A foot of snow in kentucky. 9inches in the virginia snow beginning in dc and the snow showers are getting close to philly. The snow is about to redevelop. The snow showers will get into central and southern new jersey probably after 7 00. Looks like its going to snow imminently. Home. 8 00. The snow arrives around midnight in new york city and we could have a few inches by dawn. The clouds could be out by daybreak. The brunt, the blizzard from 7 00 in the morning and the snow will end on saturday night. The timing definitely shifted to an earlier period. Higher amounts south and west. We know its lower to 287. The near suburbs, youre squarely in that six to 12inch total. Some of those amounts could get into queens, staten island. We have all that information coming up in a few minutes. Diane,sade back to you. As we get ready for the snow to hit, mayor deblasio issued a Winter Weather advisory for tomorrow. Hes urging drivers to stay off the roads so winter plows can get to work. Reporter sanitation theyve already shifted to 12 hour shifts for everyone. Theyre bringing in workers over the weekends and theyre going to be awfully busy. The city is prepping now for what is starting to sound like a pretty bad storm. The mayor said the Weather Service upped its predictions so the city is responding. Youve seen the number go up were predicting 12inches to 18inches in new york city. Reporter if youre thinking about driving this weekend in what could be a blizzard. The message from the mayor. Please dont. Unless it is urgent stay off the roads. Its as simple as that. Make your plans now to not be on the streets of the city tomorrow, and i would say sunday likely as well. Reporter one big worry is flooding. And in garrison bridge its still recovering from sandy so officials are getting trucks ready just in case. Am i worried about it. Im going to check to when the high tides are and my car will not be on the block. I will move the car. And hope for the best. And hope for the best. Reporter chains went on buses today, and sanitations is now considering an operation called pile and haul. Snow would be piled up in certain locations and then melted if its really that bad. I really dont know yet. It would be get based on a but should this storm shift and we get closer to a six to 12, we may not need to do that. The big worry is if it is a lot of snow, could ambulances and police get through it all. Will new yorkers help to keep streets clear, an urgent message today from the mayor. Emergency vehicles cant get through, they cant save peoples lives. I think it would be a very good selfinterest, its a moral thing to do but its in self interest for every new yorker to heed this warning. Sanitation has cancelled any recycling and sanitation pick up tomorrow. All new York City Public School activities has also cancelled this weekends. Dave evans, channel 7, Eyewitness News. Thank you, dave. From new york to new jersey, governor Chris Christie now returning to new jersey for this big storm. Mandatory and voluntary evacuations are under way in some coastal areas and hundreds of First Responders are on Eyewitness News reporter tony yates is live for us, toni. Reporter they have emergency vehicles that could get through flood waters at the ready. Theyre going to have several high tides over the weekends but the one theyre really concerned about is the high tide on saturday night. Because that is the one that can tip the scales toward trouble. Reporter because if the wind continues to blow at a steady 35, 40 Miles Per Hour with 60mile an hour gusts, the water cant get back out. So you get one high tide builds on top of the first high tide and thats when we get the worse flooding. Reporter alerts are flashing on these warnings posts throughout town. They prefer people leave before the storm. Please get your cars off the conditions. And because of the high tides in an abundance of caution, were asking for voluntary evacuations of low lying areas. New jerseys coastal town stands to be hammered by the storms with high tides and strong winds making matters worse. The Lieutenant Governor toured the area to see storm preps while governor Chris Christie has decided to get back to the state. I got the biggest support team. And my feeling was the best decision is to head home. Is there anything you dont have . Im all out of gas cans. Thats the only thing weve run out of. Thats a lot of deicer. Yeah, im just stocking up for the kids. You know you can come down on monday and take a look. You know, please stay off the well, not only is governor Chris Christie coming back to the state hes going to be on television tonight at 8 00 talking about storm preparations you can catch his address right here on channel 7 8 00. Now to long island where more than a foot of snow isnt the only thing people will have to contends with but Tropical Storm like winds. Downed trees and power lines a major concern tonight. Stacy stager is in long beach with more. Reporter the big concerns here on long island. The Power Outages and the flooding. This beach is called the canal and you can see why. Its on the bay side of the Barrier Island which theyre most worried about. Because you can see these houses will be most vulnerable. Call it tieing up news ends before the big storm here in renovating homes postsandy now just making sure what they have fixed stays that way. But some residents arent so sure anything makes a difference in a severe storm. The last time we had sandbags, we did everything prep we could do. And it was in two seconds it means nothing. Reporter you figure why even go there. This time, i guess we dont have the strength. Reporter law officials are quite concerned about the timing of tomorrows storm. The bay side of the city always vulnerable. As 30 million of funding with infrastructure from the state is still years away. Its maddening that our city has gone without adequate protection so we have taken some steps and were in a much better place than we were presandy. Reporter other vulnerable areas were tended to by psege today. This type of work increasing and trees, well they say it has reduced Power Outages in communities by as much as 60 this past year. We have data that shows us where theres a lot of outages. We know where the problem areas are. We go to those problem areas and we do the preventative maintenance. Reporter still beginning tomorrow they urge residents to be patient with the predicted high wind, residents will see their fair share of hassles. Just the way you will not be able to see in your car as you drive because of the visibility issue, the blizzard like conditions create. So too will our snowplow operators. Reporter were back here live now along the canals of long beach. This is the north side of the island, the side where flooding is probably a bigger threat than along the oceanside. Pse g planning to use a thousand of its field crews. 400 additional ones if well have another live report at 6 00. For now were live in long beach,. About 6,800 flights have now been cancelled in anticipation of this storm the r. The bulk of in anticipation of this storm. At newark more than 300 cancelled. The airport will remain open but essentially there will be no arrivals or departures until this storm clears. And if you were thinking of grabbing a train, amtrak is running a modified service and will have some trains running over the weekend along the northeast corridor. Check first though. And the shows will go on. At least for now. We called to find out about broad way shows and were told no cancellations but a good idea to check your particular show in advance just in case. You want to make sure. Murky in other parts of the country. A blizzard warning is in effect in washington, d. C. With the worse of it coming tonight into tomorrow evening. And in tennessee, interstates are pure gridlock around downtown nashville. Many drivers are already at the point of having to push their vehicles through snow covered roads. And in charlotte, the sight of this weeks nfc championship game the carolina Panther Stadium is covered in snow. The team went on business as usual practicing in todays conditions. And stay with channel 7 for continuing coverage. Eyewitness news will be there for you tomorrow morning beginning at 6 00. Well keep you posted all day on air, online and on social media pages. And still ahead. Other news, big news, its coming out of hollywood tonight. The academy making changes to address the diversity issues. A mother shot while fighting off a gunman trying to near jfk. The attack part of a frightening pattern. What police know right now about the suspects. Well tell you about new developments in the Horse Carriage controversy. Police releasing new video of a car shooting by a mother who was trying to protect her daughter. Darla miles is in queens. Reporter that 20yearold put in her forehead after being pistol whipped. But her mother is still here in critical condition. And the nypd believes the suspect in this case have done this to four other people. All i could hear was helicopters and sirens. Despite surveillance cameraless. Police say the duo robbed a mother and daughter. Pistol whipping one, shooting the other. That is aggressive. And its kind of scary because its so close to home. The block. Not too far. Reporter police say a 53 yearold english teacher and her 20yearold daughter were checking into the hampton inn in south park queens on thursday night. They said this jetta pulled in right behind their car. The suspects with a ski mask jumped into the drivers seat she says. Give me all your money. The 20yearold said she didnt have any. Thats when the suspect hit her in the head with a gun. He then said, if your mother doesnt have any money, im going to shoot you. The mother came out a little while later, unbeknownst of what was going on. Reporter they got into a struggle and she was shot in the shoulder. We want to get these two individuals that are very dangerous. Reporter family members refused to comment as they went to visit the 53yearold teacher at the mother and daughter were only checking into the hotel one night. Planning to fly out from jfk to africa for the daughters semester abroad. It used to be very quiet around here. Now its off the chain. Reporter police say those other four incidents they they all were committed in that same generalluation, december 28, january 3rd 5th and 9th. If you have any information about any of these incidents please call crime stoppers. Two teenage boys are under arrest for the attack of a muslim man. Rahmen was left with bruises and a swollen eye. A driver in new jersey survived an incredibly close call. Youll know it when you see the car rolled over on to a sidewalk and cliff this morning after crashing into a tree. But the car went of a fire hydrant that literally crashed through the front windshield missing the driver by inches. The driver not seriously hurt. Wow. That was close. Im just thinking about the jaws music. Its coming. That blizzard is coming our way. It is moving in. Were not going to be able to avoid this. We were checking in on twitter with our sister station over in washington. One of the meteorologists said okay upping the total to 30 inches. Remarkable. No doubt about it. The rain sorry no rain, the snow is clearing up. Were seeing flights coming in. Itll be the last flights we see coming in. And whether its twitter or instagram, nbc7, let us know that the snow is starting. Were seeing a pretty gusty wind. Its feeling like its in the its only 20 Miles Per Hour but gus at at times. Maybe over to a flat bush. These are the areas that could get into over a foot. Because some of the heavier amounts from new jersey will cut into parts of the south burroughs. Heres the planner for you. Obviously quiet through seven clock. I do think we have snow after 10 00 or 11 00. Should be light. Itll be on and off. Heavy snow, when you wake up well have blizzard conditions first thing. Look at the wind gusts thats hour. So heres the storm right now. The coast. I anticipate seeing lightning strikes when the storm really begins to strengthen. Weve already had decent snow amounts here through the virginias and midatlantic. The air is still too dry. Let me know if you start seeing flurries then we have to push up our timing. You can get into new york city. Certainly 7 00 and 8 00 we will start to see the flurries move in and the roads start getting slick. The storm is getting steadier after midnight. This is some of the banding that starts to form. Thats where were getting the heavier amounts to the south and west. Snow get into the valley and connecticut by daybreak. Going all the way through our southern suburbs. And then this form will be pivoting out. I think certainly well be plowing by midday. One to 3inch by the evening. About a foot in the city. Thats six to 12inch area, just a little wiggle in there. Some of the higher amounts or lower amounts for that matter. Snow develops around midnight. Blizzard, heavy snow and wind, coastal flooding. More snowing and drifting tomorrow night even as the snow tapers. Heres what we will address. Could the totals drop again. Could they be more than a foot in parts of long island. How about 70mile an hour gusts for the south shore . Thats why we have to track this as well. Another update in the next half an hour. Its coming, thanks lee. Big changes for the oscars tonight. The head of the organization were backing some big changes for the were back with some big changes for the oscars. We have entertainment reporter sandy shane. Reporter some of these rules that have just been changed have been put in place almost since ive been alive. The oscars says hes not going to wait for the academy to catch up. And theyre making changes to make the membership of the academy more diverse. It was just last friday that the president of the academy made this promise to me at the last year the academy brought in more new members than we have in our history. And the most Diverse Group that weve ever brought in. And that is something were going to continue to do. But as todays announcement makes clear, the academy came to the conclusion the pace of change wasnt fast enough. Especially given the criticism since last weeks nomination announcement. Jada Pinkett Smith was the first to take a stance then spike lee. The reverend al sharpton even urged viewers to boycott this years oscars show just tune it out. The announcement include a Global Campaign to recruit qualified new members who represent greater diversity. In addition no longer will members automatically remain qualified to vote for the oscars for life. They will be elected for 10 years subject to renewal if they remain active in the industry. Looking at different peoples. Whether its color, whether its female, it doesnt matter. Reporter the hope is these changes will bring down the average age of the membership. Which is reportedly over the age of 60. Her goal is an ambitious one to double, double the number of women and minority members of the academy by the year 2020. The changes will not affect this years oscars but will change who votes for future academy awards. Diana. U. S. Leaders are denouncing student. Hes accused of entering the country under the guides of a tourist while plotting to destroy it. Rumbier is in the deans list. His family lives in ohio. A monster winter storm moving in. Coming up on Eyewitness News. Were going to get another update from lee. Residents from the tri state area get ready for the winter whollop. Doctor attacking an uber in new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. All across the state the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, the lowest taxes in decades, and university partnerships, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. Like in utica, where a new kind of workforce is being trained. And in albany, the nanotechnology capital of the world. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow, today right now we want to take a live look at the white house. Ready for the brunt of the storm right now. Meteorologist lee goldburg is tracking this monster storm. Whats the latest lee. White out at the white house. As we look at the empire state building. Well be watching this after 9 00 or 10 00. Because the first flakes will come down but itll be too warm to stick to the ground. As we go through the storm, its cold enough so that its not a wet sopping snow. All these thunderstorms starting to break out along the carolina cost. Its snowing in dc. Getting into philly and first flakes are going to try to get into new jersey after 7 00 or 8 00. I still think its close to mid night in new york city. The blizzard warnings will go up at 7 00 in the morning. You are going to wake up and look out the window. Itll be going, itll be windy, gusts over 45 Miles Per Hour and heavy snow at times. So the snow arrives around we could already have a few inches by dawn. The plows will be out. The blizzard concerns around 7 00 a. M. Early start but earl littler finish. Close to a foot of snow. Parts of the new york city could even get a little more. Same thing long island and low lower to north. North of i84 lower once you get into northern new jersey. We get a foot or more. Part of this pink band we have going into the burroughs. Big storm, blizzard conditions tomorrow and major coastal flooding. The county is bracing for the largest snowstorm of the season. Crews are ready and hundreds of plows and salt trucks are prime to hit the streets. Marcus solis is in marenette. Reporter being on the communities. For some its snow and slick roads. Here on the Long Island Sound shore its flooding. With the first real snow of the season coming, it might not be obvious why don marino is shoring up his home. What were worried about is the high tide. Of course its going to be high tide. Full moon, you have a full moon, perfect storm for flooding. Our house which is at the end is the highest house out here. And weve never had a problem. But a lot of other people have. Reporter in other parts of west chester snow remains the bigger issue. Crews had 1,300 pounds of salt rock on hand to treat the roads. So were getting ready and were prepared. Reporter as are residents making their runs to Hardware Stores before supplies run out. This is the last thing they had left. They sold out of the calcium chloride and shovels. Reporter back in mamaroneck theyre making sure all their crews are stocked. Reporter were