NICOLE
NICOLE NALEPA. AND WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO THIS MORNING. BUT
EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT THE
FRIGID COLD THAT IS COMING TO
THE STATE TODAY. SO LET'S START
THINGS OFF WITH METEOROLOGIST
SCOT HANEY WHO WAS TRACKING THAT
EARLY WARNING WEATHER ALERT FOR
US, SCOTT. THANKS, NICOLE. LET'S
GET TO IT. SEVEN O'CLOCK
STRAIGHT UP OUR DOPPLER DRY. WE
HAD SOME SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
OVERNIGHT. THOSE HAVE MOVED ON
OUT, AND WE'RE ENJOYING A
BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE THIS MORNING
TEMPERATURES NOT TOO BAD THIS
MORNING, BUT WE'VE GOTTA
WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT AND
WIND CHILL ADVISORY. IN EFFECT
FOR THE SHORE LINE, EVERYBODY BE
CAREFUL AND THE FURTHER NORTH.
YOU GO, THE MORE TROUBLE YOU'RE
GOING TO RUN INTO DANGEROUS
COMBINATION OF ARCTIC COLD WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN
HOUR. RECORDS COULD BE BROKEN.
THE WORST IS TONIGHT THROUGH
TOMORROW MORNING. HERE'S EARLY
MORNING FUTURECAST TAKE A LOOK
AT THE NUMBERS. WHOA THESE ARE
TEMPERATURES. NINE PM TONIGHT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS
EIGHT BELOW 11 BELOW, AND IT
JUST GETS WORSE. NINE BELOW BY
FOUR A.M. TOMORROW MORNING AND
THEN WE START MODERATING THE
TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAY
TOMORROW, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A
BRUTAL START. ALRIGHT HERE'S
EARLY ONE OF FUTURECAST IN TERMS
OF THE WIND CHILL. TAKE A LOOK
AT THE NUMBERS. 30 40. PLUS I
MEAN 28 TO 37 BELOW ZERO IN
TERMS OF THE WINDCHILL THAT GETS
A LITTLE BIT BETTER TOMORROW
DURING THE AFTERNOON, BUT IT'S
STILL GOING TO BE A VERY COLD
DAY TOMORROW RECORDS EIGHT BELOW
RIGHT NOW, THAT IS THE RECORD
SET BACK IN 1965 5. IN 1996 FOR
BRIDGEPORT, AND I THINK THOSE
WILL BOTH BE IN JEOPARDY.
SATELLITE AND RADAR CONFIRMS WE
ARE DRY. THERE'S A RAINSTORM TO
OUR SOUTH. THAT WON'T HAVE AN
IMPACT ON US. WE'VE GOT DRY
ROADS AND WE ARE GOOD TO GO
ROLLING OUT THE BUS. GET ON THE
BUS. DON'T BE LATE FOR THE BUS.
TAKE A LOOK. WHOA 18 17 KIDS.
WITH THE WIND. YOU'RE GOING TO
BE INSIDE FOR RECESS DURING THE
DAY TODAY. ALRIGHT VISIBILITY AT
A PERFECT 10 EARLY WARNING
FUTURECAST. THERE'S NOTHING ON
IT, MAYBE A COUPLE OF CLOUDS,
BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT. OH, MY GOODNESS.
GRACIOUS LOOK AT THAT SUNRISE.
NEW HAVEN 31 DEGREES ABSOLUTELY
GLORIOUS THIS MORNING
TEMPERATURES AGAIN RIGHT NOW, OR
THEY CONTINUE TO DROP OR IN THE
MID TO UPPER TEENS AND LOW
TWENTIES. AGAIN WE ARE UP FROM
WHERE WE WERE YESTERDAY, BUT NOT
TOO MUCH. AND LOOK AT THESE
SUSTAINED WINDS TO 22 MILES AN
HOUR RIGHT NOW WITH GUS RIGHT
NOW TO 33 MILES AN HOUR. THAT'S
BRUTAL. SO THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS
LIKE WHEN YOU'RE WALKING OUT THE
DOOR ONE BELOW AND SALISBURY
ZERO AND TORRINGTON FIVE, AND
BRADLEY, THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS
LIKE RIGHT NOW. AND REMEMBER,
WE'RE JUST AT THE START. SO IT
IS GOING TO GET WORSE. HERE ARE
YOUR HEADLINES. WE'RE OKAY RIGHT
NOW. LITTLE COLD, BECOMING
COLDER AND WINDIER AND BRUTAL
COLD TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW
MORNING, 10 TO 15 IS THE SPREAD
TODAY WE HAD A SNOW SHOWER
EARLIER. WE'RE JUST UNDER MOSTLY
SUNNY SKIES THE REMAINDER OF THE
DAY WATCH THE TEMPERATURES DROP
DROP DROP INTO THE MID TEENS,
AND THAT WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL
EVEN COLDER. AND THEN YOUR THREE
DAY FORECASTINCLUDES SOME
REALLY COLD WEATHER TONIGHT
THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. SUNDAY
LOOKS GOOD, DRAMATIC, MY
DRAMATICALLY MILDER AND THEN
YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST INCLUDES
SOME NICE WEATHER. MONDAY
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY THURSDAY, NO
SOME NICE WEATHER. MONDAY TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY THURSDAY, NO-
SOME NICE WEATHER. MONDAY STORMS , WEDNESDAY THURSDAY, NO-
SOME NICE WEATHER. MONDAY STORMS IN EDNESDAY THURSDAY, NO-
SOME NICE WEATHER. MONDAY STORMS IN SIGHT. Y THURSDAY, NO-
SOME NICE WEATHER. MONDAY STORMS IN SIGHT. WE'RE SDAY, NO-
SOME NICE WEATHER. MONDAY STORMS IN SIGHT. WE'RE JUST, NO-
TALKING ABOUT SOME VERY CHILLY
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. REMEMBER
THAT 20 YEAR SEEING WE PRETTY
MUCH ACHIEVED IT. WE'RE GOING TO
DROP TWO AND THREE BELOW
TEMPERATURE AT BRADLEY. I THINK
IT MIGHT EVEN GET COLDER THAN
THAT 16 TOMORROW. MOSTLY SUNNY
SKIES 42 ON SUNDAY, MONDAY,
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
. HERE COMES THE MODERATION LOOK
AT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ALONG
THE SHORE LINE. 50 DEGREES 50
DEGREES FOR WEDNESDAY AND FOR
THURSDAY. ALRIGHT 704 IS NOW THE
TIME NICOLE WILL SEND IT BACK TO
YOU ACTUALLY GOING TO SEND HIS
CASSIDY WILLIAMS IN THE FIELD
HAS GOT MORE ON THOSE THE COLD.
CASSIDY. NICE TO SEE YOU THIS
MORNING. GOOD MORNING, SCOTT.
AND FIRST OF ALL, I THINK YOU
AND I HAVE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS
OF OKAY, BECAUSE IT IS GETTING
PRETTY COLD OUT HERE. BUT AS
YOU'RE SAYING, IT'S ONLY GOING
TO GET WORSE. AND WE KNOW THAT
IN THE CITY OF HARTFORD IS
REPAIRING THE HARTFORD NO FREEZE
WARMING CENTER HERE ON
WASHINGTON STREET WILL BE OPEN
IN HIS ROOM FOR 45 PEOPLE TO
WARMLY SAFE THE NIGHT STAY THE
NIGHT AND HARTFORD POLICE ARE
WORKING TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE
KNOWS ABOUT PLACES LIKE THIS.
CHANNEL THREE FOLLOWED ALONG
WITH OFFICERS LAST NIGHT FOR
SEVERAL HOURS AS THEY DROVE
AROUND ROUND AND TOLD PEOPLE
ABOUT PLACES THEY COULD GO
OFFERED THEM A RIDE TO WARMING
CENTERS. TAKE A LISTEN TO ONE
OFFICER. TELL SOMEONE TO GET
SOMEWHERE WARM. DUDE IT'S JUST
TOO COLD TO GO, MAN. AND THEY
GOT HOT CHILD. BUT WHAT ARE YOU
GONNA WASTE YOUR TIME OUT HERE
FOR? WHATEVER YOU GOT, JUST DO
IT TOMORROW. YEAH YOU COULD HEAR
THEM. THEY'RE GETTING PEOPLE
INSIDE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE
DOING THAT AGAIN TODAY AND
TOMORROW. IF YOU NEED TO FIND A
SAFE PLACE TO GO, YOU CAN CALL
211 LIVE IN HARTFORD, CASSIDY
WILLIAMS, CHANNEL THREE
EYEWITNESS NEWS. ALRIGHT THANKS,
CASSIDY, WITH THE FRIGID COLD
AIR COMING IN WARMING CENTERS
ARE OPENED AROUND THE STATE TO
HELP THE HOMELESS ALONG WITH
ANYONE ELSE WHO NEEDS A SAFE
PLACE TO STAY NOW, SOME OF THE
CENTERS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE
TO THOSE IN NEED INCLUDE THE
WINSTEAD HEALTH CENTER. THE
HARTFORD SALVATION ARMY, THE NEW
BRITAIN FRIENDSHIP CENTER AND
THE BRISTOL PUBLIC LIBRARY. ALSO
REMEMBER, YOU CAN DIAL 211
ANYTIME IF YOU NEED HELP FINDING
THE CLOSEST CENTER AND FOR MORE
ON YOUR LOCAL WEATHER. DON'T
FORGET TO DOWNLOAD OUR CHANNEL
THREE WEATHER APP THERE YOU CAN
GET THE LATEST INFORMATION ON
THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRIGID
WEATHER, RIGHT IN THE PALM OF
YOUR HAND. WE'RE ALSO TRACKING
BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW FOR YOU
IN EAST HARTFORD, WHERE WE'VE
LEARNED POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING
A SHOOTING ON MAIN STREET. THAT
HAPPENED OVERNIGHT, AND
INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT SAID
WHETHER ANYONE WAS HURT. BUT WE
DO KNOW THAT THE SUSPECTED
SHOOTER IS STILL MISSING THIS
MORNING, SO POLICE ARE ASKING
ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION TO
GIVE THEM A CALL RIGHT AWAY.
ALSO BREAKING OVERNIGHT WE JUST
LEARNED THAT WATERBURY POLICE
ARRESTED A MAN WHO THEY SAY WAS
CARRYING 1400 BAGS OF HEROIN
ALONG WITH A LOADED GUN. NOW WE
KNOW THAT VIDEO IS CIRCULATING
ONLINE OF THAT ARREST AND WE ARE
WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH POLICE TO
TRY AND OBTAIN THAT BODY CAM
FOOTAGE, BUT HERE IS WHAT WE
KNOW SO FAR. POLICE SAY THEY
RECEIVED CALLS OF A MAN OPENLY
CARRYING A WEAPON RIGHT NEAR
WEST MAIN STREET AND LEAVENWORTH
STREET. AND WHEN OFFICERS
ARRIVED, THEY RECOGNIZE THAT MAN
AS A SUSPECT IN TWO RECENT
SHOOTINGS, WHO THEY LATER
IDENTIFIED AS JAMES THOMAS.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THOMAS
IMMEDIATELY BECAME PHYSICALLY
COMBATIVE WITH OFFICERS AND
TRIED TO REACH FOR HIS WAISTBAND
. ONCE HE WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY, OFFICERS WERE COVERED A
LOADED PISTOL AND A LARGE AMOUNT
OF HEROIN. THOMAS AND AN OFFICER
WERE HURT IN THE ARREST, BUT
BOTH ARE BEING TREATED THIS
MORNING AT ST MARY'S HOSPITAL.
WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING DEVELOPING
NEWS AND HARTFORD NOW WHERE
POLICE THERE ARE INVESTIGATING
THAT UNDERGROUND EXPLOSION,
WHICH TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY. THE
SITUATION PLAYED OUT IN THE
AFTERNOON, RIGHT IN THE AREA OF
FARMING TOWN AVENUE AND LAUREL
STREET. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY
FOUND UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL
FIRE AT END A SIX INCH WATER
MAIN BREAK, BUT THE EXACT CAUSE
OF THE EXPLOSION IS STILL
UNCLEAR. NEIGHBORS SAW SMOKE
RISING FROM THE GROUND WHERE A
MANHOLE COVER LITERALLY BLEW OUT
OF THE STREET. RIGHT NOW. THAT
ROAD IS STILL CLOSED THIS
MORNING, AND POLICE IN
SOUTHINGTON ARE INVESTIGATING A
ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WITHIN
A QUARTER MILE OF EACH OTHER,
AND INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SAME
MAN COMMITTED BOTH CRIMES. THEY
TELL US THAT 36 YEAR OLD KYLE
WOODCOCKS WOULD WOULD COST ME
THAT IS SEEN HERE TRIED TO HOLD
UP THE GO HAPPY MART AND THE
FLEET GAS STATION RIGHT ON THE
MERIT IN WATERBURY TURNPIKE.
PINPOINT NEWS TRACKER SHOWS US
EXACTLY WHERE THESE TWO CRIMES
WERE COMMITTED. YOU CAN SEE HOW
CLOSE THEY WERE WOULD COST KIIZA
SUSPECTED OF HOLDING THE GO
HAPPY MARK AT GUNPOINT. THE
CLERK SAID THAT HE TOLD HIM TO
WAIT OUTSIDE FOR MONEY. AND
THEN, AFTER A FEW MINUTES,HE
LATER GOT INTO A CABIN LEFT.
THEN HE WAS DROPPED OFF AT THE
FLEET GAS STATION UP THE ROAD,
AND POLICE SAY THAT HE AGAIN
DEMANDED MONEY THIS TIME. HE GOT
AWAY WITH ABOUT 20 BUCKS.
WITKOWSKI IS IN CUSTODY THIS
MORNING FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES.
POLICE IN NEW LONDON ARE
INVESTIGATING A CRASH INVOLVING
A SCHOOL BUS NOW THIS HAPPENED
RIGHT IN THE AREA OF MONTAUK
AVENUE, AND IT ALL UNFOLDED
AROUND 8 15 YESTERDAY MORNING
WHEN POLICE SAY AN OFFICER WHO
WAS GOING TO A DIFFERENT CALL
ENDED UP WITNESSING A CAR
COLLIDED WITH THE BUS ON THE BUS
WAS A DRIVER AND 27 ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL STUDENTS. THANKFULLY NO
ONE WAS HURT, BUT POLICE
CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR TUNING INTO
EYEWITNESS NEWS ON THIS FRIDAY
MORNING. REMEMBER, YOU CAN GET
NEWS AND WEATHER UPDATES ANYTIME
ON THE CHANNEL THREE APPLICANT
GORGEOUS. THAT SUNRISES ISN'T
INTO LONDON. WOW ALRIGHT, BE
HEALTHY. STAY POSITIVE AND ALSO
PLEASE STAY WARM. HAVE A GREAT
WEEKEND,