For reforming albany in the wake of Sheldon Silver corruption charges. Manhattan is getting a new heir not telling you what it is. But saving digits for a big reveal later on. But juliet huddy is excited about new numbers. She thinks they gel and vibe nicely. It is topnotch. Best area codes of manhattan since the 212 perhaps. Or 446. The 646. A newbie with a 646. Good morning everybody im Ben Simmoneau. Juliet im juliet huddy thanks for joining us today. Ben thank you for holding your umbrella over my head last time im going to say it. Juliet for the next 56 minutes or so. Surgery this morning. Audrey tearing a tendon away from a bone. Injured right side with a tricep. It was in a pool in miami. Playing volleyball with oversized and we want to spike it so yesterday his elbow was looking swollen. Went to the doctor. They said we need to fix that asapr. Getting a fixed today and im here in the meantime. Juliet have to settle that one down. Audrey he plays hard. Out o the door this morning grab your umbrella we have light rain showers in bridgeport although it is dry across portion of new jersey and into new york city. We have another round of rain thats headed in our direction. Another thing that may slow you down on the roads is patchy fog that were finding. Visibility reduced across the area so you want to be aware of that as well. Right now temperatures are actually pretty nice, i mean, this is the first week of this early hour in the 50s and in the 40s. 47 in central park. 42 poughkeepsie. Bridgeport at 42. Were in the 40s across long island and even 52 nice degree it is down the shore in belmar. Heres that first batch of rain over the last couple of l hours u now pushing out to the east. A lot of clouds in place stay with us throughout the day and then watching this area of rain right here that that will be moving into the region by middle of the day. You want your umbrella handy. Know ising through minnesota, wisconsin, iowa we wont get that here. Because temperatures are too mild. Readings above average for this time of year and then see a cooldown into tomorrow and for the next couple of days. Keep your umbrella handy today. Temperatures into the middle 50s above average for this time of the year. 51 in the city but factor in a breeze chilly tomorrow even though more in the way of sunshine. Sunny into the wopped and temperatures will hover around 50 degrees for next several days. Lets see the roads this morning. Ines is here with an update. We have problems with wet roadways, as you mentioned visibility with the fog thats also an issue right now lets start off with westchester problem on new england u throughway northbound two accidents north avenue a jackknifed tractor trailer minivan. All of this causing delays on northbound side. New jersey 22 eastbound just cleared away a stall. All delays cleared. 280 doing fine. Cameras take a look at your commute this morning on l. I. E. Slow down westbound. Just slow ride. Eastbound side youre fine. George Washington Bridge lets tack a look at that. You can see visibility poor so a 35 Miles Per Hour speed restriction at the gwb. 25 Miles Per Hour at the outer bridge. But heading towards the city right now, doing fine upper, lower level minor delays same for lincoln and holland. Maintenance in n and r train southbound running on q line Everything Else on or close to schedule. Ben and juliet. Juliet thank you. Support for isis apparently is growing here in the u. S. , and new york state leads the way for number of arrests of those supporters. According to a study by George Washington university u. S. Authorities made 71 isis related arrests. 56 of them this year of those 13 happened here in new york. That is more than any other state followed by minnesota with 11 interesting there. The study also found most of the isis sympathizers are younger with average age being just 26. 86 of those arrested are male. Juliet United States is sending more special Operation Forces to help Kurdish Forces but iraq Prime Minister says theyre not needed. U. S. Defense secretary ash carter made announcement yesterday. Fox news is reporting that 200 troops will be sent to iraq in kill Senior Leaders of that terror network. His country needs training, weapon, advices from the International Community not Foreign Forces fighting on iraqi soil. The guilty verdict from the corruption trial of former state asystemmably speaker Sheldon Silver triggering now calls to clean up average. That includes push to limit outside income that lawmakers earn. But this sounds leak a situation that could be easily more said than done. Governor himself doesnt think had is likely. Lawmakers dont have appetite to do this. The reason why outside income comes into play is quite simple actually lawmakers are parttime not fulltime so they supplement state incomes with other sources but there in lies the blurred line between personal and official business. Getting rid of that income is a been unwilling to take. If you break the law, you will get caught, and you will get convicted, so dent even think about it. Andrew cuomo offered first spoken remarks since jury found Sheldon Silver guilty on all seven counts he faced. Governor announced that a special election to fill silver seat will be held on prl 19th same day as new york president ial primary with silver now a convicted felon turns to cleaning up albany and governor will not call a special session since the legislature will be back in session soon enough. The governor defended the laws already on the books. We have unprecedented disclosure and transparency in albany. We now have a first ever law where legislators have to disclose their outside income. Outside income that silver and other legislators have necessary if new york state had a fulltime legislature but that amendment. Im intrigued by the fulltime legislature because that would end the conflict of interest where legislators always get into trouble. Always the same thing. Its in their outside income and are they getting paid as a legislator or o are they getting paid as an attorney . Silver may not be the last shoe to drop. Skelos and son adam are facing corruption charges their trial is in the third week of testimony. Returning to civil vertical for one moment even though he was convicted, hes still collecting his state pension at tarp expense. Now, it is likely that u. S. To collect that as restitution in this case. Back to you. There should be a rule if youre convicted you lose your pension. That too is stalled in the legislature. Of course. One of the most absurd thing. No payment from the state, bottom line. I dont care what you paid into the system. Youre a convicted criminal. Thats the price of your crime. Exactly. Robert moses sorry of my outrage there. Never seeses to amaze me especially when it comes to politics. And never ceases to amaze me. Now reporting that tips they received go to charity even though theres no evidence that that is the case. This is perhaps theres more bad behavior in times square. The developments on this busy Holiday Season. Reporter hearings the question to both of you. Good morning ben and juliet. Have you ever been proamped by a character. Do you feel the need to tip them if they come up to you . Juliet no, but i stay out of the area but i push past them. Sorry. Reporter thats because we know our rights and how to get around the city. Its not that way for tourist who is think this is what im supposed to be doing. The latest happened it happened behind me in duffy square a man named Oscar Rodriguez by the counter dressed like spied or man act aing more like a villain than superhero he was supposed to be mouthing off to police officers. In an area where characters tried to contain him and they ended up arresting him. And then theres this video back in july, 2014 of junior bishop dressed as another spiderman fighting with cops in this video. He was arrested because of it. That case later dropped now hes suing the city. Guess what, he was actually arrested again on sunday dressed as the incredible hulk for allegedly verbally assaulting a female police officer. All of this happened because a tourist didnt want to give him the tip that he thought was worthy of the photo that he had taken. Characters behaving badly a big problem here in times square weve been talking about this nonstop for certainly the last year as it seems more and more of the incidents are occurring. Thrrve efforts to attempt to control these characters, but so far none have really worked. Theres one proposal that will is put forth by the times square at this time to rezone times square if you do that maybe des ig enated where these characters are not allowed to go and if they do they face hefty fines 100 bucks at a pop. Maybe thats the way to keep them in their respective areas and behaving. Either way whatever they decide to do here it is important that if you are a tourist coming to times square during Holiday Season if you take a picture with a character you are not required to tip them. That is on your whether you want to give them nothing, a dollar, or 20. Thats just simply your decision. Make sure that you know that. That is latest from times square. Ben and juliet back to both of you. Ben Teresa Priolo for us the cross roads of the world. Thank you very much. Juliet party helicopter there is. Ben one month tlg the big party in the east. Juliet everybody is watching the weather especially those heading to Rockefeller Center. Through the tristate area and taking a bit of a lull across the area but theres more on the way. Temperature right now is at 47 and were in store for a mild day with high readings mostly in the u 50s. Track the rain with us us with the fox 5 weather app and we can giver you hourly updates on it too. You can download it free at your Google Play Store and itunes store fox 5 ny weather. Stay tuned, more good day new york will be right back. Dunkins new sweet black pepper bacon sandwich, with double the slices of caramelized crispy pepper bacon. Its the bacon experience youve been waiting for. Bacon up. Pone of the cool perks of this place pis you can eat as much cereal as you want. It s like i m going to work to get some. Alrighty. We just like cereal. We make it, eat it, love it, live it. laughing if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Isnt it time to let the. Real you shine. Apremilast. 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Everybody loves those Christmas Lights this tile of the year fun and games until someone gets hurt or your e wifi slow town. Yes twinkling lights could be slowing your Wireless Connection according to watch dog. The wiring in the lights can increase radio frequency with your home. And i feel you have technical difficulties. Difficulties. Didnt you have a problem with a name on your email. A Christina Park they think. Providers increase dramatically during the Holiday Season. No problem up in harlem. 125th street came up with lights. Holiday lights had pooted, tastings, live intriment and prad of light it is is official kickoff to Holiday Season in that neighborhood. Tonight is Rockefeller ChristmasTree Lighting so audrey has been following weather pattern for us. Not looking so great outside. Probably wasnt that nice last night for if harlem folks either. Rain expected so if youre heading out to Rockefeller Center and folks out there for several hours before you light the tree have your wet weather gear handy. Good news, though, it is mild. Temperatures in the 50s that will provide a bit of a comfort. But youll need your umbrella handy. Starting off in the 40s. 47 in central park. 52 in belmar at the moment. Ten degrees cooler at sussex. Rain now pushing out to northeast here, and then we have another batch coming from the southwest of us that is currently bringing steady rainfall across West Virginia and western portion of virginia, and now moving into tristate area at least arriving here by middle part of the day. U now become side of it colder air changing the precipitation over to snow. Not getting to that because temperatures are above average for this time of year. Future cast is showing rain moving in second batch after 2 00 or 3 00 and moves out of here. Things fizzle out into the evening but theres still the chance of a u few showers as we go into late evening hours. Tomorrow wake up with some clouds but season shine by afternoon. Temperatures drop a little bit behind the front and it will be breezy too. Today will be mild. High numbers in middle to upper 50s. Tomorrow be at 51 but brosy and sunny. Sunshine for friday, saturday, sunday into monday. Temperature stay seasonal for this time of year and high degrees. Thats a check of the weather. Ines has your update. Good morning audrey we have stuff going on this morning. Start off with westchester new england throughway a mess. One involving jackknife tractor trailer. Second accident this is northbound before north street queens a problem on cross island parkway northbound as you pass l. I. E. A stall block a lane. L. I. E. Clear view boulevard. In new jersey lost that camera. Now gwb very foggy speed restrictions 35 Miles Per Hour on gwb. 25 on outer bridge approaching busier. Lincoln and holland minor delays. Ben and juliet. Thank you very much. Juliet thank you ines thank you fight over getting zadroga act with the expiring health care for 9 11 First RespondersSenate Democrats accusing . Afort Mitch Mcconnell for blocking the bill supposed to be a provision in a highway bill but was left out. An agreement has been done for weeks according to democrats. Led to believe there was a strong responsibility that it would be included to be filed and voted as early as thursday only to be told it is no longer a part of that legislation. I dont care how it gets done. This act needs to be reenacted. Denied trying to block the bill and agreement was not finalized. Congress has two more chances act may be included in a year end spending bill or part of a separate tax bill. Lets get it done. Okay no kidding. Under intense public and rahm emanuel fired top cop pl folks calling for this to happen. The reason the growing fallout of a Police Shooting caught on camera and alleged coverup. Gary who used to be Director Police director for city of newark by the way had become a distraction after a wave of protest shut down windy city. Demonstrators outraged of a black teen by a white cop 17yearold mcdonald shot 16 times by officer jason van dyke. Public trust in the leadership of the department has been shaken and eroded. We hear before this emblem of death this casket to bury for this conduct in the city of chicago. Officer van dyke is facing firstdegree murder charges. He posted 150,000 bond after a his torn assured judge hes not a flight risk. There are growing calls for manhattan getting brangd new area code, here it is. 332. It is to keep up with demand for u new home and business phone numbers excited about this. 332 area code wont be operational, time to wait for it. Excitement will build. Marinate in there but submitting plan on how to implement it by next month. Manhattan already has, of course, o several area codes ppg religion dare 212 and then 646 and 917. Some land license use 917 but reversed for mobile phones. My memory it is going. But my phone number down in miami 332. Look at that. It is leak it was meant for me. You change your phone number every 6 months so you can get yeah kind of you like to change carriers too. I do . Twice. Ive known you three years. Tmobile for a while. Now. So like first time ive ever changed. You dont know me. That one was [laughter] more changes are cooling to menus of some of americas big etion chain restaurants. Wondering why you do that. Juliet i like change in my man whats that, remy . remy itits a speck of cork, sir. vo a new york gentleman spends 28,000 a week on wine to sit in. man im so sorry you had to see this. vo youd make a way better rich person. man ill be in the pool. vo lotto. Making more new yorkers rich than any other game. 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