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