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Right now on mornings on news, 12 new video showing the moment firefighters get launched into the air when a building's roof collapses in West New York and breaking this morning, take a look at these flames as a fire breaks out at a home in Woodbridge. We're live at the scene and we are continuing this morning to track the rain coming into New Jersey. We'll tell you what to expect for the weekend as well. Smoking. It's still allowed in Atlantic City casinos this morning. The divide that prevented a vote from banning it from even taking place. And Good morning. Thanks for joining us here on mornings on news 12 on a Friday, December 1st. I'm m mad and I'm Simon Choudry. So we've been talking about the rain. Will it affect our weekend plans? Let's check in with storm watch team. Meteorologist, Alex Calam. Not a bad start to December temperature wise though. Now it's true. It is cold out there this morning in the mid twenties for North Jersey, interior parts of the state only in the twenties, but we are all warming up very quickly. I want to take you to one of the cooler spots. Somerset County is sitting in the mid twenties right now. At Best Rocky Hill is 30. So you definitely need to jack it early but you don't get by mid morning, at least not the heavy jacket. You're sitting in the mid forties. The wind is very calm today but clouds are building and we have a chance for rain. It is after all the first day of December and on average temperatures are right around 49. So this is just about right for this time of the year. But by the end of the month, we go down to 41 for your average morning temperature on average by the end of the month, 28. And yeah, December typically is when we see our first snow of the season last year though. We didn't see our first inch of snow until February this weekend. We're just talking plain old rain and there could be plenty of it on Sunday. Saturday looks dry and cloudy and mild coming up. We'll show you what those numbers look like. Alex. Thank you breaking this morning. Emergency crews working a fire in Middlesex County news. Tell New Jersey's Tony.

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Another check of that hyperlocal forecast. Definitely not as cold out there today and we have the sunshine too. So overall, this is just about as good as it gets for us. Not a bad way to close off the month, but we start off December with more clouds and a chance for a shower in the evening. It's mostly light rain, but it'll probably be around through the whole evening commute. Then the weekend comes with cloudy skies kind of spritzes and a little bit of drizzle. But as you see, temperatures have been kind of hovering close to 50 this afternoon and then we drop into the mid forties for any evening plans. So 7 p.m. dinner time looks cool but not cold. We're chilly in the morning time on Friday, a few spots close to freezing, but I'm expecting us to stay above it. And then Friday afternoon, temperatures are mostly in the mid forties with high temperatures close to 50 but it won't feel as warm tomorrow. And that's because we have cloudy skies. Here's a look at four o'clock seeing very light showers pass through the city and that will continue kind of on and off for us here in the Bronx at five o'clock, still some light showers tomorrow and then closing off Friday evening with just mainly cloudy skies. Those clouds just are so stubborn. Best chance of seeing the sun is gonna be on Saturday, but there's not much of it expect clouds to build overnight. Saturday with a few showers. If you have late Saturday evening plans, I'm talking after dinner time, Sunday, rain pretty much expected at some point in the afternoon or evening. Definitely not looking like a total wash at this point. But the later you get in the day, the better bahrain risk gets. So you need the umbrella there. Probably gonna need it for Monday morning too. That's still a few days out. But at least temperatures still look quite mild there and we're expecting high temperatures to stay only in the mid forties from the middle of next week. It's gonna be a little cool.

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Rain drops today. Meteorologist Matt Hammer filling us in on that forecast. Yeah, just a couple of light showers really around after one o'clock this afternoon through about six or seven this evening. So that's where we start off with on the futurecast. Really nice morning this morning, chilly temperatures will get up into the upper forties to near 50 though into the afternoon under mostly cloudy skies by late morning and early afternoon today. So the spotty light areas of green arrive after one o'clock this afternoon, steadier rain will be missing us to the north and west. But you will have the, the umbrella at times during the afternoon and early evening with just these occasional light spotty showers. The best chance for Westchester and Rockland to see these showers is actually after four o'clock and through about six o'clock or so this evening, then after seven this evening, completely dry, mostly cloudy. There just can be a little bit of some fog development overnight into early tomorrow. I do expect to see some breaks of sunshine tomorrow, but clouds certainly should win out throughout the day. Highs will jump well into the fifties briefly into the early afternoon. And I just want to extend this out into Sunday because there are some changes for Sunday, not necessarily looking at flooding or anything like that just yet. But after a dry, early morning on Sunday, we will likely have a round of steadier rain moving in for the afternoon and for the evening hours on Sunday, drying out in time for the morning commute on Monday. So we just want to keep an eye on that for you as we go throughout the weekend today. Kind of an eye all day. It starts off great, but it ends up being a little bit unsettled with a few of those spotty afternoon and early evening rain showers before just drier, mostly cloudy conditions kind of remain for the overnight with some patchy fog. So just pay attention to visibility overnight, you might have to slow down a little bit into very early tomorrow morning for some areas of scattered fog highs tomorrow. Well into the fifties, a stray Sprinkle possible in the afternoon and evening, but most of the day, dry clouds and little hints of sunshine tomorrow is easily the better half of the weekend before that chance at steadier afternoon, evening rain on Sunday, most of next week looks dry at this point, but turning colder by Tuesday with highs in the lower forties, it looks like we'll stay in the forties from Tuesday and through next weekend just could be some more wet weather by next Friday.

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Long Island

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Talking about what this first weekend of December technically, well, not technically winter but kind of winter is going to be like rich. Yes, in the weather world it is the beginning of winter. Meteorological winter starts today and we're going to be warming things up. Today will be the warmest day of the week for our Monday through Friday time frame. Now starting off this morning, still that bit of a chill, but we have dry weather conditions you can see right now. 30 seven Hempstead, 37 in Valley Stream, 40 in Medford, 45 Bridge Hampton already 49 degrees in Montauk. You're gonna notice a different feel to the air for today. Starting off with sunshine and clouds during our midday. If you're gonna be around Jericho, today, temperatures will be in the lower fifties and then towards 567 o'clock, here comes some of that wet weather. So if you have the evening plans be prepared for some scattered showers is developing and it was uh temperatures again, they're cold right now and you can see the wet weather developing out to the west. This is approaching Long Island morning sunshine, then the clouds and the rain showers developing between about five and 7 p.m. And again, as we go through this evening, here's some of that wet weather. Around eight o'clock tonight, the showers are coming on through and that will be with us through about 10 p.m. And then right now your Saturday is more dry track rain for your Sunday. Again, highs today in the fifties morning, sunshine, afternoon clouds showers after four pm, sun goes down. Now at 425 lows are in the forties, showers through midnight and then some drizzle and fog through Saturday morning, mainly dry Saturday rain on Sunday, especially in the afternoon, drier weather coming in as we go towards next week. And right now Hanukkah, the start of that looks dry with temperatures in the forties.

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What the great thing about coming in at 4 a.m. No traffic. No good, smooth sailing, smooth sailing. Yeah. And I guess still for right now. Not too bad. Yeah, it isn't too bad. We're still looking pretty good and the weather is not too bad. At least for the first half of today. Things do switch up later on, but the warmer temperatures are nice. Oh, yeah, we'll see that into the weekend as well. So we're looking forward to that fifties, uh, for a lot of us for today, you are gonna need those umbrellas for a little bit later on getting into your evening period and then, uh, for your tonight, we can expect things to kind of dry out. When I say tonight, we're looking closer to your maybe 89 o'clock hour. We're getting your future cast to time it out. But even still numbers don't fall off too much as we're seeing a lot of us into the forties for you tomorrow. Here's a look at later on this morning at about nine o'clock. We're in the forties. 41 for Birch Port, 44 for orange clouds fill in late parts of our morning. You can expect to see some showers getting into the afternoon, mainly for areas up north north of 84 1st. And then most of us will get engulfed into some rain. By the time we head into that commute home, 567 o'clock, by around your 89 o'clock hour, we're looking gonna dry out and we're looking good. Heading into your Saturday could see a little bit of some patchy fog for the early parts. Your Saturday. Keep that in mind if you do got some traveling to get done for the morning period, but we'll start to see some sunshine as it progressed into your afternoon. Still gonna battle a few clouds for your Saturday. But look at some of these numbers. You got 53 for Torrington, Thomaston, Watertown, 54 for Newtown, 52 for those out toward orange. So whatever plans you got going on for your Saturday, you are looking pretty good things change for your sub, looking dry, but a cloudy gray start for your Sunday morning. And then we see those showers start to work its way in right around the late morning and into the early parts of your afternoon where again, you will need the umbrella. We're talking heavier bouts of that rain, not the little stuff that we're gonna work with today. We really see things pick up. So just to put things into perspective, we're looking at about a quarter of an inch of rain for this first round for today. And then you're gonna tackle on another inch to an inch and a half by the time we head into your Sunday, where those are your total. So again, we're looking at a lot of rain to wrap up this weekend.

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Fitness in Four: Burn calories and build muscle by walking

You know, walking at any speed can really improve your health and burn calories. I was just with Joyce Schulman, author of Walk your way to better who showed me ways to make walking a daily workout. Today, we are focusing on all the benefits of taking a walk and Joyce. I know that you actually wrote a book on this. I am all about the power of walking. I love it. OK. So what are some of the things that we should focus on when we go on this walk? Well, starting with some of the benefits of walking. You know, walking is one of the most accessible forms of physical activity there is, and the benefit bits are huge and I always like to think about them through the lens of benefits for your mind, your mood and your body, right? So let's start with our mind. So the research shows that a regular walking practice can reduce your risk of dementia and Alzheimer's and improve your memory and actually adds volume to your hippocampus. Oh I like that builds gray ma, it makes your brain bigger. Amazing. That's amazing. So now for our mood research shows that for many people, not everybody, but for many people walking can be as powerful to reduce the symptoms of depression and anxiety as medication. Wow. Now, is there a time I should do it? I've heard great things about like after you eat a meal, go on a walk. So any time that works for you, ok, is good. Right. Because all walking is good. Every mile matters. Every step counts all the things. Yeah. but there's huge benefits to your blood sugar levels by walking after meals for sure. And now should I try to hit a certain mile mark? Should I try to hit a certain amount of steps? Like what should I aim to do? I love a goal. I love a good goal. It really depends on what your goal is. Ok. The benefits tend to kind of level out for most people around 8, 800 steps a day. Ok? With more being better, but like the huge benefits and then once you get past that, you know, it's incremental. Ok? But the bottom line is for most of us. Yeah, more is better move every day, you move every day, every day. And I love it. But I know one of the things that you had mentioned to me earlier was that doing smaller walks throughout the day might also have the benefit as well. So for sure. So there is some research that teaches us that several shorter walks during the course of the day spread out 3 15 minute walks, as opposed to 1 45 minute walk has particular benefits for your blood sugar and your cardiovascular system. But again, like all walking is good, do more because there are also benefits that come from a long walk, especially for your mind. You know how your mind clears and you go out for, especially in nature. Yes. And I know one of the other things you were saying is like ditch the cell phone, ditch everything else and make it an intentional thing that you're doing. So my thing is intentional walks. I don't count my steps and that's all good. Right. Park at the far side of the parking lot and get more steps. It's all good. But the value of stepping away from all of our obligations and our screens and the dishes and the kids and taking some measure of time to walk is beautiful and magical and delivers all of these improved clarity and relaxation reduces your cortisol. I mean, all the things that help us live the way we want to live. Right. So all this week, we're gonna be talking about the benefits of walking and different things that we can do to even improve the walks that we go on. Thanks so much. My pleasure.

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