, is on. Less than one hour until the new year and hundreds of people are celebrating the end of 2015 at first night in portsmouth right now. Good evening, i m tom griffith. Many are kicking off 2016 with fireworks, live music and entertainment tonight. Wmur s Suzanne Roantree is live in portsmouth and suzanne, how are people enjoying new years eve . Enjoying this new year s eve. Perfect here in oarsman. Jugglers in the street, live music, people are dancing in the streets all over, just having a really good time on this last day of 2015. I like to come here, dance look at the lights and just have fun. Suzanne framed as a familyfriendly event, first night is known as the alcohol free alternative Community Celebration on december 31st. Im so excited. It s great to bring in the new year. I used to come here when i was younger, but the first time i lived here for 2 years, my every year. So far it s outstanding. I come every year. Suzanne for others they are first times to first night. It
This does not cover the city. Right nogowere chilling down a little bit. Were closer to the 40degree mark in and close to the city. Mid and upper 30s in the suburbs and up north. The 60s are gone. Right now, partly cloudy to clear, 40 degrees. Any early sunny breaks will give way to clouds. Well talk more act the precipitation heading our way in just a little bit. Lets say good morning to lauren scala. How is this monday morning looking . Good morning. This monday morning is looking good o far. A train from 111th street to 80th street, brooklyn bound platforms will be closed until spring of 2016. Your alternaol would be the q112 bus. Also, major commuter lines, everything looks good. Path commuters, the christopher street station is closed until 5 00 a. M. Today. Well have more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. Thank you so much. Breaking news in brooklyn this morning. A raging fire overnight in williamsburg. People posting video of the flames that erupted about 2 00 this rning. Its
Seriously injured. I was horrified, you know, i thought he was going to kill me really. Reporter 56yearold Colleen Hammond is terrified 10 days after she was brutally attacked and robbed as she left a local store. He grabbed my neck and i just got that trach put in and he threw me to the ground. I got a cut on my thing. Honestly i thought he was going to kill me. Reporter surveillance cameras were rolling as the suspect snatched her purse and took off running with all of her money and personal id. I screamed and all, and one of the, um, people from the stores came out, and i told him the guy robbed me but one guy tried to run up to get him it was too late. Reporter colleen p just left jims Variety Store where police say her First Encounter witness suspects was caught on tape. They asked for change of a hundred dollar bill. She didnt have it. They women outside and waited then followed her up the block. You can actually see them knock her down. Somebodys mom. Somebodys sister. Somebody
Meteorologist a. J. Burnett tells us when the storm will arrive. A. J. we first have to get through tonight, which is basically cold temperatures, and anything that may be left on the ground from earlier today may tend to freeze up a little bit. Watch out for slick spots. No problems weatherwise through tonight. Tomorrow morning s commute is going to be just fine. Clouds are on their way out. Down to the south, there is that system stephanie was talking about, a large area of low pressure. Lots of snow in western texas. That is our system that heads this way after midnight monday night going into tuesday. The morning drive tuesday is going to be slippery, very slow, low visibility, and there will be a mix or changeover that takes place and causes the we will sort that out and put a timeline on everything coming up. Stephanie you can track the winter storm and get alerts about whether in your area on the storm watch 9 weather app. You can download it for apple and android devices. Sever
It just multiplies. The Record Powerball jackpot grows to more than a billion, with a b, dollars. Today in new york starts now. No winner and were all still here. Clearly luck didnt come this way. Good morning. Welcome to today in new york. Although, were lucky to be here. We really are. Im pat battle. Im gus rosendale. I dont know if you can tell through the camera behind us, but it is pouring outside today. Raphael miranda in the storm team 4 Weather Center. Look at the green mass behind you. Yeah, it is a messy start to your sunday. Were tracking that heavy rain out there. Stormy start to your sunday as well. We had some thunder and lightning in the mix as well. A great day to spend inside. Stay in bed if you can. You can see on Storm Tracker, heavy rain in the Hudson Valley through new york city and right down the jersey shore. When you see these yellows, oranges, and reds, those are are the torrential downpours causing flooding concerns as well. As we take a wider view, this rain