[ cheers and applause ] the snow. Right after us. Until 1 00. It gets heavy around 2 00, 3 00, watch the pink line and the blue lines in the south. That is ice and then rain. It creeps right up to the south by 5 00. So we will see 5 00, and then county. Changing to rain. And tonight, we start to see here. And then everybody is in the rain tonight. We are going to talk about some very heavy rain and flooding afternoon. In your accuWeather Forecast. I will be back in just a moment. Back to you, shirley and david. Bill, thank you. Remember, you can stay on top of the Winter Weather conditions on our acu track alert app and it is tree to download for android or iphone. A power outage, plunging part of Grand Central terminal into the dark. A commuter tweeted out this photo of the blackout on the lower level. Fortunately, trains are not impacted. Tim fleischer is live with details. Tim, what is going on there . Reporter david, i have been inside for the last hour or so. We are able to tell that you this power outage fortunately has occurred on this holiday, thus it is impacting fewer passengers and fewer trains here at tbrand central. The lights went out on the lower level at Grand Central about mid morning. It is also affecting several corridors on the main level as well. One of them leading to and from lexington avenue. Stores there are closed as a result of it. And again, people are being ushered around those troubled areas. Mta officials believe it is related to a water main break. Perhaps water reaching electric components down on the lower level. For now, trains are coming and going from the upper level, and passengers appear to be dealing with the inconveniences. It is scary. Because i walked in, and all i saw was blackness. Over there in the corners, i was like wow. Something is not right. Yeah. But i didnt know what it was that wasnt right. I couldnt tell. It was kind of weird. I dont know. I dont really go here often. So im not used to how it reporter usually, all of the lights are on and people are coming and going. But again a power outage on the lower level has shut down part of that lower level. Trains coming in, on the upper level, passengers appeared not to be inconvenienced by this. We will continue to stay on top of it. So far at this noon hour, no word when that power will be restored. Reporting live in midtown, tim fleischer, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Tim, thank you for the update. Former new york governor Eliot Spitzer could be at the center of a new scandal. He is accused of choking a woman inside the plaza hotel. Political reporter dave evans is live in midtown with the details for us. Reporter these kinds of cases, it is awfully difficult for police to move forward, when the alleged victim is not but it supposedly happened here on saturday night, at about hotel. Of assaulting a 25yearold woman. It allegedly happened saturday night at the plaza hotel. Where rooms cost at least 1,000 a night. Our camera got this shot of a Police Detective going into the hotel. And a crime scene van nearby. Police responded after a 911 call made by the woman. Police went to spitzers room and asked, is there a problem . Sources say spitzer responded, everything is fine. There is no problem. Police left, but returned later, and thats when they supposedly saw blood and broken glass. Travis was taken to the hospital and thats when she claims spitzer attacked her earlier at the hotel. Im disappointed ive disappointed and failed to living up to the standard i expected of myself. Spitzer resigned in 2008 when accused of soliciting prostitutes. He tried the political comeback when he ran for city controller but lost to scott stringer. First im asking forgiveness for what led to my resignation but i hope they will look for the record that i had as attorney general, as governor, in the latest development, the woman who may have had a relationship with spitzer for up to two years has supposedly not been helpful in the police investigation. One source says she may have even returned to russia. A spokesman for spitzer put out a Statement Last night, there is no truth to this allegation. And again, this alleged victim, she went to the hospital, supposedly because she tried to cut herself. The former governor supposedly accompanied her to the hospital. And thats where she then made the allegation that earlier in the evening, that spitzer supposedly tried to choke her during this argument. There is some confusion about how long these two have known each other. Sources are saying that they may have dated for the last couple of years. That is somewhat confusing because as a lot of us who have followed politics for the past couple of years know the former governor used to live liz smith, the former spokesperson, mayor deblasio. Fall. So there is some confusion about the time line of who is dating whom for the last couple of years. This afternoon and have more for you later. For now, reporting live outside the plaza, dave evans, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, dave. Firefighters battle heavy flames that tore through a vacant Apartment Building this morning in the bronx. The fire broke out in the basement of the building. On olmstead avenue in union port at around 5 45. The flames quickly spread to building. Crews to contain it. No one was hurt. Moving flames that burned through several homes in green port, brooklyn. The flames broke out around 10 00 last night, in this case in a home on diamond street and quickly spread to two nearby houses. Four people were hurt but not seriously. More than 140 firefighters braved the brutal cold to douse the flames there. The cold is always a challenge. But it really didnt cause any problems fighting the fire. It wasnt an impediment or anything like that. It is just uncomfortable. I was so cold. I thought i would get sick. And eventually i came in here. When it was done, the fire destroyed one building. And authorities declared two others structurally unsound. The red cross placed several people in housing, while most of the families affected by the fire are staying with neighbors. The suspect in the murder of a woman and her two children is due back in court, on Staten Island tomorrow. Michael six was arrested on saturday, after a fourday man hunt. He is being held without bail after pleading not guilty. Sykes is charged in the stapping death of his girlfriend Rebecca Cutler and two of her children including his own 4monthold daughter. A third child is in critical but stable condition. The younkers Police Department is mourning the death of one of their own. Investigators say offduty detective Frank Fernandez was killed after crashing his suv into a fire truck. It happened early yesterday morning near palmer and sunny brook roads. The 45yearold had been with the younkers Police Department for 15 years. The crash is now under investigation. Death of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia. Flags at the u. S. Capitol are honor. Two days after scalias death, the fight over his successor is the hot topic from washington to the campaign trail. Abcs lana zac is live in washington with all of the lana . David. Youre absolutely right. Drawn. And we understand that a team from the white house has been working around the clock since saturday, looking at a list of potential nominees. Justice Antonin Scalia was arguably the brightest conservative legal mind in america and the implication on a rench dumb on the Supreme Court. Less than an hour after referendum on the Supreme Court. Less than an hour after his dg something they may choose to do after the election, according to senator lindsey graham, on gma. When an election is over, the president wins, they have a a ser right now is this gton, lana zack, channel 77 Eyewitness News. Thank you, lana. And the Supreme Court justice has a local tie to our area. He was born in trenton and grew you can learn more about his n hablan who pulled the trigger. Pope francis celebrating mexicos indigenous people, as he reaches the midway mark of his fiveday visit to the country. And right now, we have live pictures of the pope leading a large outdoor mass in chiappa state in the southern part of the country. The service including readings, prayers and songs in three the vatican just approving the languages used in the service. Doctors without borders says an attack on one of its hospitals in syria has killed as many as 15 people. The medical charity says the hospital was destroyed by four missiles. Five patients, a caretaker and a hospital guard were killed. Eight members of the hospital staff are missing and feared dead. The syrian observatory for human rights claims the attack was carried out by russian warplanes. In israel, former Prime Minister ehud olmert began sentence today. The 70yearold was convicted of bribery before he became Prime Minister. He entered prison hours after releasing a video message in which he denied the charges. He appealed to israelis to remember his efforts to bring peace to the region. Hawaii has now declared a state of emergency over mosquitoborn diseases, including the zika virus. Dengue feature outbreak. With more than 250 confirmed cases on the big island. In light of that, Health Officials are concerned about the zika virus. So far no cases have been transmitted in hawaii. The gloves are clearly off between the republican president ial candidates as the South Carolina primary fast approaches and jeb bush is bringing in a political heavy weight. For the first time former president george w. Bush and laura bush will join jeb at a rally in charleston. And marco rubio looking to fire up the crowd in a town hall meeting in rock hill. He shared his vision for how he would redefine the job of commander in chief. Meantime ted cruz held a rally less than an hour ago in aiken. Guest. And he was the target of most of Donald Trumps in colteds in saturdays debate. Trump is in greenville. And the democrats turn to nevada. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders campaigning in the state today. Clinten is focused on winning the women vote. And clinton and sanders yesterday spoke at Victory Missionary Baptist Church with a predominantly African American members and today Hillary Clinton had a breakfast with union members. Police carried out a massive drug bust finding drugs stashed ai would in in conspicuous ice, a liquid drug known as ice hidden in art supplies and silicon bra inserts, part of a shipment traced to a hong con storage facility. Million. People over the haul. It is one of the biggest drug busts in australias history. Well, from the super bowl, Peyton Manning named in the Sexual Assault case, involving his college days. We have more details about the allegations. And a fearless woman turns the tables on a wouldbe purse snatcher. Lets take a live look outside, and more Winter Weather today. But bill is telling us a Silver Lining. Meteorologist bill evans up next we stop arthritis pain, so you dont have to stop. Tylenol 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. The first is fast. The second lasts all day. We give you your day back. What you do with it is up to you. Tylenol. When your type 2 diabetes numbers arent moving in the right direction, it can be a burden. Imagine loving your numbers. Discover oncedaily invokana. With over 6 million prescriptions and counting, its the 1 prescribed sglt2 inhibitor that works to lower a1c. 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It is in the moderate zone. The winds are northeast and pressure is falling. The temperature, the minus one, i put an asterisk behind it. The morning low yesterday for valentines day. And snow this afternoon and this evening. Looking at probably a period of ice in there, too. That will make for a slippery travel day, during the commute, going to and coming from the holiday here. We will be looking at that as well as possibly some flooding from rain tomorrow. Temperatures around 12 in monticello to 23 in the park. The winds are light. Not that bad. They are out of the east and the northeast. And so they are kind of coming right in. 15, 17 degrees. 1 toward monticello. We will be looking at the snow and the Winter Weather advisory, building upon, that as we go into the afternoon hours, into tonight. So here comes the snow on the radar. Most of it is heavy here. Down to philly, delaware bay, moving northward. A big old batch of rain to the southwest. And that comes in tomorrow. So we get this first wave of snow coming in, and you can see the temperature, it just keeps rising, as we go. And 32 by 5 00 and 34 on long island. And here comes the rain as we get to 7 00, and by 7 00, 8 00, that rain is across the cities, right across long island, just to the south. Connecticut. And then it keeps going northward. So everybody is kind of in that and probably going to be a good amount of mixing with some ice in the north and west. And tomorrow afternoon, starting at 1 00 to 2 00, west of the city, very heavy rain. And that will be pushing right through tomorrow evening. Look at the temperatures, in the low to mid50s. So eastward, and probably none in eastern long island, because of the rain. But 13 in the north and west. Look at the rainfall tomorrow afternoon, an inch or more of rain in spots. Slippery for this early afternoon. 32. Tonight after sunset, 7 00, 8 00, the snow mixes with ice and changes to rain. Temperatures rise overnight. In the 40s. Degrees. Very heavy rain for the afternoon. Flooding. Silver lining. Sun and clouds on wednesday. 45. And 41 thursday. 42 friday. And it gets golden for the weekend. So there you go. The Silver Lining, a gold star. What more could you want . You have delivered, bill. You have delivered. Never looked forward to tuesday this much. Thank you. We will have more coming up. And we will keep an eye on it for you through the afternoon. Thanks, bill. A surprising revelation, kanye west says he owes millions and wait until you see who he is asking for help. And really incredible video. We will show you where you can are you happy with your bathroom . I wasnt. But for years, i didnt do anything about it. I thought i didnt have the money, until i learned about bath fitter. Bath fitter puts a new bathtub right over your old one. Isnt that amazing . Bath fitter will measure and make you a new custom bathtub that they install right over your existing one, with beautiful matching walls. 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