city overnight. this happened on irving street. as you can see on the map there. this was about 4:00 this morning. the fire spread so quickly people had to jump from windows to safety. news 4's tracie strahan is on the scene now. any update on that little girl's condition? >> she is recovering at the burn unit at st. barnabus hospital. you look at the crew patching up the gas line and they've had to turn the gas off after a wild scene that involved flame, may day calls and a drop from the top floor. intense flames captured on cell phone video shocked a family of five out of their sleep, forcing them to attempt a daring escape that had neighbors fearing for their lives. >> i thought, god, where are they? frantic knocks on her back door alerted her to the fire next door that erupted just after 4:00 this morning. >> i was up anyway and i went to the itch cannen and i saw the smoke and the big light that looked like a bomb. >> reporter: the flames that started in a first-floor utility room chased all fiv

the school's dining hall was >>> the coast guard is monitoring a fuel spill in jersey city. 've learned that a barge is leaking gallons of diesel into the morris canal. rob? >> reporter: the coast guard says this fuel spill is relatively small, maybe less than r50 than 50 gallons. the big question tonight is where did that diesel fuel come from. and the obvious first guess would be that fuel barge right across the canal behind me. yesterday that barge nearly sank. the fuel spill mystery has boat owners upset. >> woke up this morning and there's tons of oil in the water. it's disgusting. >> reporter: he took these pictures of a fuel barge that nearly sank yesterday at liberty harbor. the coast guard is investigating the spill as ken's marine that some speculate is from this fuel barge. however, the owner of the barge is not convinced, telling us off camera so far there's been no indication his barge leaks any fuel at all. as you look around the marina this afternoon, you can see pockets of that fuel in different places. rich tells us that it was much worse last night and earl

. >>> and we have new information a jersey city mother and father to make a very difficult split second decision, to drop a two-year-old girl and her five-year-old brother out of a window to safety. tonight that little girl is in the hospital with burns to her arms. the little boy is okay. officials believe this inferno started in a utility room. a neighbor describe what had she said was a terrifying scene. >> i was up anyway and went to the kitchen. i saw the smoke and a big light, looked like a bomb. i was alarmed about that screaming. that was terrible. >> three families have been displaced by that fire. and one firefighter who was hurt was released from the hospital and is doing okay tonight. >>> tonight money is pouring in to help a fairfield family who police say was violently attacked by the father in the home. more than $126,000 has been raced on a go fund me page to help the andrews family. christopher andrews stabbed his andrews was shot and killed by police. his wife and children still in the hospital. >>> on long island a heroin epidemic has prompted the creation of a task f

>> it wouldn't surprise me in newark, jersey city heading away from the water. >> all right. >> you may see 60 degrees in northeast new jersey. otherwise, upper 50s here in town. you can see in the seven-day forecast. very mild weather. 58 for a high today. breezy. tomorrow more of the same, breezy and mild. few showers early on. you can time it without the umbrellas tomorrow as long as you don't live deep north and west of town in the hudson valley. that's where you can see showers in the morning commute. dry in the evening commute. tuesday is dry and cooler there. wednesday some showers, especially early on. thursday it gets much cooler back to where we should be in the low 40s. friday, a high of 35 degrees and a chance for some snow. right now it's way too early to talk about how much or how strong that storm could be. keep in mind, the end of the week may be colder and more wintry so enjoy the spring fling while it lasts. >> all the more reason to enjoy dog park will be crowded today. >> yeah. >> thanks. raphael, thank you. >> tomorrow marks leap day. if monday is your birthday, you

. >>> a fire in new jersey -- in jersey city injured five people including an infant. the flames broke out this morning and quickly spread to several adjacent homes. residents raced to safety. some suffering serious burns. the remaining victims suffered >>> mta bus drivers are on high alert after several drivers have been attacked behind the wheel. parked along the prongs 19 bus route on southern boulevard tuesday when someone boarded the bus and attacked him. he says he tried to escape through the driver's side window but was trapped. >> just tart to punch me all over. there was no way to run. could see my right, it's all red. i got double vision right now. i can't even see straight. >> police say his attacker remains at large. he says he was attacked in november and just last month in brooklyn another bus driver was also beaten while he sat helpless in the driver's seat. the suspect in that case has turned himself in. >>> president obama announced this morning he'll travel to cuba next month. he'll been the first sitting u.s. president to visit the nation in 88 years

right now it's 17 in the city. 19 in jersey city. we're looking at temperatures in the low teens, down to 10 in newburgh. 14 in morristown. long island in the teens. 9 in westhampton. there's a little bit of wind now. makes it feel like 7 in the park with the windchill.

show you exclusive video of that crash aftermath on monday in jersey city. scott hahn rear ended timothy o'donnell's van that caused a chain reaction crash that killed o'donnell and his 5-year-old daughter. his wife, a cancer survivor had the difficult task of telling >> i'm struggling with how did i survive cancer to have my life ripped apart from me. >> 4 investigates looked into hahn's driving records. he had 28 license suspensions. he was found guilty for unsafe operation of a vehicle twice. police are now looking at speed as a factor in this crash. >>> a 16-year-old being charged as an adult in the slashing of a waiter at a greenwich village restaurant. dominick houington was begging customers for money last week when he was asked to leave. he got into a scuffle with the waiter who punched the teen. he returned minutes later and slashed the waiter's face. he needed nearly 140 stitches. howington's grandmother is blaming the victim. >> he punched him in his face. he got what he deserved. >> howington is facing assault and weapons charges. across the city

island, 40 in murray hill. 38 in jersey city, 34 in staten island. a wider picture shows very cool valley, poughkeepsie at 25. 27 at monticello. 26 at sussex. newburgh at 27 degrees. 26 degrees in bridgewater. as far as the day goes here's what we can expect everybody. we are at 40 degrees right now in central park. brilliant sunshine. bright out there. 46 at noon. it's going to be really, really very nice today. partly cloudy at 6:00. tomorrow, a much different story, rain in our direction and flriood watches to talk out. first, let get your trip off right and say hello to lauren. >> thanks, dave. we do have one accident on the roads. we'll head to the sprain brook parkway. tuck ka who road, that blocks one lane. to the goethals bridge with construction. remains closed until 5:00 a.m. next weather and traffic on the an historic close race on the democratic side. the republicans donald trump finds himself in second place. >> darlene, good morning to you. did anyone get any sleep in iowa because we were getting results overnip t. even less than an hou

police were on the scene late into the night on lexington avenue in jersey city. officers first went to the home yesterday morning when the victim's friends from her church became worried when she did not show up for mass. >> everybody was sad. it's very sad. she was a very good lady and she always tried to be with us for everything. >> she used to be here for us. >> police have not identified the woman or said how she died. >>> a cab driver from the bronx recovering from serious bruises after he was attacked on the job. his face was severely cut when saturday night. he was also robbed of more than $1,000 cash and his jacket. a teen has been arrested and police are still looking for a second suspect. >>> 5:37. never more than seven minutes away prosecute -- from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans. >> let's look outside from our cram here at 4 times square. you can see the orange and blue, of course, for the denver broncos. and their win in the super bowl, super bowl l. i remember the first super bowl, remember that? do you remember that? 38 degrees n

in jersey city, news new york. >> new inf mati tonight on a court battle over the a1 tapes made by a victim whose remains were found on the beach. gilbert's family announced a motionyto hand over those emergency calls and says the county is trying to block the move nd the judge will make a decision next month. >> tonight we're hearing from a new jersey teen who was beaten with a rock for his sneakers. joey windsor said he was going to do a sneaker trade when two sneaked up on him from behind and smashed his face with a rock and robbed him taking $250 pair of air jordans. >> i was struck from like the side with a huge rock. holding my face and there was a lot of blood coming out. >> windsor's friends found him in the street and took him to th hospital. his mother said he suffered a brain injury and fractured skull and broken nose. >>> two issued cell phones helped catch a suspected killer in brooklyn. they spotted the man in the photo sitting on platform at the stillwell avenue station. nypd is relying on smart devices to give officers real time information. more than 20,000 smartphon

city exit of the turnpike. you can see the white malibu nearly cut in half. the wife and mothers talked about the difficulty breaking the news to her daughter. >> she went room to room looking for bridget and her daddy. and i had no -- nothing other to say than the truth. >> a third vehicle was involved. no charges were filed against that driver. >>> how hard do you brake and how fast do you drive? some auto insurer cans get data like this and more through apps on your phone. >> but as the nbc 10 investigators found loopholes in the fine print, could expose your personal information. reporter harry hairston has a warning. >> reporter: it's a way to save on your auto insurance. have your habits tracked through a device that plugs into the car. korean tried it in the snapshot footage. state farm's drive safe and save. >> you are very much aware there's something that's tracking your driving. >> reporter: she says she drove 30 days, two years ago and for her it paid off. >> i'm paying a fraction. i pay $83 a month

police say his vehicle rear ended another car near the tolls in jersey city. the man was a science teacher and his 5-year-old daughter was killed when they were pushed into oncoming traffic. >>> two workers safe tonight above the streets of manhattan. they were standed on their scaffolding -- stranded on their scaffolding, it malfunctioned as they were preparing to replace panes of glass on the 62 floor. during a delicate hour-long rescue, the firefighters cut a hole in the window and pulled the man inshipped. >>> and new details about the death of supreme court justice scalia, he suffered from coronary artery disease, obesity, diabetes and other things that contributed to his death, and there's nothing suspicious about the death, and the autopsy was unnecessary. >>> >. news from cuba tonight at 11:00, older brother of raul crass toe has died -- castro has died. known for his remarkable resemblance to fidel. >>> patients searching for answers -- patients searching for -- parents searching for answers, their teen daughter killed while on a mission trip in afric

it happened on the westbound toll plaza in jersey city. one vehicle rear ended another and that caused the second vehicle to get in to a head-on collision with a van. two adults and a child were rushed to the hospital. the victim's identities have not yet been released. >>> a critical new clue tonight in the search for a predator in brooklyn. police releasing this new image of a man wanted for abducting a 14-year-old girl last week in the sheepshead bay section. when the girl managed to pull free, the man ran away. >>> talk about a frightening home invasion. new videos showing three masked men seconds before they barge in to an apartment in westchester county and go on the attack. the victims pistol whipped in pelham. lucy yang spoke to one of the victims. >> we're on the 500 block of 5th avenue here in pelham where there are stores on the street level and apartments upstairs. police believe the home invasion happened right above us. arrests. >> this is the stuff of nightmares. only it wasn't a dream. police report three men in masks and g

heading toward jersey city. car. traffic is not moving. they had it shut down. the roadway cleared one. they reopened it. now look like they stopped all lanes trying to get the other one out of the way. traffic jammed if you are heading to newark kiway. the inbounded side, that construction. as for the trains. new jersey transit in and out of penn station. a 15 minute delay because of amtrak problems. everything else running on or close. greg: you, too. the guys paying the parking meter. jay oh, yeah. greg: he had to run without with a nickel or dime. rosanna:way. a nickel and dime went far. now i don't know if you get five minutes for it. ja over the years, things have changed. ray paid guy $20 wash the car. there is hor rain by the way. a great girl. now lately, you set the receipt on the that is also fast becoming obsolete. new system out there. why yeah. they are getting ready to announce a new pay by cell program for all metered parking. stacey delikat has the information now. she is on thor westside. stacey, how does the traffic agent know you have updated

the 48-year-old jersey city teacher and his 5-year-old the wake is 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. at sweeney funeral home in bayonne. scott hahn has been charged in the crash. >>> meanwhile, three people in critical condition in south brunswick. a commuter bus slammed into nearly a dozen cars during rush hour. a total of seven people were injured. he insisted he was not on his cell phone. no word on whether he's been charged. >>> ahead this morning, police say a crime that outraged a college community is not what it appears. >>> plus, if you take the train to num, you will want to hear about this. what's happening today to try to prevent a commuter nightmare. >>> throw out the calendar. the temperatures are about to take off. we're going to take off. weather and traffic on the 4s coming up as we look at the hamilton bridge there. >>> follow us on facebook, twitter, instagram, michaelg4ny. darlene4ny. you're watching "today in new . >>> it's 4:44. four things to know this morning. sources tell news 4, form r suffolk county police chief is expected to plead guilty today in federal c

if you choose to go out of your way and stick to route 21, in jersey city, a water main break, all lanes currently closed on the southbound side of route 440 because of this. also in north babylon, an accident, the roadway is closed where deer park avenue splits off at route 231. alternate side parking is in effect citywide. and remember to be safe, don't text and drive. >> thank you, alex. >>> a follow-up to an exclusive story we first told you about. more than 15 million drivers have had license plates scanned by freeport police since cameras were set up. it records every vehicle coming in to the long island village. >> suspended or revoked registration. >> at police headquarters, officers check the information coming in from more than 30 license plate cameras set up at village borders. the mayor says since november, they've seized more than 500 stolen or improperly registered vehicles under the program. it's led also to 25 arrests. . robbers, burglars, wanted felons and several drug dealers. >> mayor kennedy says only law breakers need to worry, but civil liberty groups want more safe

it happened this afternoon at the westbound toll plaza in jersey city. one vehicle rear ended another, causing the second vehicle to get in to a head-on collision with a van. there are big delays for drivers coming out of the holland tunnel right now. want to go ahead and check in with shannon sohn. she's over the accident where you can see crews are still there. >> this is going to be an ongoing accident investigation. it's been out here since 3:30 this afternoon. it's really affecting both the east and westbound sides of the roadway. on the left side of your screen, that's your traffic heading eastbound in toward the holland tunnel. and truthfully all night that's been the best, really not too much of a traffic delay here. if you're traveling westbound out of the holland tunnel heading to the newark bay extension you've got only two lanes getting through that toll plaza at 14-c. look what this has done to traffic. the good news is word has gotten out about this crash and people the bad news is a lot of people have to take this turnpike approach in. it'

the path escalators damaged in jersey city are finally being replaced. you may remember this scene at the exchange place stop two months after the storm. panic-stricken commuters hurt when the stairs suddenly reversed direction. turns out there were ongoing now $62 million will be spent to install three new escalators over a two-year period. >>> pitchers and catchers officially start working out at spring training for the mets and the yankees. port st. lucie, the mets are looking to get back to the world series. owner fred wilpon was there and terry collins spoke to the reporters. >> i want that swagger for good. we got a good team. we can't be ego maniacs about it. but you got to walk out there with the confidence that we're going to win. >> the rest of the team reporting to spring training next wednesday. >>> in tampa, they're hoping to make the playoffs. only made it to the wildcard game last season. joe girardi says they have one mission, to win the world series. position players will show up next week and the first full squad workout happens on thur

kamala khan is just an average teen from jersey city who happens to have shape-shifting abilities. she also happens to be muslim. sana amanat is the series' editor. >> we didn't want to tell a story about a muslim or a south asian, we wanted to tell a story about a young individual coming >> reporter: to tell that story, amanat drew on her own childhood growing up as a muslim in new jersey. >> i had this one instance right after the world trade center bombing this kid came up to me and was like, "hey, um, can you tell your people to stop attacking us?" it was a big turning point in my life because it was the first moment where i realized i was the other. >> reporter: she found solace in comic books, like the "x-men", which features a band face of prejudice. in the first issue of "ms. marvel," a nod to an earlier series by the same name, kamala khan shape-shifts into a blond, blue-eyed hero before her father convinces her that she's perfect as she really is. it's a story that resonated with readers everywhere. that issue went through an unprecedented seven printings and was a "new y

. >> reporter: the crash happened monday, near exit 14c in jersey city. police say 48-year-old timothy o'donnell was slowing down near a toll plaza when he was hit from behind. scott hahn's car. the impact sent o'donnell through the tolls, into the eastbound lanes and into the path of a van. o donnell and his daughter bridget died soon after. >> it was so flooded with them trying to extricate that, you couldn't see much. you could see the car you said under the van. >> reporter: the awful crash left a mother the difficult task of telling her other daughter, only 6 years old, what happened. she broke the news after the little girl came home from school. >> she came in the house, and she went room to room, looking for bridget and her daddy. and i had nothing other than to say but the truth. >> reporter: we're learning more about the driver charged in the crash. scott hahn first got his license in 1998. since then, he's had 28 license suspensions, mostly for administrative reasons. he's been found guilty of speeding four times, and twice for unsafe operation

in and around the city. portions of new jersey. coastal areas of connecticut. between 7:00 and 10:00 in the morning, it pushes further north and west. it doesn't get too far north and west. the further north and west it goes, less of a chance for it. suffolk unty is where you stand the greatest chance of seeing a few slushy inches of snow gechblt watch for the snow a light snow or flurry by the evening hours. temperatures generally in the low to mie 30s. the total accumulation amounts in a bit. let's go to lauren road. cleared. one is out there on t new jersey turnpike headed northbound by interchange 13. if you're headed towards the goethals bridge, it's an overturned tractor-trailer and fuel spill. we'll take a live look outside at the brooklyn bridge. things are moving along nicely. you can see there was no construction on the manhattan-bound side of the span. the bqe in good shape. more weather and traffic on the 4s. >> thank you very much, lurn. >>> on long thisland, no rest for the crews heading out to clear the roads again. "today in new york's" katherin

and i'm a 1st-grade teacher at a charter school in jersey city. we've been married for three years, and we actually met and got married right here in los angeles. we have a very energetic 1-year-old boy named andy, and he actually learned his abcs watching "wheel of fortune" with us. wow. so, this is weird. you met in person. yeah. [ laughter ] i've never heard of anything like that. it's good to have you guys here. now it's your turn. hi, pat. my name is jen collins from palatine, illinois. i'm a high-school physical-education teacher, as well as a soccer coach -- go, pirates. i'm married to my husband, dan, for five years. and we have two remarkable daughters -- a 3-year-old, charlie, and a 1-year-old, danica. and i'm dan, the one she's referring to. i also teach at palatine high school, in the special-education department. i'm also the head wrestling coach. and we left behind over 200 pounds of dog --

had a supervised relocation to jersey city. fin: well, maybe he made an unsupervised trip to florida. what was canotti charged with? he kidnapped a girl from a beauty pageant. he tried to assault her in his car. girl escaped. she was ten. benson: rob canotti? new york police iny secity. has a child been attacked? why would you ask us that question? why else are you here? talk about kiddie beauty pageants. we hear they turn you on. if i denied it, you'd call me a liar. you ever see a little girl named cherie lathan compete? but it's hd to keep track of so many little lovelies. where were you last night? at home watching nickelodeon. can anyone vouch for that? i live alone. ( cell phone ringing ) then i think you better come th us. there's no point. benson. the guy you're looking for probably ejaculated in his victim. what are you saying? the urges started to come back, so i had them cut off. what? my gonads, detective. take a look. all right, all right. put your johnson back in your pants. god. that was fin. turns out one of our

taking the ferry from staten island over to jersey city, or from brooklyn here along the hudson river, we have a great ride. a northerly wind here, that should be okay. the temperatures now, rising into the low 40s by mid- morning. up to 45 by midday. we will look at sunshine today. and going into the afternoon, well, we're going to look at temperatures will warm into the upper 40s to near 50 by 3:00. weather and traffic together every seven minutes. heather? >> we have this delay, this is the delay looking from manhattan over into queens. this is the bqe going onto the southbound side. so this is the cause of an accident. the accident is on the southbound side of the bqe, southwest, right at the williamsburg bridge. northeast, police activity. so you can see that delay coming southbound. we also have a delay getting northbound into the spot. new england thruway, accident south at playland parkway, being cleared away. subways are on or close to schedule. long island rail road, metro fine and street cleaning rules over to you. >>> thank you, heather. a boy and his dog are counting bles

the flames broke out in jersey city with strong winds quickly spreading them to an adjacent building. the wind and the low temperatures presented quite a firefighters. three were injured but they are expected to be okay. no one else was hurt. the red cross is helping those displaced families. >>> in new jersey, investigators are working to identify the victims in a double murder. prosecutors charged 20-year-old ezra simon daniels with two counts of first degree murder. he called 911 from a parked car before 6 saturday morning. other officers went to his home and found the bodies of a man and a woman. both suffered blunt force trauma to the head. >>> a passenger jet flying to new york was forced back to london after a laser strike today. the plane was just a few minutes into the flight to jfk when a laser lit up the cockpit. a short time later the crew asked to turn around because the co-pilot felt unwell. >> we have a medical issue with one of the pilots. we're going to return. >> in a statement, virgin atlantic called it a precautionary measure. the co-pilot's condition hasn't been r

let's go to the cameras and check out new jersey. it's over route nine heading towards jersey city. taking an mta bus on a joyride. the driver of the m1 01 stop the bus to let passengers get on on off. police said 34-year-old jump behind the wheel of the bus and took off. she was stopped and taken by nearby hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. she is unauthorized use of a vehicle . i have heard that she has done this before . she worked for the bus she was let go. >> michael will be back in court today. prosecutors petition for the reinstatement of the for the 1975 murder . connecticut state court will hear the arguments. the commission was overturned in 2014 after a judge granted him a new trial. he was freed on bail. his neighbor was in greenwich when the girl was bludgeoned to death. >> saul is on the menu on new york state supreme court. the restaurant association is fighting a new rule that requires salt warnings. it's on some new york city menus. board of health is starting on march 1. 15 or more locations are starting like a chain restaurant and they will have to warn peopl

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 of the house. she had turned back a blind, peaked through the slats and saw the couple in tangled on the setee. she knew what she was seeing. i realize that you think this evidence sounds implausible but i must point out that during this time, in order to get a divorce, you have to supply dates, time, and detailed circumstances of the adultery. that meant that virtually every divorce awarded in new york state relied on manufactured evidence. for instance, i read another divorce case from the 1830's. maker supplied evidence for adultery. according to his story, she went upstairs to a bedroom to get fabric that was stored in a closet. she opens the door, observes the couple in the act of adultery on the dbed. at this point, most of us would mumble an apology and back out. not this witness. she testifies that she retrieved the fabric from the closet. then she exi

this is an average teen from jersey city who happens to have shape shifting abilities and is muslim. story about a muslim but about a young individual coming into their own. >> reporter: to tell that story, she drew on her own childhood as a muslim growing up in new jersey. >> there is one instance after the world trade center bombing this kid came up to me and said, hey, can you tell your people to stop attacking us? it was a big turning point in my life, because it was the first moment where i realized i was the other. >> reporter: she found sol las income mix books like the "x- men" who do good in the face of prejudice. she shape shifts into a blond, blue-eyed hero before her father says she is perfect as she really is. it resonated with readers seven prints and was a bestseller with over 20,000 copies. >> her snelling a blt in the local convenience store and bacon is forbidden. you're trying to be something that you're not. >> diversity has always been important. that is representing this character at a time when we have some de vive siv rhetoric and it shows we can embrace our d

she arranged for a servant of to having seenfy him engage in adultery in a house in jersey city in august 1833 one year after his marriage to jumel. hadosedly, the servant spied on them through windows. she had crawled up on a shed adjacent the back window of the pese, turned back a blind, eked through and saw the couple entangled. she had been married three times so she knew what she was seeing. i realize from the laughter you think this evidence sounds a bit implausible but i must point out in order to get in new york divorce at this time, you had to supply date, time, detailed circumstance of the adultery. that meant that virtually every divorce awarded in new york state relied on any factual evidence. for instance, i read another divorce case from the 1830's. . dressmaker according to her story, she had gone upstairs to her better and to get fabric. she opens the door to the room, she observes the couple in the act of adultery on the bed. at this point, most of us would mumble some sort of apology and back out. not this witness. she testifies she went into the room, retrieves the fabr

i grew up in the inner-city and usually in jersey city there is not much grass around you know there is a lot of concrete. not too many parks available. and when i would fall when i was was playing and things like that i noticed when i would fall and scsc that the scars would begin to elevate they didn't flatten out as i would expect. there is a history of keloid in my family. my father, he had keloid scars and i noticed that growing up so i knew that there was a possibility that i may keloid conundrum there. you look at the scars and they aren't places that aren't ideal. once you take into consideration the traininin that's necessary to build quality muscle and to haha something that is somewhat something that you appreciate and that you kind of want to share and be confident in. you know to kind of have that hampered by scarring that may be in those regions whether it be your chest, your arms, so forth. i would say i was definitely selfonscious about the scars there and ultimately y know what would be you know the best way of possibly hiding or masking those particular scars whethe

is a muslim teenager from jersey city. reporter don dahler has a look at this new superhero. 3 (narr) the universe of superhero comics is populated by outcasts. those who don't fit in, but who protect the world anyway. (comic vo)(narr) but there's never been a comic superhero quite like this. kamala khan is just an average teen from jersey city, who happens to have shape-shifting abilities. she also happens to be muslim.(office b-roll/ social media photos of fans w/ comics)(narr) sana amanat (ah- muh-nut) is the series editor. (01;02;09;24) we didn't want to tell a story about a muslim or a south asian we wanted to tell a story about a young individual coming into their the obstacles that come with that journey to adulthood. (pics of sana as little girl) (narr) to tell that story, amanat drew on her own childhood as a muslim growing up in new jersey. (donon sana exchange 01;09;00;20) dahler: "did you feel different growing up?"sana: "i had one instance where right after the bombing// this kid came up to me in class// ananw

in the meantime, dropped to 24 in the city. across northwest new jersey and parts of the hudson valley. we get back close to freezing tonight. mostly cloudy by late afternoon. high of 38 degrees. almost 5:31. a friday morning commute. hopefully rolling along smoothly. lauren? >> quiet out there. we'll take a live look at the inbound side of the lincoln tunnel where things are moving along. heading over to the long island expressway in queens, here's what it looks like by the grand central parkway. also smooth sailing here and no slowdowns or accidents to report on. a nice friday morning commute at least for now. the next weather and traffic update on the 4s. >> lauren, thank you. >>> it's 5:31. police releasing new photos of a group of people they'd like to question relate to go a slashing inside a restaurant. the first in three separate attacks in a span of 24 hours. "today in new york's" katherine creag has moved to greenwich village, the site of the first >> reporter: kerry, you said it. investigators have new clues panned people that they want to find and talk with at the brutal sl

. >>> cefaan kim is live in jersey city tonight where the cold weather made conditions difficult for firefighters. cefaan? >> reporter: well, joe, just to give you a sense of those difficult challenges those firefighters had to face today, take a look at the wires and tree limbs out in front of this building. covered in ice from the frozen ice from the water that those firefighters threw on to this blaze today. fire officials say the water was freezing as it was coming on their hoses but luckily, several other fire companies showed up and they were able to get this fire under control. this morning here on marion place, the fire started in a first floor bathroom and the back of the building then spread quickly because of the high wind gusts in the building next door and upstairs. it took 70 firefighters to get it under control and three of them were injured but they will be okay. no residents were injured but four families are now displaced. among them, several young children. >> our friend -- she's more like -- [ inaudible ] >> you can see the house. it's totally messed up. it's like

i tell you, there's this guy, jerry cromwell, from jersey city, you know. he got himself one of these electric cattle prods. he'd get into the elevator, you know. he introduced himself to the ladies from behind with a little whoops, eh? yeah, edith, he always does it. that's, er, what do you call it? tradition. i mean, that's what makes the military what it is. tradition. sounds like a million laughs. now, listen, little girl... we do just what we done overseas there in ww2. come back after a hard day's fighting, you need a few laughs to break up the monogamy. that's what these conventions do. they break up monogamy. some fun. a bunch of old goats molesting unsuspecting women. ah, come on, now! hey! there was no molesting, eh. nobody laid a hand on nobody else. just every now and then, a little electric whoops with the prod. it's a little innocent fun. and them old goats you're talking about are just like your father here. they're happy married men. happily married men? don't you tell me about happily married men. i should know, 'cause i'm married to a happ

city after a child fell out of an apartment window and died. a 4-year-old boy tumbled out of a fifth floor window tat summit plaza apartment building yesterday afternoon. first responders found the boy in a parking lot and rushed him to the hospital where he died. detectives are investigating but the death appears to be a tragic accident. >>> in newark police say an officer shot and wounded a man who shot at him during a traffic stop. police stopped the car on south orange avenue around 9:30 last night. the driver got out and opened fire and the officer shot back. the man was hospital. doctors list him in stable condition and say his injuries are not life threatening. the officer has been with the newark police force for nearly a decade. bmw involved in a hit and run in williamsburg. investigators say a gray bmw 323 i hit a woman on rodney street yesterday morning. a taxi stopped to let the woman cross the street. that's when the driver of the bmw passed the cab, hit the woman and took off. the victim suffered head trauma. doctors now list her

wanted to begin in jersey city. that covered road way is closed for a project. also a disabled vehicle blocks the right southbound lane on the bqe. minor delays as you make your way through the area. you can see the yellowish hue. subway changes 2 and 4 trains express only from franklin to atlantic avenue barclays center. and due to track maintenance downtown d and f trains running with delays. alternate side in effect and don't text and drive. back to you. >>> don't sleep in the subway it makes you target to thieves. >> a suspect is targeting cat nappers commuting. janelle burrell has more from the east side. >> that most recent incident happening right here at lexing ton and 51st to a man who was doing just that sleeping on the subway train. are not sleeping you are less likely to be a target so he's ordered officers to wake up napping passengers. >> a warning from new york's top cop dosing on the train could cost you. half of all crime in the transit system happens to snoozing strap hangers. >> subways are not for sleeping. >> case and point their hunt for th

the 48-year-old jersey city teacher and his 5-year-old daughter bridgett were killed. the wake is tonight in bayonne. scott hahn has been charged in the chris. >>> meanwhile, three people are in critical condition following a crash in south brunswick. a commuter bus slammed into -- the bus driver told police he was distracted but insisted he was not on his cell phone. no word whether that driver will face charges. is going to jail for scamming parishioners. he pleaded guilty this we to grand theft. he's going to spend a year in jail in california. prosecutors say he went from parish to parish posing as a priest, even taking donations. he's accused of selling tickets to see pope francis during his visit last year here to new york. >>> when apple meets with shareholders today, they will have a lot to talk about. yesterday apple asked the courts to reverse an order to help the fbi unlock an iphone used by the san bernardino killers. google is planning to file a friend of the court brief in support of apple. apple accuses the federal government of seeking kwoegs dangerous

. >>> the family of a woman killed inside of her home in jersey city is pleading for help police released this video of the man they say killed the 81-year-old woman. her son says he has no idea what made his mother unlock the door. >> he rang the bell and apparently something convinced my mom that she knew him, and she unlocked the door, and he pushed in. >> reporter: prosecutors say she was found dead the next morning beaten and stabbed to death. her family says the cancer survivor was getting ready to sell her home and move back to her native ecuador, saying the neighborhood had become simply too dangerous. >>> happening today, loved ones will say a final farewell to a popular high schoolteacher and his young daughter. both killed in a crash on the jersey turnpike. at yesterday's wake, a long line of mourners turned out to pay their respects to timothy o'donnell and his 5-year-old daughter bridget at a funeral home in bayonne. their car was rear ended in a toll plaza on monday. the other driver has been charged with manslaughter. >>> a couple of sharp police officers nabbed a fugitive