under arrest and this is the 24th murder this year. This is above last years total. News 4, new york. A few
Most charged today with numerous counts of securities fraud and previous lawsuits filed against him. He has denied any wrong doing. He was arrested at 6 a. M. And will appear in federal court in brooklyn. The u. S. Attorney and the fbi and the s. E. C. Set to explain the charges at the brooklyn u. S. Attorneys office at a press conference thats about to get under way in a short bit. Again, shkreli set to be rained on the charges this afternoon in federal court. See if he and his lawyer make bail and if they talk to the press afterwards. Im jonathan dienst, back to you. Thanks for those late details. Turn now to the weather, we are in for a good soaking, storm team 4 dave price here with more. All beginning right now, we are tracking the storm neighborhood by neighborhood, hour by hour. The system just beginning to push on through into the metropolitan area and there are areas were we see some heavier downpours, as we look at union city right now. And stretch back to newark airport, whe