Some ice boating. Reporter rich fitzpatrick manages the Hardware Store in sparta. Without snow business is sluggish especially compared to last year. Last year was phenomenal for snow blower and other sales. It was almost we couldnt keep up. Reporter last winter he sold more than 1,000 bags of rock salt and calcium chloride combined. This year he only sold about 300. Clearly this winter has been slow for snow. We lushly get 4. 8 we usually get 4. 8 in december. We only had a trace. Now we usually have 2. 4 but we have received none yet. This is an el nino winter which is warmer than average precipitation but often more rain than snow. And that has some people or lack thereof come spring. We part of a watershed area reporter of course were looking at just a dusting here in sparta. We had a burst of snow showers a couple of hours ago. That slowed down. We are seeing occasional flurries. There is another burst of snow showers moving through the area in the next couple of hours. Some people are definitely looking forward to it. Im elise finch live in sparta new jersey. With that back to you. Thank you. You can get the weather on the run from our website weather app free in the itunes store a happy ending to a frightening encounter. A man was arrested who nearly abducted a toddler in woodmere. Cbs 2s Carolyn Gusoff spoke with the sitter who police say did all the right things to foil the suspect attempts. Scary. Relief for [ nonenglish language ] the 65yearold babysitter had the fright of her life monday when walking the woodmere couples toddler in this stroller a man blocked her path. Know, and did not let me go. Reporter what did he say . He said absolutely said [ indiscernible ] reporter Nassau Police say the manmade alarming statement. That she was in quotes pushing a dead baby and the subject follower said he needed to take the baby. Reporter the woman rushed the child very much alive and well back into the west broadway house locking the inside kitchen door behind her. But the man followed them in through an open outer door yelling, give me the dead baby he is banging on the door trying to get into the house. Reporter fleeing with only the empty stroller he was caught on Surveillance Video at a nearby pizza parlor which Police Released to catch him. But less than 24 hours later an arrest. 44yearold craig myczkowski, found naked and asleep and a couch in this hewlett professional building. Police dont know if myczkowskis choice of a spend the night was a cry for help. But they took the incoherent transient to a hospital for a Mental Health evaluation. Glad they caught him. Its over with. Hopefully he will get some help. Reporter relief for town residents and accolades for the woman who whisked the baby out of harms way. Just want to note that the sittedder in this case did a phenomenal job. I did what i had to do. Thats it, you know . Nothing else. Reporter the babys father calls her actions heroic. In woodmere, long island, Carolyn Gusoff, cbs 2 news. Myczkowski faces several charges including attempted unlawful imprisonment, child endangerment and burglary. Police arrested the alleged leader of a group of gang rapists in a party. The woman had been drinking with her father in the park last week when the group ordered the father to leave at gunpoint. Sources say two of the suspects told investigators a truck accident made for a messy commute on the bqe in brooklyn. Chopper 2 flew over at 6 00. A truck carrying garbage flipped on the side blocking a ramp. It took four hours to clear up this mess this morning. And he was struck by a car on Christmas Day in front of his mothers home. The driver took off leaving the long island father of three to die on the street. Today at 5 00, Surveillance Video has surfaced. Victims heartbroken mother. Reporter its a daily occurrence, prayers and candle son says this woman. She tells us in spanish, he was my life, the most hard working wonderful son a mother it was christmas night just after 5 p. M. Emanuel had just dropped off a Young Children in el salvador house for christmas dinner to be followed by evening mass but a hitandrun driver killed him. The neighbors camera caught it. Now released by suffolk police. Samaritans attempted to assist him. One individual brought him out of the roadway into safety. Another individual attempted to get medical assistance. A third individual tried to find the suspect to no avail. Reporter the suffolk Deputy Commissioner says the driver fled in a compact sedan four doors with a sunroof. It likely sustained damage to the passenger side fender or front of the vehicle. Carmen ramirez said the whole street stopped eating christmas dinner and ran to help. Everyone try. We call 911 right away. And i screaming to the people who dont who are there, dont touch him, dont move. Reporter it was then they realized the driver had sped off. Asking for stop signs and lights on busy candlewood road. The community will help you try to find whoever did this. Police credit passersby and residents for trying to save the mans life. Now detectives hope neighbors Surveillance Video will help the public track the Christmas Day hitandrun driver. From bay shore, jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. Police are offering a 5,000 reward for tips that lead to an arrest of the hit andrun driver. Some breaking news now. Crew members of two small u. S. Navy boats have been taken by iran. The pentagon says says the boats were in the persian gulf when one had mechanical trouble and ran aground. Iran says it will return them all promptly. 10 crew members are involved. We are also following a developing story in turkey. A suicide bomber killed 10 people and injured 15 in istanbul. A Syrian National affiliated car near a mosque. Most of the victims were part of a german tourist group. Turkeys Prime Minister says the 28yearold bomber was a member of the Islamic State and recently crossed into turkey. With terror on the minds of everybody president obama delivers his final state of the union tonight. The white house says this wont be a traditional speech. In two videos, president obama previews a speech thats expected to be less of a legislative to do list and more of a defiant blueprint for the next administration. The president is also expected to highlight accomplishments including expanded healthcare, a nuclear deal with iran, and global agreement on climate change. You can watch the state of the at 9 00. You may have noticed that Maurice Dubois hasnt been here since the new year and we would like to take a moment to explain why. Maurice has been diagnosed with bells palsy and is having treatment for the condition. His doctors say that his prognosis is good and he is looking forward to returning lonnie quinn is joining us here at the anchor desk as well as dr. Max gomez. He is here to explain more about what bells palsy is. Its really kind of interesting here. Bells palsy is a paralysis or weakness of the muscles on one side of the face. The result is that one side of the face droops. Its not that rare. About 40,000 people a year will develop bells palsy. Now, the paralysis or weakness affects the facial nerve behind the ear and enervates the muscles of the face smiling, frowning, blinking can all be impaired. The cause is thought to be a virus that inflamed the nerves causing it to, as well. But because the nerve comes out of the brain through the tiny bony canal, theres no room for it to swell so it gets squeezed and shuts down. It comes on suddenly often overnight. And without warning. Now, the only treatment for it is prednisone and oral steroid to reduce inflammation and antiviral medications. The good news is that most people with bells palsy start within a couple of weeks and usually recover completely with very little aftereffects. Now, i did speak with maurice earlier today and he has been getting the right treatments. He is starting to feel some tingling in his face a sign that the nerve is regenerating. Yes. So thats a good sign. All great news. And by the way, maurice now joins us on the phone. Maurice, i know that youve posted on facebook today regarding your diagnosis and how youre feeling. Were going to put up the Facebook Post here. How are you feeling . Thanks, kristine. You know what, other than the right side of my face being locked and frozen i feel as if its business as usual. I had a physician and everything is fine except the side of my face. Its hard to speak clearly. But other than that, im great. And i have to tell you, you know, the nature of email and social media these days, theres been an avalanche of love and support like i never imagined. Its been a flood all day. I want to thank everybody who has been posting and tweeting and facebooking and tweeting and everything else. Its overwhelming and wonderful. We hope that speeds up your recovery, maurice, because obviously people have been concerned. Dr. Max mentioned this comes on suddenly. Was that what you experienced . Was this you woke up one morning and you had this . It sure was. It was monday, the first day of the new year. I was ready to go after a nice little break. And i couldnt smile. I it was so disconcerting a ran to the mirror saw this and you think the worst you think stroke, you think worse. I didnt feel any tingling or anything like that so that was a good thing but i called my doctor and he immediately recognized it. Sent me to a neurologist who then recognized it and we ruled out other things as max outlined but thats one question i have for max who is a lot of people say oh, it must have been stress. You know, life is stressful. And on and on like that. What do you say to that, doc . Dr. Max he was asking whether or not stress is a factor in the onset of this condition. Stress is never a good thing but theres no evidence that stress has any real impact on this. The virus, it seems to be a virus that comes out of nowhere. Some other conditions, diabetes, some other things, none of these things that maurice really have might contribute to it. So its one of these things that just comes out of the blue. All right, maurice. Well, unfortunately, the same thing that your doctors have been telling you is exactly what dr. Max said here. We do appreciate you taking the time, though. You know, we have been fielding a lot of questions about your absence but it was so good to hear you voice today and likewise, kristine. Your diagnosis is positive. Thank you so much. I have to add one thing. I asked my doctor, you know, i think i need a beer after all this. He said i only have one rule about that he said make sure its a good one. Well you know what, well buy you that beer, maurice, okay . Sounds like youre in good hands. Thanks, guys. I like your doctors style. Give our love to the family. Thanks. See you guys. Byebye. Dr. Max, thank you very much. Lonnie well see you coming up. Coming up on cbs 2 news at 5 00 including questions about a cop caught texting in the middle of an intersection. Called. The rising powerball jackpt is getting the attention of people across the border. A baby seal mystery. Away. Ye pasm,ue wt . Maiea owanweehanginlilelo bie mh iusboht hme thntnefa eugfo erne t os guess what. It is bigger and better than before. The powerball jackpt has jumped to 1. 5 billion another increase of 100 million and reflects a boom in sales for tomorrow nights huge drawing. And you have to wonder whether they will be changing we actually found another comical example today of a sign getting changed. Lotto officials put a giant note over the m for millions on the powerball billboard. You have to do what you have to do. Powerball fever is taking an innational turn. Cbs 2s Hazel Sanchez shows us how canadians are trying their luck with the jackpot. Reporter while millions of americans thinking they are lucky enough to beat the unimaginable odds, so too do canadians. Im going to take my chances. Reporter she drove two hours from home to become the worlds next billionaire. We drop a lot of money on a regular basis. We shop in the u. S. A lot. So we give to you, its time you give back. Reporter our neighbors to the north have been traveling across the border from vancouver, toronto and montreal. Commuters coming here like crazy. Reporter they are legally allowed to do it. You dont have to be a u. S. Citizen to buy a powerball ticket. A retail location thats authorized thats fine. Reporter winners outside the u. S. Can expect more tax. The federal government can withhold 30 of gambling winnings paid to a foreigner. Thats 5 more than for a u. S. Resident but no matter which side of the border youre on theres no escaping the one in nearly 300 million chance of winning. Even though the odds are against winning, somebody has to win. So we can dream. Reporter it makes sense the american pie. Canadas comparable jackpot just 50 million. Hazel sanchez, cbs2 news. There could be additional winners. New york some of the highest taxes at more than wait a second of we pay taxes here in new york . Just a little bit. I had no idea. Thank you for that. Take a look at this video out of omaha, nebraska. A building is covered with ice weekend. Firefighters deal with freezing temperatures. The building was destroyed on saturday and now its on the verge of collapse due to the weight of the ice. So snow tonight more cold tomorrow. Lonnie quinn has another look at the forecast. Lets get to it. The skies oat side showing a few upper level flurries around new york city. Its 37 degrees. We are not down to the cold air we need to set up if you want to find snow on the ground. Could take place later tonight. The moisture that remains in our area is mostly wet weather. Some rain on long island stray flurries around places like Putnam County into dutchess county. Heres the front. This will pass through when the temperatures drop and you notice theres thatstin any band of snow associated with it. Those could be sort of like pretty goodlooking snow squalls out there. Amounts. Heres how it plays out. Heres the line. Heavier snow showers. By 8 30 it makes its way into the western suburbs but not holding on to its identity meaning its starting to fall apart. The forecast model is picking up on it. Some folks are catching moisture. Either which way its cold. How much snow . The numbers in line with what i was talking about yesterday. A half inch for the areas shaded in gray. North of the area you would find half inch to inch Higher Elevations more be it a good strong squall that pushes through. The wind a big deal. 10 to 15 in the city. 0 to 10 to the north. High temperature tomorrow of 30 degrees but the wind are strong. Okay . Its going to make the 30s feel like the 20s if not the teens all day long. So well talk more about the extended forecast and how i see the temperatures rebounding later on. Thank you. Of an nfl player. Devon steele took to social media to announce his daughter leah beat cancer. With her finishing her last treatment last night, i can say my daughter beat cancer. Word cant describe how proud i am of this girl. She was 4 when she was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma. She went into remission last year. This is a story thats well documented throughout the nfl season and its so good to see her feeling well. The former team kept him on the roster so he would have insurance for his daughter which was quite spectacular. Without a doubt. Coming up, flooded out of their homes, but they are not sure why. The seniors left high and dry for a second time this season. Plus, 3d technology for your sinuses . The new way doctors plot operating room. Its the Little Things in life that make me smile. Spending the day with my niece. I dont use super poligrip for hold, because my dentures fit well. Before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. Even well fitting dentures let in food particles. Just a few dabs of super poligrip free is clinically proven to seal out more food particles so youre more comfortable and confident while you eat. So its not about keeping my dentures in, its about keeping the food particles out. Try super poligrip free. In new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. All across the state the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, and the lowest taxes in decades, like in the hudson valley, with world class biotech. And on long island, where great universities are creating next generation technologies. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow, today at business. Ny. Gov hi from the cbs 2 news newsroom this tuesday evening. Tomorrow night the big night 1. 5 billion on the line. The powerball jackpt. If you are in an office pool there are things you need to know. Hazel sanchez has the story at 6 00. You know theres generally more than a dozen people involved. But did you know that the new write only 10 checks to a group of winners . So there have to be rules because when theres money people get ah of course. Well hear more about that 6 00. Also messy burst pipes and flooding damage at a new Jersey Housing center leaving several residents homeless for the second time in a week. Cbs 2s emily smith talked to those who have to find a new place to stay. Reporter for dozens of residents in chester, new jersey, its been a long cold apartment. Its a low income Senior Housing building with handicapped people looking for i cant talk. [ crying ] its okay extended stay america is up in budd lake. Reporter management at chester Senior Housing will only Say Something burst last tuesday but arent sure what and then something similar happened again today destroying at least 6 apartment and damaging others. Residents say that a pipe burst in the attic and they strongly believe its system malfunction over the correctly. Plumbers responded quickly but they never saw insulation restored in the attic. Gross mismanagement, gross neglect. Reporter dumpsters being filled with peoples belongings only remind people of what they have lost and the few things they have managed donna lupoes has been volunteering. Its a mess. Are still leaking. But they are doing their best. Reporter this person doesnt know where he is sleeping tonight. Management will pay for motel rooms for every resident but he hasnt heard is it. Last time i stay with my daughter almost two nights but she doesnt have anyplace for me. So i have to sleep on the floor. So i came back. Reporter only to have it happened all over again. In chester, new jersey, emily s