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WABC Eyewitness News This Morning January 28, 2016

21 white plains. The possibilities are there for black ice this morning. We will have a nice day, though. Sunshine and 42. The icy situation is the only problem today. Snow for tomorrow morning. That will slippery up the roads. We will talk about that. Heather is looking at the commute. Weather and traffic every seven minutes. We have newscopter 7 above a jackknifed tractor trailer that i have been telling you about. Lets check in with john del giorno. Reporter good morning, heather. It has been a theme all week long talking about the roadways and how the shoulders are still covered with snow. Huge snow piles in some cases and it doesnt take much. Some vehicles wonder off the roadway a little bit. They get caught in the snow and we have a problem. Thats what happened here on interstate 78. This is the eastbound side at exit 56. So, just before all the exits for 1 and 9 we have a tractor trailer which jackknifed off the roadway on to the right side. I wound up in a snowbank. Process of getting it pulled back on the roadway. You see the snow kicked back on the interstate, traveling eastbound on 78 in the local lanes, only that left lane is open. Heather . Thank you for that, john. We have a big problem on the l. I. E. Westbound near the van wyck. Scat at the b tweeted me said it was a disabled vehicle l. I. E. West because of a massive lane wine pothole. Lane wide pothole. Cross bronx west at westchester avenue an accident. Two lanes are closed. John del giorno was telling us about this 78 problem east near exit 56 accident in the local lanes with a jackknifed tractor trailer. Street cleaning rules are suspended today. Lori, over to you. Breaking news on long island. A close call for a Suffolk Police officer injured in a wrong way crash on sunrise highway. This happened about three hours police say the driver of a van was going west in the eastbound lanes when he crashed into the police cruiser. The officer suffered minor injuries and the van driver was taken into custody. The road has reopened since the crash. Also breaking in new jersey, one Police Officer is injured and a suspected car thief is shot in the head. This happened overnight on ocean avenue in jersey city. Dray clark is following the latest for us. Dray . Reporter we should mention the officer involved with this was not seriously hurt. The vehicle involved ended up stopping at this intersection behind me which is virginia and ocean avenue. Take a closer look at the vehicle. You can see it looks as if a bullet may have hit the windshield. Here is background on how we got to this point. Before 1 00 two jersey city Police Officers pulled over a vehicle that was reported stolen. As one of the officers approached the vehicle and tried to remove the driver from sped off dragging the Police Officer for several feet. As this was happening, the officer reached for his gun, managed to grab his gun and fire hitting the suspect in the head which brought the car to an abrupt stop. The suspect was rushed to nearby Jersey City Medical Center and we are told his injury is not life threatening. Meanwhile, the officer was taken to the hospital and we are told his injury is not serious. In fact, we are told, he was talking to officers as he was being taken to the hospital. Back live at the intersection where the shooting happened, police have not indicated if there was a passenger inside the car. Hudson county prosecutors investigation. Live in jersey city, dray news. A developing story on long island. Two people shot in amityville and Police Searching for the they fled in a car after the shooting. Queens residents are back in their homes this morning after being forced out by carbon monoxide. A manhole fire on leslie road in st. Albans sent co into four midnight. Residents spent hours waiting outside in their cars while firefighters vented the homes cable. Service was restored and inside. New details in the search for the driver of a hit and run that left a teenager critically hurt. Investigators released this pictures overnight showing the red minivan involved in the crash. this happened thursday night on broadway in williamsburg. Police say a 15yearold boy was crossing the street when he was hit. He remains in critical condition. On to the race for president with donald trump being used so he is staying out of fox news debate. Trumps rival ted cruz is adding mockery. Apparently mr. Trump considers megyn kelly very, very scary. You know, donald is a fragile soul. She might ask a mean question. Who knows what could happen. His hair could tapped on end. Cruz said he booked a hall for a private one on one debate with trump but trump tweeted back if the hallways in canada where cruz was born. Trump is going ahead with plans to hold a fundraiser for veterans while the debate is on. Democratic Party Chairman in iowa do not expect mayor de blasios trip to gain many votes for clinton. He will spend three days several chairman say the mayor we start off with clear skies and gets cloudy late. At the bus stop all the huckleberries will be there. They will be there to usher you on the bus. Be careful. 33 degrees. Dress warmly for the bus stop. How is it going, heather orourke. You can see this huge delay. This is route 80, eastbound side of 80. That is the traffic coming toward us. Overturned vehicle at exit 45. This black ice is causing problems for us this morning. Lets go to the maps. We have this problem on 78 eastbound near exit 56 an accident in the local lanes. That jackknifed tractor trailer, that will be a big problem for us. I was telling but 80 east near exit 45 an overturned vehicle. We have delays from before 287 into that spot. Subway service on or close to schedule. Then the cross bronx westbound near westchester avenue an accident. Two lanes shut down at that spot. 495 eastbound looks like that activity over here has been traffic is moving. We had a disabled tractor trailer. Street cleaning rules are suspended. Metered rules are in effect. Ken and lori, over to you. Thank you. New this morning, Governor Cuomo taking action in a town dealing with contaminated tap water. Developing story in upper manhattan. Just tweeted this photo of the nypd on the scene of a deadly stabbing at a homeless shelter. A wild animal on the hear from the Good Samaritan that fought back against a vicious raccoon that injured a little boy. New York City Police commissioner William Bratton and other nypd brass are thanking dozens of traffic agents who helped keep the weekend blizzard. What makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. The best simple veggie dish ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. The best simple dinner ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. Great tasting, heart healthy california walnuts. So simple. Welcome back. Governor cuomo declared a plastics site near albany a superfund site. Residents have not been cooking or drinking with local well water since last month. It is tainted with a chemical linked to cancer. The Plastics Company is paying for a treatment system and bottled water for residents. The socalled affluenza teenager is expected to return he was arrested last month in mexico after police say he and his mother went on the run. He is serving 10 years probation after a crash. Couch will be held in a juvenile detention facility in texas. A little boy in new jersey is set to be released from the hospital today a day after being mauled by a raccoon. Here is pictures of the 6year old. He was walking to school with his mom yesterday morning in elmwood park when the raccoon jumped on him from behind. His mom screamed for help. A Good Samaritan driving by came to his rescue. When i kind of drove up, about 5, 6 feet away from her, i seen this huge raccoon on top of the kid. I imagined that that was my son, you know. I tinchttively it took over. I knew i had to kill the raccoon. Observation. Rabies. Forecast. Lets check in with bill evans who stepped outside the studio here. Bill. We have very little wind. West streets, still slushy. You get outside the warmth of the warm island heat effect of manhattan, we do have a morning where you will have black ice issues from the melting in these overnight hours. Watch out for that on secondary roads driving this morning. The bus stop, heading to the subway, your commute this morning, you need the right footwear. It will be slushy. This morning from our camera in brooklyn over to the lower east side, a nice morning with a calm to a light southerly wind. Pressure at 30. 00. Mark of fair weather, temperature 34, closer to normal this time of year. Sun up at 7 10. It will be according. Clouds increase tonight. Temperatures are in the 20s. You see 26 from massapequa to north port out to the eastern end of long island. Teens to the north and west. Thats why we say be careful and watch out for the melting from yesterday and some freezing in the Early Morning hours. Eyes a pretty otherwise a pretty day. A front will come through tomorrow with snow showers. You will see on the futurecast as we get to 8 00 temperatures in the teens and low 30s. Noontime 40, 42 then tonight we cool back down to numbers. Here is the snow tomorrow morning. Starting around 7 00, 8 00, 9 00, through the morning commute, through the day, off and on snow showers that could slippery up the roads. Blustery and cold in the afternoon. Temperatures in the 30s. It will feel like the 20s with that wind. After school 40s. Nice after school. Your weekend shapes up to be warmer but saturday evening there might be a few flurries night then up to 4 on sunday. Sun and clouds today, 42 degrees. 32 tonight. Tomorrow we got snow showers in the morning lasting into about midday, blustery and much colder, real feels in the 20s. Then as we get into the weekend we start this warming trend. Sunday 44. Up to 50 by tuesday. I want to say good morning to the folks at the Business Owner and manager association in new jersey. I was speaking there about the weather last night. Business owners and managers, they have the buildings, they worry about the weather, snow and hurricanes. I was speaking in morristown, new jersey. I want to say hello to them. It was great. Very nice. Talking weather. Talking traffic is heather. We will talk about route 80 eastbound side near exit 62 in saddle brook an accident. We have newscopter 7. We will check in once again with john del giorno. That looks like a big accident, reporter it is a mess out here, heather. We have been talking about the snow piles and snowbank. What came into issue here is the snowbank between the express and the local lanes. This is near exit 63. I can tell you it looks like one car with a lot of front end damage. There is a second vehicle that the snowbank. A truck is involved and a tractor trailer. Again, this is eastbound exit 63 in the local lanes. What is happening here, all lanes are blocked. You got cars that are coming in the local lanes, crossing across the median through the snow to get into the express lane. Delays are building and building quickly. Look for heavy delays passing the area beyond the garden heather . This is why i dont like the snow. Out to 80 eastbound near exit 45, that is an overturned vehicle. Express lanes. East on 80 out west, eastbound, you will hit this accident. A lot of people aring to try to rush through this past this. Thats why by exit 63 you will find the other accident that newscopter 7 was just above. Big messes on route 80 this morning. Two of them. 78 east exit 56 thats the accident in the local lanes. One lane is closed down. Jackknifed tractor trailer there. 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Abc news obtained information that the average fan has about value ticket for popular event. Most are reserved for insiders and much of what is released is snatched up by brokers using speed buying software. That gets sold for big profits. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans. Across from our camera on the roof to a pretty sunrise today. A few high, thin clouds. We have temperatures that are cold. 18 monticello. 14 sussex. Temperatures are 34 in the park. That is the warm spot that everybody else below freezing could be icing on roadways. The winds are light, 3, 4 Miles Per Hour wind. Next several hours we warm up to the 30s. Low 40s later on this afternoon. A lot of sunshine. New city, rockland county, 39 later on this afternoon. Snow comes tomorrow. Coating the roadways. We will talk about that. Did i say roadways . You did say roadways. Use mass transit tomorrow morning so you dont end up like this. This is a snowbank. This is 80 eastbound, local lanes. Here is the express lanes. Everybody from the express lanes trying to push into the local lanes. We have delays big time on route 80 into this spot which is exit 63 in saddle brook. Another problem route 80 eastbound by 45 an overturned vehicle. Two lanes closed in the express lanes. Cross overramp to the local lanes closed down. Two problems on route 80. Keep your speeds down. Street cleaning rules are suspended. Metered are in effect. Lori, over to you. Heather, thank you. Nasa holds a rare ceremony of remembrance at Arlington National cemetery to mark the 30th anniversary of the shuttle challenger disaster. Seven crew members died in that post launch ex profession. Nasa will pay contribute to the apollo one fire in 1967. The seven restaurants killed when the shuttle columbia broke apart on reentry. There is a new boat joining the Staten Island ferry fleet. The vessel is described as storm resistant. 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First a quick check on the meteorologist bill evans with the forecast. We are starting out in good temperatures. It will feel colder than yesterday because we are closer to normal. 34 degrees. Little wind. Its not harsh. 16 wrightstown. 18 sayreville. All these numbers other than the park are below freezing. Where there was melting yesterday, there could be icy streets, roadways, sidewalks. Watch out for that. 39 by noon. Nice sunshine this afternoon before clouds roll in tonight and snow to talk about for tomorrow. It could be quite a nuisance with slippery roads. Weather and traffic every seven minutes. We have slippery roads this morning. Tomorrow morning think about using mass transit. This is route 80 near exit 63 in saddle brook. This is the express lanes. These are the local lanes. Everybody is jumping over the divider to get in the express lanes because of this accident. So, as john pans out, we have delays e

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