the alleged "sexting" scandal involving nassau county executive ed mangano. despite his calls for a criminal investigation, he has yet to sign a complaint. cbs 2 political reporter marcia kramer was first to report the scandal and has the latest. asked nassau county executive ed mangano about the possibility that x-rated texts had been sent from his phone he turned it over to the deputy county executive for public safety. he denied. >> i am a victim here. i am being hacked. this is a lie. and i will bring every legal action to catch this person and bring this to justice. >> reporter: and demanded a full-scale investigation. >> look, i'm just getting involved in this 30 seconds ago. >> reporter: that was two weeks ago but sources say mangano has yet to stein a criminal complaint which sources say is puzzling to police. i asked lawyer and former fbi agent manny gomez about it. what's the ramification of signing or not signing a criminal complaint? what does it mean? >> well, if he signs a criminal complaint, basically, he's certifying that the complaint is vali

mangano. and there'll be more. we're following it. >>> there are questions tonight about what happened in a plaza hotel room between eliot spitzer and a young woman. she told police he assaulted her. we have details about the encounter that now has officers wanting to talk to the former new york governor. >> reporter: another alleged scandal has launched eliot spitzer into the headlines again. a woman claims he choked her during an evening together. a spokesperson says there's no truth to the allegation. saturday night police responded to a 911 call from a woman in her 20s who tried to slit her the woman mentioned the disgraced former governor while being treated at the hospital, calling him her boyfriend and accusing him of assault. he's been in the relationship for two-years and the couple was arguing because the woman was planning to return to her native russia. the fight escalated and spitzer allegedly pushed her and put his hands around her throat. now she's refusing to press charges. she left the country sund

ed mangano says he's been mangano said somebody i am perpendicular nated him in a sexting scandal. says he didn't write the messages allegedly from his control phone. he calls it a smear attempt and is vowing to take legal action. >>> senator chuck schumer is vowing to fight a huge cut in anti-terror funding. the money helpe a d to train the nypd, firefighters and other fi a rst responders to handle terror threats. ord iginally, the fund gave out $6d million nationwide. president obama's proposed cuts that nearly in half. schumer incompetent cysts full funding must be restored. sfwliefrnlts new york city all the funding it can get to make sure we're safe. this is a nag al tional issue. we know how badlyt merica was hurt after 9/11. >>> he points to the san bernardino massacre saying it proves the police face an ongoing threat of domestic temarrorsom. he served with honor and distinction. frank fernandez was killed yesterday morning when his suv slammed into a fire truck. the impact destroying hiso hicle. the yonkers police commissioner says the man was a go-to guy and calls it a major l

another claims to be from ed mangano followed by three cat emojis with hearts for eyes. it's unusual because it has a back and forth conversation with a woman. i really just want you next to me, nothing else, just that, i miss being alone with you. i wanted to see you, replies the woman. sorry, i'm tired. tomorrow, she asks? i will let you know, the mystery texter answers. i want you to blank my brains out even if it's in my car again, she says. sorry, left early, something came up. begins, i meant i hope you never stop loving me. if you woke up one day and didn't love me any more my world would end. i'd grow crazy not having you. >> these women had your name in their phone system. >> so disgusting this allegation is outrageous and disgusting. and hurtful. and it did not come from me. these words did not come from me. it was not done on my phone. it could only be done by a hacker. period. i am a victim here. that is the truth. and now this will be turned over to the police. >> former fbi agent and security expert manny gomez says the technology exists to hack an account.

leaderships that police looked at his phone and questions a she says she has never texted with the married mangano. and does not have his cell phone number. >> i've been inspired by you. >> reporter: but she's done an daily blue. >> all the things that you're involving in. there's no doubt the job is 24 hours a day. >>> one text begins i'd lay you down. the rest is too x rated to share. >> he's been victimized and he footsteps of anthony weaner who >> t >> it's a bald faced lie. and it has never ever occurred. i can't be more clear on this issue. of nasa >> i do have faith in the testimony that will discovery whoever these people are. >> wefts questioned by police yet the we were unable to to cops. be more. >> yes, there will. >>> and sounds like a page out of winy the poo. >> everybody has their form of a struggle. and any way you can make that better, you'll want to help. >>> he's partially blind and raising money for a cause close to his >> we've got snow. and we'll go to ice and win. we are time it out in just a phone number. >>> the death of justice scalia. >>> it's going to be one of the mos

ed mangano did not send a woman -- explicit woman, so now the mystery is who tried to frame him. >>> utility crews are working to get the lights back on after last night's storms. live electrical lines have effected thousands of people, but now more than 90 percent have power back, and work also continue not guilty westchester county. about 400 customers still without power, down from a peak of about 20,000 after the storm. from the stormy weather to bitter cold, temperatures will falling right now. lee goldberg is tracking the cool down. lee? >> we've really gone from warm to wintry. last night it was 58, 20 degrees colder now and falling, wind chills in the 20s. wait until you hear how cold it is in the morning, and we talk >>> thank you, and new details on the shocking story of a man being punched on the street. tonight for the first time we're hearing ability the people he was working to -- about the people he was working to support. >> i was hysterical, started crying. >>> and a scare at a local what makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever? heart healthy california wa

. >>> ed mangano says his phone was hacked to make it look like he sent inappropriate texts to karen caro. was a verbal report and no documents have been generated. the district attorney's office says it offered its assistance with the investigation but the police have not asked for help. >>> a high stakes meeting today between governor cuomo and several long island lawmakers about adding a third track along one of long island railroad's busiest routes. >> reporter: building that third track on the main line is clearly a top priority for governor cuomo. as you said, today the governor called a meeting with some long island village officials who have opposed that idea in the past. the governor told them this time things would be different, that fewer members of the community would be impacted. but it looks like he'll have a tough time convincing many of the folk who is live here. trains have been rattling homes along greenbridge avenue for as 45 years. >> the railroad is a terrible neighbor. >> reporter: he feels that neighbor could soon become more intolerable. once again homeowners

they're calling on county executive ed mangano to help pass this. >>> in rockland county, new york governor andrew cuomo tried to build support for his paid family leave program. he told voters to urge lawmakers to pass his proposal as part of the state budget. it would require employers to pay into a fund to pay workers who need to care for a family member. >>> today the long island railroad announced its rail cars achieved their best mechanical reliability since recordkeeping began in 1981. the railroad also discussed last month's blizzard which suspended long island railroad service for 12 hours. the railroad's president said while they got things back up and running fairly quickly after the storm, they can do better. >>> new yorkers can live side by side in apartments and rarely speak to their neighbors. but when they do talk, they complain to each other about one certain thing half the time. >>> first here's a look at >>> lester holt joins us now with a look at what's ahead. >>> we're on the campaign trail as both parties face growing realities about which candidate is the true front r

ed, mangano claims someone hacked lewd messages to a pr consultant. the district attorney could subpoena records to verify the story. he called the texts a smear attempt. >>> to decision 2016 now. south carolina battleground tonight the scene of a not so civil war between donald trump and two bush brothers, including the former president. >> world trade center came down during his reign. it's like he was the top. >> with south carolina's republican primary five days away, donald trump repeated his atta s on george w. bush on the same day that the former president came to the carolinas to campaign for brother jeb. jeb bush angrily denounced trump's attacks. but today his big brother refused to respond in kind. >> there seems to be a lot of me calling going on, but i want to remind you what our good dad told meone time. labels are for soup cans. trump at the campaign stop this evening saying the nation need a presidtnt who has huinlity. >>> governor christie is going to outline his seventh budget tomorrow. the pension reform is likely to take center sta

she interviewed mangano for her blog the daily blue. >> you are an amazing guy. how do you find time running the whole county do you have any time for personal life? >> there's no doubt this job is seven days a week. >> 24 hours a day. >> almost, almost. communicated with him via text. >>> new this morning nassau county police confirm a home investigation. two men in their 20s were armed with a hand gun when they knocked on the back door. when a 29-year-old resident opened the door the two men pushed their way inside and took the man's wallet with cash and credit cards and fled in a four door sedan. he refused head capital attention. >> now to an exclusive the stabbing. surveillance video mother says he targeted her son because of his religion. >> he saw a boy and he stabbed him and i believe this was a hate crime and he stabbed him because he's a jewish boy. >> he is being treated for a collapsed lung. police are investigating the stabbing as a bias crime. loose. >>> new video this morning moments before he's shot by police. it happened shortly before 3: 00 yest

. >> tonight please are investigating up complaint on edward mangano. he someone impersonated him and sent sexual text messages. the women denied ever having made or seen the x-rated messages. the intelligence unit is investigating. >> out the house passive presidential bill that would've allowed up to $25 million per year, it would designate the -- national memorial. some 911 survivors think park server should run the memorial >> new york stopped a dwi that cap state troopers very busy, tickets were issued last weekend during the saturday and sunday night. increased patrols 92 dwi arrests, please investigate more than 150 accident number fatal, only nine arrests were made last year which ran for just 12 hours right on super bowl sunday. >> death metal is returning for a memorial concert. they will be performing, the event is the first full concert in paris of the terrorist attack that killed 90 of their fans. 40 other people died that day after coordinator terrorist attacks throughout paris. the survivors still say it's too [inaudible] is still to see

despite his calls for a christopher lee cornell investigation, nassau county executive ed mangano has yet to sign a complaint. he claims x-rated texts traced to his cell phone were made by a so far two weeks have passed. >>> an outpouring supporting for lonnie quinn. >> many people giving him advice on facebook after learning his three and a half-year-old daughter needs her two front teeth pulled. >> she frightens easily and she is excitele. to get kasich i have to hold her head still. >> lily fell in the bathtub two weeks ago. without extraction she could get an infection. one option is to put her in a secured jacket for the procedure. experts we spoke with think it's better if lonnie holds her still. >> the parent is always there and there is a certain comfort level that that creates. >> we think about what about the complications or will my child be scarred emotionally, physically? kids aren't thinking about that. >> at this point, lily is not in any pain. >>> let's get to our lonnie quinn now. he is -- he will have the forecast in a minute. we feel for you. >> but that's the part

mangan mangan mangano and karen never exchanged sexually charged text messages of any kind. he called the whole thing a hoax. coming up on news 4 at 6:00 long island reporter has reaction from both sides of the case in a live report. >>> and new at 5:00 a freak accident in new jersey. chuck? >> sure. let's try this again. i'll do it. all right. there was an accident a freak one in new jersey. a tire flew off a truck bouncing into a shopping center. it hit a woman. news 4 is where it happened. pat battle is in ramsay. >> reporter: a freak accident, indeed. we're here in a strip mall on franklin turnpike in ramsay at the intersection of hill top road. the hill top is just behind me. you see where the cars are coming down the hill. that's where that truck was coming when it made the left turn to turn here southbound on franklin turnpike. dislodged, rolled across the two lanes of traffic here, and wound up in this parking lot. one of the workers of a verizon store here describes for us what happened. >> i was actually out here getting the mail for my store out here, but that's w

. > s nassau county executive ed mangano defend defended himself two cbs2's marcia kramer saying someone is out to get him and they hacked his phone to send the lurid texts. many of the messages are x-rated. had this is one we were able to show on tv that claims to be i really just want you next to meet. nothing else. just that. i miss being alone with you. i wanted to see you, replies the woman. tomorrow, she asked? i will let you know. i want you to blank my brains out, even if it's in my car again, she says. sorry, left early. something came up. >> reporter: a tweet of the ex its reportedly showed up on the page of one of the woman. he says his phone was hacked using a technique called spoofing. it seems like the messages came from his cell phone. >> these words did not come from me. it was not done on my phone. it could only be done by hacker. period. i am a victim here. that is the truth. over >> reporter: nassau county police say the texts and tweets are being investigated and police say a public relations consultant also reported being victimized by the spoof. she released a state

mangano said the two of them turned over their phone records to nassau police. >> i never had any communication, electronic communication with this person. if somebody is out there getting their jollies taking down a public official. >> the work with the county including two contracts totaling more than $48,000. the contracts did raise questions among the democrats but the republican majority leader says they appear to be proper. >>> the california home connected to the relative of one of the san bernardino shooters. the hours long search took place inside the home owned by syed investigators hauled boxes and a computer away. farook and his wife shot 14 people at a holiday party in december at his office. the couple died in a shootout afterwards with police. >>> legal fight. the company gets three extra days to respond to a court order forcing apple to help the fbi hack into one of the shooter's iphones. apple refused, they cite privacy concerns. google, twitter and facebook are -- >> police and prosecutors in new york say pushing back, saying an encryption technology hinders criminal investiga

. >>> mangano says someone impersonoted him in a sexting scandal. they were sent to a public relations consultant did not come from him. he calls it a smear attempt and yo ws to take legal action. >>> the california highway patrol is investigating wo by zahra tax on pedestrians walking on the golden gate bridge. th fley have been struck by long metal darts. one hit in the thigh and another in the kneecap. passing car fired those darts from a blow gun. >>> authorities reopened you an avis facility in albuquerque after a bomb scare there. a mechanic noticed an explosive device attached to a car at the sun port yesterday. it was rented elsewhere and brought back to that airport location. nobody was injured, no flights were affected. but the fbi and the atf are investigating. >>> senator chuck schumer is vowing to fight a huge cut in anti-terror funding to our area. it helps train the nypd and firefighters and other first respond toers handle terror threats. originally, the fund gave out $6.00 million nationwide. thnte proposed budget cuts, cuts it near

nassau county police ended their investigation into the sexting scandal involving ed mangano. he claimed he never sent racy texts and tweets to a public relations exec. he filmed a marketing segment with her in 2013. investigators examined their phones and believe it was all a hoax. >> the phones were not hacked or spoofed. this document could not -- could have been created by anyone with an agenda. christina: police still don't know who did it. and apple today officially asked a judge to throw out a ruling forcing them to help the fbi hack into a locked iphone belonging to one of the san bernardino shooters. apple says it would create a dangerous precedent. but the fbi says it's looking to get into just this one phone. the fbi's director and an apple senior vice president will testify at a congressional hearing next week. >> a coast guard vessel fishing boat that ran aground in far rockaway queens during the big storms. a helicopter with a rescue basket was used to lift all seven fishermen to safety. the five coast guard crew members were able to swim back to shore. incredibl

nassau county executive ed mangano is off the hook in the sexting scandal. the detective who is handling the case says there's no evidence that mangano exchanged explicit text messages with the pr consultant. critics say that they helped cover for man gap owe. >>> a memorial service to remember an nypd officer killed execution-style 28 years ago. it was held where officer edward byrne was shot to death in his patrol car. witness. commissioner william bratton was at the service along with the murder officer's brothers who is now a deputy commissioner. >>> the 1993 terror attack will be remembered: a special memorial service is planned where the north tower once stood. that's where the underground parking garage was destroyed with a bomb. six people were killed, more than a thousand others hurt. >>> president obama says he remains confident that isis will be defeated. but he admits the fight will be tough. several allies are joining the u.s. in hitting isis with air strikes. france one of them. a cease-fire negotiated in syria with russian approval is going to

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. >>> mangano publicly denied he ever sethed anyone. he said his phone was hacked. he filed a complaint. the acting commissioner said it was a verbal report and so far no documents have been generated. >>> campus police at the university of vermont will start they'll have to equip all officers with the devices by the first of july. uconn says the cameras are already used in its cruisers and the new tool will give the community an extra level of transparency. >>> a tsa aeligibility at newark liberty airport is in trouble. he swiped a pricey watch from a passenger's bag. it's worth a thousand. officers say they found the watch in ortiz's pocket on tuesday. >>> at f jfk, they confiscated a whole lot of hover boards. they were made in china. they're linked to numerous fires, some of them serious house fires. >> it's official. mayor bill de-blache owe signed the pay hike yesterday. council members will now make nearly $150,000 a year. the legislation limits the outside income outside council members can make as well. himself is also included in this but the mayor says he

have participate or knowingly allowed hazing activity or any ill leak act does not support >> edward mangano says he never texted anyone. he said he filed a criminal complaint with police. the acting police commissioner said it was a verbal report and no documents have been generated. >>> a tsa agent is in big trouble this morning. daniel ortiz jr. swiped a pricey watch from a passenger's bag. officers said they found the watch in ortiz's pocket on tuesday. >>> they seized a whole lot of hover boards. they confiscated 1,400 of them. >>> and early this week we told you about a tourist who was assaulted after refusing to buy fake tickets from the statue of lippert lippert liberty. >> four steps on what you need to know. constantly harassing them. that's annoying. >> when you come out of the ferry and go to the right, they're right there. >> they're hard to miss. virginia hander grandkids often see vendors trying to make a sale. >> they say tickets, buy the tickets here. whatever, they usually go up to tourists because they can tell who the tourists are. >> on monday one encounter turned physic

this came to light because she and mangano are claiming to be hacking victims in a sexting scandal. the county executive proclaimed his innocence and demanded a police investigation. so far, he has not signed a criminal complaint. the police commissioner says it's not unusual. >> this department frequently investigates where the county a number of other elected leaders in this county where they're victims. we are regularly and routinely set up to conduct these investigations. >> reporter: this criminal defense attorney disagrees. >> i can't think of another instance where an individual claimed to be a victim of a crime in nassau county and then refused to follow through and sign a statement. >> reporter: as for the proposed changes, the legislators hope to get it on the calendar immediately. for his part, the county executive says the administration has no opposition to the legislative approval requirements. jodi goldberg, fox 5 news. steve: the search continued today for a queens man who was on a small plane that crash landed in long island sound saturday night. authorities say fou

i think it's the best thing we could possibly do. announcement, ed mangano's first public appearance since allegations of a sexting. >> i've never had any communication, any electronic communication with this person. it's somebody that's out there getting their jollies, taking down a public official. we're vulnerable. you're in the public spotlight. this is some sick warped individual. steve: she said she never texted him and doesn't have his cell phone number. the police are looking into it. dari: president obama will be making a trip to cuba next month. the white house says the president will visit the island nation march 21st and 22nd and will meet once with cuban president raul castro. the two worked together to improve relations between the two countries, which have been strained since the cold war. sitting u.s. president visits the communist country in nearly seven decades. president obama tweeted out the statement earlier today saying -- talking about his trip, quote, we still have differences with the cuban government that i will raise directly. america will always stand for

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ed mangano adamant that x-rated messages from his cell phone did not come from him. he insists he has been hacked. >>> good evening.

the term spoofing recently made headlines after ed mangano claimed he was hacked so we wanted to find out what it's really capable of. >> it's difficult to do but not impossible to do and that's the point we need to get across is lives are being destroyed because of this. >> from fake texts to someone changing their voice many people say it's happened to them or they've used it themselves. tonight at 11 cbs 2 has what you need to know about digital deceit. >>> coming up the next ways you can express your feelings on facebook. >> and when we return love and fitness. the benefits of taking your date to the gym instead of dinner and a movie. >> but first the school board the knicks in indianapolis and 108-105. news in the fight against pan decree jacee cancer. they discovered the disease can be targeted with excellent results. the study publicked identifies four types of cancers and it's very difficult to treat. >>> time for traffic and weather on the 2's. john good morning. >> good morning everybody. pretty skies waiting and a fetch more showers later. interesting it's 53 right now 53 t

. >> i'm joy mangano and i developed the miracle mop. >> reporter: she convinced qsk to put her on the air. she told 18,000 mops in 20 minutes! >> oh, my gosh! >> see? no other mop does this. >> reporter: her store inspired the movie "joy." >> who showed you the mop?