Elderly person in her own home. Tthis morning, its a holiday record. Something predicted this year that has never happened before. Today in new york starts now. I assume what that is. 5 00 a. M. December 15th, middle of the month. Im michael gargiulo. Im darlene rodriguez. Chris . Starting out again in the 60s. We already reached our record highs today at 2 00 a. M. 68 degrees. Had a front come on through with a few showers. Most of the showers have moved to the east of us. There are a few sprinkles to the west. Were not totally done. For the most part any significant rain is over. Look at the temperature now in the city, 63 degrees. It will continue to drop a few more degrees. We slip to the upper 50s by 8 00 a. M. This afternoon forecasting the highs of 62. Emily west is here a little a few accidents. Southern state parkway eastbound on the ramp to the cross island, overturned vehicle there. That is blocking the ramp. We have an accident in new jersey. Another one there is at exit 161. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Emily, thank you very much. Today the new York City Council will try to do something to stop a troubling spike in hitandrun crimes in new york city. Today Katherine Creag is live at city hall with proposed legislation. Kat . Reporter meeting inside this Office Building later on this morning. Theyve heard from the families of hitandrun victims. We have, too. One thing that they say over and over again is that their loved one was left to die alone in the street like an animal. One man who was killed just last week, a beloved father of three, thomas kirby from the bronx, he was struck down on bruckner boulevard on his way to work. He was loved by his family. A 17yearold boy also walking home from a funeral in queens lost his life after being struck down by a driver. The person who hit him never stopped. He had been in the crosswalk when witnesses say the driver of a toyota camry struck him and sped away. A speeding driver also struck down a woman in queens as she crossed beach 19th street over the weekend. According to the victims family, she has shattered bones and is hospitalized. Her niece barely escaped. A 23yearold was arrest the. We saw video of him in a squad car. Those people who are caught, those who are arrested hopefully at least according to the city penalties. Thats what theyll talk about in a hearing. Kat, thank you very much. 5 03. A 62yearold woman was struck and killed by a city bus in brooklyn. To east 17th street hit Lenora Lenora shoquina. The accident happened before 6 00 p. M. At the height of rush hour in sheeps head bay. This is a tough route. You have 49, you have the 36. Theres a lot of traffic especially after work. So far no charges have been filed against the driver. This is the latest in a string of deadly bus accidents. Last month alone three pedestrians were killed by buses while crossing city streets. Meanwhile, nypd trying to prevent tragedies. Officers will focus on the streets and Senior Centers. That will last all the way through sunday. Today in newark, a new jobs program gets a boost from a big supporter, a really big supporter. Shaquille oneal returns to the city where he grew up. Hell join the mayor to help minorities, women, veterans. People in the program will be labor unions and give them a shot at construction jobs. Shaq stepping in to help people out. Thats fantastic. 5 04. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. Check in with team 4s chris cimino. I was Walking Around fifth avenue this weekend. I can honestly say it was too hot. What . There were thousands of people around and i had a santa claus outfit on. Overheating. Lift the beard every now and then, let the air in. Temperatures in the upper 60s. Thats where we started out. We set a record early this morning with the 68 degree temperature for the day. Clouds will break for sunshine. Rain and sprinkles will exit early on. As we do, temperatures back to the low 60s. Gusty west wind. A proefrpg 30 miles an hour in some gusts. Another mild day really with the noontime, breezy. 61 degrees. Cool down at 6 00 after reaching the high of 62. Here to talk about the commute is emily west. The subways first off, we have delays on downtown 1 trains and that is due to signal problems. Keep that in mind. Your ride on the commuter checklist, mass transit rails, everything looks okay. Buses, new york city buses running on schedule. New jersey buses beings a couple of detours. Alternate side parking in effect. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. 5 06. Right now theres a search for a killer in brooklyn. Today in new yorks lori board bordonaro. The person from the funeral home noticed stab wounds and thats when they reached out. Police say that her doctor concluded she died from complications of hypertension and diabetes but as the funeral home was preparing her for the funeral, they noticed broken ribs and stab wounds. She was stabbed in the neck and in the head and body. Thats not fear who is responsible. Lori, thank you. 5 07 now. Happening today, a judge expects to make a few rulings in the man who is accused of killing etan patz. They want to take jurors to the soho neighborhood where etan went missing. Were showing you incorrect video of Suffolk County. He will go back on trial. They want the trial dropped because of missing witnesses. Long island theyre expected to call for federal monitor of the Suffolk County officers. James burke was indicted on federal charges. Prosecutors allege he beat a man and then covered it up. They tell the federal monitor that would be an overreaction. This morning three people are facing charges after they tried to climb the rock can he Feller CenterChristmas Tree. They were protesting the shooting death of laquan mcdonald. Two others arrested for trying to block police. They are charged with disorderly conduct. 5 08. New numbers that show president obamas Approval Rating is taking a hit. Its because of the i shall ssue of bernardino and paris. Yes. They not only put National Security front and center but they have helped drive president obamas Approval Rating down to 43 . That is its lowest level in more than a year. Down in fact two points just since october. To break these numbers down a little bit further, there are a lot of them, only 37 approve of the president s handling of foreign policy, only 47 approve of the handling of isis. In addition, only 47 say we are headed in the right direction, 70 say we are on the wrong track. 73 want him to take a totally different approach. Nbc wall street journal poll also finds that 60 of our country believes military action best interests. Yesterday president obama met with the National Security team saying isis was losing ground and america would not change its course of action. Fighters, bombers and drones have been increasing the airstrikes. We dropped more bombs on isol targets since any targets started. Were taking out leaders, commanders and killers one by one. The thing is that those words are not reassuring the american public. This poll shows 1 3 of us are worried that either ourselves or one of our loved ones will fall victim to a terror attack. I know it was a lot of numbers. In essence what it means is were not happy with the job president obama is doing, by we i mean america in general. Of course this will come up at the gop debate tonight. Were going to talk a lot more about that a little bit later this morning at 6 00. Michael. Kerry, thank you very much. Newsroom of the soyuz rocket on the launch pad in the cosmodrome in kazakhstan. Nasa astronaut and a russian cosmonaut and European Space agency astronaut will spend six months at the i. S. S. Launch set for 6 03 a. M. You can watch that on today in new york. Now if youre packing up heading out of town for christmas, youll be among a Record Number of people traveling for this Holiday Season. Driving is the most popular way to get out of town. Domestic airfares are dropping. Baggage fees have gone up 12 . All right. 5 11. The offensive against some of his accusers. Plus, hours before the Republican Debate theres a bold statement. This time it is from the doctor. Weather and traffic on the 4s. Sunshine will return this afternoon. A real shot of cold air will arrive. Over the course. Weekend the temperatures are at or below normal. Above normal temperatures around here. Normal high is 43. We expect to get back to 62. A mix of clouds and sunshine will develop. It will become breezy. Right now places like sayerville is 60. Same thing. Poughkeepsie, 59. Danbury, 60 degrees at this hour of the morning. The city a relatively warm spot at 63. Monticello, 50 degrees, very, very mild. Brisk west to northwest wind. Well start to see the clouds break up for sunshine. Kind of a mixed sky. Blustery afternoon with a gusty wind out of the west northwest. Temperatures mild back into the low 60s. Tonight gets a little cooler. Patchy clouds. 43 the low temperature. Again, keep in mind thats the normal High Temperature. It will feel cooler than its been. 45 to 30. Then during the day tomorrow, a touch cooler again with sunshine mixed with a few clouds and a High Temperature in the low 50s. The storm system brings the steadiest and heaviest rain. The wind could gust to 35 to 40 there could be an isolated thunderstorm in there. Over an inch of rain is possible. Well fine tune that. In the meantime once we get past thursday, its pretty quiet. Friday, 51, sun and clouds. 41 on saturday. Kind of a chilly shot of air. Only 45 on sunday, too. Right back to 50. Looks like above normal temperatures could carry us towards christmas as well. Little after 5 17. A few spots especially in queens, we have this road work on the l. I. E. Over the Grand Central. That will be both ways. Expect the westbound ride to be slow. Southern state eastbound on the ramp to the cross island, reports of an overturned vehicle. New jersey also an accident taking up the ramp. Garden state parkway southbound exit 151 to route 4. Delays on the new york state through way northbound. Accident pushed off to the side. Slow it down on the tappan zee speed restriction. Bruckner expressway eastbound to bronx river parkway. Live look at 73rd. Traffic is moving but as more people get on the road you will start to see delays. George washington bridge, check it out. Upper and lower look okay. No delays there. Subway delays, downtown train due to signal problems on the 1 train. Alternate side parking in effect. Emily, thank you. New this morning, a piece of scaffolding came crashing down on top of cars in greenwich village. It happened just after 2 00 this morning. No one was hurt. The cars were gone. The sidewalk is a mess. The sidewalk is still blocked. Now to decision 2016. The final Republican Debate of this year. Nbcs tracie potts is live in washington with a preview. Tracie . This one is interesting. Nine people on stage. Rand paul sort of made it in there at the last minute. Donald trump is still the frontrunner going into this debate tonight and last night at a rally in las vegas hes already there. He challenged his opponents, his rivals, to bring it on. Ooohhhh. And theyre all coming after me. This will not be like an evening in paradise for me, do we agree . Reporter donald trump at a late night vegas rally super confident before tonights debate. Many of them dont have a chance. You say, what are you doing . Just go home and relax. Go home and relax. Reporter hes number one in monmouth universitys poll pulling a whopping 41 nationally but ted cruz leads in iowa among evangelicals and among the most conservative voters. Trump and kruds cruz could be a disaster for the republican party. Rubio is running a new ad in iowa and New Hampshire today going after conservatives. Millions of traditional values branded bigots and haters. Reporter hes going after hillary clinton. Another three or four earlier, not a single one of them is being investigated by the fbi. Reporter at the Venetian Society trump set the stage and cruz and Chris Christie back on the stage and rand paul barely making it in. Many voters theres not anybody that i like 100 . Reporter still unbe decided. I just want to see how this all plays out. Reporter with the crowded and contentious republican field, there hasnt been as much attention on the democrats. Their next debate comes up saturday in New Hampshire. Darlene, michael. Tracie there in washington. Meanwhile, Donald Trumps doctor making a claim as bold as those by the candidate. He said trump would be the healthiest individual ever hes 69 years old and says his stamina is extraordinary. Hes been fortunate to be blessed with great genes. There you have it. 5 20 right now. Bill cosby fighting back against some of the women who accused him of sexual assault. Hes suing seven of them and denying their allegations. In a statement cosbys lawyer said he never drugged nor sexually assaulted the defendants. The lawsuit alleges the women knowingly published false statements starting last year. A lawyer for the seven women called it retaliation. 5 21. Strong reaction in hoboken. A controversial reaction to deal with problems playing ing guing the city. Police say this is no i just want the most wonderful holiday ever. You should get holiday scratchoffs from the new york lottery. You can talk . Come on, brian. Theres more chances to win than ever. With a sweepstakes to win 500 a week for life. wife who are you talking to . Nobody new holiday scratchoff games from the new york its part of a 230 million federal grant. New jersey was awarded to help mitigate the flooding. 5 24. Excuse me. Always so tough for towns like hoboken. Theyre trying to protect people. Thats something they have to battle out with time. Good news about the rain today, its gone and out of the picture. No flooding woes to worry about. Another mild day. Starting out in the 60s. 63 now. 62 should be the afternoon temperature after it goes into the upper 50s. The clouds will break up for sunshine as well. The wind will be gusty throughout the day. The winds decide 43. Partly cloudy sky. 30 suburbs. Why not think about the weekend. Looks like it will be a dry weekend but a chilly one. Hi on saturday, 41. A slap in the face. 30s at night. Imagine that. Normal temperatures. Chilly. Handle it. Whats going on, emily . We still have the one train dela signal problems. Downtown trains, keep that in now we just saw the new jersey turnpike camera, so nice. Lets show it again. Looks great by new york airport. Both directions moving along just fine. Looks like a good way to go this morning. Thanks so much, emily. 5 25. A texas man is facing felony charges after a wild stunt caught on camera. Security camera video shows the man crashing his pickup into the lobby of an oklahoma hotel. The truck barrels through the front door sending glass and debris flying. It heads straight for the front desk narrowly missing the two women diving for cover. Police say the 62yearold was upset about his hotel bill and demanded a refund. Wow. Scary. Two people barely got out of the way. 5 26. Ahead, the christmas controversy at a new york city school. Plus, police say he is a repeat offender. What this man is accused of doing to two children in queens. Im Lori Bordonaro live in brooklyn where investigators say ill have all the details coming up. If youre about to head out the door take us with you. Why let someone else have all the fun . The sometimes haphazard, never boring fun. The why cant it smell like this all the time fun. The learning the virtue of sharing fun. Why let someone else have all the fun . Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Right now police trying to solve a murder mystery. An elderly woman killed in her plus, a new initiative underway this morning to help make new york city streets safer. And a misunderstanding at a local school. The ruling that sparked a christmas controversy. Today in new york starts now. Good morning, everyone. Well get to those stories in a moment. Tuesday morning, december 15th. Im darlene rodriguez. Im michael gargiulo. Chris, the temps plunging down to the 60s. Hope you can handle it. Its brutal. Temperatures cooled into the 50s. Places like rhinebeck, 54. La grange, 57. Well above average. 63 in the city. We did make it up to 68 earlier this morning. That broke a record for the date. Some upper 50s north and west. These temperatures will probably slide down another three, four, five degrees before the morning is through. 61 by noon. Gets pretty breezy with clouds and sun forecasting a high again well above normal at 62 degrees. If youre heading out the door, rolling along. Just to let you know if youre traveling on the southern state, the cross island, the ramp has cleared. That should help you out. Another accident on the cross island northbound. If you are heading to the white stone, still have the restriction on the tappan zee. The crash on the through way northbound. Le palisades is off to the north side. Right now police are looking for a murderer in brooklyn. An elderly woman appeared to have died of Natural Causes in her home. Now weeks later investigators say someone killed her. Today in new yorks Lori Bordonaro is lif in brownsville with what police are saying. Reporter as the funeral home was preparing the womans body for burial, someone noticed a stab wound and other injuries. Reached out to authorities. That victim, 82yearold Myrtle Mckenny was found dead in her kitchen back on november 9th after no one had heard from her her doctor concluded she died of complications from hypertension and diabetes. Someone from the caribbean funeral home noticed stab wounds and broken ribs. More than a month after her death the medical examiner is calling this a home homicide. Right now at this point no arrests and, michael and darlene, police tell me they are investigating her death. Of course, they are asking anyone who may have any information to come forward. Back to you. Lori bordonaro, thank you. Today new York City Council members are going to put forth a bill they hope will put an end to the hitandrun crashes weve seen in the city. Today in