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WABC Eyewitness News First At 4 February 9, 2016

There. This is what the radar looks like right now. Bright whites and steadier snows west of philly, a few snows starting to get into mercer county, a couple of snow showers over Southern Ocean county. That whole band of snowfall right there and rain is starting to lift to the north and thats what we are counting on to produce our snowfall during the overnight. To be honest with you, hasnt looked very impressive through the afternoon hours in terms of the snowfall it can produce. If we look at our shortrange futurecast this is what it looks like, the snow showers are going to be lifting through Central New Jersey during the evening hours, so high 78, garden state parkway, we can see slippery spots and some snowy coatings across the area. Then during the overnight the area of snow is going to expand into the north and then its going to peek and start to break up and retreat toward the morning hours. So instead of just being sort of a smooth band of snow, probably patchy snow showers and some light accumulations, so heres what you need to know, snow dedevelops this evening, i think the steadiest is overnight and leading into why its a problem with the timing. Looking at a coating to a couple of inches for most, i will highlight on our snowfall map which ill work on for main weather that we can get 2 inches or more in parts of central, southern new jersey and parts of long island as well. The big story will be slick roads for the morning commute and turn into a snow brush storm for most of us. I dont think we are talking about plowing or shoveling in most spots with the right accumulations. We will address that with the snowfall map and look ahead to the sevenday forecast in a few minutes. Thank you. Go to meteorologist jeff smith. Hes in the Broad Channel section of queens, an area that was underwater this water but i hear its looking a lot better now, jeff. Reporter where i was standing there were multiple feet of water and talk about being surrounded by water. Broad channel for all intents and purposes is an island right in the middle of jamaica bay, jamaica bay right behind me, and the bay was literally in this neighborhood earlier today. You can see some of the debris left over. Flooding is really becoming a way of life. For the second day in a row, ocean waters surged into sections of queens and long island during high tide. Water levels this morning were 3 feet above the already high tide caused by the new moon. Floating down, everything it was like really i would say it was about that high. Reporter from far rockaway to island park, roads became rivers. Broad channel keys is e queens is especially vulnerable. You got the last park over there, the floods from the top of the hill down three blocks. Reporter homeowners here deal with flooding on a semiregular basis but this latest episode packed more of a punch than usual. This was like i was walking out the door, you know, thats how it was but it was pretty you know, its pretty deep. Reporter one of the big challenges here, how to keep your car from getting swamped. I lost the car january i had an altima, water got in the car so i had to get rid of that and then i got this one. Thank god i had the truck because the water came up to the doors but didnt get in. Reporter according to some residents, this community is flooding. Honestly, from being here for 18 years, i think that might be true because we never had water every month and now we are getting it every moon tide. Been a big move around here to rebuild, the marshes out there because they hold the water. You lose the marshes, nothing to hold it back. Reporter and unfortunately more water is going to be coming into the neighborhoods tonight. High tide at 91108 9 08 p. M. In queens. Theres another high tide tomorrow morning that could cause some minor flooding. The good news is, these two next successive high tide cycles probably a little bit less severe than the ones we got this morning and also yesterday morning. Live in Broad Channel queens, im meteorologist jeff smith thank you, jeff. We have you covered with the latest forecasts in your area. You can download it for free by searching abc7ny. Com. Rapper dmx was found unresponsive. Police were called to a ra maid inn ramada inn last night and found the performer in the parking lot, he was not breathing and did not have pulse. First responders gave him oxygen and he started to breathe on his own. He was then taken to the hospital. His attorney tells us he suffers from asthma and now back at home and doing just fine. The teenager caught on camera allegedly assaulting a stranger in the socalled knockout game turned himself in to police in paterson. 18yearold Christian Gonzalez is charged as a juvenile with aggravated assault and was 17 at the time of the attack. The video shows the teen punching an elderly man on the street in december. That video was posted online and then went viral. The teenager, who allegedly videotaped the attack, has already turned himself in. Gonzalezs Attorney Says people should not rush to judgment. So hes a very young man with some very serious issues and before anybody throws a judgment about who he is, they need to learn a little more about who he is and his in his totality. Gonzalez is due in Court Tomorrow morning. The victim was treated at a hospital and released. Well, later this afternoon a jury could begin deliberating the fate of nypd officer peter liang who was charged with manslaughter for the shooting death of an unarmed man. It was recklessness and an an accident but his attorneys argue today that the incident was a terrible tragedy and not a crime. Eyewitness News Reporter n. J. Burkett is outside the courthouse in downtown brooklyn with much more on todays closing arguments. Reporter thats right, liz. In fact, the jury is expected to get this case any minute. This manslaughter case against nypd Police Officer peter liang and jurors are getting this case after a blistering summation by the prosecutor. Liang as you know is accused of drawing his weapon and firing a single shot recklessly into a dark stairwell in the pink houses in east new york. That shot struck akai gurley in the chest and killed him. Although prosecutors have insisted that act was reckless, the defense has insisted that liang was startled and fired his gun accidentally, said that to the jury over and over again. They said he had reason to draw his weapon despite the fact that gurley was unarmed and posed no obvious threat. The prosecutions case is a lot of [ indiscernible ] reporter in the peoples opening they made many, many what they were going to prove they have to prove their case to you beyond a reasonable doubt. One of the people who was sworn was a nice girl and on november 20th he shot and killed gurley for no good reason. Reporter right before he began his charge, the judge dismissed one of the official misconduct counts against peter liang, the count that dealt with his alleged failure to provide aid to akai gurley. That said, there were still other four counts, counts are manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and then the other official misconduct. The case expected to go to the jury at any moment. We will have much more on this developing story coming up on Eyewitness News at 6 00 tonight. For now we are live in downtown brooklyn, n. J. Burkett, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Not asking for your money, im asking for your vote. We want your vote, sir, please. I think i will stay on one knee. We look forward to flipping could mean a difference. Milestone. Support. And they are looking to sway any undecided last minute the president ial candidates hoping for a good showing in New Hampshire. The nations first primary expected to help narrow the republican field. Political reporter dave evans live in manchester, New Hampshire with a preview. Reporter we have already had some votes cast and counted here in New Hampshire, up in the little tiny town of dixville, 20 minutes from the Canadian Border they have a tradition of voting right after midnight. They go ahead and open the baltz right ballots right after midnight. The nine votes this morning, it went three for john kasich, republican governor of ohio, two for donald trump and then four for Bernie Sanders of vermont. New hampshire of course very important, it is the first state in this Election Year to necessarily have to come in first place to go on and do great things. Barack obama, he came in in second place behind Hillary Clinton back in 2008 here, and bill clinton, comeback kid what he was dubbed when he came in second back in 1992. It is finally election day and the campaigning keeps going here nonstop. Good morning. Reporter they are pushing so hard in New Hampshire and New Hampshire so small that Hillary Clinton at one voting location even bumped into the husband of g. O. P. Candidate carly fiorina. Beginning the letter s. Reporter we expect a record turnout today and a lot of voters say they are still undecided. That could be good for clinton. We are going to keep working literally until the last vote is cast. Reporter Bernie Sanders from neighboring vermont has led clinton in the polls for months now. Her supporters, though, are hoping for a comeback. Im a firm hillary voter. Reporter how do you think she is going to do today . Truthfully, i dont think she is going to do better than most people expect. Unbelievable, unbelievable. Reporter donald trump is making headlines again, asked about ted cruz, trump last night repeated a vulgarity from a woman in the audience. She said he is a [ bleep ] i dont think its the kind of thing that a president ial candidate says but thats donald and i know him for a long time so hes going to do what hes going to do. Reporter on the republican side its all about who finishes second tonight, who could be a legitimate contender to donald trump and ted cruz. Governor john kasich in ohio is climbing in the latest polling. What would a we are carolina. Reporter before South Carolinas vote later this month, former new york city mayor Mike Bloomberg could jump in. What do you think of bloomberg . I think hes the democrat so reporter you dont like him . No, im not leaning towards bloomberg, even though i like him, he did a great job with reporter and supporters of Mike Bloomberg says he only needs to wait until after the New Hampshire primary to decide whether he does jump into the race for a possible bid for the white house. But i think hes probably going to have to wait a little bit longer to see if Hillary Clinton improves in the next couple of elections, the votes in nevada and also in South Carolina later this month. We will see you later tonight. For now, reporting live in manchester, New Hampshire, dave evans, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. We invite you to stay with Eyewitness News and abc news as the results come in later on tonight. We will have complete wrapup at 11 00 and all evening long at abc7ny. Com. Coming up we will explain what was behind this incredible and dangerous scene. Plus, cam newtons abrupt exit from that post super bowl you like being picture perfect. You should want your banking to be too. 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Watch as the alitalia flight from milan wobbles during its landing and as soon as it hits the runway, the tires start to smoke and the jet bounces back into the air. At that point the pilot made the decision to abort the landing because hurricane forced winds just kept the jet from landing on both wheels. Really having a tough time. The plane circled London City Airport for a few minutes, the conditions improved and then he was able to land safely. Fat tuesday is in full swing in new orleans. This is the final day of celebration before mardi gras ends and it kicked off before sunrise. Hundreds of people came out to tradition alive. The floats, costumes, marching bands and all those much desired beads will be gone by midnight. Now, we entertained for a second showing you some live video of the stuff going on down there but after we saw some video coming out of there, we said lets screen that out and we will just go with 22nd delay or something 20second delay or something. Cover your eyes. Oh, no. Meanwhile they are not dealing with snow tomorrow. Say that again. They are not dealing with snow tomorrow. No, no. I had to think about that first. No. But we are. Trick question. This is a tricky little storm situation, guys. The message from a lot of the weather guidance this afternoon is not as much but i have seen this situation before and its over achieved and produced a lot of snow so i will explain to you whats happening with this forecast and what you need to prepare for tomorrow morning. Right now its dry outside, look at a picture into lower manhattan, still thin spots in the clouds so we are not snowing heavily anytime soon showers over parts of new jersey, 36 degrees. See the humidity isnt that high so even if snow on radar is moving in, its not reaching the ground that heavily. The easterly wind at three and the high today 36. We are least above freezing right now and even if we see anything fall near the evening hours roadways would just be wet so murray hills at 36, same thing cambria heights, 34 in oakwood. 33 trenton, snow there, 34 in belmar, sorry about the siren. 31 degrees 7 00 tonight, there are snow showers especially south and west of new york city, there will be snow showers overnight and into the morning commute tomorrow and there will be coatings, even a couple of inches in spots. Its very slippery even if we only get light accumulations so prepare on that and i would not be shocked to see school delays. As we look at the radar and satellite right now you can see pennsylvania to rare raritan and plainsboro. We have some snow showers near stafford township in Southern Ocean county, you can pick up a couple of inches there. But to the north and east, not of going on but you can see all that snow to the west, the heaviest snow southwest of allentown down into the philly area. Its not your classic storm setup. What we have is two lows, one near toronto and one thats already way offshore and you see that live Lightning Strike near the delmarva . Also a third low developing. Whats happening is these two lows are linked by a front and essentially the lows will tow that front through and along with it areas of snow. At the same time there may be another low that forms where you see that Lightning Strike and that could enhance some of the snow later tonight into tomorrow morning over long island, especially eastern long island, we have heard that story so many times this evening with Suffolk County doing well. Watch how the futurecast screams not that impressive in terms of snowfall amounts. We have the light snows trying to move into the evening hours, snows overnight but look at how this futurecast diminishes the intensity and coverage of snowfall. If that were to be the case, they are only seeing coatings around the area but im not ready to buy that just yet. Snow showers could be with us through late morning and then pull out and then when it gets gusty and sun comes out and we day. Right now, take a close look at this snowfall map. Looking for a general coating to an inch or two across the area, the heaviest amounts west of philly. Lets highlight the areas that are probably the best chances for seeing those two maybe a localized 3inch amounts, interior new jersey, and Central New Jersey and then a chance with that new low forming to be over Suffolk County. Thats what we are looking at for maybe a couple of hot spots with some of the higher amounts. We are talking about more of a nuisance storm but slippery roads because of the morning commute. Periods of snow tonight accumulating coating to an inch or two, maybe three in a couple of spots. Snow to flurries with breaks of and then down to 26 tomorrow night and wind chill will be in the teens. Coming up at 4 30, that thursday map, we are going to start fighting to get to the freezing mark and we begin a bitter stretch of weather that becomes crazy cold over the weekend. So i think we are going to have to adjust the snowfall maps throughout the night. I will have the seven day in a few minutes. Back to you for now. If you havent done so already, download the app because thats what youre going to need to get through the rest of the day. Coming up, the ultimate nervy nerdy get out of school note and why it involves Bruce Springsteen. Plus a remarkable story of survival. More than 60 hours after an earthquake hit, a little girl is pulled alive from the going to show you i always heard fios was a lot faster. But i thought it would be a hassle to switch. Turns out it wasnt. They showed up when i asked

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