Unfolding overseas. A egypt airplane was forced to fly to the island of cyprus. The hijacker allowed all passengers except four foreigners and some crew members to get off the aircraft. The hijacker has been identified as an egyptian man and is wearing an explosive suicide belt. The motive is not clear. There are reports hes seeking political asylum in cyprus. We will have more throughout the morning. And breaking news at home. A huge fire in east elmhurst, queens. Janelle burrell joins us live from the scene with more this morning. Janelle . Reporter chris and mary, the good news is the fire is under control here on 91st street and elmhurst. We want to get you to video of the enormous flames coming from the home at 91st street. Morning in one residential home, quickly spread to another and the chief says there were about three garages in the back of those residences and the fire consumed those structures, as well. The good news is that everybody did make it out safely. Hes telling us there are six firefighters who suffered minor injuries, but this triggered a massive response, about 150 firefighters responded to the scene here of the were told, again, all residents did evacuate safely. Theyre staying with neighbors at this point. Right now, the cause of that fire, still under investigation. Reporting live this morning from elmhurst, queens, Janelle Burrell, cbs 2 news. Thank you, janelle. 4 32 now. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s. Elise is in. Hi, elise. Good morning to you. Its blustery out. The wind started picking up yesterday. Theyre still gusting. Right now, mostly cloudy, 45 degrees, winds right now out of the west between 10 and 32 depends on where you are. We have a different picture from yesterday, where we had rain in the area and more approaching today. We expect a dry day with a little bit of moisture well north of our northern suburbs. So, things are more quiet for us today. At least in terms of precipitation. But, of course, the winds are whipping. Wind advisories in effect until noon. High today, not bad. Were in the mid50s, low to mid50s, lots of sunshine, but windy, hang onto your hat. Now over to kyla with your time saving traffic. Yes, were very busy this morning. In east rutherford, new jersey we have an accident involving a traffic that struck an overpass. All lanes are blocked on 17 southbound. Traffic is being diverted off of 17 at union avenue. So be aware of that. Im expecting that will stay there for a while this morning. Also, lets look live at the tappan zee bridge. There is a wind, a 35mileper hour across the span. Of the high winds in the area. Back to you. Thank you, kyla. Now the dangerous winds whipping the tristate areas, residents dodging flying debris. Were live in Nassau County this morning with magdalena. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The wind is cutting through you and giving a literal meaning to hold onto your hats out here. The wind is coming through. Were right on the waterfront, but there was a lot of damage sustained throughout long island. I want to go video now, over in deer park, power lines and poles came down. Police had to monitor the area there at west 5th street and oakland avenue as the power lines cut off all road activity in that area. Over out east, there was a unhappy drive waking up this morning. A tree fell on their car, as well, and in manhattan, there regards to these high, whipping winds over on the Upper West Side. The Fire Department responding to 79th street and broadway at 7 30 last nights. There was debris falling from a 12story building. Thats a condominium building. Thankfully no one was injured last night. As you can tell, the winds are whipping out here. We do have a Silver Lining to all of this. There was Power Outages throughout the tristate area. Were now checking the numbers and surveying the numbers and it seems like those Power Outages are becoming less and less. Power is being restored to areas. So hopefully when youre waking up, you will have power and, of course, be sure to put on the extra layers this morning. Live in massapequa, back to you. Thank you, magdalena. A double murder case in staten island. Police say jose rivera is in custody this morning in pennsylvania. 21yearold Anthony Rivera and his 47yearold mother, adele, outside the Mariners Harbor houses. Police say a dispute over money may have led to the shootings. To a developing story this morning. Police continue searching for a man wanted for a Sexual Assault at the stonewall inn. The man attacked a transgender woman inside the bar saturday night. The man said he needed to wash his hands and then attacked her. The bar was the site of the start of the modern gay rights movement. Its a disturbing incident taking place in the site thats important historically, where something good happened in terms of creating more opportunity for people to live their lives, to this see is very, very troubling. An arrest is imminent, police say. A new jersey woman is hospitalized with life threatening injuries after being hit by a car last night. Witnesses say it was no accident. They say the driver, another there was a fight in the car. She got back in the car that you see over there, the taurus, and just motored out, ran over her, deliberately. I cant get it out of my head right now. The car jumped a curb knocking down a light pole. The driver was injured. No word on her condition. Police are investigating. The Capitol Hill Visitor Center will reopen this morning after yesterdays chaos. A man pulled a gun wand shot by a capitol hill officer. Hes in critical but stable condition, and facing charges. More from cbs 2s craig boswell. Its okay, its okay. Stay down. Reporter this video captures chaotic moments after a man drew a gun at the security screening area inside the u. S. Capitol visitor complex monday afternoon. Where we going . It happened so fast, youre like what . I grabbed my kid, put him under me. 66yearold larry dawson of tennessee pointed a weapon at officers, who shot and injured him. Dawson was arrested last fall after disrupting the House Chamber and had been ordered to stay away from capitol grounds. There is no reason to believe that this is anything more than a criminal acts. Capitol security rushed some people into an auditorium. All of a said, it was just a scramble with officers coming out from every direction with guns drawn. Reporter many lawmakers are back in their districts, but washington is filled with tourists here while kids are off from school. Dianes husband and her two sons were inside the capitol. Dont expect Something Like this to happen when youre with your family on vacation. Reporter craig boswell, cbs news, washington. Now to the terror attacks in belgium. Authorities release Surveillance Video of the man seen who targeted the brussels airport. A man taken into Police Custody and misidentified as the man in the video was released. Prosecutors say there was a lack of evidence. Four people wounded in the attacks have died, raising the death toll to 35. And new video of the two brothers accused in the paris terror attacks. It shows them partying at a brussels nightclub in february of 2015, nearly nine months later, police say rahim blew himself up with the attacks on paris and the other was captured earlier this month. The fbi successfully hacked into the iphone used by the San Bernardino shooter. The agency didnt explain how, but the Justice Department says it will drop its lawsuit against apple. Apple refused to unlock the phone because they claimed it jeopardized customer privacy. 200 children tested positive for elevated led there their blood in the last five years, but the Housing Authority says very few contains hazardous amounts of led paint. Its not clear how the children wound up with the dangerous led levels. Federal prosecutors are investigating health and safety conditions in the buildings. P. Diddy getting into the education business. He plans to open a Charter School here in the city. And the push to maintain a New Jersey Cemetery for veterans who paid the ultimate price dedefending our country. And a rant involving a newark driver goes family. Viral. And we have gusty winds out there this morning. Makes our 40degree temps feel like the 30s. Eventually the winds die down today and we will see lots of sunshine. I will have details coming up in the full forecast. Spring is here. And are the savings. Blinds to go. If you have allergy congestion muddling through your morning is nothing new. Introducing rhinocort allergy spray from the makers of zyrtec. Powerful relief from nasal allergy symptoms, all day and all night. Blinds to go faux wood blinds combines the warmth of natural wood with modern durability to make any room beautiful for years to come. Spruce up your home today with up to 30 savings on hundreds of styles and colors. Spring is here. And so are the savings. Blinds to go. How are we looking out there, elise . Were looking windy, but the winds are making the temperatures feel colder. We have a lot of 30 and 40 degree temps but feeling colder with the winds. Lets check in with the weather watchers this morning. Weve got a couple of temps not so bad. This is david. Davids in bayonne. He says its 47 degrees where he is. So thats not bad, but gusts to 49 yesterday. Last nights recyclables likely arent there anymore. Thats a good point. If you didnt tie down and secure the things outside that could blow away, they probably did. Barry in bloomingdale says its 42 degrees where he is. Lots of 40degree etemps. A lot of folks in the 30s. North and west of the city, this is charlie in narrows burg, hes at 39 degrees this morning. Lets take a live look outside because really this kind of tells it all. This is from the camera high atop the empire state building. Its shaking because the wind is shaking the camera. We have mostly cloudy skies, of the west at 10 Miles Per Hour, but gusting to 32 Miles Per Hour. So, we really are, you know, seeing the temperatures feel much cooler. Edisons at 45. For central park, greenwich and babylon, 43. Take a look at these gusts. 21 in sparta, but 32milean hour wind gusts for monticello and hampton. 47 for greenwich and white plains. Were talking nearly 50milean hour wind gusts. As a result, wind advisories remain in effect for a good portion of the area that will remain in effect until noon. The only exception, ulster and dutchess until 6 00 p. M. Things are relatively quiet and dry. Unlike what we had yesterday, we waited for the rain, looking at some, waiting for others. We will have a dry day. Turning on the futurecast,we head through tuesday and wednesday, just not much to talk about by way of its not until we head into thursday and friday that we have a chance to see additional shower activity. So, for today, bright and blustery, 54 degrees as we head into tonight. 36 and still breezy out there. Tomorrow, things are looking pretty good. 57 degrees. Lots of sunshine, which is nice. And we will also take the winds out of the equation. Tomorrow is the pick of the week week, but we will have a chance of rain. Now over to kyla with your time saver traffic. Good morning, its a busy morning already. In east rutherford, new jersey, a tractortrailer struck an overpass. Thats blocking 17 southbound at railroad avenue. Also taking a live look in manhattan. We have an accident now just cleared away on the southbound fdr drive at 34th street. Were moving just fine now. And this should clear out shortly. Looking good. Then looking further north. We will look at construction. Blocking two lanes southbound at 62nd street and that means delays back to 73rd street. So, a better agent nate this morning is alternate this morning is the west side highway, which is moving well. Back to you. Thank you, kyla. Heres a look at the stories making headlines today. A new jersey cabdriver is recovering after being shot in the face in east orange. It happened early yesterday when a man sent to a home on david place. He managed to drive 3 blocks to a police station, then rushed to the hospital. No word on a motive for the shooting. The search continues for the gunman. A paterson, new jersey hospital has a new Emergency Room Program aimed at reducing opiate addiction. They say doctors try alternative treatments for pain before giving openoids. And Sean Diddy Combs has another field in his resume. Education. Hes opening a Charter School combs calls it a dream come true. Moneywatch stock futures are higher this morning. There was a mixed performance monday and Little Movement on a quiet day of trading. The dow jones gained 19 points. Rose by 1. And instagram is starting a change. The company said it wanted to arrange photos according to what they think is most interesting to the user, instead of the current method which involves reverse chronological order. Backlash from users led to the delay. Theyre testing the feature with a small group of users. Concerns about gravestones in pools of water in a New Jersey Cemetery. Many people buried there are war veterans and loved ones say its not the first time theyve seen the problem. Meg baker is demanding answers. Reporter these are old pictures harry treasures of his family. His father served in world war ii and he wants to continue to german. What he in belgium he was in belgium, france, dday the. Reporter he says the jewish section of the cemetery here where his father and other veterans are buried hasnt been maintained. You can see the foot stones of graves submergeed in water off texas road. The people were our best generation and its very disrespectful that the graves were left like that. Reporter he says the water creates small lakes that sit for weeks. Visitors tell me often they cant even reach their loved ones because theyd have to walk through thick muck like this. You can tell the graves have never been cleaned because theyve got all the muck from the water thats been sitting on them for a long period of time. The cemetery wouldnt comment, but passed me on to their contractor, joe, who says theres not a drainage issue. He told me they will add top soil and seed like they do every spring in may. And the response from the cemetery, theyre going to put seed and a little top soil is not the problem. That theyre apparently not going to address. Our veterans deserve better. Because i get emotional. Reporter the commander was upset to see the graves covered in mud and water. If they let the cemetery go ethat way, theres something wrong there. They should take care of it. Reporter miller and the veterans i spoke with hope something more can be done to preserve the memory of those that fought for our country. Meg baker, cbs 2 news. Cemeteries not run by religious institutions such as forest green park are regulated by the state. 4 49. Big changes coming to the Motor Vehicle department in the state of new jersey. And james cordon in primetime. A preview of the karaoke special. And a check of traffic and weather on the 2s next. Morning. Student goes off on an uber driver and the video goes viral. Youre an uber driver, go [ bleep ] drive. Youre working all day . Im going to sit on my [ bleep ] and watch tv. The driver says hes been area a raced by the student and his friends before. He says the driver made bad remarks and refuse aid to give him a ride. Hes the son of steven considerman, whos accused of forcing rent stabilized tenants out of their homes. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s. Elie detector test lease is in for john this morning. Hi, elise. Good morning to you. Its a good morning, its not the rain we had yesterday. This morning, our concern is the wind. So, temperatures range from 36 degrees in walden to 45 in central park. 45 feels like 40 in central park. 47 feels like 40 in matawan and seagert. You need to dress for it today. Things are calm today. We will have lots of sunshine, highs today, upper 40s to the mid50s around the area. Lots of sunshine, but gusty winds in effect until noon. Right now, over to kyla with your time saver traffic. Thank you, elise. Good morning, everyone. In east rutherford, new jersey, an accident already this morning. This involves a tractortrailer that struck an overpass. Thats got all lanes blocked on route 17 southbound at railroad avenue. Traffic is being diverted of at union avenue. And looking live outside, weve got construction blocking two lanes on the southbound fdr at 2nd street. Delays go back to 73rd street. The better bet is the west side highway, which is moving well. Alternate side parking is in effect today citywide. Chris and mary, back to you. Changes are coming to new jerseys Motor Vehicle inspection system. To cut down on lines, only Passenger Vehicles get their inspection at staterun facilities. Commercial vehicles will be tested privately. If a vehicle fails, all reinspections will be performed at private facilities and vehicles made before 1995 dont need to be inspected. Environmentalists say theyre most responsible for pollution, however. The changes take effect on the 1st of may. A new jersey home with a spooky past again on the block. And a desperate search for a missing dog. Why this little pooch is more than a family pet. Hes ready for primetime. James cordon hitting the air earlier. His big Carpool Karaoke special. News this morning. Brighter than a halo downtown tonight well give you something greats get ready for the ultimate primetime party. James cordon is on early tonight with his hourlong Carpool Karaoke special. Cordon kicks it off with a new rap and a song with j. Lo. Never before seen songs with adele, justin beaker and others. Thats tonight at 10 00, followed by cbs 2 news at 11 00. Looks great already. It looks fun. It looks fantastic. That adele Carpool Karaoke is fantastic. Its been seen by 8 billion people. A lot of those are just me, clicking over and over. Still ahead, breaking news overseas,a domestic egypt air passenger jet hijacked. What the hijacker is demanding. And tire tears through two and the days of digging for change to fill