new york new york 8.4 million people call the city home. >> it's snowing hard in central park and 20 in midtown and snowfall one to two feet and saying we could have snow hour. >> the coldest winter in 81 years and coincides with a grim reality. more people in new york city are homeless today than at any point since the 1930s. floors. >> it's really difficult once you find ways to just get through day-to-day from finding clothing to finding shelter to finding where you will eat. >> today it's hectic because of the snow outside and not a places for us to sleep now and everybody is kind of coming in. >> in just a decade the number of people living in new york's homeless shelters has nearly doubled and reaching 60,000 a night last year. it's a homelessness crisis unprecedented in any city. >> what we see today, the homeless that we see, the exodus from this city, families doubling, tripling up, the rent sky rocketing, this has been a crisis that has been cooking for 20 years. >> why are so many in new york homeless? this week fault lines looks at the forces that are displacing thousands

new york and new yorkers are very lucky to have you. today. >> thank you. >> and we are coming right back with dance for pd. they offer specialized dance classes for people with parkinson's, their families, friends, and care partners. [ theme music plays ] >> welcome back to "new york viewpoint." i'm ken rosato. dance for pd is celebrating its 15th anniversary. it's a collaboration between the mark morris dance group and brooklyn parkinson's group. it enables people with parkinson's disease to experience the joys and benefits of dance -- all this while they also address concerns that relate to balance, motor skills, depression, and physical confidence. joining us today from dance for pd are maria portman kelly, the program coordinator, janelle barry, a teacher, and david buffam, an actor and painter who was diagnosed with parkinson's in 2008. nice to have you all here. >> thank you. >> tell us about the founding of the organization. >> well, in 2001, olie westheimer, who is the founder and executive director of brooklyn parkinson group,

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tell me this from the "new york times." how much of gilbert's tenure is assessed is tied to one's conception of what a music director of a major american orchestra should be. of course the core work involves maintaining the skills of the players and giving excellent performances. but a music director should also be a visionary like a curator. the person who determines that one repertoire needs development or that a particular collection should be placed in storage for a bit. this person must take charge of outreach and education, foster 4dqelationships and be willing t life. i mean it sounds to me like you would say that's everything i was doing. >> that's actually, i think, a very apt description of an elusive subject. what a music director is and can be. the new york philharmonic is an orchestra that doesn't need musical development in a way. the players are unparalleled. they play so beautifully together. they know how to listen. it's always fun when i see guest conductors. even guest conductor who are accustomed to crea

in new york that's making kids sick. senator chuck assumer is calling for more funding for the lead control program. it offers a tax credit to cover the cost of removing lead paint from homes. lead paint was banned back in 1978. many homes were built before that. windows, if the paint on your windows had lead it in, gets in the hair. when you bang the walls a little bit, the lead in the paint gets in the air. that lead can then go into your child's lungs and cause perm damage. >> a recent study found that nearly 4% of kids in west chester county have some lead poisoning. >>> a new push this morning to get corruption charges against new jersey senator robert menendez thrown out. menendez denies charges that he used his office to help a florida eye doctor earn millions inexchange for payoffs. his lawyers will argue that he's immune prom prosecution because he was acting as a member of congress. prosecutors will say there is no legal protection for a member of >>> parents, students, and teachers at success academy charter s

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greg: i like he comes to new york. i do. the president before didn't like new york that much. he joked about it. i like he comes. that is the wrong thing on the money and treating chuck schumer like . rosanna: and so obvious. this is disgraceful. you are putting everybody at risk because you didn't like the way he voted. greg: i don't think we are all at risk. it is a give and take. it is a banci act. the tone from the 38-year-old. rosanna: send him to the room right now. no d dinner for you. >> private school kid. some of my best friends wept t mike, what's up? mike: what is going on here, we have changes out there. it is cooler today. the temps down to 20s. we are still there right now. sunny and kind of cold today. the highs up to the mid 30s. e tempsn the rise for the weekend. above normal about by 10 degrees or so. there is a significant storm coming to us tuesday night into wednesday next week. sunny skies in central park. 29 degrees. winds from thenorth, north west at 1 mil per hour. makes it feel cooler than it is. nothing compared to last week, that was a nice little

where i have a memorable image of "the new york times". there's no, you know, man lands on the moon. >> there's no what? >> i have never seen a fish wrap in the newspaper. [laughter] >> i'm not sure what to say. do you have any thoughts? .. of the dig any need -- of the noble, of the sacrificial, they give boys the dignity of the enterprise. they make war seem implicitly worthwhile, and i guess that is the question and problem the book is trying to raise. the pictures -- i would say the upick witness of the web, the millisecond transmission of it around the world, again, i'm just guessing, seems to me on the evidence from looking at 9,000 front page pictures from '91 until now, have driven the "times" more and more towards pictures that fit in with the web. that don't -- you might say, create a rift in the social fabric. >> i'm sorry. >> i've got a question. editors rejecting gory photos would say they're in bad taste or what if children saw this newspaper, and i guess the editors don't have children who play video games these days because

very close shave west of new york city. already 37 in monticello and colder air starting to filter in. so you had the north wind working, knocking numbers down through the evening as the rain redevelops and then it's after midnight especially in that 2:00 to 4:00 a.m. timeframe when we have the change over to heavy wet snow. snow, wind, big wet flakes coming in during the morning hours. then a major improvement by midday as the sun comes back. the initial rounds of rain are starting to get in here. steadier rain going in to eastern suffolk county and you have rain over ocean county right now. the actual low is still coming out of northern florida and with a jet digging down south and this big high offshore it's being channeled up the coast and the reason why we've seen a change today is there's definitely a trend where this low is a little closer to the coast so we get in to the heavier precipitation. the way it involves is rain is developing this evening. then the rain is going over to wet snow. from northwest to southeast

the snow will go as far as new york city and in portions of new jersey. in western sections, it should remain pretty much in the clear. the county is shaded in pink and that's in nassau and sussex county. we have a winter weather advisory. we go into new york city in the jersey shore with rockland and the snowfall totals tonight we get closer to the city with later amounts in western new jersey in the hudson valley. for the next few days, we stay unsettled so we will see scattered snow showers. temperatures remain cold throughout the week with highs in the 30s. that is a check at the weather. >> christina is here with a traffic up eight. >> we are seeing a couple of instances this morning so let's get right to it. the overturned truck is on in overturning the ramp will be shut down here . it's definitely something to keep in mind. we will see a closure of the manhattan bound tunnel for some construction. they want to keep that in mind until further notice as i will wrap up soon. let's go outside i will bring you to the new jersey turnpike. things are look

particularly in new york. that's a prime target, you know, for terrorists. >> reporter: senator chuck schumer, a vocal opponent of this proposed cut said in light of recent attacks in paris and san bernardino, california, extremists continue to become more dangerous. we'll hear from the senator and mayor de blasio and the fire and police commissioners at a big press conference at 1pp. police headquarters later on. >> kat, thanks very much. >>> right now, police are a tourist in the face leaving him unconscious with a fractured skull. it happened around 3:30 monday afternoon in front of of the staten island ferry terminal in lower manhattan. a woman approached the tourist from arkansas and tried to sell him fake tickets to the statue of liberty. when he dee lined, another man came up and punched him. the pair then ran off. >>> yale university trying to figure out who may have been exposed to a student with bacterial meningitis. the student is still in the hospital, expected to recover. the university is working

a couple more inches in new york city and northeastern new jersey. out towards the east we will see the higher amounts coming in. it looks like tomorrow we will have the chance of some showers and accumulating snow by thursday. good morning. that grand central is right by the area near the interchange. off with heavy moving into the area. we have the issues on the truck leaned northbound at exit 13. it's an overturned tractor-trailer with a fuel offramp. we will see delays here and another incident that we get north word on by the 15 w. it's a crash pushed off to the shoulder. people rub her neck as they push it so keep it in mind. moving over to the eastbound side, it's crowded but not looking terrible. it's a little bit congested with stop and go traffic. let's bring you to the brooklyn bridge. looking good as you had in mind. you can look at the bqe and it's crowded but moving at a steady pace. the bridge is looking pretty good. ben: 5:45 am on monday morning. let's check the headlines. volunteers check homeless people. it's the annual count , two

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news 4 new york app. select the weather tab and there you can track conditions, alerts and much more. >>> new tonight a disturbing discovery at a queens playground. workers cleaning a park found what appeared to be a human skull. crime scene investigators and the medical examiner combed the area to collect evidence. the workers found the remains in a black garbage bag near a fence. a neighbor heard the cleaning crew shout when they made that grisly find. >> they were making commotion and they said it was child remains in a bag. so it freaked me out. that's what made me come outside outside. >> they said specifically child remains? >> no. they didn't know. >> the medical examiner's office in fact human. >>> democratic presidential candidates hillary clinton and bernie sanders faced off in milwaukee tonight, their first debate since sanders' resounding victory in the new hampshire primary and both candidates stocked with familiar themes. >> after the american people bailed wall street out yes, they should p

. >> hello, new york. tonight david spade, derek hough, cousin sal, all new >>> in tonight's health alert, troubling news about some of the most commonly prescribed heartburn medications. a new study shows prilosec and others may be linked to a higher risk of dementia. scientists caution more research is needed. >>> new tonight, apple's next big announcement will reportedly be for something small. according to reports, the company is said to release a new the iphone 5 se will feature a smaller screen but equipped with the latest technology in the iphone 6s. >> now officially need a scorecard to keep up with them. >>> rob powers always has score cards. >> we tune in to some local college basketball. we've got baseball to talk about as well. straight ahead, sure sounds like met pitcher matt harvey wants to stick around for a while. we'll hear from him. plus the rangers' rick nash has been out for a i do everything on the internet. but, it's kind of slow. i just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. that's ser

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york and just questioning, if your environment is insane, which i find new york to be, if it's illogical, if it just doesn't - it's not logical, this. people say that new york is like the bumblebee, there is no reason why the bumblebee should be able to fly >>> i was listening to that, have i been blind, et cetera. >> i've walked these streets in the wealth and poverty, in the diamond market, they just rolled out for me. there's so of wealth in this city and there's-- so much wealth and poverty, they co-exist right next to each other. you can see people sitting down to a $400 bottle of wine and lookout the window and see an old woman eating out of the garage can. the disparity and the income gap is like this in the world, but in new york everybody is right up against each other living together. you have to do a lot of convincing of yourself that you're - you know, somehow justify your lifestyle to be able to live as accessively-- excessively as you do and taking advantage of all the material pleasures that are here and not give assistance - basically stepping over bodies to get into prad

take for instance, elmsford new york. the key time period, unfortunately, is just bad timing for the commute as some of the heaviest comes down for the morning commute. quickly after that the sun will come up by late morning as the evening commute will be just fine. i've got some rain from belmar to neptune and toward tom's river. a few sprinkles into new york city and rain on long island. so can could be a wet ride the back edge is the whole key. you can see how it's such a tough call because basically, the western half of the area may be out of the precipitation, but you go east and you can get into heavy precipitation. so watch how this all evolves. we're way above freezing so even when the rain initially transitions to snow between midnight and 2:00 a.m., it's not sticking. after 4:00 a.m., the intensity of the snow and numbers dropping in the mid-30s, you can see slushy roadways. you might be looking at how it's snowing. the thing is, the cold air is coming down from above first. not sticking it first will cool the g

you're watching "today in new york." >>> have a tip for new york's biggest i-team, call 866-news-244. >>> welcome back. looking at the statue of liberty on this tuesday morning. you said it earlier, on the way in, i was coming up from westchester, it seems like you're getting something different all the time. icy roads, slick, wet, puddles in spots. >> it's the transition. we're going from the warmer air and then the ice and snow from yesterday that isn't quite done from the northwestern suburbs. you can s w why, 29 in class its like stonykill. up in these areas in particular, still icy patches out there. when the warmer air goes over that colder surface it creates fog. visibility is down to a half mile in portions of new jersey and hudson valley. it's 48 in the city. that's the bottom line. we have freezing rain advisories west central portions of new jersey. hudson valley, winter weather advisory. not a lot of precipitation, but everybody warms up to the 50s. 57 expected high. a round of heavy showers between noon and 4:00 or 5:00, heavy downpours possible. then it clears up for ton

rallying with hundreds of new yorkers in east new york in brooklyn. people here are demanding half of the new houses built here are affordable to them. >> push them out because the rent is so high they can't afford it. the mayor michael bloomberg the city lost a third of apartments families. >> what we see now are effects of 20 years of housing policy, 20 years of people little by little being pushed out. no attempt to house these human beings. >> and homelessness, the number is rising everyday. >> homelessness right here. >> they are getting pushed out of state. >> new york city under the bloomberg administration eliminated entirely the permanent housing programs which were designed to help homeless families and children leave the shelter system. >> under bloomberg the number of people in homeless shelters each 54,000. >> essentially what we have it was a massive social experiment that if you take away permanent housing assistance from the needy children and families in the city what will happen? >> no good jobs. >> everyday in this city people are l

4 new york. >> thank you. >>> a staredown in the subway turns violent, and police are investigating another slashing se in the city. street 7th avenue station, and the accused attacker is still on the run. news 4's andrew siff in midtown with new information. andrew? >> reporter: chuck, this happened right here at rush hour. the man was on his way to get on a train here at the n, q, r station at 57th street and 7th avenue. he was heading eastbound. we're going to show you an image of the victim. you can see the slash marks to his faae. he got slashed in the face and needed six stitches. also a slash mark on his thumb. according t polh,e, the attacker may have been blocking the entrance to a packed train. we talked to commuters who said they continue to be scared about the increase in slashings in new york city this year. they don't know if it's a statistical fluke or some part of an alarming trend. >> that is a terrifying thing that they can just out of nowhere, someone can come out or fatally in

new york and be a very small town. -- new york can be a very small town. marriage washis spending patterns. jumel's financial strategy was by and. aaron burr strategy was borrow and spend. when she filed for divorce, she obtained an immediate separation in goods from aaron burr so that he could not have access to her money during the divorce proceedings. bill of complaint in which she requested the divorce details the ways in which he had been running through her money. thistly speaking, none of financial business had any weight into force. in 1834 in new york, there was only one ground for divorce. adultery. luckily, aaron burr was a ladies man. for about one year before his marriage, he had been closely acquainted with a 25-year-old woman named jane and had almost certainly been her lover. el used this relationship against burr. for someone to seen him andving jane engage in adultery in jersey city in august, 1833, one year after his marriage. supposedly, the servant had spied on them through windows. she had crawled on a shed adjacent to the back window

new york yesterday? you will find out. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: a palestinian village has been awarded the nobel peace prize will step israel is throwing open its doors to refugees. those were some of the headlines that appeared in a fake version of "the new york times" distributed across new york city on tuesday. the paper carried the slogan, "all the news we didn't print." the prank copy of the revered "gray lady" also announced democratic presidentialilarity " planned to quit the presidential race to head up a women's nonprofit based in ramallah. the edition even has fake ads. amy: 10,000 copies of the fake paper were distributed but no group took responsible for the prank. that is, until now. joining us to find out who was behind the paper, we are joined by jane hirschmann of jews say no. also with us ben norton, journalist at salon who specializes in u.s. foreign policy and in the middle east.

you're in new york right now. >> i'm in new york. well, i moved here about 12 years ago and this is where i decided to live and raise a family. so i would say right now new york would be my fav. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: nicely done. these people love you for saying that. just don't ever come in second place in iowa. >> i won't. >> stephen: we started off as an improv group together. >> we did. >> stephen: did you enjoy the the improvisation? >> you know, i'm going to be really honest. i was always-- this is true. i'm not lying. steve, i could never keep up with him. he-- your mind is just so ridiculously fast. and i was more. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: very nice of you to say. >> it's the god's honest truth. and i actually was really grateful for being in that group with you because i realized, "oh, that's why i can't do that." ( laughter ) so, i mean, i should go into acting and not that. >> stephen: do you know what i remember, do you know what i remember about you, other than you were a very gifted actor, is th

we'll leave you with the sights and sounds of new york city's chinese new year celebration. hundreds welcomed the arrival of the year of the monkey yesterday in new york city's chinatown. for the first time ever the city's public schools closed for the lunar new year. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green.

"today in new york's" katherine creag is in east new york where the shooting happened. a shooting that the officer claimed in court was a terrible accident. >> reporter: he always maintained that, michael, that it was an accident. as for the verdict, residents, some of them here at the pink houses where that shooting happened, they expressed surprise. as you mentioned, michael, peter liang buried his face in his hands. the jury convicted him on manslaughter and official misconduct in the death of akai gurley. the shooting happened in november of 2014. on patrol with his partner in the pipg nk houses. he always said it was an accident. the bullet ricocheted and killed gurley who had no weapon on him. jurors deliberated for 17 hours over three days. we heard from the district attorney in brooklyn and also a juror. >> i have family and it was a very tough decision. >> there's no message here. this has nothing to do with ferguson or staten island or baltimore or cleveland or any other place. this has to do with who are we here in brooklyn. what do we stand for. >> as for li

i'll ask former new york city mayor rudy giuliani tonight. he weighs in on trump's impact on the gop race. and president obama goes back to the city where he launched his presidential campaign nine years ago, talking about his political achievements and failures. there's a lot to get to in the hour ahead. next stops on the campaign trail, south carolina and nevada. as we count down to super tuesday on march 1st. joining me now is mckay copins, a senior political writer for buzzfeed news. good to have you. the outsiders, donald trump, bernie sanders were victorious in new hampshire last night. how rattled is the establishment on both sides? >> i think it's somewhat between rattled and outright panic from what i understand. i spent last night at marco rubio's primary rally. remember that just a few days ago before his kind of debate stage meltdown he was seen as a surging candidate, someone who's going to come in a strong second, possibly even challenge donald trump for first place in new hampshire, finally kind of consolidate the establishment

the bus left new york city. was on its way to the mohegan sun casino when it spun out in madison yesterday. 36 people were hurt, many of them taken to yale/new haven hospital for surgery. >> a number of the injuries were thoracic, a number of bone fractures. >> the bus driver told police he was trying to merge in the right road and into the metal barrier. >> to decision 2016 now, a big night in the race for the white house. polls are open in the new hampshire primary as we speak, this is a critical state for candidates to declare victory in. brian thompson is in manchester talking with voters tonight. i'm sure they have a lot to say, brian. >> boy, do they ever have a lot to say. and they have been voting here, a steady stream going by, you see them right now in this polling place, the volunteers manning the stands right there. and, of course, you don't have to win here to move on. the definition of doing well is in the mind of the beholder, for some, as we saw in iowa, it seems likely there will be no tomorrow.

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you want to stay up-to-date with the news 4 new york app. then you scroll down and select the weather tab. see the latest forecast, interactive radar, and learn how to submit your own weather video. the news 4 new york app is available in the app store. >>> you may not have known that the largest civil rights demonstration happened in new york city. it happened over segregated schools. >> as we celebrate black history month, our partners at wnyc took a look back at the protest and its impact. kerry barrett sat down with{ yasmine caan. >> thank you. we just marked the anniversary of one of the largest demonstrations in civil rights history. it happened here in new york city over segregated schools. what happened the day of the >> well, 460,000 students didn't go to school that day. even if you2f integrating schools. >> let me ask you that. what had they specifically been saying about integration? there were efforts to desegregate going on in the city at that time, correct? >> that's right. and, you know, things really started to heat up right

we don't see it in new york city. we've been looking at mosquitoes in new york city carefully ever since we first encountered west nile, and we don't see that mosquito. >> but some of that spraying has its own side effects and medical implications, right? >> well, we -- we, mostly with west nile virus, engineer our screenings so that we reduce the possibility that people are exposed to it when we're spraying, and we're gonna be looking at the right way that we would spray for the aedes mosquito if we needed to. you saw the spraying on the streets of rio? >> well, i can see that people would feel a little unnerved by it. >> i did a little, to be honest. >> but the fact is that there are two main ways that we're gonna contain this until we have a vaccine. one is by giving people advice how to protect themselves from bites, and the other is by controlling the vector. and spraying is the key way that we have to control the vector. >> that's the bottom line. >> so i think, overall, people should feel reassured that the bra

now you can count on news 4 to changing weather with our nbc 4 new york app. download the nbc 4 new york app on the app store now. >>> it does seem that we are talking more and more about slashings here in the city. and we do have others to tell you about. this time a teen was attacked out of nowhere in brooklyn. >> reporter: the 18-year-old was walking right here in the area minding his own business when suddenly a man and a woman snuck up behind him and quickly demanded all of his money. he tried to run away and that's when they slashed him in the face. a stunning attack on this block, an 18-year-old slashed on the left cheek with a sharp blade. another slashing makes headlines. i live around here and my child goes to school. i feel really bad. >> reporter: you don't have to tell this worker about slashings in the city. he's a victim and returned to work today after being slashed earlier this month. >> he opened the door and he have the knife and got him from there. >> reporter: the nypd says there have been 567 stabbings and slashings this year, up 21%. sev

abc news, new york. >> and there's still more ahead. >>> now new york's number one news, channel 8, eyewitness news. >>> dmx's brush with death. new information about what happened when the rapper was discovered lifeless in a motel parking lot, and a five month old puppy thrown from a moving car, and we hear from the woman that helped save it. >>> and good evening at 5:00 o'clock i'm diana williams with sade baderinwa. cancellations and delays on one of the east river tunnels used for commute, it's out of service due to signal problems. we have a crew on the way, and we'll continue to bring you new information as it comes in. now to the weather, so back in the forecast center, and it could be a big problem for the morning commute. coastal flood warnings still in effect for many areas already dealing with flooding. lee goldberg has more. actually down a little looking to the south, and i got a tweet from staten island saying there's already light snow, so already snow showers moving in, but thankfully the numbers are still above freezing, so somewhere wet woods, and no snow yet in the hudson va

download the "news 4 new york" app on your mobile device. our next hour starts right now. >>> braeng eaking news in new jersey. there's a still developing story in hoboken. >>> a victim slashds on the subway and this time it's not >>> an uber -- "today in new york" starts now. >>> good morning everybody. it is 5:00 a.m. on this monday, the 1st day of february, i'm michael gargiulo. >>> i'm darlene rodriguez. storm team 4's raphael miranda is -- first dave february. can't believe the temperatures, raphi. >> i really can't believe it. >> 50 degrees in midtown. the warm temperatures on this monday morning. take april look at the region. 46 right now. all the way up in newburgh. it's 39 in bridgeport. we have 40s mid to upper 40s. 50 in montauk. and 47 degrees in westhampton. no winter jackets needed today. milder for the afternoon. ltoday's high, 54. we are tracking a few showers mainly aft lunchtime. nothing too heavy. but bring your umbrella. the forecast coming up in a few.nlauren scala is here with a look at that commute. >> raphi, thanks.

n track the weather any time with the news4 new york app. tap the news4 logo in the corner and select the weather tab. >>> jury expected to begin deciding the fate of an nypd officer on trial for shooting and killing a brooklyn man. we spent the morning in court in downtown brooklyn. >> reporter: some pretty dramatic moments from peter liang's defense attorney upstairs. robert brown maintained that the rookie crop followed protocol in the moments after the man was shot. he held up an empty glock to illustrate how much pressure or lack there of it takes to activate the trigger. both sides actually agree that peter liang did not intend to kill gurley in 2014. but he argu d that the prosecution was weak on facts in the case and failed to meet its burden of proof particularly of the rookie cop handling his weapon. during tearful testimony on monday, officer liang says he did not have the trigger on his glock when it went off. the district attorney held up an empty glok in his left hand and argued a gun can go off just like that and that the slig

the icy mix north of new york overnight. by tomorrow morning, well above freezing, but in buffalo and cleveland, could see a foot of snow. in same areas in the snow and ice tomorrow night could see thunderstorms. a remarkable warmup in temperatures. a 30 degree swing from yesterday morning's record-breaking cold, 57 degrees tomorrow afternoon. >> run unbelievable. rob, thank you. > we turn now to the race for today, up leashing on his opponents. on ted cruz, calling him a liar, quote, unstable, a basket case. and trump continued to take aim at jeb bush and now his brother, the former president. george w. bush. e and former first lady laura bush joining jeb bush on the trail just moments ago there. tonight, what trump is now saying about 9/11, and the former president, and also threatening to run as an independent again. abc's tom llamas in charleston tonight. >> reporter: tonight, in south carolina, it's big brother to the rescue. >> thaha you for y yr hard work for jeb. thank you for what you're going to do, which is to vot

it was seen in new jersey, new york and canada. this video from a dash board camera of a man driving in virginia. lots of people saw it. >> it's always interesting. maybe it was a meteor. maybe it was something else. >> i didn't see it but any time upper atmosphere at that speed will burn up and cause the fire ball. the bigger the object the bigger the meteor. >> the weather is not spring like but pretty nice for february. >> almost. milder potentially during the day tomorrow and then again on wednesday. by wednesday we pay for that warmth with potentially heavy rain. we're taking a live look towards central park and still 51 degrees. we're coming in from the south around 5 miles per hour. this is after getting up to 56 during the afternoon, which by the way is a full 17 degrees above normal. normal high this time of year is around 39. the record was 63. we didn't quite hit that. that was set in 1947. patchy fog will form overnight into tomorrow morning and this mild air over the snow pack. that difference in temperature causing th

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this is very, very rare for new york city. again, people have to recognize they have to take extreme precautions precautions. 25 below zero saturday night going into sunday. by monday afternoon, we expect with windchills in the 20s. so it will be more normal for this time of year by monday afternoon and then continue to get a little warmer going into tuesday. from this point on through sunday afternoon, we're in a really exceptional situation. and i need all new yorkers to understand to take all the appropriate precautions. you should take this weather very, very seriously. we don't see these temperatures very often, and they can be life-threatening, particularly to our seniors, for infants, for people with disabilities, people with cardiovascular and lung conditions, these are very tough conditions for folks with those challenges. and anyone who is under the influence of drugs or alcohol may not recognize just how much danger they're in. that will be particularly true in the evening hours and the overnight hours. and we're co

more south and west of new york city. more on that coastal flooding in just a moment with jeff smith. we'll have much more and we'll make sense of the 7-day accuweather forecast in just a few minutes. >>> now to our reporters outside. lee said long island getting hit the hardest, especially on the east end. many schools closed because of this. >> the east end of long island seems to be the lucky one the storm, for example, friday they were the hardest hit. the kids were off from school and today the kids off from school once again. we did talk to some people who say they don't mind it. >> reporter: there are very few of us who look at all this snow and think pay day, but for plow truck drivers all this snow means good money. >> definitely. when it snows, i've got two at home who say let it snow. >> this is great. i love it. get to make some money. go plow. >> reporter: they have been busy on the east end of long island which also took the brunt of the storm just three days ago. conditions got treacherous as the full force