I like when you say that. Im lori stokes. Im ken rosato. Halfway to friday. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Weve got some beautiful weather outside this morning, going to be a perfect weather day. Temperatures starting out at 60 degrees. That is really comfortable for this hour of the day. Were looking at 52 up around newburgh. Were looking at 48 around kingston, poughkeepsie. All these are nice, comfortable numbers here, these overnight hours. 54 around belmar. 62 by 10 00, and were looking at 74 with sunshine this afternoon. Already got some problems on the gwb, the George Washington bridge. Debbie duhaime looking at that this morning in for heather. Good morning everybody. Construction just being cleared at the inbound George Washington bridge on the upper level. Moving slowly level getting into town. Lower level under the apartments. Over at the lincoln tunnel, construction continues in both direction. Holland construction continues as well. Lets go t
Today a lot of sunshine, 60 by 7 00, 70 by noontime. 74 this afternoon, a perfect day. Weve got some cooler weather tomorrow and still sunny. Rain by friday. Well talk about that next in your accuweather sevenday forecast. Debbie duhaime is up in the Traffic Center looking at the ride, the roads, the rails and all that for you this morning. Hows it going out there. A lot of action. Were going to start with john del giorno. Hes high above the problem. What are you checking out for us . Good morning, debbie. We are just rolling in on this problem, and weve got a lot of traffic on the inbound gowanus expressway coming off the verrazano bridge. What weve got is late running emergency construction. Thats what theyre calling this is emergency construction inbound on the gowanus just off the verrazano as you get into brooklyn. The big deal here is that right now the hov lane is completely shut down. Thats the lane at the far left there, that would normally be open at this time of the morning.
Detectives are still not clear why a group of five or six men targeted her. We dont know if it was hate crime, a robbery. We dont know. Reporter police say jenkins was out at 2 30 a. M. When car dropped her off. Within minutes the group attacked her. Investigators want to hear from any witnesses especially the person in the car with her. There is large park which surrounds this area. It is dark. Police are hoping to find surveillance cameras. You see how dark it is. You cant see nothing this time of the night. Reporter the fact this happened in the middle of the street is distressing. This is the second transgender woman murdered in the city this year. Its tragic loss for the city of philadelphia, the Lgbt Community and this individuals family and loved ones. Reporter police spoke with her family today. Obviously, theyre very sad. Our heartbreaks for them. I have a lot of faith in our police department. Im glad that they are doing such a thoughtful and thorough job. Reporter there will
The man that police are looking for. These three inciden happened in seton falhe park. Tracie strahan is there with new video thats just been released by police. Reporter new video, ichtel, and new details tht came out just this morning. Now, weve learned the victims were 12, 13, and 15 years old. The suspects m. O. Seemed to be the same every time. First, asking them for help, then taking advantage of them. Theres a newly released video we got just this morning into our newsroom. You caatn see thetsuspect walk calmly. Hes said to be in his 30s with a shaved head and ad accent. Thorities say he approached a young 13yearold boy, offered him money if he could help carry his bags. When that young boy agreed, the two entered Seton Falls Park. The suspect then grabbed that young boys buttocks. Lets show you now another video of this suspect. Police say he struck two more times in this park. Once again, then offeringda 15yearold boy money to carry then leading him to an isolated area and exp
A little after 5 04. Monday morning commute, lauren scala. Anything trouble worthy out there . No major troubles right now. If youre getting on the buses, we have a detour on the b63. Otherwise buses rolling along nicely. Major commuter lines look good as well. No delays or Service Changes there. At nite side of the Street Parking rules are suspended today, but meter rules still apply. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Thank you, lauren. In the meantime, service should be back to normal on the g train. Crews wrapped up repairs early after a train derailed north of hoytschermerhorn station. Chunks of concrete fell on to the path of the train. And today the citys newest subway station is open and facing its first rush hour test. That long delayed 7 train extension, well, it finally opened this weekend, just yesterday. Today, new yorks Katherine Creag is live with that. Reporter on this early morning, the one person we found here, an mta worker. Hes part of the cleaning crew,