meg baker found that the vines comes as a surprise to most commuters. >> reporter: do you know who is listening to your conversations on the new jersey transit lightrail? >> they're recording us? idea that the cameras on trains were recording not only video but also their voices as part of a plan to deter crime and unruly behavior but the aclu sees it differently. >> an invasion of privacy and that's the real concern. they don't have a warrant or any other legitimate reason to be recording the conversations. >> reporter: she said taping the conversations is a problematic and people have a right to have a private conversation with the person next to them. >> we don't know how long they're keeping the recordings, what they're doing with them. >> reporter: riders here question whether it's worth it, giving up privacy to feel safer while riding the rails. >> invasion of privacy? >> you got people making terroristic threats and doing criminal activity and plotting things. it's not really an invasion of privacy. remember. you're in a public place. >> reporter: we both called and e-mailed ne

in new jersey, meg baker, cbs 2 news. >> no comment from englewood leaders despite repeated attempts. there's a community meeting where a councilman proposed a modification of the law. >>> spring weather means ice cream trucks are on the streets but one of them is getting a cold shoulder in its neighborhood. cbs 2's ilana gold shows us why why. >> reporter: this ice cream truck is drawing attention in tribeca and harrison. >> i thought i was losing my mind. >> reporter: the theme blasted most of saturday and sunday nights until 11:00 and one recorded it from their apartment on the 16th floor and others heard it 32 stories up with closed windows. how loud was this truck? top floor of the building and it he felt like it was right outside. [ music ] >> reporter: families say it was going on for a half-hour at a time and that's a violation of the new york city code because ice cream trucks are not allowed to play music while parked. >> it's ridiculous! >> probably going to wake up people in the neighborhood and hard to put kids back to sleep because it's so loud. >> reporter: neighbors sa

meg baker with the debate to dredge or not to dredge. >> reporter: these boats may have to stay where they are on dry land for this year's boating season if a dredging project in the small township of eagleswood new jersey doesn't get done. >> we have lost ourselves almost eight slips that are so shallow that we can't even rent them anymore which is a big amount of our income that we count on paying taxes. >> reporter: deborah murphy and her husband own the marina. tide. >> we have boats that constantly run aground and have dollars and dollars of damage. >> reporter: natural shoaling, a build-up of sand and silt made it hard for anyone on dock road to gets their boats where the creek meets the bay have banded together in opposition to the dredging specifically because they don't want the dredge material placed across the street from their homes. >> we have been fighting them for 10 years. now it starts all over again. >> reporter: david fox does not want the traffic or the smell that may come with dumping the dredged materials across the street in state- owned wetlands. >> this is a l

cbs 2's meg baker reports on out road rage arrest. >> reporter: it was their typical route home from the doctor's office through roselle park but rosemary iglesias and mary ella castro got a scare tuesday night. >> i was standing here and she was the driver. we were just stopping. >> reporter: she says at about 5:30 p.m. a man got out of his black suv and started yelling at them saying they cut him off. he then ran over to the minivan. it was near this intersection where the women say they got the surprise punch. >> he stand right there and just punch the window. >> reporter: she was covered in broken glass from the driver's side window and has cuts on her hands, face and eye. here's what the window looked like after the rage. they have since gotten it fixed. >> we borrowed some money because i'm getting paid on saturday so, you know, it is what it is we have to do it we >> reporter: this man, 44-year- arrested for the attacks. police say this isn't his first run-in with the law. >> i was in shock. i couldn't do nothing. she was telling me, oh, um, hurry up, take the picture. and the

cbs 2's meg baker has the story. >> reporter: how long is your commute? want to cut that down to, say, zero? well, one new jersey lawmaker is here to help. state senator kip bateman introduced a bill that may entice business owners to let workers telecommute. >> i feel like the traffic that's around here for commuters is getting really difficult. so working from home especially if you have a child makes life easier. >> reporter: personal vehicles, path trains, buses, taxis, and bikes, all on this street path in jersey city. it's bustling. >> it allows employers to give employees a break get them off the roads very important especially in a state like new jersey where the commute takes hours and it takes -- so it lessens the wear and tear on the roads. >> reporter: the state senator from somerset county hopes to ease this congestion and wants to provide a corporate business tax credit equal to 1% of an employee's salary for the hours they do their jobs from home. >> it's good for the environment because it cuts down on carbon emissions, and it allows emplo

cbs 2's meg baker reports from hackensack. >> reporter: glass on the road and sidewalk on summit avenue in hackensack. remnants from a fatal crash with police that happened around 2 p.m. thursday. >> john was a great guy. he was a great neighbor. he was always friendly to me and it's a big shock to all of us here. >> reporter: the innocent driver, 67-year-old john parham was struck by a police cruiser en route to an accident after a police chase. >> unfortunate that happened like that. it's just a couple of blocks it was just so shocking. >> i don't know how this could have happened because there's very good visibility up there on top of summit avenue. so how john didn't see the lights or hear the sirens is beyond me. >> reporter: parham was killed here on the corner of his own block on ross avenue and neighbors say he may have been on his way to work as a security guard in paramus. the wild police pursuit started in nearby paramus when a motorcycle driver salvatore deangelus refused to pull over and took off on route 4. police continued the pursuit for a brief time then determined it t

meg baker, cbs 2 news. >>> lonnie quinn is here now talking about snow! for the weekend. baseball season and all. >> for the baseball game tomorrow out at citi field i think we're okay. [ laughter ] >> saturday morning little league games. >> not so much. >> could be tricky depending where you live. let me show you what we see outside as of right now. cloudy with a break at times. starting to see more clouds. temperature coming in now at 57 degrees. your high temperature today was 58. all fueled by that southwest wind. all right? you're still dealing with a southwest wind. we'll know that the front passed through when the winds change and come in from the north. there is going to be a saturday snow chance. i'm going to talk to you about that. looks like it wants to start to rain and back to some snow after sunset. right now the models are hinting there could be some accumulations with it. out there currently here's your vortex satellite and radar. we thought maybe some of this heavier rain would be clipping montauk. it's going to stay offshore. scattered little showers ou

cbs 2's meg baker has the story new at 6:00. >> reporter: these 16 men are now facing ten to 15 years in prison for child pornography. arrested over the past two months in operation safeguard, by federal and state law enforcement. >> this operation specifically targeted file sharing networks that are popular with those who download and share these aberrant videos. >> reporter: two of the men worked with children. thomas guzzi worked with fifth grade teachers in vineland taught in the district for 12 years. >> he had over 100 files of child pornography on his personal computer. productions, involving children at the school's drama club, as their adviser and stage manager. >> reporter: the next offender a bus driver for the sparta school district. eugene triston. >> eugene triston who allegedly would view child pornography during his breaks. >> reporter: the school district says the individual in question was not a direct employee of the sparta school district nor did he return to the district in any capacity once we learned of the allegations." >> teaches up to be vigilant and be aware

meg baker tells us how it works. >> reporter: as a parent of a special needs child, francis he takes extra precautions to keep his son safe. >> we couldn't find him and were panicked and we called 911 and, you know, um, thankfully we found him. >> reporter: colton who is 18 says he has wandered off a few times and froze in fear. >> i was pretty scared i will admit. i at any time really know what to do. >> reporter: monmouth county is hoping to be of assistance in these situations. today, they introduced a first- of-its-kind special need registry. the 911 call center is the first point of contact. any information on the registry pops up on the dispatcher's screen. >> we know now that this information that family members can put into the system will be at the fingertips as an alert to the name or the address. >> reporter: that includes not only people with autism but elders with dementia or impediment or who is deaf. the responding officer is then armed with this information. >> law enforcement has seen incidents where certain behavior or a lack of behavior was easily misconstrued by t

in jersey city, meg baker cbs 2 news. >> ohio passed a similar law. the state senator said commute rs have driven about 2 billion fewer miles this year. don't know how productive i would be if i was home. >> we can't do this job from >> we can't do our job from home. >>> back over to vanessa murdock. she has to be here to do the weather. >> my husband actually works from home and he's very productive and the quality of life is impeccable. i always tell people pretty lucky. >> good for them. >> for those run s on lunch, it's looking pretty good for him. the forecast looking good for all of today. let's start things off live outside right now. looks a little bit hazy out there this morning. we have clouds over head, fewer clouds east of the city. 51 degrees northeast winds at 3 miles per hour. headlines, here we go, better half of your weekend today. get out and enjoy it. tomorrow you will need that umbrella and not just for a couple of hours in the morning. it really looks like most of your sunday will be soggy. we could certainly use the rain. here's

meg baker, cbs 2 now . >> ohio passed a similar law. commuters in that state have driven 2 billion fewer miles n year. >> certainly going to save some money on gas. i don't think that you and i could get away from it. >> i was going to say, could we anchor from our coaches. >> skype? i don't know. >>> vanessa murdock is in the news center. >> we need the rain. i know it's it put s a damper on things but we need the rain. let's take you live outside and see what's happening right now across the city skyline. you can see the clouds out there. they're looking okay. 47 degrees, northeast winds at 8 headlines are this, the better half of the weekend today. the umbrella will be necessary tomorrow and it looks like pretty much for the entirety of your day. again, we could use the rain. the moral of the story, the u.s. drought monitor has us under about normally dry conditions. as you can see, most of us in the viewing area dealing with that. as far as driest april's go, we're on the list for the top 10. we desperately need some rain for the ye

meg baker joins us live from midland park this noon. >>> chris and mary, midland park high school was on lock down for more than an hour and a half this morning they weren't the only ones, police confirmed that 13 schools in burgan and passaic counties received threats, they were anxiously awaiting to hear the all clear. >> students were immediately evacuated after receiving an morning. >> she is just scared, it is a scary world we live in. >>> this mother who did not alerted by her daughter not the school. >>> my daughter textedded me her school received a bomb threat alert and that they were evacuating the building. >>> students were walked to surrounded areas and waited there for an hour and a half while authorities went through the school with bomb sniffing k9's. >>> getting to the point of ridiculousness. >> there have been multiple mass bomb threats across burgan and passaic counties disruptingclass time and sending panic. several were on spring break, only staff members were at fair lawn high school when it received a robo call caming a bomb was in a vehicle in the parking lot.

in montclair, new jersey, meg baker, cbs 2 news. >> the state recess bill goes to the senate education committee on may 2. >>> our weather picture starting to come more into focus. it's starting to actually look like spring out there. >> can't believe it. lonnie quinn has our exclusive cbs 2 forecast. >> we are adding a click or two every day today on the thermometer. now of 62 with sunny skies. so looks a lot like spring, i agree with maurice. picture for tomorrow is going to be a perfect one. picture-perfect, 63. it will be warmer tomorrow. it's the warmer where there will be an issue with the temperatures. no freeze warnings tomorrow but we have a frost advisory for a good chunk of new jersey and your temperatures could drop down to the mid- to low- 30s and there could be frost on the windshield or on the blades of grass out there. so in the city, you wake up and there's still a chill in manhattan, as well. starting off around 42 degrees in the city. we'll warm up to that 63 degrees tomorrow so it's going to be another good-looking one but i have already hinted at the fact that we a

cbs 2's meg baker is in fair lawn with reaction. >> we want a playground! we want a playground! >> reporter: these kids from rad burn elementary school in fair lawn, new jersey, won a playground and they thought today. playground? >> no. >> why? land owned by the radburn association so all exterior plans must be voted on by the association. >> the radburn association has denied the application for this playground citing aesthetic issues. >> reporter: i spoke to david boston stock with the association. he says neighbors in the community were concerned about the location of the playground. >> they didn't give us another location or nothing. >> think it's sad in this age of technology our kids need someplace where they can go and unwind and be a child. >> reporter: the kids were bummed to say the least. >> i don't really like that there's no playground because recess is kind of boring. >> i would have went on the slide. >> it's horrible. >> reporter: all the kids at the school did things to raise money for the playground and antonio, what did you do? >> um, we did [ indiscernible ]

cbs 2's meg baker reports from midland park. >> reporter: it was back to normal at the highland school in midland park this afternoon. but earlier, it was a different story. schools in 13 bergen and passaic county communities shut down after receiving bomb threats. >> scary. very scary. all the things going on in all the school systems all around the country and you hope knits evergoing to be in your own hometown. >> disturbing to think children go to school not safe anymore. >> reporter: around 8:20 a.m., midland park's board of education office received and automated call about suspicious backpacks. other school districts got the same call. some were on spring break. new jersey homeland security cyber security director says it is difficult to trace the automated calls. >> these actors are using anonymous technology to disguise their location. >> reporter: students know the drill. they quickly walked to designated safe zones and and a half while authorities went through the school with bomb-sniffing dogs. >> from midland park this is the first one we have received. we have been traine

cbs 2's meg baker spoke with this hero cop. >> reporter: he wouldn't have been able to recognize her in a line-up, never met her before but he saved her life. >> he was conversing on a messaging app with another chinese student female in verona. and that she was in the process of possibly committing suicide. >> reporter: last thursday night, verona chief of police email from a chinese student studying in the uk. he was concerned about a friend. the chief stepped into action knowing time was of the essence. he couldn't get to verona italy police department. so he tried the italian embassy in new york. it was after hours. he then called the new jersey state police and was able to find a contact at interpol in washington, dc who sent the desperate message to interpol in italy. >> ultimately the italian assist this young woman. she had taken some pills and she had hurt herself physically. they transported her to the hospital. >> reporter: on tuesday the woman who survived thanks to the chief's relentless calls for help wrote him an email. >> i am the girl from china who got saved by you.

in bayonne, meg baker, cbs 2 news. >> new jersey's department of education points out this was

. >> the training comes after last month's devastating cbs 2's meg baker has more now from edison. >> reporter: we are all partners in the fight against terrorism! that was the point made here in edison, new jersey, where the fbi conducted explosives demonstrations. [ explosion ] >> without the public's help and input, then we're really -- it's really difficult to identify any kind of threat without the assistance. >> reporter: special agents with the joint terrorism task force say the recent and tragic attacks in turkey and belgium show the real threat we face from explosives made with household products. >> bleach, ammonia, nail polish remover, brake fluid when combined in the right amounts they can inflict serious damage. >> reporter: today's event included state and local law enforcement, first responders and private sector partners who may deal with sensitive chemicals that could be used to make a homemade bomb. [ explosion ] >> we provide them an understanding and overview of what types of chemicals and devices can be put together by showing them exactly what the destructive nat

in the atlantic highlands, meg baker, cbs 2 news. >>> new at 11:00, a resourceful senior citizen and her dog have been rescued after 9 days in the arizona wilderness, a help sign made of sticks and rocks helped lead rescue crews to the pair, 72-year-old ann rogers was driving to visit her grand children and got lost on a back road and ran out of gas, tried climbing several mountains to get a phone signal but her battery died so she wound up drinking pond water and eating plants until a tribal officer spotted her dog, and that is when a focused search began. >> that air rescue police copter landed, i just sat down and bawled. >> when rescue crews found >>> new video tonight shows a plane nearly hitting a photographer at the airport in st. barts, the man intentionally put himself in the path of the plane because he wanted to get a perfect shot of the landing. he wound up ducking when he realized the plane might hit him in the head. the airport is considered one of the most dangerous in the world. we can see why. lonnie quinn joins us now, our first thought was hopefully he had film in

meg baker reports it involves >> reporter: it was a game that went way too far. jews versus nazis. this picture first posted to social media shows princeton high school students at a private home playing a game of beer pong called alcohol acaust. >> i saw it online. i wasn't going to anything with it but a friend said she had been at the party and asked them to stop and they wouldn't. >> reporter: jamaica who is not jewish decided to take to a blog and write about the appalling game. you can see the cups arranged in the shape of a star of david and a swastika. some students i spoke to agreed with her decision to bring this to light. >> i think what she did was right. this type of behavior needed to get out there and it needed to get the attention. >> i was appalled. i think you're going to [ indiscernible ] do something about it. >> reporter: students say that the game took place over spring break. seniors who played sports and two of them were also student mentors. outside the school, some kid did disagree with ponder for writing about the picture. >> it was a bad game to play. bu

in bayonne, meg baker, cbs 2 news. >> new jersey's department of education points out this was and 900,000 students take the test in some 2600 schools around the state. >>> there's a health alert at a college in connecticut. more than a dozen students have tested positive for mumps at sacred heart university! the school in fairfield reports at least 17 cases since late march. the infected students were vaccinated twice as required for college administration. but the immunizations apparently can fade especially if a student comes in contact with a sick person. investigators believe the students brought the virus back from spring break. >> not sure where our first case came from. there was somebody who definitely didn't travel internationally. somebody who has been in connecticut. so they got it from somebody else got it from somebody else. this is how the disease spreads. >> harvard university in boston also record more than 40 cases. according to the cdc, the most common symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches and tiredness. men after a woman was pistol- whipped this afternoon in ea

meg baker has the story at 5:30. >> reporter: it was no ordinary sunday at newark church. >> a young man known to us who is mentally ill came into the church and attacked one of the priest who is he knows. >> reporter: father phil waters was in the church with father the man got aggressive and punched the previous. speed chase. i got a couple of my church people and followed him to broad street and he turned around and yelled but we kept our difference. >> reporter: they found a police officer and swinton, who suffers from mental illness, was arrested. >> he does not have any family support so in some cases this is the closest thing he has had to a family. >> reporter: he attended st. benedict's prep for a few years but did not graduate. the priest was brought to the hospital with minor injuries and is speaking out on mental health issues. >> there is a horrible challenge for people who problems of their heart so to speak, emotional problems. >> reporter: he said there was not enough help for the mentally ill. >> the sense of community and service neighborhood have been destroyed. >>

. >> meg baker reports from atlantic highlands. >> reporter: back and forth with the tide, this abandon boat has been left to crash against the rocks here in the atlantic highlands for more than 3 weeks. >> somebody should get rid of it. nobody seems to want to take the responsibility to do it. of on the deck located next to where the 38-foot boat named joplin was left. a man from texas bought the boat from staten island and was attempting to move it when the storm hit. >> the fire department had a report that a boat washed up with two passengers on board and needed to be rescued. >> reporter: so where is the owner? >> he just took off. >> reporter: here is the boat at low tide sitting on the rocky shoreline. it's an expensive task to salvage a boat from the water, more than $5,000. >> trying to get the owner to take responsibility and get the boat out, it seems that the owner has taken off to texas and does not plan oncoming back. >> reporter: according to maritime law, forever touches the boat first owns it and would be responsible for removing it. so no one and no agency wants to tou

meg baker reports. >>> back and fourth with the tied this boat has been left to crash against the rocks at the sea street peer. for more than three weeks. >> nobody seems to want to take the responsibility. >> nick is the owner of on the deck located next to where the 38-foot boat named jolynn was left. bought the boat and attempting to take the boat down to florida when a storm hit. >> fire department got a call hadwashed up with passengers on board, seems the owner has taken off to texas and does not plan oncoming back. >>> here is the boat sitting on the rocky shoreline, adam says it is an expensive task to salvage a boat from the water, more than $5,000. >> now according to merit time law whoever touches the boat first owns it and would also be responsible for removing it. so no one and no agency wants to touch it. >> i think it is a pretty big eyesore in the marina. i think maybe the coast guard or somebody should come in and just remove it. >>> they removed the oil and fuel as a precaution. >>> the energy state police all the water bureaus trying to figure out a plan to get this t

cbs 2's meg baker reports on out road rage arrest. >> reporter: it was their typical route home from the doctor's office through roselle park but rosemary iglesias and mary ella castro got a scare tuesday night. >> i was standing here and she was the driver. we were just stopping. >> reporter: she says at about 5:30 p.m. a man got out of his black suv and started yelling at them saying they cut him off. he then ran over to the minivan. it was near this intersection where the women say they got the surprise punch. >> he stand right there and just punch the window. >> reporter: she was covered in broken glass from the driver's side window and has cuts on her hands, face and eye. here's what the window looked like after the rage. they have since gotten it fixed. >> we borrowed some money because i'm getting paid on saturday so, you know, it is what it is we have to do it we

in edison new jersey, meg baker, cbs 2 news. >>> still to come, special honor for a dog that is truly a man's best friend. >>> we know james corden and justin bieber have a special interest. we'll have another look at traffic and weather on the 2's this is cbs 2 news this because of a huge natural resource. not the land. the water. or power sources. it's the people. american workers. they build world-class products. and that builds communities. and a better future. for all of us. because making something in america means so much, to so many. . >>> welcome back to cbs 2 news, at 4:52. 31 degrees. traffic and weather on the 2's, john, good morning. >>> is it too early to say sorry? because i am sorry. it is cold out there, we have until 10 a.m., just speaks to the chilly way we're starting the day, off to a cold start again we're dry clouds will fill in for your wednesday, tomorrow turns wet, but it is a lot warmer that wind will shift so you're in the upper 50s to right around 60 and then guess what, that front pushes through and we see cooler weather for the weekend. i think the mets

cbs 2's meg baker has the story new at 6:00. >> reporter: these 16 men are now facing ten to 15 years in prison for child pornography. arrested over the past two months in operation safeguard, by federal and state law enforcement. >> this operation specifically targeted file sharing networks that are popular with those who download and share these aberrant videos. >> reporter: two of the men worked with children. thomas guzzi worked with fifth grade teachers in vineland taught in the district for 12 years. >> he had over 100 files of child pornography on his personal computer.

meg baker tells us how it works. >>reporter: as the parent of a special needs child, fran hines says he takes extra precautions to keep his son safe, but they have had a few close calls >> we couldn't find him and we were panicked. we called 911, and, you know, thankfully we found him. >>reporter: colton who is 18 says he has wandered off a few times and froze in fear. >> i was pretty scared, i will admit. i didn't really know what to do. >>reporter: monmouth county is hoping to be of extra assistance in these situations. they showed a first-of-its-kind special needs registry. first point of contact. any information on the registry pops up on the dispatcher's screen. >> we know now that this information that family members can put into the system will be at the fingertips as an alert to the name or the address. >>reporter: that includes not only people with autism, but elders with dementia or someone with a speech impediment or who is deaf. the responding officer is then armed with this information. >> a certain beha

in eagleswood, new jersey, meg baker, cbs 2 news. >> the d.o.t. must go through the permit process with the department of environmental protection before any work starts. fox and other residents are fight thag in court. >>> happening today, vice president joe biden is headed to the vatican in a push for cancer research. biden advocate for global cooperation for the fight against cancer yesterday on the international conference on breakthroughs. the event is being hosted by the vatican. the vice president expected to visit with pope francis during the trip. biden's son died of cancer last year. >>> time is now 5:39. coming up don't trust everything you read. the new scam that's targeting people without those chip-embed credit cards. >>> plus amazon is bringing more job opportunities to new jersey. we'll explain. >>> and a crackdown on illegal pets on long island after a six- foot alligator was taken from a home. connect with us during the show facebook and twitter. >>> at 5:42. time for traffic and weather on the 2s. hey, john >> boy, this is an ex

in teaneck, new jersey, meg baker, cbs 2 news. >> the birds are protected so the township cannot do much. they have asked representatives for the new jersey fish and wildlife to speak out tonight at 8:00. a lot of people have a lot to say about this. >> the turkeys are probably >>> big changes coming to the apple stores later this month plus this -- >> we need to study it to see how much is coming from the computer screens. >> why you may want to schedule an appointment with your dermatologist. i can't get no satisfaction >> fans of the rolling stones are about to get satisfaction, big news about possible new music. >> connect with us all morning @cbsnewyork. >>> startling video from the weekend wind storms. watch the police officer driving down the road. suddenly a tree falls, and a car went under it just as it is falling, and then a pickup airborne, and incredibly no one was hurt. >> luckily he's in a big pickup and it absorbed the tree better than it would have if it was a car. >> the car that just barely got under it? i mean that is just -- and then the video to share, and wind will

meg baker cbs2 news. >>> a new discovery that could >> and stacking coupons doesn't just happen in the supermarket, how you can stack your coupons online to save big. >> but first the cbs2 morning scoreboard,s yanks take the rubber game with the astro 8-5, and the islanders beat the rangers 4-1. foalthr w vis.u n'brk .yowaa ecofakouswchs artemasitastoet00egntne usv d onfoju 9. p mthnle. lyioca >>> an adorable bear cub has been rescued from a brush fire in central florida. firefighters found the cub yesterday while battling the 300-acre fire. he's been nicknamed smoky junior. bears can usually outrun fires but this cub is only a couple months old and firefighters say there was no mama bear in >> got minor burns on the bottom of his feet, maybe his lips, he's certainly survivable if cared for. >> smoky junior has been turned over to wildlife officials. the fire has been contained. >> very cuddly now. >> precious. >> wait a few months. all right, time now 5:5 #. traffic and weather on the 2's. here's john. >> he needs food, water, and love, basically the bear necessities. upper 40s, low 5