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WNBC Today In New York April 4, 2016

Its the weather. We had the snow this morning. Sullivan county snow. Orange county snow in the hudson vahalley. Here in the city, plain old rahain. You can see no advisories in effect until you head into the deep Hudson Valley. Sullivan, ulster and dutchess coonunty, 1 to 3 inches of the slushy wet snow. It may slow you down. 36 degrees, chilly right now. A damp day. We have showers through the day. Bring your umbrellas. 52 degrees. Take a look at the a. M. Commu forecast coming up in a few. We have a few closures this morning already. First off in bedminster, 287 northbound at exit 22. Vehicle fire here. You will be diverted off and the ramp is closed in somerset. 287 southbound at exit 13. A closure on route 1 and 9. Northbound, the left lane is blocked. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Thanks so much emily. Breaking news at newark evacuated due to a fire. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan just arrived. Whats happening . I can tell you a Port Authority spokesperson tells me they are literally waiting for the smoke to clear at terminal b. That fire is under control. Want to show you the emergency vehicles remain up top. A couple of squad cars because of a fire under a looking at a photo that shows the heavy smoke condition that can be seen r miles around Newark Liberty aiiorport when this broke out early this morning. Want to show you the response to this. Right now, they think it was electrical. It rekindled after that in wside of the ceiling. The second flareup forced about 200 people to be evacuated from terminal b. They remain out right now. But things should be back to normal for the morning rush. A result of this. A flight that was scheduled to depart at 1 00 in the morning. That flight is still wfoaiting to depart. We can tell you, no injuries were reported as a result of this. Back to you. Tracie strahan at newark. Thank you. Also breaking news in brooklyn. Smoke spreading throughout a neighborhood. A large fire thate tarted early this morning. The fire burning for hours in prospect lefferts gardens. Katherine creag is there with the latest. Reporter were getting a little relief. Theres not as much smoke as before. As you take a look down there, all of the firefighters are still on the scene trying to get full control of the fire. You see even more firefighters walking there, bringing supplies to that commercial building that was on fire shortly before 11 00 this evening. Fire broke out at a business on parkside avenue near rogers avenue. We want to show you this video. A fire dheef Restaurant Supply store. Hundreds are fighting the blaze. Th at building when the fire broke out. A fire chief speculating that perhaps there are containers, big containers of cooking oils inside that restaurant. That fueled the flames. Despite, how huge the fire was, they kept flames from spreading and saved a church next door. It was good aggressive firefighting. Pe dople knowing what to do. We saved the church and the tother part of the building also. Reporter there are numerous streets closed off around parkside avenue and rogers avenue. It will be like this for several more hours, michael. We also r ceived an alert from the fdny that pretty much this fire is under control. Just about 100 under control. You see firefighters not going anywhere because theyre still putting out hotspots just making sure they spray the building so nothing reignites. 5 04 this morning. A man is accused of driving drunk following a crash that killed a husband and wife. They arrested a 23yearold from bohemia. Investigators say he was driving a car that smashed into a pickup truck in ronkonkoma. A 67yearold man and his wife later died from their injuries. Police have charged the man with driving while intoxicated. Happening today, new jersey lawmakers looking closer at the aging warer system. Lawmakers say theyd worried about lead found in the water at newark public schools. Today the Assembly Environment committee is holding a meeting to address the infrastructure. If there is a threat of a lead contamination from the old pipes. 35 05 right now. Were going to check weather. Were starttng with Raphael Miranda, who i love. L te you too, darlene. U too, michael. Cold temperatures out there. Snow and the wind from yesterday look at the wintry chill out there. 28 in poughkeepsie. The winter jackets in danbury. 36 bridgeport. Temperatures in the 30s in new york city. Above freezing. We have a freeze warning in effect for suffolk county, westchester and fairfield counties for the temperatures that could dip below freezing. We have to watch the plants. We are watching snow now. Snow getting closer to the city. Pushing into northern Westchester County and rockland county. R most of us, were talking about rain. It will be slick. Slippery with a slushy coating most of new york city in the Hudson Valley. Its not as windy as yesterday. We dont have to deal with the damaging winds. They pick up tomorrow. The sevenday forecast and another storm is headed our way in a few. Emily west is here with a look at the commute. First, a look at the commuter checklist for new Jersey Transit. Theyll be cross honoring amtrak betwbeeen new york and trenton. We have a few things on the pretty busy this morning. Hit the turnpike at exit 13. It is actually northbound. Theres a garbage truck you can see flipped over the guardrail. That whole ramp will be closed. To get to route 1, you can take exit 14. New crash there. Taking up a couple lanes. We have detours on new york city buses and alternate side meter rules, they are in effect. More weather and traffic coming um on the 4s. Thanks so much, emily. 5 07 right now. The faa begins testing new flight paths at teterboro airport. The new flight paths will last for six months in an effort o ease noise over hackensack medical center. The new path will take jets over route 17. However, city leaders in paramus wanted that testing delayed. Theyre worried the jets will be flying over schools and the garden state plaza. Today, Governor Cuomo plans to be here in manhattan to sign and celebrate new york states new budget. It includes a phasein of 12 weeks of paid family leave. The minimum wage going up in our it cs a gradual rise. Governor cuomo will be joined by Hillary Clinton when they rally with workers at the Javits Center. Thats being promoted, theyre calling it a victory rally. After that event, Hillary Clinton will take her president ial campaign upstate near albany. She was a surprise speaker at the Christian Cultural Center in brooklyn. Shes looking to shore up support ahead of the primary. Takes place two is weeks from tomorrow. Clinton promoted her record with minorities in a oneonone interview with our own Melissa Russo. My past experience in new york as well as what ive done even before that with the Childrens Defense Fund and is really at the root of who i am and what i want to do. Democratic opponent Bernie Sanders is trying to chip away at clintons support among minority voters. That etates crucial primary takes place tomorrow. On the republican side, john kasich is going to campaign on long island. Hofstra university hempstead. Another one at the paramount concert hall in huntingdon. Se kitsch under attack from his rivals this weekend. Donald trump said the Ohio Governor should get out of race. Ted cruz launched tv ads in wisconsin criticizing kasich. Right now, amtrak System Limited service is restored along the busy corridor. It comes following a eadly derailment outside of philadelphia. Monique braxton is at the site of the derailment in pennsylvania. Monique what, can you tell us . Reporter just moments ago, wee saw an amtrak train moving slowly through this area heading north and overnight we have been watching repair work being done on the track. Weve also been watching the developing rain inching northward. The goal is to get it to 30th street station, which is the amtrak station in philadelphia. As you know, two people were killed and 35 injured when into a backhoe on sunday morning. Delaware countys edic. Examiner plans to release the identities of the workers after the autopsies today. But the National Transportation safety board official has confirmed, one of the deceased was the operator of the equipment. The u. S. Senator Chuck Schumer from new york says the other person killed was a supervisor. Were also learning they were both amtrak veterans. A couple of questions come to mind. What happened and what caused the train carrying 348 crew members and passengers to collide with the backhoe . We pose those questions to the National Transportation safety board investigator and he says theyre looking at the structure ofto the track. Theyre also looking at the eva ent data recorder and videotape from the locomotive. All have been recovered. Now, the event data recorder has been sent to the safetysboards laboratory in washington. They hope to answer questions on how fast the train was going at now, philadelphia congressman bob brady who has now responded to a derai went twice in the past year wants to know, were there issues with communication. No doubt, that is something hat the ntsb will be investigating. Live for now in trainer in chester, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. Monique,eno doubt. Ncer, ng the people in your area. This is the second deadly accident involving amtrak in the philadelphia area in months. Reporter thats for sure. Thats why congressman bob brady came to the scene. Its the second time hes been to a derailment scenedehis year. He wants to know why were both the train and the work be tg done on the track to cause this deadly derailment. So no doubt thats something theyll be looking to in the days ahead. Monique braxton. We want to thank you so much for joining this morning with some of the questions being posed. Meanwhile, it is 5 11 on this monday morning. Just ahead, the controversial change that takes effect today at yankees stadium. Changes for metronorth riders. Why you may want to take a close look at the schedule this morning. Weather and traffic on the 4s is coming up. Youre watching tods in new york. were wired differently. The last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. Buist weve received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in Customer Satisfaction for the third year in a row. Only fios has the Fastest Internet on the most awarded network. Now get superfast 100 meg ternet tv and phone fojust 69. 99 per month, online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, only fios can. We built our factories here because of huge natural resource. Not the la. The water. Or power sources. It s the people. American workers. They build worldclass products. And that builds communities. And a better future. For all of us. Be scause making something in america means so much, to so many. Weathertech. Good morning everyone. Its 5 14. Were tracking rait and snow on th morning. A bit of a wintry start for your workweek. Rain and snow. Rain from new york city south and east. A hard freeze overnight tonight. Te ymperatures dropping sharply, even in the city. We have more rain moving in. A very active weather pattern throughout the next five days. Unfortunately, for baseball fans, the yanks home opener is looking soggy and cool. Mperatores back to the low 50s by lunchtime. Not as windy as yesterday. We will have showers on and off throughout the day. Thats not great news for the yanks home opener. Thats what we have to deal with today. Temperatures are just around freezing. These are some of the spots in northwest new jersey where we may see snow this morning. Like sparta, mine hill, hopatcong. Temperatures around freezing there. 33 in white plains. It date of birth slippery for you. Warmd enough for p in old rain. 36 in morristown. 37 degrees in central park. Temperatures will rebound nicely throughout the rest of the day. You can see in your first forecast, showers do continue through the morning into the afternoon. Temperatures slowly dliem back into low 50s by 3 00 p. M. You do want to have the umbrellas as well. The showers will be around throughout the day today. Right now, its all snow in places like putnam county, sullivan, ulster, dutchess county. Thats where the action is this morning. New york city dry but he ban will sweep in over the next few hours. A wet commute as it goes on. Some of the steadier snow in somers. A jog to northwest new jersey, places that i will show you around freezing, now seeing snow showing up. Watch out in vernon, sussex and also hamburg. Lets time out the rest of day. This is 8 00 this morning. It will be raining eventually in new york city. Dutchess county, putnam county. As we go farther into the morning, the rain is pushing farther north. Warmer air working in. Aan transition over to a wintry mix and plain old rain and owers do want to stisk around, unfortunately, during the game and during your evening commute. This is 7 00 tonight. The umbrellas are out in new york city. Were drying out nicely overnight tonight. By tomorrow morning, sunshine returns for tuesday. But it will be cold as you start your day even in the city. 52 for a high today. It is much less windy than yesterday. Overnight tonight, down to 27 for a low temperature. Were dealing with a very cold night ahead. Sevenday forecast shows breezy and dhil i illy tomorrow. A high in the low 40s. The next storm on wednesday. Plain old rainsoapril showers on thursday. Emily west is here with a look at your hopefully dry commute for many of us right now. Dry commute but its busy. Not having to deal with the tough road conditions. Connecticut off the turnpike. Northbound right around exit 13, thats post road. We had a garbage truck over the guardrail there. It looks like did get it pulled back over. Want to go to route 1, you have to go to exit 14. Lets head into queens. Still a crash on the van wyck. The heavy delays already. Northbound at hillside avenue. So two lanes blocked with this accident. The queensboro bridge, the lower level manhattan bound. A crash there. That lower level will be a tough go if you can do it. The upper roadway is the way to go for you. New jersey, several problems this morning. Route 1 and 9 southbound by elizabeth avenue. That is closed northbound. The left lane is blocked. 287 a vehicle fire. Probably still getting extinguished. Thats going to be closed northbound at exit 22. New Jersey Transit, morris and essex, between hackettstown, a tree down on the tracks and alternate side meter rules. Up on the 4s. Thank you very much, emily. 5 dlon 18 right now. The driver who set off a security scare in times square has been hit with ten summons. The nypd cleared times square because of a suspicious truck. Wires were hanging from the dashboard and gas canisters were behind the set. Hes due back in court no june. A commuter alert. It will be a quieter day for metotronorth riders. You may want to check the schedule as well. More than 2 dozen trains on the hudson and the harlem and the new haven lines. Their schedules will be adjusted adjusted. There will be more quiet cars added to the trains that go in and out of Grand Central. The pulaski skyway, closed all weekend to shift lanes for the newly completed northbound lanes. It was supposed to happen at the end of last year. That lane shift was delayed. Happening today, the yankees play the astros in the home opener thats if the weather cooperates. It will be a rematch of the American League wildcard game. Mats hiro tanaka will be pitching. Dallas kite ye kell on the mound for them. The mets kicked off the season in kansas city in a world series rematch. The first inning, the royals mike mustafa hits one to left field. Cespedes drops it. Soon after, the royals scored on that error. The mets put up three runs. Thanks in part to a single by lucas duda. It came down to the final pitch. Thats when cespedes strikes out wiin two men on. The mets lose. Out 43. In the cnbc money report, the Office Supply retailer plans toes rent office space in its stores. First startups unveiled in boston later today. Mitocrosoft and starbucks are teaming up to bring you coffee options to your email. Working on an addon feature for Microsoft Outlook to allow you to do that. You will be able to buy and send starbucks gift cards from that email program. Two examples of people, no traditional offices. An office in starbucks, a lot of people do that already. A lot of people doing that. Go to staples and have an office. Were having a meeting in starbucks at 7 30 this morning. Just ahead, one sports fan, once in a lifetime encounterlynd it happens np traffic. The police chase that we guarantee is unlike anything in youre watchinvetoday in new york. Hes changing lanes. Life s sharind a meal. In and a kitchen with ro at for everyone. Spend 4000 or more on a new kitchen life s sharing a meal. And a kitchen with room for everyone. On a new kitchen and get 15 back at the ikea kitchen event. 5 24. Bridge. Kyle busch gave one fan a story of a lifetime with an Instagram Post to prove. Oh, my god oh, my god give me your hat. What happened here is that kyle busch spotted that fan wearing one of his hats on the highway. He decided to say hi. You saw that. He a autographed it for her right then and there. They were on the way out of the martinsville raceway where kyle busch won his first race of the season. What a thrill for her. Thats awesome. 5c25 right now. Police stop traffic on san frm anciscos bay bridge to catch a suspect. Several were part of a chase to stop this little chihuahua. Officers blocked him in and scooped him up and got him out of danger. Theyre trying to find the owner. If no one comes forward, he will be put up for adoption. So cute. Hes sweet. Someone is going to take him for sure. Snow on the roadways right now. Not a nice picture heading to work from the northern suburbs. Sorry for the rough weather in morning. We have snow in places like northwest new jersey, orange a wintry feel as well. Temperatures in the 20s there for the northernrsuburbs. Not expecting a lot of snow. But it cou be enough to impact your commute. Places liksullivan, ulster a

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