a beautiful sunrise over lower manhattan. it's going to be absolutely gorgeous. 47% the humidity, 60 degrees the temperature. a west wind at 5, a rising barometer all points to a great day. what's a normal high? 62 and yesterday we were at we're even warmer today. sunsets at 6:07. it's more like mid september or mid-june. cool wind comes in thursday night and friday. we've got a passing shower tomorrow night. really it's a shower possibility on sunday. monticello's at 46. everybody that is 10 degrees warm -- even that is 10 degrees warmer. we're way warmer this hour of the day. 49 long island, 47, 45 degrees coastal connecticut. got a southwest wind to a calm wind makes it very nice. to the north there's a front. to the west there's a front. you see the wind profiles ahead of that around the southwest. that holds that off today and tomorrow, and that front you'll see on our futurecast really doesn't get here until we get into the afternoon on thursday. so that will stay away. we'll have some beautiful weather and the southwes

manhattan over into the bronx. subway service is running on or close to schedule, 4, 5, and 6 trains running through east harlem at this point, but the buses you can expect some delays and diversions. ken and lori over to you. >>> thank you. still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, a road rage attack leaves a 4-year-old girl dead. the desperate search for the gunman coming up. >> paul ryan steps up for the gop. of the house, but not so fast. i'm bobby flay and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world. come fall, i like to get a taste of everything the state has to offer. like this famous winery nestled in the hudson valley. or the award-winning vineyards of long island. this cooperstown brewery belongs in every beer lover's hall of fame. you can even try new york's exceptional cider and spirits. this fall, drink in the beauty of new york state. plan your trip at iloveny.com. >>> 5:26. right now the search is on for the gunman in a road rage incident that killed a 4-year- old girl. the shooting

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not causing much of a problem. >>> breaking news in manhattan. large fire broke out on the west side of manhattan. firefighters on the scene. chelsea, west 17th street. many people grabbed their phones. "today in new york's" katherine creag is there. >> reporter: michael, it is so smokey around here but also in the flat iron district where the smoke was traveling toward, you can see what firefighters are doing right now, trying to extinguish the flames. you can see all of that smoke there on 17th street. the location of this fire, 221 west 17th street. we want to show you some video sent to us. it was an incredible fire when it broke out. the fire broke out around 3:00 a.m. on the fourth floor and the flames engulfed the upper floors. at least three floors were burning. this is a low rise building which is actually under construction. online, we found the project. this will be known as the dorian chelsea residences. multi-million dollar residences. 1.7th avenue near 23rd street. some of the side streets are open. a lot of people might be wonderin

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there's the manhattan skyline. once again we show you, you can see in the distance the empire state building and one world trade in blue for fallen officer randolph holder. temperature at 11:00, 65 degrees. south wind at 5. barometer steady and we managed to hit 76 degrees today. you're looking at 14 degrees above average. sunrise and sunset times, one more mild day on thursday as we get in to the 70s, even upper 70s for some. cool fall wind makes a comeback friday. still a nice day, just back to normal. the weekend is not bad, 60s will be returning by the end of the weekend. that's after morning rain on sunday but not a washout there. 49 degrees, stanhope. we'll still see cool spots northern suburbs. randolph at 46. hudson valley still a fall jacket needed in the morning hours. new york city could barely fall below 60 degrees. island will drop to about 50. same thing on the jersey shore. partial sunshine tomorrow. mid to upper 70s. nice southwest breeze. late day shower north and west. you see a couple fair weathe

leaving brooklyn going into manhattan. subway status, e and f trains, signal problems at queens plaza. r trains signal problems at prospect avenue. metro north track work going through new haven. long island railroad, new jersey transit running on or close to schedule. no major problems there and in fair view we still have broad avenue closed both ways at fair view avenue. accident with a downed pole and wires. street cleaning rules are suspended but the metered rules are in effect. shirleen and lori over to you. >> still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, an international legal dispute for >> today they both head to a courtroom in the u.s. >> shots fired after an nfl game in texas. what led to the gunfire. >> and we continue to follow breaking news in manhattan, another we thought we'd be ready. but demand for our cocktail bitters was huge. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn't need a loan. we needed short-term funding. fast. our amex helped us fill the orders. just like that. you can't predict it, b

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today we introduce you to the owner of a local bookstore in manhattan that offers all kinds of books by and for latinos. >> tucked away in a 1,400-square-foot space in east harlem is la casa azul bookstore. no, it is not a blue house, as the name suggests, but it's named after the blue house of celebrated mexican artist frida kahlo. >> and i felt, being of mexican descent, having studied her life, having visited her home many times, i felt like it was a perfect name for the store and also because of home, "casa." everybody comes home and feels comfortable. >> her business is now three years old. it is not your ordinary bookstore. its shelves are filled with books that tell latino stories, written by latino authors, and illustrated by latino artists. >> there are so many -- hundreds of latino writers that exist. it's not just one or two that get on the new york times best seller list. there are actually many, including many that come from east harlem. >> the mexican-american former teacher says education, exposure, and empowerment are some of the benefits gained by customers who read

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he is in lower manhattan. n.j. >> reporter: that's right, their answer is yes. they say they have learned a lessons from sandy and their system is far stronger now than it has ever been. but is it strong enough? that is a question they can't answer tonight. three years later, the new york city transit system is still vulnerable to a major coastal storm. something riders can't help but think about. >> i suspect everybody's ruling is a little too much and we should do more to be prepared. >> new yorkers took the subways and took them for granted. under ground and under appreciated. until the super storm put much of the system under water. the suburban commuter rail lines were littered with downed trees, even boats. >> we learned a lot about how vulnerable the subway system is to flooding. >> mta spokesman says repairs along with a series of upgrades. new steel storm doors are intended to prevent flooding in extreme low lying stations. while giant inflatable berms have been tested to protect vulnerable subway tunnels, but nothing is foolproof or waterproof. >> in l

right now we have breaking news in manhattan that we're following. a huge fire has gutted a building on west 17th street. the fire was just upgraded to a fifth alarm. "today in new york's" katherine creag is on the scene. kat. >> reporter: darlene, we've been telling you, the building where the fire started, it is in danger of collapse. that is why all of the surrounding buildings are being evacuated at the moment, a safety problem. a nearby restaurant opened doors to let residents sit and stay warm. we wanted to show you video of what this fire looked like when it started. 3:00 a.m. an evacuee said she could see the flames from her window. it traveled from the fourth floor to the upper floors. at least three floors went up in flames. this building, it is under construction. it's vacant. online we found the project known as the dorion chelsea residences. multi-million dollar residences. installing a sprinkler and stand pipe. that application under review. we talked with an ee vehicle kau we who said it was a mad dash trying to get out of her apartmen

it goes from manhattan into grenich into bridgeport. this front will push out central new jersey and the jersey shore still getting showers in the next hour, but once we get these moved off to the east, what we have left behind is late afternoon sun breaks and then skies clearing out nicely late tonight leading to a moon lit sky and beautiful sunshine to start off the workweek. details coming up in the activities seven-day forecast. >>> the mets head to kansas city and right now the players out. look at you sweety. >> hi a.j. >> reporter: excitement even in the rain because this team is amazing and it starts here at city field. i want to push you behind me to this bus here that arrived a couple minutes ago and they will take the team to the airport in an hour or so. this team has been the talk of the town. they were amazing. fans are hoping that momentum will carry over with the royals. years for another shot at the world series. it is simply contagious. you either have them or you don't. they say this team is special and this year is t

live outside manhattan criminal court in lower manhattan, josh einiger, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> as you can see from josh's story, there's been an outpouring of emotion over the death of officer holder, the community coming together to show their support. tim fleischer posted this touching video of his fellow officers paying tribute tonight. tim is in east harlem with more. deeply affected this east harlem community, everywhere from the houses here where officer holder used to patrol to others who gathered tonight for an emotional and very touching candlelight vigil. >> to see them killed violently is hurting. >> reporter: on this night, leaving an east harlem community stunned and now in mourning for police officer randolph holder. >> there's a lot of pain and a lot of healing that we need to engage in. >> reporter: from community leaders to residents of this community, they came to light candles and prais flowers near where this brave officer was gunned down. >> these men are the nypd come out here every day in this community and save lives. and we lost yet another member of th

it is 5:23, and we're following breaking news in manhattan. we're also getting new details on a raging fire in chelsea. our dray clark just spoke with investigators on the scene. we're going to tell you what they had to say ahead in a live report at 5:30. >> moments after the -- debuted during a monday night football, ticket sales are soaring. websites are crashing over the stay with us. layover. 24 hours. hello, reykjavik. oh, so that's how you spell it. what are you looking at? oh, cool. hungry. fish, anyone? hello, seventh waterfall of the day. hello, duck boat. hello, sheep? oh right! itchy icelandic sweaters and no foreign transaction fees. sweet. one last look. ahh. triple points. and we're off. what's next? wherever the journey takes you, carry american express gold. it's more than a card. >>> asian stocks were quiet overnight. >> hong kong's hang seng, the dow edged slightly higher to open at 17230. nasdaq composite and s&p 500 began higher as well. futures are pointing to a lower open. >>> and we have an update on the volkswagen emiss

we had them in different parts of manhattan. and people came up with -- i will say the central theme is respect -- respect from the police to the neighborhood and neighborhood to be respectful to the police officers. >> and how did the citizens react to the police positions? how did the police react to the citizens' positions? >> it was very positive. the citizens want the police to be part of their lives. they want them in the schools. they want them to be part of their community centers. the want to have police protection. they just want it to be respectful. and the police, i think, want to do the same. so, it's really a situ-- you know, we want to measure -- we talk about measuring incidents. we want to measure the community's input. that'll be another way to figure out what would be the best kind of policing. and then we did some of the other things that we heard earlier. we want slightly older, we want people who are, perhaps, school-safety officers to have a track to be able to be police officers, to make it more diverse.

updating a breaking story in manhattan. fire officials have just told eyewitness news that the building destroyed in a fire in chelsea is now in major danger of collapse. our dray clark is live on the scene. he'll have an update shortly. >>> first responders don't working when they save a life, but in texas an emt training class turned into a water ride to catch up with a young boy who was drowning after he fell off his inner tube. the commander of the class kept the boy above water while another instructor threw out a rescue rope and pulled that boy the rest of the way in to safety. >>> 6:53. ever wonder where on earth the first dog was born. it appears a new study has tracked down the location. >> yeah. researchers at cornell university say man's best friend was first found in central asia somewhere near nepal and mongolia. the new study is based on dog dna from 38 countries. >> that's where max came from. he came from dogs that wandered freely in villages or fields, not house dogs of course. the results were reported i b

the heaviest is now over manhattan and over the bronx and moving towards glencoe -- and

look how beautiful lower manhattan wall street area is here at noontime. you've got the battery to the far left. you got south street, seaport, bowling green, all looks really good here at noontime as the sea street makes its way underneath the brooklyn bridge. it's a pretty day and a very nice start to our weekend. our temperatures are really nice, 58 degrees, normal high this time of the year 60. we're right where we should be. dry humidity, west wind, pressure rising. all that points to a great day. yesterday it was 73. normal is 60. we're going to be right at that today. might feel a little cooler today to some, and that's because it was 73 yesterday. it's 58 now in kingston, poughkeepsie and newburgh. 60 in norwalk already. 60 around west orange and over towards the newark area, 55 towards toms river down towards belmar. still got that wind coming out of the northwest. it just keeps pouring this cooler air in here. that's going to drop the temperatures a little more as we go into the evening. clear skies, there's a few clouds and some lake effect spri

>> i was born and raised in manhattan. my mom was a single mom raising two girls and someone came up to us and said you want to be on sesame street? i did point three years at age 6. rosanna: what did you do? >> i sang songs. greg: you met mr. hooper. you got it. you remember when big bird tried to show everyone snuffleuppagus? >> imagine going to school, used was so big he would come down on these wires. rosanna: do you have are favorite sesame street, going that is weird, why is that song in my head? >> no. i remembered learning how to count with all of those muppets and 9 is such a big thing again, it is back so it is full circle. greg: so cool, gordon, how about bob? mr. hooper? >> you know a lot of them. >> i met maria once. rosanna: you met david borealis as well and he is in bonds at a:00 on fox 5, nice to have you here, congratulations. greg: check this out. hooters in the house. we love, love, chocolaty, creamy, with a little something extra. mmm deliciousness. cookies or almonds. yumminess. hershey' s is mine, yo

a manhattan tour workout matt harvey missed. the mets say he did show up late. terry collins says harvey will be fine. live in the bronx, rob powers, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> don't want to miss practice. >> darn traffic. >>> as we continue with eyewitness news at 6:00. so just how hot is brooklyn? >> oh, it's hot. now it's so hot it has its own fodor's side. >>> i think jim wanted to know more about the forecast for the week. how about 65 tonight. great at yankee stadium. high temperatures in the low to and mid70s. warmer tomorrow. cooler temperatures. seven day forecast is next on eyewitness news at 6:00. >>> back in queens, we continue to follow breaking news. you can see a car accident. >>> $135 million facelift is on the way for dozens of new york city parks. over the next few years smaller playgrounds and parks that are in bad shape will start to look gripier. brand new parks will be created. funding comes after mayor de blasio focused on -- >>> tonight another sign that it might be true. >> fodor's, the world's largest tourist guide is selling the gui

the manhattan project national historical park will be spread out over the project's primary site including former laboratories and plutonium production plants in new mexico. hamford in washington state, and oakridge, tennessee. officials say the aim is not to celebrate the atomic bomb, but the park educates the public about the history and legacy of the manhattan pronject. a signing ceremony will be next month. heros want vitors to learnll sides of the story. they are calling on u.s. authorities to make sure the exhibits clearly and accurately show the destruction caused by the bomb. s >> now the forecast for us here in tokyo calls for clear skies, currently 19 degrees celsius or 66 degrees fahrenheit. our weather desk has this hour's update. >> the coolest morning of the season, and even the first frost of the season formed in obohito. there's high pressure in japan causing less clouds at night resulting in cool mornings. sunny weather continues into friday in the country, but the exception is hokaido wit a storm approaching. right now, a severe tropical storm is located over the water. i

you see a couple across manhattan, bergen and passaic county. these light showers with this first batch of rain across the eastern end of lined. then we get a break in between. the front's going to come through dry. we're look ago at 73 this afternoon with cloudy skies, temperatures in the 70s, normal high is 65. we've got a shot at a spritz or a sprinkle this afternoon. not much, we're talk about a tenth. just a light rain jacket, kiddos, that's all you need. nothing's going to rain out after school sports. 73 at the bus stop after school. i give it a d, heather for 70s. >> all right. should be in the 60s. >> but you know what i would give that an a. >> i know that you would. >> 70s instead of 60s. >> that's right up your alley. >>> let's go over to a camera and show you the george washington bridge. bill was showing you a long distance shot. here's a closer up look the traffic moving left to right, the lincoln and holland are doing fine. 5 minutes across the board there. on 84 there was a tractor- trailer accident that occurred last night. you

matthew tivy who owns an eatery in manhattan was arrested in may for sexual abuse of a minor. after examining tivy's cell phone, investigators discovered the pictures. >>> we're going to turn to the developing story in connecticut. police say they have found the car used in an attempted kidnapping of a teenage girl in bridgeport. the girl escaped. you can see by jumping out of a moving vehicle. right now they're still looking for the woman whose driving that car. tim fleischer is here with the very latest. >> police are certain that the driver and the teenager never met, didn't even know each other. as for a possible motive, that remains unclear but one thing for certain tonight, police do know who they're looking for. >> reporter: the shocking video. a 17-year-old girl making a desperate escape bridgeport police say, tumbling out of the passenger side of a moving car has now helped to develop important leads. >> we have the car in that video in our custody. >> reporter: the charcoal toyota yaris with a noticeable clue, a missing bumper, was found, police revealed, in new have

john: coming up, mark: takes manhattan. -- coming up, marco takes manhattan. ♪ john: this morning, marco rubio went on to talk shows, first on "the today show," where he was asked about his attendance record. >> the majority of the job is not walking onto the senate floor and lifting her finger on a noncontroversial issue. the majority of the work is consistent service to committee work. when you run for president, there are times when you are not going to be there. we have canceled events and traveled across the country to make votes, especially if we can make a difference -- >> so you don't think you are putting your ambitions above the people. >> my ambitions aren't for me, therefore the country in florida. john: dealing with matt lauer, across the street, another candidate asked about his relationship with jeb bush. >> he said don't make a mistake -- marco rubio and governor bush hate each other's guts. you are running against your mentor. what is the reality? >> that is not true. i have tremendous admiration for him. there are a lot of other people and i am running for president and

into a boutique hotel in this high-priced real estate section of midtown manhattan. we want to the show you now chopper 4 live over the scene, and question tell you this according to to the fire department, the building itself is at-risk of collapse. even though this began as a ceiling collapse. the fire department confirms that one construction worker lost his life. another man has been injured is still trapped inside. the fire department has been able to speak to him, but not yet reach him. and those who work and live in this area, this bustling section in midtown manhattan, talk about their fears on hearing what had happened. >> oh my god, i'm very upset, i'm praying. praying, i heard that one worker died and someone else is stuck there right now. yeah. >> see any smoke, i didn't, but i saw the police react, running that way. and then the fire truck, the ambulance, everybody went that way. and that's what's been going on. >> reporter: a couple of people on the block told us they could hear the sound of the ceiling collapse, but they didn't really say anything. now

. >> reporter: we asked the department of transportation's manhattan borough president for an on camera interview, but instead we were given this statement. ''we will work with the nypd regarding enforcement about honking which is not allowed unless in emergency situations." searching for the solution to the noisy problem, on the east >>> and now to campaign 2016. news of donald trump under fire for suggesting president george w. bush failed to stop the 9/11 attacks. >> when you talk about george bush, say what you want, the world trade center came down during his time. >> hold on -- you can't blame george bush for that. >> he was president. blame him or don't blame him, but he was president. >> republican opponent jeb bush quickly firing back on twitter. how pathetic for trump to criticize the president for 9/11. we were attacked, and my brother kept us safe. >>> hillary clinton's closest adviser testified before the house committee about the benghazi attacks. she says she answered all the questions during the day-long closed door session. the panel is investigating the attack that kil

they had all lanes getting into manhattan closed. obviously you can't get to the south bound side. if you are trying to get south on that harlem river drive they're schultzing you off at second avenue. on the northbound side you see that closure in place. this is where we're seeing the bulk of the traffic, that southbound side not too terrible, but this north bound delay just keeps going and going. so we're going to bring you back just so you can get an idea. some of the volume has eased out but just a little bit. that's the 59th street bridge. you can see that string of headlines ending just beyond that. so that is what you are looking at northbound. you can take it over to first and second avenue to get around. this but the best thing you can do for yourself is to get away from the east side of the west side and stay away from all of this at this time. reporting live over the fdr drive, shannon stone, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> shannon, thank you. a quick question for you. if you swing the camera back the other way, in your reporting, did you see -- i got a call from a source

we have police activity on the bqe westbound heading towards the manhattan bridge. the construction out there shutting down the manhattan bound side of the brooklyn bridge as well as eastbound to the bqe. route 17, road work between century road and mid land avenue. two lanes shut down until 6:00 a.m. ading over to the garden state parkway we have the expressway. you can head to the locals instead. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. >>> lauren, thank you very much. happening now, a south carolina sherif acf's deputy is being investigated as to whether he student from a classroom. >> hands behind your back. >> that's the video of the incident at spring valley high school in columbia, south carolina. it's quickly spread across social media. school resource officer ben fields was there to arrest a girl for causing a disturbance. fields is now on leave until that investigation is over. >>> the family of a 7-year-old girl who choked at school is praying for a miracle. noellia gervaria choked on school at ps 250 last wednesday. family members are qu

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we have clear, crisp weather, we had kind of partly cloudy skies here over manhattan upper west side and absolute gorgeous morning. here is a look from our cameras to give you an idea how it looks. this is john of the news copter 7 getting a look at the cumulus clouds that are being sheered off by upper level winds, high pressure from the north out of across us and we'll be seeing dryer air-cooler air and those clouds make it cooler today from the sunshine so that's a very nice picture from news copter 7 and johnny d in hi- definition. well today we're looking at

played for the loyola school in manhattan until last year was a fixture at bronxville high school in westchester county. both campuses are in shock. >> we are trying to think of what to do, um, to kind of, like, commemorate his life. >> reporter: it appears the fatal injury was a laceration to the liver. >> it was an internal injury. um, he got to the hospital as fast as he should have gotten. we feel the doctors did everything necessary. they tried for a long time to save him and it was just a freak injury that couldn't be overcome. >> reporter: people who knew the team describe him as empathetic, social and driven, especially on the soccer field. friends are concentrating on his life now, not the way he died. >> he was definitely special. he just made people feel really good all the time. you know, he was so funny. i really can't say much, uhm -- >> reporter: smiling just thinking about him? >> yeah. i -- i -- he -- i can't describe him in words. >> reporter: the mystery of his death meanwhile remains. the medical examiner's office awaiting autopsy test results before arriving at a

also on the upper west side is the children's museum of manhattan. they've been celebrating all week, and today they're getting into the spirit with justin the magician will be there doing two shows, there'll be a musical parade where can wear their >> the cutest costumes, especially with the little ones. they look adorable. kids can make spooky sunglasses, while you're there check out their new exhibit, nyc and me, which is great. and monster mash at children's museum over in brooklyn. they have terrific activities all day long, dance sessions, spooky story times, and they can touch their snake. i'm not sure i'd want to, but the kids definitely want to. [laughter] they get really into that. >> well, let's talk about watching a theme or concert. you know, a lot of people don't think of that first -- >> you wouldn't, and it's a good point. it's not the first thing you think of when you think hall weep, but there's two shows today, one called monster gras over as symphony space. basically, this is a new orleans-themed band. they're a five-piece band, a

she is seen flying across buildings in manhattan last night. the new action adventure drama on cbs follows superman's cousin. she happens been keeping her powers secret but now she is being the hero she was meant to be. it premieres sunday, october 26, at 8:30 on cbs 2. >>> katie holmes commuting. she posted this instagram photo gown. she says heels and a train. hashtag #newyork hashtag ennstation. >> always looks good. >>> coming up on cbs2 news tonight at five, a cheap flight over the holiday season? why discount flights may come with unexpected risks. >>> then at six. >> i said to my mom i want to do something. city police officers. those stories and much more tonight on cbs2 beginning at >> too cute. >>> if you ever made an origami project in school, check out what lexus has done with cardboard. this sedan was hand built using 1700 sheets of corrugated cardboard. the doors, wheels, and headlights work. the car can actually drive. but you won't see it rolling down a street any time soon. of art. it's on display at a home innovation show in b

a store worker in midtown, manhattan beaten and robbed. we have the video and new at 5:00, we're hearing from the victim of the attack as police search for the robber. >>> but first, new information on lamar odom, the former nba player fighting for his life as we learn new details about what happened inside a brothel. good evening at 5:00. i'm shirleen allicot. >> i'm bill ritter. diana rr -- -diana and sade are off closely falling developments on the condition of the former nba player and tv reality show. lakers star kobe bryant visited odom, so did reverend jesse jackson who despite odom being in a coma and on life support said he's doing better today than yesterday. >> darla miles in queens where odom was born and raised. >> that's right, for the friends of lamar odom who watched him grow up playing basketball right here at this park, they know he's had more good years than bad ones, and that's what they're focusing on as they pray he pulls through. >> the best memory i have of lamar, when he was at rhode island he made a clutch jump sh

a taxi ride around manhattan may be getting quieter. the taxi and limousine commission voted unanimously today to pull the plug on most of those tvs in the city's taxi fleet. the commission plans to replace the tv monitors with new technology that will provide trip information and allow passengers to pay their fares through that screen. >>> a new plan is being proposed that would help reduce the cost of commuting to college. senator chuck shu chumer is pushing discounts to college students. the mta isn't commenting on the plan, but they already offer discounted to senior citizens and young stfdents and loses hundreds of millions of dowlars doing so. >>> spencer stone is now out of a california hospital. he's recovering at home. the uc davis medical center released pictures of the decorated air force airman. stone of course treated for stab wounds in that fight. he was knifed during a brawl outside of a sacramento nightclub. of course, he became an overnight celebrity after he and two friends helped stop a terror attack on a train in fra

parents at a manhattan school have been asking the police for crossing guards. we first told you about the request this month and they say that there was a temporary crossing guard here for a day, but then nothing. cbs 2's alice gainer has the follow-up. >> reporter: the intersection at pearl street is bustling with young children and parents at dismissal time and although there are pedestrian crosswalk lights -- >> my son and i almost got hit by a bus mta bus and we actually were watching the light but it ran the light twice. >> reporter: this parent says it's a very busy roadway. >> we have the fdr drive. we have the brooklyn bridge. >> reporter: one street up from the school closer to the brooklyn bridge entrance we saw an nypd traffic cop. but no one to direct things at pearl. >> we had a guard one day, didn't have a guard another day. >> reporter: after we first reported the lack of crossing guards two weeks ago, parents tell us there was a temporary guard placed out here but for just one day. after signing hundreds of petitions to get guards at several sch

this is a water main break right at the interest with manhattan avenue. i was talking with the assignment editor on the radio here. we remember previous water main breaks in this location, so this seems to be a spot where the roadway is prone to this kind of problem, but you can see right now that water is out there. they haven't shut the water off yet. there have been reports of a small sinkhole down there as well, so it sounds like the roadway itself is going to be out of commission for some time. it's a little bit of a long movement. let me show you where the traffic diversion is, southbound tonnele avenue, all lanes are shut. the traffic being diverted into the local streets. that's the traffic headed from north bergen into jersey city. all lanes closed while this water main break is ongoing. john del giorno channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> it is still not clear how many people were killed when a small plane crashed in florida. the plane hit a mobile home park yesterday evening setting off a fire that consumed two homes in palm springs. one father says

. >>> a mysterious death in manhattan. the body of a woman found in the doorway of an apartment building. now witnesses reveal new details about this grizzly discovery, and who police are looking for tonight. first, an active search underway at the side of a deadly gas explosion. a woman missing since the blast, and her family desperate for answers, as authorities identify the first victim of that explosion. good evening, everyone, i'm sandra bookman. >> and i'm joe torres. there are k-9 units at the scene to help police in the search through the rubble. authorities are searching for francisca figueroa. identify the woman found in the building stairwell as lehi abuero. >> lucy lang is in borough park tonight. >> reporter: it is still a is very active investigation with multiple agencies on site. the latest word is at least two buildings will have to be demolished, but before that, investigators need to go through all the debris very carefully to find the cause of this gas explosion and to find the second floor tenant who s

it doesn't set properly. >> reporter: manhattan councilman began garodnick says -- dan garodnick says utility crews fail to return roads to their previous condition. >> violations between 2009 and 2013 have tripled. that's an extraordinary development. so it's clear that the city is even identifying today more and more problems of shoddy workmanship or private entities that are just not playing by the rules. >> reporter: now garodnick is sponsoring a bill that would increase the penalties for the violations. fines will go from $1,000 to $5,000. and $5,000 fines will increase to $10,000. the councilman says companies need to know that when their work is done, failure to completely restore a street or sidewalk will result in a hefty fine. a spokesman for coned says they will review the legislation. they also pointed out that in the past utilities and the city have worked together to do work with as little disruption as possible to everyone. still people we spoke to think costlier fines could result in better roads. >> it's a good idea to fine them. >> they may respond when it hits their

and while the manhattan d.a.'s office declined to discuss details of the case, it was reviewed. a 2013 response to velazquez's motion concludes "defendant's motion to vacate his conviction should be denied." velazquez's story also attracted attention from hollywood actor and activist martin sheen. >> good to meet you. >> in december 2011, the actor went to the prison to meet velazquez. >> your statement at your sentencing, that there was a miscarriage of justice and you trusted the system and you trusted your own innocence, you trusted god, that you would be exonerated. >> i still do. >> yes. of course. that's why we're here. >> and then there's juror ramon aviles. he says he's always had his doubts about the verdict. >> what did i do? did i do something wrong here? i think i did something wrong. >> he told us he began to question his decision the moment the verdict was announced. >> once it was announced, i looked at the mother. and i looked away. in other words, i didn't know where to put my face. i guess that's what i have to live with from that time on. >> steve cohen says t

kirsten's manhattan homes. neighbors were also tight lipped about tht 28eyear-old dermatologist, but this man urged us not to paint her in a bad light. >> now it's standing person. pvery vibrant, very alive. very dedicated mom. >> eporter: 20 miles away investigators in hazmat suits moved in and out of the apartment building where she was found early sunday morning. multiple law enforcement sources tell news 4 her death involved no foul play, but appears linked to drug use. the sources say the married mother of three was using cocaine at that chelsea apartment. she was there with a man described as her boyfriend and another man. according to the sources, she became ill and the men tried to carry her downstairs to a cab, but she collapsed. the men then called 911 and when ems arrived, investigators say the boyfriend ran back upstairs. she died later at a hospital. >> this is very nerve racking. i've been in this building for years. >> reporter: no one would comment at the long beach office of her husband of six

five minutes outside of manhattan, right up the manhattan ramp. they had been building the golf course for 30 years. i think. somebody said, it is really not 30, it is 21 years. ok, 21. whether it is 30, 21, or 30. it has been under construction for many years. we believe the cost is over $300 million. the mayor said to me, what do you think it should cost? i said, about 7 million. i believe the cost is over 300 million. mayor bloomberg said, you have to help us. they went to an rfp. i have a long-term deal. i took it over, got it done in less than one year. fourth nuts. it is beautiful. rave reviews. i had to get the city together, the unions together, everybody together. we got it done. now it is open, setting every record because of its location. it is phenomenal. next to manhattan, on the river. unbelievable. you can do these things. it is about leadership. yep to get people together. if i had somebody working for me that was good, i couldn't have. it had to be me. i needed the council, the mayor. and it has to come from the president. i will

he was upset about the 2010kis. >> so "manhattan" a great show. you can't tell whether frank is a good guy or a bad guy. >> he's a little bit of both. he's like a mass of contradictions, and he's doing all the right things for maybe not all of the right reasons. it's a story of men and women who built the first atomic bomb in los alamos, new mexico and everything we know about the world, surveillance, secrets, was all sort of born in this time and place, so it makes for explosive drama. >> how much of it is based on truth? >> so much of it is based on truth. but the characters at the center of the show are fictional. so it gives the writers an opportunity to kind of draw parallels to the world we live in now, which makes the show so exciting, it's like historical science fiction. >> did you know anything about the making of the atom bomb? >> how long have you known me? >> 25 years. >> do you think i knew anything about the nuclear -- >> do you know now? >> yes, i know a lot more than i did before. when you are an actor, you weren't paying attentio

watch out for an accident by the manhattan bridge. connecticut exit 14 expect delays, only only the left lane getting through. the trains, then north jersey coastline has a 20 to 255 minute delay because of a stall train. street cleaning rules are in effect. >> duke: they yanks are going home. houston says the yankee highlights from last night. here in vineland, home of progresso, we figured out how to get rich ingredients like bacon into 22 light soups, so if you want 100 calories or less per serving without giving up rich flavor do what we do...make it progresso. this moment is perfect in every way just like my kid gooey...flaky...happy. toaster strudel. >> wednesday morning, 6:44 a.m. police are looking for a man suspected of groping little kids in a bronx park. last weekend he groped three young boys. spee1 a massive rally in brooklyn. thousands of students, teachers, parents are demanding minority kids to have the same access to white students. >> ben: gabbay was caught in the cross fire at the west indian day parade. spee1 duke