Transcripts For WABC Eyewitness News This Morning 20160210 :

Transcripts For WABC Eyewitness News This Morning 20160210

Streets, sidewalks, thats what this morning, gang. And were looking at temperatures that are a bit on the chilly side at 33 degrees, overnight low. Were looking at whats going to be a day where we do have a shot at some just little snow showers and flurries and things that will continue this morning. 29 degrees around northport to massapequa to out toward the hamptons to montauk. 30 poughkeepsie, 30 andover. Cloudy skies, possibly just a here. Were not looking at a whole lot. There you go, some flurries across Fairfield County. A snow shower up the hudson river valley. There you see the cloud cover added to that for today. We will be looking at whats going to be some snow showers an flurries this morning. But we warm to 42, and thats going to be the warmest day for a while. Well talk about this frigid cold air coming up in just a moment. Weather then heather every seven minutes. Is there something going on with the q trains . Reporter there was something going on with the q trains. They were doing some track work, but theyve completed it, you may experience some residual delays. Long island railroad, metro north and new Jersey Transit doing fine. You have to feed the meters. We had an earlier accident on 80, it was east, right near exit 53. That accident has been cleared away. And the bayonne bridge has been reopened with that earlier construction cleared. We do have alternate side of the Street Parking rules once again. They are sus pended, but dont forget, you have to feed those meters. Lori, over to you. All right, heather, thank you. Were going to start now with breaking news in queens. Police are searching for a driver who hit and killed a teenager and left her for dead in the street. This happened overnight on sunrise highway near Francis Lewis boulevard. Eyewitness News Reporter mallory hoff is live now in rosedale with more on the vehicle that police are looking for. Mallory. Reporter lori, a dark colored dollar van, thats the vehicle investigators are actively searching for this morning. If you take a look behind me, is the area where this happy around 12 30 this morning. Take a look at this video from the moments after this hit and run took place. Police say a 16yearold girl was hit and killed. Again, investigators now looking for a dark colored dollar van this morning. The teen was crossing at sunrise highway at Francis Lewis boulevard, the driver traveling eastbound at the time, this is near the rosedale train station. Now, back out here live, you can actually see a few items scattered in the road where First Responders attempted to help this teenager. The speed limit in this area is 40 miles per hour. As you can see, is generally well lit. Again, investigators this morning actively searching for this driver and this young girl did not survive this hit and run. We are live in queens this morning, mallory hoff, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Mallory, thank you. It is 4 33. Donald trump and Bernie Sanders, thats the win for their parties in the New Hampshire primary and the numbers spoke volumes. Granite state. He got 35 of the vote, john kasich finished second. Ted cruz mustered up 12 . Hes in a tight squeeze with marco rubio and jeb bush. As for the democrats, sanders swept clinton with 60 of the vote. Hillary just 39 . Of course sanders is hoping to keep that momentum going right here in our area. Eyewitness News Reporter dray clark is live in harlem where sanders is having a key breakfast meeting today. Dray, good morning. Reporter good morning, ken. After that landslide victory in New Hampshire last night, Bernie Sanders now heads south to the carolinas. Along the way, his first stop will be here in harlem with a breakfast with reverend al sharpton. Sanders knows the voting demographic will change as he heads to South Carolina and he wants to strengthen his support among africanamerican voters. Together we have sent the message that will echo from wall street to washington, from reporter for Bernie Sanders, victory as sweet as maple syrup, for Hillary Clinton a loss unimaginable five months ago. Sanders appeal was greatest among younger voters. He also won decidessively among male voters and held his own against clinton winning female voters. Clinton comes back to new york today to reportedly shake up her Campaign Staff in brooklyn. I know i have some work to do, particularly with young people, but i will repeat again what i have said this week, even if they are not supporting me now, i support them. Reporter a record turnout with lines two miles long gave donald trump the victory he hungered for after losing in iowa. We are going to make america so great again, maybe greater than ever before. I love you all. Thank you, New Hampshire. Reporter Ohio Governor john take second place. You made it happen. You made it happen. Reporter but far behind, the governor who bet his white house dreams on a strong showing in New Hampshire, Chris Christie came in sixth place, a crushing disappointment. So were going to go home to new jersey to wait, by tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon we should know, we should know what the vote count is and thats going to allow us to make a decision about how we move from here in this race. Reporter governor Chris Christie definitely has some soul searching to do. He has to determine whether he has enough momentum and more importantly enough money to stay the course and make a run in South Carolina. Time will tell on that front. Meanwhile, that breakfast between Bernie Sanders and reverend al sharpton is scheduled to happen here at sylvias later on this morning at 9 30. Were live in harlem, dray clark, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Dray, thank you. And stay with Eyewitness News and abc news for updates on the race for the white house. Good morning america will pick up our coverage with live hampshire. They begin at 7 00 this morning. 4 37. And jury deliberations are resumed today in the manslaughter trial of npped np officer peter liang. During closing arguments yesterday, partners claim that the shooting was reckless and not an accident. Iangs attorney argued it was a terrible tragedy, not a crime. Liang shot akye girly in a stairwell while patrol ago brooklyn housing project. Rapper dmx was rescued by police who found him laying in a yonkers parking lot. He wasnt breathing at the time and had no pulse. Security guards at the ramada inn say the rapper had collapsed after he headed outside. Emergency crews had to do chest compressions. They gave him oxygen and the drug narcan after a witness claim thad dmx was having a drug overdose. In an exclusive interview, the singers wife dismissed that idea. She just told me that he was happy to be alive, everything was going good, he was feeling good. He said it was an asthma attack. I know a lot of people told me dont think so. You know, he has a long history of asthma, and he said he had a bad cold for about a week, and he said that, you know, i guess you dont get treated results, he said it was chest pains, the next thing he knew he was on the floor and in the hospital dmx expects to get out of a hospital later today. Well, a robber took the road less traveled to rip off a liquor store in brooklyn and it was call caught on camera. Cop it was all caught on camera. Police say the robber got into the store by cutting a hole through the ceiling. This happened in bedstuy last evening before the store opened. The thief broke a lot of bottles and stole about 10,000 from the registers. His way out was his way in, back through the ceiling. Time is 4 38. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Meteorologist bill evans and the exclusive accuweather forecast. All right. Here we go. You can see the tops of the clouds in the buildings, low cloud cover and some flurries around and that will be our morning regime of weather here. We look to the west side, west 66th and columbus avenue, and we got wet streets and sidewalks. And thats going to be the thing today, you just have to watch for some icy patches outside, you know, the five boroughs which is always a little warmer since the heat pipes are underneath streets here. Well, there could be some slick spots on roadways and maybe a little flurry or two creating some slippery sidewalks. 33 degrees right now, a few flurries across Fairfield County in connecticut and long island and down here toward new jersey. This low will cut up into canada, our low creating the snow showers is out here. That will move on out into the atlantic today and well be looking at just some flurries around this morning and 34, 35 degrees. Then we get brightening skies, and we get to near 40 this afternoon, maybe even some breaks of sunshine. And as we go into tonight, its going to start to get really cold with some flurries around this evening which well talk about next. The frigid air is on the way. Every seven minutes. Heather, what do you got going on this morning . Reporter i have the fdr here, the cones set up. This is the southbound side of the fdr drive, getting right through the 90s. You can see we do have some construction there. Take a look at Staten Island and how the bayonne bridge is looking. You can see the cones are looking, but theyre all off on the zebra stripes. Bayonne bridge reopened about 4 30. That traffic hold they have been doing over at the goethals bridge has been canceled for this morning. We had some earlier track work on our q trains right near 42nd street. That track work has been cleared away. Long island railroad, metro north, new Jersey Transit trains, theyre doing just fine. We do have alternate side of the Street Parking rules suspended for today, but you need to feed those meters. Dont forget about that. And then as you head onto route 80 east, exit 53 and the accident cleared away. So alternate sides suspended, metered rules, they have to be fed. Ken and lori, over to you all right, heather, thank you. 4 40. And still ahead, a building crashes down on a construction worker and he survives. A california man gets trapped inside a newspaper stand for days. Coming up how he was rescued and why he was there in the first place. A former Catholic Priest is behind bars, charged in a decadesold murder of a young texas butte queen. This morning were learning more about the cold case. And the nightmare is almost over for passengers on that battered cruise ship that sailed right into a powerful storm. New information this morning on 4 43. Welcome back. Well, that Royal Caribbean cruise ship that sailed right into a storm due to be back in bayonne tonight. This as one federal senator is calling for an investigation. See, the ship ran into a rough storm, in fact, a hurricane strength wind storm from the carolina coast. It was battered by winds over 100 miles an hour. Waves were 30 feet high. Those passengers were horrified. The ocean tossed them about. Its probably the biggest scare that ive had so far in my life. Well, a captain insists the power of the storm was a surprise, but the National Weather service says huhuh, they predicted the Hurricane Force winds in the area four days before. Wow 4 44. Take a look at this video, an old parking garage is being demolished in houston when suddenly something went horribly wrong. The structure fell down right on top of an excavator. But after the dust cleared, the excavator and its operator appeared unharmed. Wow that is very fortunate for them. Very fortunate. If that arm wasnt up like that, that would have been it. It is 4 44. Meteorologist bill evans joins us with the exclusive accuweather forecast here we go, guys, were going to be looking at cloudy skies, lights are on at the rink here. Thats fifth avenue, thats 59th street. You see the clouds are low here, we got some flurries around. But we are going to be looking at that, only some flurries. Streets and things could be wet, maybe a little slippery. 33 degrees, high humidity and calm wind. We had a high yesterday of 36. Normal is 41 this time of the year. And we are looking at whats going to be temperatures at the freezing mark. Off to our north and west, hackettstown, 28. Beautiful sentinnary college. I have an honnary doctorate degree from the college in science. And we have winds this morning there are calm to light around the area. It will be a day where we just have some flurries, and a chilly morning. I mean, the wind chills you see in spots are around 28 from central park to 32 around Staten Island, up to the north were looking at 30 poughkeepsie to around bridgeport. So not that harsh. Winds are not that strong. However, once again around the high tide cycle this morning, there is a couple of flood advisory and thats going to be until 3 00, western Long Island Sound and down the jersey the tide will come up again today, and the high times are starting around 9 00, 10 00 today and will be going on a across western Long Island Sound. So that could be just minor flooding in some spots to none. So we are looking at flurries here in Suffolk County long island, Fairfield County, new haven, back to the west. You know, theres these clouds, but theres just periods of snow and a very complex weather pattern, one low to the south and one low off to the north. So today by 6 00 were still looking at the freezing mark and some flurries around. Look, breaks of sunshine by 10 00 in the afternoon. Gets to 40 and upper 30s. Well, this is as warm as its going to get because coming will be this flow out of the north and actor irk air will be pouring in here this evening and tonight and tomorrow. And look at our weekend, 22 the high on saturday with some flurries and 19 on sunday. A few flurries, cloudy taw, breaks of sun by midday, afternoon, were looking at 40. Cloudy, brisk and cold tonight with snow showers around, 24 the low. And then tomorrow the arctic assault begins. Breaks of sunshine, blustery, colder, a snow shower, the temperature 30, but its going to feel like the teens with the wind out there. Windy and cold on friday, deliberator the high, 30 the high, 22 look at that low saturday night, 3 and 22 on sunday. And the low sunday night of 3. Youre missing a digit or something. Youre right. I dont believe im seeing that. I think sunday nights temperature might be a little warmer than that, but 4 . Right. Right. He was telling me, whats the and zero . It all feels the same around that number. And weird things happen, doors on the cars freeze and all kinds of crazy stuff when you do the forecast monday morning outside, maybe well try freezing the neck again. I cant be here monday. Ive got stuff to do. [ laughter ] okay. Well see you monday. Reporter i have to sit next to fireplaces. That will be fun. Reporter monday is a holiday, so at least a lot of rest under the covers next to the fire or the furnace and a blow torch. Reporter long island railroad, metro north, new Jersey Transit, theyre all running on or close to schedule. Q train track work has clear. Subways doing just fine. New jersey turnpike, garden state parkway, the speeds are reduced in both directions. Now, the parkway speed reduction is north of exit 124, but this is for your own safety. Theyre still out there, they are salting the roadways, and then bayonne bridge reopened with that earlier construction cleared away. Going over here to route 80 east right near exit 53, that accident clear. Street cleaning rules are suspended, but the metered rules are in effect. Ken, over to you. All right, heather, thank you. 4 48. The Detroit Pistons delivered some much needed support to flint, michigan before heading into the allstar break. Members of the National Guard got their break yesterday when players took over their duties and handed out bottled water. The pistons also picked up dinner for the guardsmen and spent time at flints fire stations. They said this is the time that people need to show support for thats what community is all about, you know. Its you know, you definitely need community whenever things are good, but you definitely need community whenever things are going bad. Well, dozens of nba players are helping out with relief efforts in flint. The Players Union expected to announce Additional Support in the coming weeks. A former priest in arizona has been arrested in the decadesold murder of a beauty queen in texas. 83yearold john fite is expected to enter a plea today on charges he killed irene garza in 1960. Garza was 25yearold when her body was found in a canal in texas. Last time she was seen alive, she was going to confession at a church where fite was a visiting priest. Fz ite was arrested yesterday at his home in scottsdale, arizona and is awaiting extradition addition. 4 49. An elderly man got trap inside his newspaper stand for four days until somebody finally heard his cries for help. The 84yearold vendor was selling newspapers in los somehow locked himself inside the outdoor stand. Well, he didnt have any food or any water and soon realized that he couldnt break out on his own. The man then startd to call for help and hoped somebody would finally hear him as temperatures began to rise. Theyre having a big heat wave in southern california. Somebody nearby finally heard his voice and called police. He was completely weak. He was dehydrated, he was having just a hard enough time breathing. Well, the vendor is now recovering at the hospital. Well, breastfeeding mothers traveling through Atlant

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