Snow and thats 322 miles that right there is nine to ten inches of snow. The predictions as far as snowfall in our area if the whole thick fills in im going numbers. Right now its ragged in spots, i think new york city falls in 8 to 12. But notice, a foot or more is possible in the southern boroughs like Staten Island you could see over a foot. Less. I have one thing i want to leave you with right now. And im going to be coming back throughout the newscast. This is my super bowl right . But check this out. Look at this. Look at these numbers. Okay . Heres the nam putting 28. 9, 37. 2 in sparta. Not my forecast. Even my news director is asking me, is it possible . Is it possible . It would be like thread 13ing ill see you in a few minutes with more. Crews along the jersey shore built reinforcements ahead of the storm. Drone video shows dunes in belmar here. The main concerns flooding and loss of power. Christine sloan has the story live in union beach. Reporter hubs of bucket trucks and hundreds of bucket trucks and crews will be is working 16 hour shifts. Ing this going to be a storm with high winds and flooding. Residents not taking any chances. I put boards on the wall and everything up out of the yard. You have taken precautions . Yes. I have my sandbags. All the furniture goes in. Reporter a rush against the clock in new jersey. We have couches, we have chairs. We have desks. Business is moving this is all made from seaglass that found and the gallery owner said come get your stuff. When we took the space over we had the thought this might happen. And its better to take these products out than risk losing them. Reporter sandbags in front of stores in a vulnerable town that sits between the ocean and Shrewsbury River hoping these dunes protect residents from flooding. Restaurant owner Alice Gaffney is afraid. Its nerveracking. I live in town and i take care of my nana who is 100. Reporter jersey Central Power and light in emergency mode with extra hazard crews. Protections at substations, but all that no guarantee there wont be Power Outages. We cannot put our linemen in a bucket with winds over 40 reporter so be prepared. Have water and supplies, flashlights, batteries, radios. Reporter jcp l uses trucks like these for wires. They are warning customers to stay away from downed power lines even those that are near branches and call police immediately. Were live in union beach, new jersey, sloan cbs 2 news. After criticism governor christie says he spends too much time campaigning he tweeted he is on the way to new jersey. He was in New Hampshire and scheduled to stay there through the weekend. Earlier he tweeted, im sorry, New Hampshire, but i got to go home. We got snow coming. He also touched on it during a town hall meeting. I want to make sure that the people of my state feel safe and secure and know that despite the fact that i have been on the phone, you know, seven or eight times in the past two days to get updates from the National Weather service and to lay out the christie may not stay for long though. He said depending on conditions, he may return to New Hampshire on sunday. On Staten Island bulldozers are building barriers along the beach. Flooding is a threat there. From Gerritsen Beach in brooklyn are more. The waterfront. From me at the bulkheading. Heres the deal. Coastal flooding is expected to cause problems here in gerrit son beach. We expect water levels to be over the bulkhead into basements. People are preparing. Plug in there blocking it. Thats just the beginning. Reporter he says flooding comes up through the sewers through the walls. Reporter he homes the town is spared but he is already set up to stop water from moving in and remove it if necessary. Le this will go out to the bottom of the door. And pump it out. If it surges over 6 feet then this whole basement fills up. Reporter the city has issued a Winter Weather emergency. Mayor de blasio says any unnecessary driving should be avoided. Get done what you have to get done today. Do not bring your vehicle out tomorrow. And any vehicle thats blocking a roadway tomorrow, thats making it impossible for our snowplows to get through, will be towed. Reporter sanitation commissioner Katherine Garcia says sanitation is at full force. We will stay full force through the duration of this storm and through the cleanup he was. We have thousands of tons of salt. Storm citymeals on wheels is working overtime. We are bringing a box of extra to make sure. Reporter we joined them this morning as they delivered extra meals in emergency boxes to elderly new yorkers to ensure they have enough need to get through the weekend. Its security for them. And they are 80, 90, we are fielding over 300 people who are 100 years old or over, feeding that many people. They wont leave their apartments tomorrow and they need the food. Reporter this small box is a big deal for this person. Thank you. Thats our job. Reporter so quite a lot going on around the city as you can imagine. Here in Gerritsen Beach they prefer snow over flooding. High tide happens at 7 a. M. Tomorrow and 7 30 p. M. Tomorrow night. Thank you, vanessa. In long island, snow and flooding are also major concerns. Carolyn. Reporter good evening. Its people who live in houses like those behind me across long islands south shore on its bay, on its canals, those are the people most concerned about this storm because at high tide we could see those tides three to four feet above normal. Its here in bellmore its across into western suffolk, in areas like lindenhurst, they usually flood. The folks know who they are. And today we found those people moving cars, clearing out garages and basements. And municipalities as well, they have been cleaning out storm drains and they are also readying their arsenal of snow clearing equipment. Them people to stay off the roads to stay home. And thats why many municipalities here on long island already declaring snow emergencies. While there have been no anything could still change. We advise our residents and those who live in the flood zone need to be very sensitive to the weather pattern thats confronting them. The forecast shows flooding. Youre looking at high tides in particular where were very concerned and then that full moon high tide of most concern. So were not advising you have to leave your home now but if you live there, you understand water comes up. You should monitor that and if you feel theres a threat to your home or we become concerned enough to call an evacuation, we shall do so. Reporter this first storm of the winter a test for pseg long island. Their first major blizzard. They say they are ready for anything. But they ask folks to be patient because as you heard in the height of the storm they are not going to be able to go up in a pole but they have improved tree trimming and they have been working to improve communications. So they say they are ready. Reporting live from bellmore, cbs 2 news. If you are scheduled to fly tonight or this weekend, you must check with your carrier. Heres a live look at newark airport. Dozens of flights are delayed or canceled for tonight at newark, laguardia and jfk. More than 2400 flights along the east coast were canceled today. Most were in charlotte and raleigh, North Carolina stranding hundreds of passengers. Another 2400 flights are canceled for tomorrow. Philadelphias airports scrapped all its arrivals and departures for tomorrow, as well. New York City Transit wants to make sure the buses will keep rolling in the snow. Workers are spending the day putting chains on tires. The mta says more than half of the buses already have all season tires that provide additional traction. Adding chains will help especially if snow totals are as high as predicted. And the Transit System has added more third rail heaters and also snow melting equipment for subway tracks. The long island rail road says suspend service if ten inches of snow falls and or winds exceed 39 miles an hour. For metronorth commuters, snowfall is heavy. There could be Service Suspensions and disruptions. And new Jersey Transit says that is it will crosshonor tickets systemwide starting at midnight. Right now, another live look at the white house. It sure does look pretty. Doesnt it . It does. But predictions for this area, the bulls eye of this storm, and this will be one for the history books. Time will tell. In the meantime, we have a reminder that you can get the latest information on our website along with School Closings at cbsnewyork. Com schoolclosings. You dont want to be on the roads in washington. Its rough there. They definitely want to stay inside in that area. Still ahead here tonight, bail denied in a mansion murder. A man appears in court after allegedly stabbing his wife 21 times. The new clues from the scene and what police say happened right after the attack. Plus an american student arrested and detained overseas. The crime he is accused of he has other cows to play with. A lifestyle change for a cow caught on camera wandering city streets. And a live look at our vortex radar. Lonnie quinn will be back with a comparison of the weather will see outside your window. Im Neil Patrick Harris and new york is my home. No place has more world class culture. Come winter, i cant wait to visit our mustsee collections of art and superb photography and film. 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Woman came screaming someone was shot. Reporter this woman spoke to the vick film in the lobby just before the the victim in the lobby just before the woman a 53yearold woman from Hotel Parking lot by one of the suspects robbing her and her 20yearold daughter who had been sitting in the car waiting for her mother. She was leaving and i was checking in. And a second few minutes later her daughter came in screaming hysterically. Reporter when andrea comes back out of the hotel she confronts the suspect sitting in her car. The suspect demand her purse. She refuses. She screams. The suspect then hits her with a gun. She fights back, thats when she gets shot. The violent encounter had begun with a suspect jumping into the drivers seat of the victims car yelling at the daughter in the passenger seat, quote, give me all your money. Then grabbing her rings and hitting the woman in the head with his gun adding if your mother doesnt have any money, im going to shoot you. Hotel guests and neighbors heard the savagery unfold. Its bad. Its bad. Its getting worse in this neighborhood. Reporter Surveillance Video shows the apparent into the volkswagen and fleeing with his partner. Hilton hotels which owns hampton inn had no comment. The gunshot victim at jamaica hospital is in critical but stable condition. Her daughter at her side. In jamaica, queens Steve Langford, cbs 2 news. Shocking knew details about the murder of a pediatrician in her scarsdale home. The suspect her estranged husband was denied bail. Cbs 2s tony aiello tells us why. Reporter accused killer jules reich will spend his 62nd birthday in a few days behind bars. The judge refused to grant him bail for allegedly killing his wife, dr. Robin goldman, at their scarsdale home on wednesday. He is extremely upset about what happened to his wife and the situation he is in right now. Reporter his defense attorney argued reich was not a danger to the community or a flight risk. But prosecutor john orourke strongly disagreed saying, shower, stabbing her 21 times. Quote, then he walked way leaving a trail of blood, went to the kitchen, lit up a cigarette and eventually called 911. The d. A. Says reich has millions stashed overseas and friends with private jets that could whisk him away. The family rabbi asked he not be released so did the three adult children. The judge made him sign orders of protection. He cant contact them. Children are afraid, congregants of young israel are afraid the. I think the judge did right today to make sure that he doesnt flee. Reporter reich had filed for divorce in august. Things apparently were applicable until a few weeks ago. The d. A. Says goldman grew fearful, changed the locks on the door of the house and talked about getting an order of protection against reich. He had a bandage on his right hand. Police say he suffered an injury during the attack on his wife. Two of his sisters were in they have left saying it is impossible to reconcile these shocking allegations with the man that they know. At the courthouse in white plains, tony aiello, cbs 2 news. North korea says its arrested an american student for what it calls a hostile act. The state media says the man entered north korea disguised as a tourist and that he plotted to destroy north korea under the manipulation of the u. S. Government. The university of virginia student was in the country with a tour company thats based in china. The state Department Says its aware of the detention. Back to our eye on the storm coverage now. An incredible photo from nasa. Yes. The satellite snapped this image of the approaching blizzard around 2 35 this morning. The storm bearing down on the south before moving in our direction, which brings us to lonnie quinn has been very busy for the last couple of days it seems and now its thats right. The storm is here. Not quite into our area yet. But its close enough now that theres no turning back. Clouds are starting to fill in. Current temperature comes in at 29 degrees. Lets get right to the new information. I had told you early on that we are going to get the storm and again, its beyond that latitude where it could have missed us. Its now coming to town. Totals were bumped up because now its forecast to progress a little further to the north and get here earlier, as well. I think late tonight you could start to see snow falling around there making waking up to some on the ground in new york city but still looks like most of it will be tomorrow. I think toughest hours 10 a. M. To about 7 p. M. Tomorrow. That sort of time frame. There will be a sharp cutoff where the snow is and isnt north of new york city. Wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour. Coastal flood warnings. Suffolk county not under the coastal flood warning. Thats a mistake. I think well see big wind gusts there. Look at how the models are work. You get to, say, 8 30 tomorrow 50plusmileperhour winds on the jersey shore. Montauk gets up to 67mileper hour gust. Thats going to give you problems on our shoreline. We are talking about coastal erosion and surf at the jersey shore 8 to 12 feet. Youre talking about the south shore with four to eight feet. Offshore some of the buoy data is suggesting 25footers well offshore sobiech erosion is going to be a problem. Its a big part of this storm. Back to you. Thank you. Meantime, theres growing concern about the homeless during the storm. Coming up, a first for mayor de blasio. And a celebrity who is urging new yorkers to take action. I guess i could say the word is cowardice. A teenager without arms targeted by a group of thieves but he is not letting criminals get the best of him. The debate over diversity. Well be right back. Hi, everybody from control room 46. Im dana tyler. Coming up at 6 00, well continue our eye on the storm coverage. Well have lonnie quinn with the latest uptodate forecast information. Also tonight at 6 00 we have our team of reporters continuing to give us the latest on preparations and conditions getting ready for tomorrows snow. Snowstorm of the season so its time to get the shovels out and its worth always hearing again. We have advice on how to keep you safe when you shovel. And oil prices are down but why is the cost of gasoline in manhattan still so high . Well see you tonight at 6 00 on cbs 2 news. Now to this next story. A group on Staten Island actually robbed a teenager born with no arms. Now police have identified three suspects in the case. Cbs 2s dave carlin spoke to the victim. I just feel like i was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Reporter 18yearold carlos simon was alone on forest avenue in Port Richmond on the evening of november 30 when a group of people assaulted and robbed him. He says they were after his phone. No doubt, after noticing the creative way he uses it. How does it work, show me . Well, be i pick it up. Touchscreen. Reporter born without arms he says often strangers can help him get things out of his pockets that he needs but he could tell right away with these men seen in photos released by police he was in trouble. They cornered me and surrounded me trying to make as much noise as i could so hopefully someone nearby house could, you know, turn on the lights. Reporter he got his chance to get away when a resident got close to the group and that caused the suspects to back off. Police say anonymous tips from the public led to arrests including a 13yearold boy and 15yearold girl and more recently 20yearold vincent popolardo. They say he is the ringleader and faces charges of robbery and criminal possession of stolen property. Thats cowardly to use that number of people on someone who cant fight back. Reporter he didnt get his stolen phone back so its a brandnew one you can see him kic