Delays really close to the tri state area and down toward philly. Rainfall amounts havent been that great yet. They are going to go up in a hurry as we close in on an inch of rain by later tonight. You see the yellows moving in to places like newark and teterboro parts of holmdel and also long island as well. Theres another batch down to the south. Heres what you need to know. This heavy rain will go at times until about 10 00 tonight. Then tough travel with street flooding and low visibility all evening long. Were still on track for the big 70s and potentially the all time high of 75 degrees in 1998. It is going to be a very warm Christmas Eve and record breaking no doubt about that. Much more on the updated seven day accuweather forecast. Thats coming up in a few minutes. David, liz back to you for now. The fog is not only delaying flights its also led to a number of cancellations. Late this afternoon flight aware says there were 47 cancellations and 193 delays at Newark Airport had 28 cancellations with 138 delays, while Kennedy Airport had nine Flights Canceled there. All of these delays and changes have left passengers wondering if theyre going to make it to their holiday destinations in time. Flight delayed leaving chicago. Chicago, on time . Hopefully. I was just checking, but it looks like were on time. On time . No, delayed, 20 minutes delayed. Are you on time . No, were delayed. A lot of delays. Nation wide says there have been about 6400 flight delays today and 740 cancellations. Taking a live look right now at the roads, its also slow going. There is heavy traffic on this is the westbound i80. This is in ellwood park, new jersey, just west of the garden state parkway. And to stay on track of all the weather conditions in your area as well as the road conditions, accutrack weather alert app. We want to get right now to that developing story, a run away bus in manhattan, the bus without a driver on board rolled through an intersection at 96th street and west end avenue. Jim dolan is on the Upper West Side with the very latest. Jim. Its really a remarkable story that could have been so much worse. That bus right over there still parked there was at the end of its route. The driver was getting out of the vehicle. He had no passengers on board, but he failed to secure his bus. It rolled across west end avenue and first hit this blue car. Theres not a whole lot of damage to that blue car. It rolled back and caused a Chain Reaction hitting the next blue car. That car rolled back and hit this first suv, and then that car hit this red suv. The thing is all of this is downhill. If these cars hadnt been here, the first thing the bus would have hit is a tank of oil that over here, right in front of ps75. There were still children inside the school at that hour. Again, nobody hurt, the driver of that first of the second blue car that was hit, the one that had the most damage, we spoke with him a moment ago. Really, i have no idea what happened. What am i going to do about it, you know, its the city. What can you do. You cant fight city hall. They say they would pay for it or do you have to go through your own insurance. Oh, no, they would pay for it they said. Reporter theres a little bit of good news. He will be without his car for a while, and it will take a lot of these drivers dont know their vehicles have been hit yet. It will take a while to get them apart and get them moving again. Reporting live from the west side, jim dolan channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, jim. Were learning more about the man accused of opening fire inside Roosevelt Field mall during the busy Holiday Shopping period. 21yearold oliver lee formally charged today with robbery, Eyewitness News reporter stacey sager in garden city with the very latest information. Stacy. Well, dave, he is behind bars tonight. Hes being held on 750,000 bail, but its very clear that police say what happened here at the Roosevelt Field mall yesterday could have been a whole lot worse. They say 21yearold oliver lee of douglas had oxycodone pills arrest. They also say he posted a picture of a gun next to pills and alcohol on his Facebook Page last sunday. They have now recovered the gun he allegedly used in yesterdays shooting, same type of gun, and they say a retired nypd officer named kenneth krug who was working security acted heroically when lee tried to use his gun to steal an 18,000 rolex watch at tourneau. Fight of his life, very brave, obviously that was a loaded weapon, god knows what could have occurred had he made his way out of the store into the mall the mall had thousands of people in it at this time. Its one of the busiest shopping days in the course of the year. It was a chaotic scene. By his swift actions only one person was injured. Reporter now that person who was shot is a 67yearold employee of macys. He is now recovering. Once again, police are saying that this retired nypd Sergeant Kenneth krug acted heroically not only because he was able to stop lee but because he was able to jam his gun and prevent any other gunfire. Lee is now charged with robbery, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon. Were going to have a lot more on his arrest and his arraignment today coming up in another live report at 5 00. For now were live in garden city outside Roosevelt Field mall, im stacey sager, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Two new York International in afghanistan are being remembered today by their colleagues at Stewart Air Base in newburgh. They spoke a short time ago about the loss. 45yearold Tech Sergeant joseph lemm who was also an nypd detective and 31yearold Staff Sergeant louis bonacasa, they were both killed in a suicide bombing on monday along with four other u. S. Service members. Sergeant lemm was a true patriot. Way. Sergeant bonacasa, he was a steadfast defender. He was also one to want to be in the mix. He was never one to want to sit back and watch things happen. Service was also held at Bagram Air Force base in afghanistan in their honor. Both mens bodies arriving in the u. S. Today and flags are flying at halfstaff in new york today and tomorrow in their honor. And if you would like to see more pictures from todays ceremony in afghanistan, we abc7ny. A new jersey grand jury indicting the truckdriver who crashed into a van carrying tracy morgan. The crash killing a man and severely injuring morgan. Kevin roper now facing first degree aggravated manslaughter, Second Degree vehicular homicide, and thirddegree aggravated assault charges. Roper was driving a walmart truck when the crash occurred year. A team of new York City Police officers are now at the vatican assisting with security for jubilee year. The Italian Police asked Police Departments from across the world to send officers to help deal with the thousands of visitors expected to come to the holy city. The officers also provided an added layer of protection amid increased terror threats against rome and the church. What the public sees is the uniforms and the police cars and the other tools that are used by Law Enforcement to show measures in place. Nypd will serve in their uniforms so americans can easily recognize them. This will make it easier for them to get information or assistance in english. Now to the race for the white house, another poll shows donald trump extending his lead in the republican primary as hes poised to end 2015 as the dominant candidate in the gop field. A cnn poll shows trump would get 39 of the vote. His closest competitors you can see right there is ted cruz with 18 , ben carson and marco rubio have 10 and new Jersey Governor Chris Christie is up in this poll with 5 . On the democratic side front runner Hillary Clinton is changing her strategy in the weeks leading up to the primary. Shes gearing up for multiday swings through iowa. Clinton is also planning some stops in New Hampshire and some other early primary state. Her campaign is also expected to send her husband, former president bill clinton for her. Lives matter at the mall of america prompting some stores to close in anticipation of trouble. The group is calling on demonstrators to disrupt shopping at the megamall in minneapolis. Its purpose is to draw attention to the Police Shootings of black men. The mall was granted a restraining order against several members of the group but failed in its attempt to block the protest. Definitely not only an attack on black lives matter but on everybodys First Amendment rights. This is not about free speech. This is not about whether or not these folks have a good cause. Of course they have a good cause. Last december dozens of demonstrators were arrested at the mall during a similar protest. Here in our area, there are a number of people flocking to the malls and the unseasonly warm weather is creating some last minute bargains, especially for Winter Weather gear. Eyewitness News Reporter nina pineda checking the deals now the elizabeth. Reporter oh yeah, and this the crush of shoppers showing up here at the mill at jersey gardens. Were right off i95. Its a great pit stop for procrastinators who arent alone. According to the National Retail federation, as of six days ago, 90 of americans had not finished all their christmas shopping. So if youre going to show up, it helps to come with a plan and pack some patience. We woke up and were like, yeah, everyone get in the car, and lets just go. The Staten IslandCollege Friends couldnt shop until they finished finals and work, so now it is crunch time. I didnt order anything online this year. Waiting may have saved them money. Prices are slashed before christmas this year because of the weather. Is because of the winter weve had so far its been so mild, so a lot of the retailers are marking down the winter scarves, coats, gloves, so its a great time to get good deals on those. We know well need them eventually. Crystal fresco says the unusual early price drops are a winwin for customers looking for last minute deals. A lot of the Christmas Decorations are already on sale. She suggests downloading a mall map, plot out a plan. She wanted to go to another store in there. I just got to roll with the flow. Tawanda saved her husbands sanity by having a list and a plan of attack. We already knew what we were getting so there was no need to come out with a rush. With five kids they saved time leaving them at home and looking for deals online first saving a bunch on this play station bundle being organized got them in the holiday spirit. We do it for the kids. We love them to death. Yeah. We go all out for them every year. Reporter got to have a good attitude. Another tip, try to car pool. You do not want to deal with the parking lot at the mall in the next 48 hours. Here at the mills of jersey gardens they offer bus service from Port Authority in time square and also from Newark Airport, so you can hop the path and get over here for just 5 bucks coming up at 5, were going to have more last minute shipping tips, how to get it there cheaper and faster, plus a service that will get it there within hours. You have to tune in at 5 to hear all about that. For now were live in elizabeth, im nina pineda, channel 7en Eyewitness News. I could have used that service earlier today as im running around midtown. Yes, absolutely. Now is the waiting game for Odell Beckham junior. Coming up on Eyewitness News at 4, the giants wide receiver waiting to hear from the nfl after trying to appeal his suspension. Wait until you hear what his coach now has to say about it all. And new york citys municipal id cards may help you get into museums for its the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. So hurry and get verizon fios. Only fios has the Fastest Internet and wifi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. And right now, for only 79. 99 a month online, you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. Plus, with a 2year agreement, fios gives you 400 back, so go online or call now for this great offer. Fr it is 4 15 right now, time to check the roads on this busy get away day, very heavy traffic on the eastbound long island expressway, and you can see by the red lights, thats this is near New Hyde Park road. There are big delays at the George Washington bridge. Ooh. Yeah, oh, fog and you can see the brake lights again. This is a telltale sign of the holidays, one hour delays to the inbound upper level. At the hudson river crossings, 30 minutes inbound at the lincoln and 20 minutes outbound at the holland. We will soon find out if Odell Beckham junior wins the appeal of his suspension. He appeared before the nfl today in midtown manhattan. Beckham received a onegame suspension for his actions from sundays loss to the Carolina Panthers when he picked up three personal foul penalties. Beckham claimed the panthers used a baseball bat to intimidate him before the game. The nfl has now banned teams from bringing nongame related foreign objects on to the field. To depict beckham being wrong and the only one wrong is not right. Its not fair. Its not justice. If youre naive enough to think that way, then you better do some soul searching yourselves. The nfl agrees with that. Beckham is not the only one at fault. In fact, panthers quarterback josh norman was find more than 26,000 for his actions on sunday. We will keep you posted on the status of beckhams appeal. New yorks municipal id program encountering a big obstacle after some big banks refused to accept the card, chase, bank of america, and city bank will not accept the cards as a primary source of identification. Theyre concerned about protecting accounts from fraud and money laundering. Supporters of the card known as idnyc say they believe its because low Income Customers mean left profit, if the banks. We want to go ahead and return to the big getaway and the skies have opened up outside. It is absolutely pouring out there lee. Im getting drenched out here, i mean drenched. It is sopping wet. Its just pelting rain out here right now, not easy on columbus avenue or any of our roadways. Im sure the waters piling up on the shoulder, the west side highway. Take it really slow. If you dont have to go out right now, please dont. This is just ugly. Look at Lower Manhattan again pouring over parts of the five boroughs and over much of the tristate area. Visibility way down, 56 degrees, northeasterly wind at 3, and the high 58. Thats the only thing thats not the problem is the temperature. Thats why were pouring rain and not streaming snow. 41 degrees is the average high way above that again closer to the record than we are the normals and the christmas outlook remains toasty. 74 degrees smashing the record high, and now Christmas Day is a record high at 66 degrees with sun giving way to clouds and maybe some late day rain coming in that would likely be at night. Visibilities down, i want to show you a new feature, a visibility futurecast here which shows you the visibilities stayed down during much of the night but then come up toward sunrise, still could gets better during the day tomorrow with the brightening. Pouring through 10 00, then the rain gets lighter, fog tomorrow morning, brightening into the midday. Look at the launching pad, its 67, 72 by noontime. Look at that area orange. That is right on top of me. Thats whats going on with that yellow from hoboken right into the west side and over the park to sunny side queens. See some more heavy rain thats right over parts going to massapequa right now, and then some more heavy rain over monmouth and ocean and holmdel. I also saw a downpour over Putnam County not too far from brewster. This heavy batch is probably going to go through over the next hour, hour and a half. Theres more down to the south that will come through this early evening. That warm front will move through and then the rain gets lighter after or 10. What an amazing picture on the east coast. Youve got tornado watches in the carolinas and up through the midwest a big snowstorm in the upper midwest. Delays everywhere. Heres the futurecast. By 6 00. One more round between 8 and 10 and then it will taper to drizzle after that. The all time record a possibility tomorrow. Soaking tonight and then rain to drizzle, foggy and mild, rising temperatures, 74 degrees, record warmth easily. Heres your sevenday accuweather forecast, next half hour well be working on that saturday forecast. There are a lot of ups and downs david and liz. Were going to get damp and cooler on saturday. Remember how i was talking about some chill coming in during the second week of january. That may come a little earlier. Wait until you hear about this. There could be a little wintery mix in the sevenday accuweather forecast. Lots to talk about as the rain gets just a touch lighter just in time for me to come inside. You dont have to shout into the microphone now. Thats some heavy rain. Taking a hit out there. Leonardo dicaprio hits the big screen again. This time he takes on a bear and loses. Is the movie a loser. Sandy kenyon with his review of remnant. Also ahead, this is one Police Officer you would want were going to explain it coming up. But first heres a message from a member of the military from our area who couldnt make it home for the holidays. Hi my name is captain curt Merry Christmas meet the moores were the moore family, and were always looking for ways to enjoy more. So we called Time Warner Cable and got even more than we expected. Call now to get more. More speed. Like, 300 meg. More tv shows and movies on demand. More places to make more unlimited calls. Call now. 100 meg ultra fast internet, hd channels included, and unlimited calling to international destinations. 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Leonardo dicaprio deserves an oscar for the revnant. He really does, and if you just take my word for it then wow wont have to endure this movie because watching him go for the gold from the comfort of your sofa is going to be a whole lot easier than sitting through his epic of survival. The only safe thing to do is track a new course. 19th century, frontier life is challenging. The weather is bad. The terrain hostile. After an opening full of flashy film making the character played by dicaprio gets mauled by a bear and left under the care of a dishonest man who takes money to look after hi but tom hardys character leaves him for dead. The proper thing to do would be to finish him off quick. His survival instinct is such that he becomes the revenant a man who returns from the dead. I wish it didnt take the better part of two hours to explain that title. I aint afraid to die anymore. Ive done it already. This movie is destined to be more admired than loved. The star and his director have been talking up the tortuous process of filming it because important to oscar voters, but this is more a terrific acting exercise than it is a great movie. Okay. Lets praise his dedication. Lets admire him for his devotion to the craft of acting but i cant imagine doing anything more depressing than seeing this movie on Christmas Day when it opens in just few theaters. It is brutal, and what does it all mean. It means leo really, really wants to win that oscar is what it means. Now earlier at noon, i reviewed the hateful 8, you can find my review at abc7ny. Dave and liz. Why are all these movies so long, sandy. Theyre forever, they take forever some of these films. 156 minutes total for this one. You feel every one of those 60 seconds. Thats just not what you want to do after a Big Christmas meal. Ah no. Weve been warned. Thanks sandy housewife reality star is released from prison. Weve got the surprises Theresa Giudice got when she pulled into her house. After a cyber attack on a now nenew yorks number 1 news, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Recapping our top stories, 100 million americans are traveling during the holidays and many are facing big delays this afternoon because of this lousy weather. Take a live look at Newark Airport where there are three and a half hour delays. Its two and a half hour delays at laguardia and looking a little better at Kennedy Airport with one hour. Dont forget, of course, as we always say pack your patience. Plus a run away mta bus causing a Chain Reaction crash on the Upper West Side. The mta says the driver didnt secure the bus and it rolled back into the cross hitting cars on west 96th street. Fortunately no one was hurt. Hour, a reality tv star released from prison today. Theresa giudice returning home for the first time. She was released overnight, and Eyewitness News reporter darla miles has the details on what happened when she arrived back. She has two of three major hurdles behind her, her home is no longer in foreclosure and her stint in federal prison is over. Gia was up early this morning, and then the younger ones started to get up. I think they got a little bit of sleep. For the four little girls who live in this new jersey mansion, christmas came early. It was a private moment, but it was very emotional, very powerful, and it was something to see. Gia giudice shooting out this welcome home tweet to her mommy wednesday morning, 43 yearold Theresa Giudice has done a 12 month bid for financial fraud in connecticut. Her cara van left just after 5 a. M. Getting to her Montville Township new jersey home at the car ride here she was extremely upbeat. She was calling home. She asked me to put on christmas music. She wanted to hear christmas songs. This lexus wrapped in a bow was waiting for the 43yearold mother when she got home. This is where she will stay february 5th. She is able to work. Shes able to do Different Things with permission from her probation officer. The next big hurdle for this family, in march joe giudice will report for a 41month prison sentence also for financial fraud. In Montville Township new jersey, darla miles channel 7 Eyewitness News. A man from long island is charged with drunk driving after a deadly wrongway crash on sunrise highway. Suffolk county police say 64 yearold Christopher Obrien was intoxicated when he drove his audi the wrong way on sunrise highway earlier this morning. Driver. He is being treated for nonlife threatening injuries. New York Lawmakers are calling for a federal investigation into the cyber attack at a dam in Westchester County. Earlier this week we learned iranian hackers were responsible for a cyber attack at the dam at bowman avenue in rye brook. Jim hoffer live in rye brook with the story. Reporter who would have thought that the town of rye brook and this small dam behind me would be the backdrop for a spy thriller, a thriller involving National Security, iranian cyber spies and the white house. This tiny dam in the Little Village of rye brook Westchester County had grabbed the attention of National Security officials in the white house after the department of defense determined back in 2013 that iranian cyber spies had gained access to the dams control system. Serves as a bucket of ice water to the face. Senator schumer came to the dam site today to call for the department of Homeland Security to investigate exactly how vulnerable the nations infrastructure is to cyber terrorists. We want to know how often this has occurred, whos done it, how successful theyve been, and what is being done to prevent it. It is unlikely the iranian hackers could have caused in i damage since the flood get a they had gained Internet Access to wasnt working at the time. Still a former mayor of rye says this a wakeup call for all small towns to protect against hackers, something he says will require federal help. It shouldnt be for every local government to figure this out. I think we look to the National Security experts in washington to come up with solutions on how to secure these important means of communication and control. Reporter the department of that these cases of cyber spying on Critical Infrastructure here in the United States is on the rise about 20 so far this year, with about 300 cases. Now coming up at 6, were going to hear from an angry county executive, and i underscore angry. He says that when washington found out about the cyber spying on this dam behind me, westchester. Were going to hear from the county executive at 6. For now channel 7 Eyewitness News. For the third time this month a passenger at Newark Airport has been arrested for carrying a loaded gun in their carry on bag. Tsa agents stopped the latest passenger monday night as he tried to get through security with a loaded 45 caliber handgun. On bag. The weapon seized and the man arrested without incident. Nearly two months after the downing of a russian passenger government is still trying to to fly in and out of its borders. Faced with lagging tourism, this week government officials in egypt hired a Foreign Security firm to review procedures at cairo and syria medical shake international where metro jet flight 9268 originated. Isis claims it planted a bomb on the plane which was carrying 224 passengers. And the parents of a 2year old boy who died after he was trapped in a room with a broken space heater are now facing criminal charges. Prosecutors say the little boy was left alone in his room in missouri for 38 hours while his parents were doing drugs. They say the heater didnt have an on off switch, so it kept running. An autopsy revealed the boy died from hypothermia which means his body temperature was drastically high due to his excessive exposure to heat. A new York Real Estate heir robert durst will face another murder trial. Louisiana, los angeles, to face friend and former spokesperson susan berman 15 years ago. Prosecutors say he did it to keep berman from speaking to investigators looking into the wife. Durst killed another man in murder. His first wife disappeared decades ago but hes never been facing charges on that case. Long island officials in hempstead renamed a street in honor of a young girl killed by a stray bullet in her own home. A block will be known as dejah joiner street. Its the block where 12year old dejah was living with her family when a bullet flew through a window and then struck her in the head back in october. To the family of dejah joiner, that beautiful young girl who loved to dance, loved being a girl scout, and helping dejahs killing remains unresolved. A 75,000 reward has now been offered for information leading to an arrest. A defining moment for a College Basketball player, the play during a game that brought cheers from the crowd and why one basket was worth a lot more than 2 points. Some sheriffs deputies the surprise gorgeous, isnt he . vo a new york man spent 3. 2 million on a dead bat. I have such enormous respect for these creatures. Which is why i stuff them and hang them on the walls. vo youd make a way better rich person. The Postal Service has a message to deliver to all of you holiday procrastinators. Get those presents in the mail today. You better check the hours. Many of these post offices close at 5 p. M. The agency strongly recommending that you send your Priority Mail express items today if youd like them to arrive by christmas. Waiting until the last minute will cost you. Expect to pay an extra fee of up to 15. The maker of hello kitty defending itself against a cyber attack. Japanese company sanros says it online fan site for the famous character. Compromised the personal information of more than 3 million users of sanrotown. Com. They say its investigating the leak which was discovered on saturday by a security researcher. Santa claus was dressed in a badge and green uniform in florida this week. Sheriffs deputies in bay county giving out 100 billed in of tickets. A secret santa donated 2000 to the Sheriffs Office and asked deputies to please spread a Little Christmas cheer. He had just pulled pennys out of the bank to go shopping at walmart. She was actually in tears during that traffic stop. This feels good to do something for the community. The deputies say nearly everyone they pulled over had a touching story of how they can use that cash this week. Speaking of some special gifts, a new york quarterback is in the news not for his play during a game but for the gifts he is giving his offensive linemen. Were going to explain. Mania is back in a way, how their music will meet the moores were the moore family, and as you can see, we need an internet that can do more. We do more games, and more streaming. So we need more speed. Thats why we switched to Time Warner Cable. Call now. Now we can connect more devices, at the same time. The wifi in this house is amazing. So is my guacamole. Hi grandma and grandpa ha, look at that [laughs] Time Warner Cable even has an internet plan for us. Get the Internet Speed thats right for you. From 3 megs to ultra fast 300 megs they even made it easy to switch with a onehour arrival window. Why settle for less, when you can get more get 50 meg internet for 39. 99 per month. Call now. You could get free installation, no data cap, and access to over 400,000 twc wifi hotspots with select plans. The Buffalo Bills may not have made it to the playoffs but all of the teams offensive every game theyre not playing in. Quarterback tyrod taylor surprised each player with a 65 inch High Definition television. The gifts were left next to their lockers as they cleaned them out. It was taylors way of thanking the guys who watched his back. He gave out the tvs even though they allowed him to be sacked 31 times this season. [ laughter ] and that is quite the tradition they got going on there. Think if they really protected him. Really, they could have done so much better. Listen to this story, a College Basketball player born with only one hand scored his first points in a game last night. Zack hodskins a sophomore at the university of florida drove to the hoop in the final minute, ozark the basket despite getting fouled. He is a walk on to the team last season. Isnt that incredible. He was 0 for 2 shooting as a freshman. Missed his first three shots this season. There is no stopping that young man. It is so awesome to see the expression on his face. Hes got some sick ball handling skills. How quick, awesome. Its really dark out there but i still see tons of umbrellas out there. Its a mess, its a mess. Its really yucky outside. The heaviest rain is starting to shift north of new york city for a little while but its still pouring out right now. So its coming down in sheets for a while across the area and were getting rain fast piling up to maybe an inch of rain in about six hours time. So its dark, its foggy. Its soaked right now. Were at 56 degrees, heavy rain, northeast wind, its not about the wind. The wind isnt much of a factor here. Thats why it was still a fair amount of fog. Our temperatures will be slowly climbing through the 60s. I think our steadiest rain is through 9 or 10 00, and then the rain intensity will go down and just some rain and drizzle overnight. Look at this planner tomorrow, it might look a little gloomy early tomorrow morning, the southwest breezes will have us we break the daily record. We break the Christmas Eve record around 3, 4 in the morning, then its all about that alltime december high of 75. We reached that during the afternoon. Clouds try to thin at times, might have to watch out for a stray shower or thunderstorm, its kind of a weird, wacky day tomorrow. There might be a rumble of thunder. Speaking of heavy downpours, just north of Yorktown Heights towards Jefferson Valley over to car mel and north salem, very heavy rain. Its pouring in glen cove and over to port washington, some very heavy rain over brooklyn and queens right over the verrazano right now and actually going down towards Lower Manhattan as well. You see over parkville and elmhurst as well. Heavier downpours now down over cape may that will be the next round. There is one batch there, more moderate with some heavy pockets over Central New Jersey, and then some more to the south. I think after this one moves to the northeast by 6 00, there will be a bit of a lull where the rain is still going but its more moderate, and then it from lets say 8 to 10 p. M. , and then finally move out of the area. Between now and then very tough travel. By tomorrow morning, you see clouds, a little fog, about 67 degrees to start the day. Lower and mid70s and the just isolated shower, even rumble of thunder around as temperatures climb to unseasonably high levels. Tomorrow night will be balmy in the 50s and mid60s. You see the futurecast rainfall amounts, its going to pile up in a hurry. We get close to an inch of rain. You look at the sevenday forecast, theres your shattered record at 74 tomorrow, 66 on Christmas Day would be a record high. You know weve been debating whether the whole day can stay dry. I think it can. There will be a little more cloudy in the southeast. The rain should stay away during the daylight hours, may in Central New Jersey by days end into the evening hours. A big difference on saturday, damp and cooler, 52, then come back into the forecast, and if rain comes in a little early on tuesday morning, you might even be a little wintery mix north and west before the to rain. Record highs, lots of rain, maybe even now a wintery mix, in the next seven days. Now. Whats the temperature 41. We had a 74 and 46. Amazing. Lets talk about the trend, heres whats trending on this wednesday. Many today celebrating happy festivus day. A day popularized on the seinfeld show. Theyre invited to participate in the airing of grievous. People who upload their examples to the site with hashtag airing of grievances get to be featured. We are now hearing from miss columbia for the First Time Since that Miss Universe heartfelt thanks for all the support she received after being crowned and turned into the runnerup because of Steve Harveys gaffe. She congratulated miss philippines for winning and said life continues. A lot of class i think right there. Music history being made tomorrow night at midnight for the first time. Beatles music will be available for streaming worldwide. Apple music, spotify, title, Google Play Music among the participating services. For years beatles music has been among the last holdouts to the streaming services tied up on legal issues. Ringo is even surprised to hear they finally came to a deal. He tweeted about that. It has been a long winding road but now all that is history. Nice job there. You see what i did there. Yes i did. A boston Robotics Company showing sanifies reindeers have backup if they need a little rest. The robotic reindeer are pretty awesome. Its the work of a company i love that. The Company Started off as a spinoff from m. I. T. Lab there before it was bought by google in 2013. I like the taxicab thats driving by. They look like camel. They do or kind of like an ostrich. Thats it right. Its a reindeer. But its a reindeer and were amazed by the scientific feat of it. Thank you. Thats all i was looking for. Thats actually a good sign for how the sleigh might move in the green grass. Thats a good sign. Finally star wars still very much a thing, and i bring you right now star wars weaners. [ music ] how cute are jedi dachshunds. Oh, thats just dumb funny. Check out the trend online at abc7ny and send us your trend ideas usinged hashtag the trend. How many more star wars stories will we be doing. Im just scratching the surface here. Until the next episode. We have two more movies to go through. Or this next story. After toppling a record for best Opening WeekendBox Office History last weekend, star wars the force awakens is looking for the sweep. The force awakens is expected to bring in between 150 and 180 million at the box office this weekend. And if it does we will be doing another story about it, and it will also be the biggest second weekend of any movie in history. Well keep you posted on that. Before we go to break heres a check of the big delays at the tw what do we mean by holiday spirit . So many stories this time of year remind us of the true meaning. On this night before the night before christmas, we bring you our own holiday poem of the many stories that you might have missed about that spirit. It was christmas week and all through the land people were reaching out to help their fellow man. It may be warm and no snow has fell but that hasnt stopped any layaway angel, strangers they do it anonymously, never making a fuss. Amazing that someone would have this much compassion during Christmas Season to be able to help us. While the layaway angels are great to see, the holidays are about spending time with the family. For a girl in long island it was a surprise that left no one in her school with dry eyes. I was shocked. I didnt know he was coming. A reunion with her brother that was numbing. Hugs, tears, a kiss. We just cant get enough of this. And in this special time of year, santa has found ways to spread holiday cheer. When one young girl could not talk, the santa did not balk. She asked for a doll, and their sign Language Exchange touched us all. And this santa lent a hand to a special young man. He had a message for this little elf. Its okay to be yourself. Christmas is about love and joy. A lesson for men, women, girls, and boys. I love that. That was so great. That was cute. I a rhyme, david. Are you ready . Im ready. Everyone who has done good this holiday season, take a bow. Eyewitness at 5 00 begins right now. A Demolition Derby on the Upper West Side. An outofcontrol city bus with no one behind the wheel sets off havoc so where was the driver . Plus were learning more about the man accused of trying to watch a trying to rob a watch store. Why police say there were red flags. Good evening. Im sade baderinwa. Im rob powers in for diana williams. Were getting hit with the heaviest rain of the day and wont be over for a few more hours. The downpours, the fog taking a toll on people. This is a snapshot from flight aware. Com that shows how many flights are in the air right now. That is just the north american region. Country facing delays including one to three and a half hour delays at three major airports in our area. We have two reports. Eyewitness News ReporterMichelle Charlesworth is live at laguardia, but lets get right to meteorologist lee goldberg with an accuweather alert. Lee, it is pouring out there. Its torrential rain. Were getting absolutely drenched with a soak rainfall. Nothing worse than wet feet and its nasty out here. Its really tough whether youre walking on the street or trying to drive down the avenue. A lot of water around, standing water, easy to hydroplane. Take it really slow. Its just getting dangerous. A look down to lower man hat tab. You see the ceiling is still now below 500 feet. Temperatures are about 56 degrees. Temperatures are not the problem. Its mild out here. Thats why were getting all the rate. Visibilities are down. Michelle charlesworth will