Person entering the race. All of that , coming up in a live report. Liz police need your help thieves. Well have more on that. Good morning. Is off today. Ben i am ben simmoneau. Its mardi gras lets check the forecast. Its a bit chilly. Its a week colder feeling than yesterday morning. We have some flurries on the way. Its just not a good week for weather. Another issue is coastal flooding. Its a big deal of the new jersey shore. Have a strong northeast wind flow yesterday. We have a new moon with an astronomical high tide. Its higher than average. Factor in the northwind and it was a recipe for flooding. Thats what happened yesterday and we expect the same today. High tide today. We expect them to be two 3 feet above normal. Large waves at six 10 feet causing some beach in dune erosion. The other factors to be concerned with snow. We are expecting it to come through the tristate. Another round comes through in the National Weather service issuing a Winter Weather advisory. Some of the roadways will be slick and we are not expecting snow fall through long island and connecticut. The radar shows the snow showers coming through and you can see them rotating towards the capital district. Even though we are dry right now, were still aware that there is a threat of more showers as we had the tuesday. Images are cold enough for snow. Everyone is below the freezing mark. The cello is at 190 in the northeast wind flow is not quite as intense as it was. There is a bit of a breeze out there. Heres the first round of there is an area of low pressure to the south and it could bring back more snow shower activity with the highest amounts in central new jersey. Theres another low over the great lakes keeping us unsettled as we go through the wednesday and thursday. Look at the snowfall totals. We are going for a different map, sam. We are expecting one 2 inches from the city across long island with higher amounts across central new jersey. Watch out for snow showers as temperatures stay cold near the freezing mark. Youre still unsettled tomorrow and thursday and over the weekend we see a big drop in the numbers. The coldest air of the season will be here and we expect high temperatures in the 20s. Overnight lows in the teens and single digits. Windchill factors could be below zero in many locations. We will check in with the highway remains closed in an accident investigation is whats going on here. Its a spot you want to avoid. Its a pretty bad situation going on at the bqe near the lie getting really heavy. We are getting with a tractortrailer that separated so its into pieces happening on the ramp for the lie. All liens are closed down now. We have one lane closed on the main line of the bqe and it will be heavy for you here. We will keep you up to date because its a hot spot even when things are good. Lets go outside. We will go to the bridge and this will be new jersey bound for we have a truck and all liens closed. Stay away from that. You will see that cup to the Staten Island you uptodate with whats going on. The lie lincoln tunnel will be the next live shot. We could go into town with no delay at all. The alternate site is in effect. Ben 5 05 am. We are bracing for flooding today. Teresa joins us now from long beach where flooding is a concern. Its more of a concern than the snow. Typically it is that way. Good morning to you. They are used to dealing with flooding here. Not only with major storms like sandy but it does happen from time to time so residents are used to it but for all the reasons, its a big concern today. Before i can tell you the flooding concerns look at the boardwalk. Not a lot of people are out. Its been too cold for that. The ocean is quite angry. They are expecting it to be a major concern of flooding. They have also issued a coastal Flood Warning until this afternoon. It did flood, as a matter of fact. The property was vulnerable and they say they have not seen anything as bad sense sandy. I dont know if it was an overreach or if they just arent used to dealing with the kind of water that we saw this year. This was the first time it impacted them this year. Around the rest of the island , the storm impacted people about 1 in. h. It didnt seem to get hit the hardest in long beach but they got 3 inches of snow in long beach. Schools are closed and its listen to people talk about yesterdays storm. I thought it would be a mild winter. It was very warm and now it feels like every day we are getting hit with another blizzard. Its the worst we are seeing sense sandy. Once you think you are getting over something you convert back again. Its drastic out here. You can tell its up to my knees and im 6 foot eight. Flooding is a concern. Beach erosion is a concern in light snow is falling. Nothing really too bad. The big headline here is the flooding. Thats the latest from long beach. Back to the studio. 5 07 am. A casino bound charter bus flipped over on a snowcovered highway. This happened yesterday afternoon on i95 near new haven. The dolly owned charter bus from flushing. I have been 40 miles southeast of munich. Its on a single track. Both trains are wedged into a trouble and they say that crash happened in an inaccessible region and rescue personnel were still working to get passengers off the trains. It could be the last and before dropping out of the race. Robert joins us now with the latest. Any news to you . To other towns we will give you the information. Just one second. Voters as they had to the polls. Voters in these other three small towns have cast their ballots. Bernie sanders leads Hillary Clinton at 16 7. Donald trump , ted cruz and john kasich are tied with nine. Every vote is crucial. It determined to state in the race and who doesnt. At the stroke of midnight, and nine registered voters voted. On the republican side, john casing beat donald trump at 3 2. Burton sanders beat at 4 0. Take from that what you will but the midnight voting is that New Hampshire takes their politics seriously. They vote at midnight. The namecalling on twitter with was calling trump a loser , a liar and a whiner. Trump made his own headlines about what he said about ted cruz. Describe him. Listen how trump responded. Shouted out. Hear that again. She said hes a [bleep] mac. He made his own lastminute pitch for votes. I dont care of the democratic nominee is hillary or bernie. They are both out of touch with the same left wing socialist policy. Sanders holds a sizable lead over clinton with her husband and daughter at her side. Clinton addressed those who may not vote for her today. Might not support me now but i will always support you and i will always have your back. Sanders may not have to how much support he has in New Hampshire. You have the right to determine the future of america, not just a handful of billionaires. You thought you had a hard time keeping the candidates straight now . Could Mike Bloomberg at his name to the race . He said he is considering. He has confirmed speculation for the first time. Bloomberg says he finds a level on the campaign trail and insult to voters. I would think some of the examples that we heard in that piece could be exhibit a for mike brooks argument. Interesting think you very much. A lot more to come. The jury could begin deliberating. Peter lang wept on the stand yesterday as he spoke about the night he shot and killed early in a dark stairwell inside the pink house in 2014. He said the noise startled him and he tensed up and is he panicked and he did not realize his bullet hit anyone. The officer testified that he received trading but never on a mannequin. Curlys friend perform cpr. They say the family showed little remorse and has never apologize. It was no accident you murder my son i need justice for my son. I need a conviction of peter leanne. Lange has been on a ministry of duty since the shooting. Closing arguments are expected to begin this morning. Police are searching for a group of serial for thieves. That woman distracted an employee while a man she was with grabbed the for and stuffed it under his jacket. All four are expected of separate occasions. Call Crime Stoppers at 1800577tips. Much more to come. Its a nightmare. Some of these passengers on this cruise ship its a nightmare what they are going through. Audrey is keeping track of the forecast. How are we doing . Its pretty quiet. Snow showers are passing to the north. They anticipate it into the evening. Cloudy and cold with high temperatures in freezing mark. We are at 270. Check the weather anytime by downloading the weather app. You can find it free on the Google Play Store the new caramel macchiato from dunkin donuts. 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Passengers are traveling out of new jersey. The anthem of the seas is one of the largest cruise ships ever built heading back to new jersey. It hit heavy storms off the coast of florida. It was so bad this weekend that the captain ordered everyone in the cabins to safety. Sunday was terrible. There was Hurricane Force winds and passengers posted pictures on social media this video was shot from the cabin window the monstrous waves. It starts to tilt back and forth. The wind is getting videotaped and thats when we immediately knew something was off. Apparently the captain told the passengers , it would be worse it was the worst day at sea he had ever experienced. The National Weather service says it warmed about the strong four days after the cruise ship ran into trouble. Coming up, we will talk to the ship. They may have on go to their state rooms. Times account. The captain said, help minibar. Its free. Really scared. That was scary. The storm developed and got a lot stronger. I think it was yesterday. I got really strong. Very impressive. Im glad to hear everyone was okay. Still dealing with inclement weather. It does appear quiet. Flooding is an issue. A big issue yesterday. Highs are higher than normal. It will continue with coastal Flood Warnings in effect in the counties are sure it with a coastal flooded by three. High tides are concerned with tides 3 feet above normal. Thats resulting in flooding. Each erosion is due to excessive wave heights. Snow is the other concern for tonight. A Winter Weather advisory seeing a band of snow coming through with some burst of snow. It will result into tomorrow morning. Its in new york city and long island and parts of the hudson valley. Radar shows things are quiet now. Snow showers earlier and proceeded to the north. We will see another round of showers developed this evening. Temperatures are cold enough for the snow and we see readings in the 20s now. We are 190 in monticello. There is an area sitting off to the northwest and both of them will be influencing the weather in the next few days keeping things unsettled. As we look at our future cast, we see snow start to rotate through in some of it could come down and across northern new jersey. We see higher amounts in the south in central and southern new jersey by tomorrow morning. Cloudy and cold with temperatures hovering or the freezing mark. Thats a check at your weather. Lets look at the roads. We have a couple of lingering issues out there. One of them will be in the byway. Its that great neck road. Its an accident investigation. Things are getting really hairy here. We have a ramp to the east involving a tractortrailer. The bqe is closed. We are seeing a lot of reds surrounding this meaning the traffic is running along at an average speed of five 10 miles per hour. Its something to keep in mind. We will take the ramp to work. Lets go outside. We will bring you to an update of the bridge. Its cleared and traffic is flowing freely. Thats a good update. The next shot will be the bell parkway looking pretty good in the area. The airport westbound is moving nothing too crazy here. There is a parking role in effect today. Ben there is a call this morning to restrict who were drivers hours. In transit advocates say the move is lifesaving. This comes after the story was in the post. It was reporting that some were drivers say they spend 19 hours a day behind the wheel. Thats only four or five hours per sleep. Restriction on the drivers. Yellow cab can only work 12 hours per shift. Not the not giving up on the site to renegotiate Horse Carriage deals. The Teamsters Union pulled out of talks. That cause the city council to cancel the vote that has limited use of the horses to central park. The mayor has a promise to ban all as soon as he took office. People who live near the powerpoint westchester are concerned about their water quality. 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The average American Household has more than 15,000 in credit card debt. Top stories with weather Stormy Weather rolling into the area bringing snow to parts of the region south of here. Coastal flooding will be the big problem in new jersey. We will have a live report from long beach, coming up. Ben voting is underway in New Hampshire. Todays result could not some candidates out of the race. Liz from the big house to her house teresa do dj is returning to the real housewives of new jersey. Ben cant wait for that t. V. B3 i will say, i did watch the first couple of seasons with my wife. Liz i am embarrassed to admit that i watch it. Ben once danielle was on the show, she was nuts, i was done watching. Liz the cast and characters is funny. Ben who is your favorite of new jersey . I dont want to say. I love them all. They could be watching. I love them all. They are all great. Lets talk about the weather. Flooding is still an issue across the tristate area. We had a lot of flooding across the jersey shore. That will continue to be the case today. Its all due to the northeasterly when flow in the new moon causing National Local tied to be its two three above normal with wave heights at six 10 feet. Minor moderate flooding into tonight. Snow will be arriving later this evening. The Winter Weather advisory has been issued for the tristate and we will see a couple of his inches of snow. Temperatures are cold enough for snow and mostly in the 20s at the moment with a temperature of 190 in monticello. That is cold it stays cold through the weekend. High temperatures only in the 20s. Well talk more about that, coming up. Lets talk about the commute with christina a couple of lingering issues out there on the road involving this one , eastbound at great neck road. A big accident happened involving a pickup truck. You have an accident investigation ongoing. Highway here is closed and it will be until further notice. We have a separator truck ramp for the lie. Its completely close down. We are starting to see a ton of traffic here. This is looking good near the area of exit 135 moving away from northbound side. Route three will be our next shot in the area of the meadowlands. With the trains , its running close to schedule. The ultimate side is in effect today. Thank you very much. The recent Stormy Weather has brought snow to our it us to long beach long island. It stays this way throughout the day but with the flooding that they expect, things are going to change. Just as they did yesterday you could call it round two. It could be round three. The National Weather service has issued a coastal Flood Warning and it will last until this afternoon. Residence here while they are used to dealing with flooding from time to time they are embracing for it again. Its a similar situation. Its a lot of damage to property. A lot of people are concerned. Theres a problem letting they got a good whopping of snow yesterday. In some areas, snow was falling and engine hour. We were driving around huntington and the snow is blowing around w