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WCBS CBS 2 News This Morning February 8, 2016

Where well see those accumulating snows and its pretty well challenging for parts of Suffolk County. The city right now we have cloudy skies and 38 degrees winds out of the east and wind is a menace today gusting to 25 right now. Its an impressive big storm, slowly backing into our area. Somewhat reminiscent of fridays storm, a lot of the moisture will miss us to the south but we are going to see that change between now and 6 00 a. M. Snow start to roll in mainly south and east to the city. 611 more snow will fill in but its a slow mover as far as the move from east to west, 112 00 well see tapering off and a few snow showers from 2 008 00 and then after today theres another system well talk more about that in a bit right now though lets see how busy those morning roads are. Hi, alex. Good morning everyone. Its actually a pretty busy commute at 4 30 and we have an accident with an overturned truck and fuel spill with a side of the turnpike in the truck lanes at exit 13 but if you stick with the car lanes a smoother ride for you and in hillside a crash blocking two southbound lanes as you make your way on the garden state parkway it did 142 there and another alert this is newark Market Street is closed between chambers due to a large water main break and still seeing problems in Lower Manhattan due to the crane collapse friday but ill have details coming up. Alternate side is suspended for asian new year and meeter rules are still in effect and be safe dont text and drive. Alex thank you. Streets in Lower Manhattan still remain closed following fridays deadly crane collapse. Yesterday mayor deblasio announced a series of reforms to prevent another tragedy. Cbs 2 Janelle Burrell joins us live with more this morning. Reporter chris and mary those new rules set to take effect today. Meanwhile here you can see police still have the area where that crane was blocked church and hudson street its still shutdown at this hour as crews continue to do their work. The final pieces of the nearly 600foot crane dismantled and carted away. And now the work begins investigating what went wrong. We do not know, was this human element, was it structural, was it the equipment or the wind . Fridays windy snowy weather being looked at as a possible factor. The manufacturer clearly indicated that when you have those types of winds it needs to be put in a safety mode. Now in light of the construction boom around the city the mayor says more Safety Measures need to be taken. Theres no building that is worth a persons life. Starting today the mayor has ordered new crawler crane restrictions requiring cranes to go into safety mode depending on wind conditions. More sidewalk pedestrian protection and Community Notification when cranes are being secured, and the creation if we have to take strong measures to put limits on construction we will do so. Sunday loved ones of david wichs said their goodbyes. The 38 year old killed by the impact of the crane falling on him as he walked to work. His widow rebecca spoke at his private funeral remembering the man she called her best friend. David, i am devastated that i have to live my life without you. It was such a true honor and a privilege to be your wife. Now, were told that the water is still turned off for some buildings here as this construction work wraps up. Meanwhile i should tell you that that task force that the mayor put together they have been ordered to come back within 90 days with suggestions for the mayor as to what can additionally be done to make sure cranes are safe in the city. Reporting live this morning, Janelle Burrell, cbs 2 news. Now to a developing story trouble for a cruise ship that left cape liberty in new jersey saturday. Royal caribbeans anthem of the seas hit rough seas off the North Carolina coast yesterday. Royal caribbean issued a statement saying anthem of the seas encountered high winds and seas during its transit to florida and in abundance of caution the captains asked all guests stay in their state room until the weather improved and passengers sent us dramatic photos and video. Well have more in next half hour. The Security Council is condemning north korea for launching a long range rocket yesterday. The council is pledging significant new sanctions. North korea state media air photos of leader apparently watching the launch ignored an appeal from china and launched the rocket on the eve of the Lunar New Year. Happening today, officer peter liang is expected to take the stand at his trial for the death. He is acused of firing his gun in a darkened stairwell in if convicted he faces up to 15 years in prison, families of other People Killed in confrontations with police say they will attend the trial to show support for his family. New information on a violent attack in new jersey captured on video and posted on facebook. The video shows an elderly man standing on a Street Corner in paterson in december when a young mana approaches him, punches him in the face. Police say the 16 year old boy who shot the video and encouraged the attack turned himself in over the weekend and charged with aggravated assault and endangering an injured victim. Police are looking for the 17 year old boy seen throwing that punch. Happening now, a water main break in newark could snarl the morning commute. It all started yesterday morning when a 16inch main flooded Market Street. Police say repairs are not expected to be finished until this afternoon and the water could turn to ice before then causing some additional problems. To campaign 2016 a day before the New Hampshire a big lead the latest survey of likely Republican Voters gives trump 30 , but the moment the University Poll shows the race for second is extremely close so Ohio Governor john can is following at 14 followed by marco rubio, jeb bush and ted cruz. On the democratic side Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton by 10 points and last month sanders had a 14 point lead. Marsha kramer is in New Hampshire with live reports leading up to and following the primary tuesday. Well fans of the Denver Broncos poured into the streets following their teams victory last night in super bowl 50. Police closed roads in downtown area to allow fans to celebrate 167891 people were arrested denver won 2410 over carolina. Cbs 2 Otis Livingston has more from santa clara. Reporter youve heard the term defense with championship and last night no true words were ever spoken as the number one defense in the nfl throttled high powered panther and there were plenty of story state. The battle between the top seeds of football and there was cam newton against Peyton Manning but you have to wonder if the defenses took it personally. Six turnovers combined between both defenses and broncos 5 0 when scoring the defensive touchdown as they went up 137 at the break. On to the second half panthers in unfamiliar territory, first time theyve trailed in a game in the entire post season and von miller forces a second fumble of the game and set up this late td from cj anderson with three minutes left in the fourth, Peyton Manning didnt have a touchdown pass but this two point conversion made it a 14 point game for the broncos who win super bowl 502410 final von miller wins super bowl mvp. Just wasnt for peyton, weve got a lot of guys a long list of guys deserving, demarcus went through he still was the same high character, great idol every day. I appreciate this, this win was for those guys. Thats the story in from santa clara, Otis Livingston, cbs 2 news. Gail king of cbs this morning spoke to president and mrs. Obama before the big game. She asked them to play a game. Want to play i coal this game. I love it when he . I love it when he holds my hand. I love it when she . I love it when she laughs. Shes got a great laugh. The president also wrote down his super bowl prediction. It will be read later this morning on cbs this morning. Im going to go out on a limb and say he didnt get it. I bet he would bet with carolina and cam. Time is 4 39 still ahead. The topic buzzing on social media that had nothing to do with the super bowl. Also amid the tragedy an amazing story of hope from the deadly earthquake in taiwan a little boy from new jersey makes his Television Debut in front of about 100 Million People. The talented kid who scored a spot in a super bowl commercial. I like that. Youve got some challenging weather today. Snow is back for parts of the area and then cold winds by the end of the week brutally cold but not much snow for the first half . Coming up. , at the Vatican Pope Francis sent out his best wishes for the Lunar New Year. It enters the year of the monkey traditional bell ringing welcomed the holiday inn beijing followed by a giant fire work show and also known as the spring festival is considered the most important holiday inn the chin ease calendar. For the first time new York City School children are off for the holidays. Students observing Lunar New Year were always allowed to take the day off but this year it joined the list of official holidays. School students are of asian descent. Time is 4 42 time for traffic and weather on the 2s john good morning. Good morning chris the colors are gold, blue and white, kind of cheated with the broncos so im kind of in the ballpark but happy new year to all. Want to check win our weather watch turpitudes first off lets head out to the island. Right now john smoltz still waiting for the snow, but winds gusting to about 20 miles an hour so watch for falling branches and debris and again youre dealing with more residual impact from the storm last friday, for suffolk into parts of nassau county. This is interesting 37 from green in North Plainfield field and a reminder remember the blizzard of 78 that 57 period in february that crippled our area . So yeah, some fun there. Les wants to remind everybody its fashion all potato lovers day and these series of pictures from charlie. I mean, he got these two bald eagles protecting their area using a nikon now but we always appreciate those views as well. Now lets take a look at this storm and set it up with the numbers. Numbers are very important with wind and temperature and in the city right now its a wait and see game. Partly cloudy and wind out of the east at 25 miles an hour, 38 degrees for your temperature, 3038 the spread in the area. These numbers actually a little warmer with those insulating clouds. Gust of wind already over 30 miles an hour for parts of the island. Wind will be another feature today. Here it is now just starting to flirt with parts of a little bit of mixed precipitation roll in. Theres a lot of available moisture with this very vigorous storm and were going to see it back up into our area. Timing it out between now and say 7 00, thats when well see some snow in the atmosphere, snow hitting the ground but not sticking through the city and out to long island and then it get some banding and it starts to fill inbetween now and 9 00 and then starts to wrap up but again starts snowing sooner and lasts longer for parts of the island and then youll see a few more flurries fill in for your tuesday, so its round one and round two. Busiest period is today for long island. If youre on the island right now and need to go here or there, here to help is alex denis. Thank you, john. Already changes for you due to fridays crane collapse were still following closures on worth street between hudson and church streets also southbound west broadway is closed south of canal street. Theres also restrictions at the holland tunnel is traffic isnt allowed downtown as you exit the tunnel on the manhattan side. No word yet on when the streets will reopen but we of course will continue to watch this closely. Mass transit everything is on or close to schedule if you take metro north pass trains, new Jersey Transit and lirr. Alternate side parking is suspended for the asian new year meter rules are still in effect and be safe dont text if youre just waking up here is a quick look at the stories making news. Pie juan media reports two survivors were pulled from a toppled high rise Apartment Building two days after a powerful magnitude 6. 4 earth quake. Three dozen people were killed and its believed more than 100 people are still buried but rescuers report signs of life. Governor cuomo is ordering a state investigation after an apparent overflow at the Indian Point Nuclear plant spilled radioactive water into an underground monitoring well. The contamination has been contained to the site. Officials at the plant report the spill on friday. Master builder john tishman died over the weekend at his home in bedford, new york. His construction transformed the sky lines of new york, chicago, detroit and los angeles, he was 90 years old. For many viewers the best part of the super bowl is the commercials and for one talented boy from new jersey a single one minute spot was so far the highlight of his young cbs 2 explains. an adorable nfl ad starring socalled super bowl babies born nine months after their hometown teams won the big game. And one of those talented kids representing the 2008 super bowl champion new york giants issevenyearold messiah campbell of paterson, new jersey. Still wearing giants hat from the ad and says theres one main reason he was chosen at an audition last month. Because my mohawk i think. The young stars mom says her son always wanted to be in show business. About two years old he asked us if he could be on tv. I want to be on tv thats all he used to say. Its just amazing im so proud of him. And now hes singing his heart out along with super star seal during half time commercials for an estimated 100 Million Viewers worldwide. Is he a super bowl baby . He is not. He was just an actor. He is a first grader at the ed card willpatrick Elementary School in paterson and he has one simple piece of advice for any other kids who might want to try their hand at acting. I say get a mohawk like me. Being a talented singer with a Million Dollar smile and an agent doesnt hurt either. In paterson new jersey, cbs 2 news. That little odell beckhamlook is working for him. Lady gaga kicked off a wonderful performance with the National Anthem. The pop star received rave reviews for the star spangled banner. Two hours later beyonce, bruno uptown funk to the half time show. And beyonce apparently encountered a little bit of trouble when dancing to her new song formation and she almost lost her balance but quickly recovered, incredible. Cold play rounded out the show and this years show ended with fireworks and the words believe in love spelled out in the crowd. Thats for sure. And she made the save in those heals. Way to go beyonce. Every year just amazing. She should just be signed every season and paying homage to Michael Jackson too. 4 49 still to come the new star wars level hit this past weekend. And every chipotle restaurant in the country is closing for several hours today. We are going to tell you why. Well get another check of your traffic and weather on the 2s next. Morning. Futures are lower ahead of the market open. Last week the dow lost 250 points between monday and friday and on friday the dow fell by 211 points nasdac dropped by 146 and s p 500 lost 35. Better not plan on lunch at chipotle today. The chain is closing every one of its locations for four hours today for a food safety meeting the move comes after an ecoli outbreak affecting some locations last year. At the meeting employees will go over an updated Food Safety Program implemented by the chain in january. Chipotle restaurants will be closed from around 113 00 this afternoon. If you think your broken smartphone is worthless think again. The blog 95 reports and open will soon pay for broken iphones. Apples current iphone trade in program already gives customers who trade in their old model phone credit toward the purchase of a new model. The blog says apple homes the program will encourage people to upgrade their phones instead of paying to replace a broken screen. Time now 4 52 time for traffic and weather on the 2s on the way. Snow is back in the forecast the next couple of days bigger numbers east for the storm trending today and colder through the end of the week. Brutally cold. Like we could see some pipes busting its that cold by the end of the week. So your event today again in the city, maybe an inch, trace to two just north and west, bigger numbers thats well to the east, so watch out for that. Thats storm number one and then theres another system a weaker one that comes on board tomorrow already a little bit starting to fill in for the south for lots of available moisture with this, but were going to see the higher totals to the east and then here comes another system that will clip more of the area with snow tuesday afternoon. But its monday morning right now so lets get you there with alex. John its already busy iftraveling lyndon theres an accident with an overturned truck. Its in the truck lanes at exit 13 so take the car lanes street is closed between chambers and fillmore streets due to a large water main break. A live look at one of our hundreds of cameras in queens Grand Central parkway moving well in both directions as you make your way westbound past Laguardia Airport and into the city, alternate side is suspended for the asian Lunar New Year, meter rules

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