live at penn station, a.j. ross, channel 7 eyewitness news. new at 5:00, frat brothers facing a judge today over their alleged roles in the death of a pledge in the poconos. >> the students weren't in court long. they are accused of doing nothing to help michael deng then allegedly lying to investigators about what happened. >> eyewitness news reporter kemberly richardson is live in the poconos for us. kem? >> reporter: well, rob, each defendant walked through the doors then left the courthouse without saying a word. among them here today with his mother, andy mang. he is the former national president of this fraternity. his sister is a congresswoman. the judge did not mince words. he ordered the men to hand over their passports, get fingerprinted and play by the rules. if they don't, they will be arrested. do you have anything to say? anything to michael's family? not a single word from thomas lieu or any of the suspects who

police say this group of five all members of a fraternity played a role in the hazing death of baruch college freshman michael deng. >> i won't talk about the facts. we take them seriously. >> reporter: police maintain the group lied to investigators, destroyed and concealed evidence inside the home the poconos two years ago. that's when deng was allegedly subjected to a brutal hazing ritual which included severe blows called spears. authorities say the 19-year-old while blindfolded and wearing a backpack filled with 30 pounds of sand was beaten so badly he passed out. the cep jects carried evening -- subjects carried deng back into the house and plotted how to cover things up. thethey reached out to meng. they recovered deleted text

speering. i pray to god he is going to be alive and they cannot know. >> entered a plea of not guilty. they were looking forward to court. >> does your client receive a phone call from the frat brothers that morning? not answer. now 37 members of the frat he won't lead now face charges for, among other things, homicide. >> we want to bring justice to the victim's family and we want to do it fairly and let the court. >> reporter: all five defendants were charged with bail. they will be back october 16th. next thursday, the next group of five new defendants will face the judge here. live in the polka knows, kemberly richardson, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, kemberly. right now a 10 year old girl is safe and police are

not have custody of the little girl. police issued an amber alert for celine hicks. we learned it was her mother that took her yesterday and who today negotiated the girl's return. eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer is live on the lower east side with more. tim? >> reporter: and, diana, the amber alert you mentioned is canceled. it was actively worked by detectives on the lower east side today. you mentioned the little girl is safe and sound and her mother is under arrest. here at this office building on lenox avenue in harlem, a little past 2:00 this afternoon, goes 10-year old celine hicks was found unharmed after police were notified as to her whereabouts. an attorney for her mother, jacqueline hendricks, eyewitness news learned negotiated her surrender. >> we were struck we kept hearing the sirens and there were so many police that were out here. that was disturbing. >> reporter: celine was last seen leaving castle middle school on henry street

say her mother came and picked her up. hendricks has a temporary order of protection to stay away from her daughter. that order, eyewitness news was sought by celine's aunt who lives in the building and had custody city of the daughter for the -- custody of the girl for the last eight years. >> that is scary. you have to protect your kids regardless against parents or -- any kind of source. >> reporter: earlier today, police issued an amber alert for celine, her mother and father, carlos hicks. they were thought to be traveling in a white chevy lumina sedan with white plates. the parents have had numerous unsupervised visits with the child over the past several years. it's unclear what prompted the mother to take the child from school this time. school officials say the circumstances surrounding it are the focus of an investigation at cation sell middle school. -- at castle middle school. the investigation is continuing

and the mother will face charges. tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> tim, thank you. the nypd releasing new video of accused bias attackers, two women and one man. over the weekend police say a 27-year-old woman and her mother were the targets of antigay slurs by these suspects manhattan. police say it turned violent when the daughter was thrown to the floor and dragged. american airlines fixed a computer problem that grounded a lot of flights today. it began about noon and lasted nearly two hours. it halted american and american eagle flights from dallas, chicago and miami and caused a ripple effect in other cities. they have yet to say how many flights were affected. long island railroad passengers can expect a normal commute after two days of delays and cancellations. there were scattered delays this morning as crews finished removing debris from the track. two freight cars went off the

rails on tuesday. it caused problems on the ronkonkoma and port jefferson branches. now to vote 2016 one day after the second presidential debate the candidates are trying to build on any momentum they may have gained. carly fiorina was climbing in the polls before last night. her responses at the debate made her stand out. that could begin to put a dent on donald trump's lead. >> donald trump will probably drop in the afternoon math because of his mannerisms and facial expressions and how he treated other people on stage. >> several of the people struggling did little to help themselves. scott walker, mike huckabee, john kasich spoke less than ten minutes during the three hour event. hillary clinton mentioned 32 times during the debate returning to the campaign trail today. the leading democrat in new hampshire.

she promoted a ten billion dollars initiative to address drug and alcohol abuse that affected many rural communities in new hampshire. general motors will pay $900 million to settle criminal charges over the faulty ignition switches. the problems have been linked to 124 deaths. gm admitted the employees new about potentially deadly design flaws for nearly a decade before it started to recall affected vehicles. that delay prompted the criminal action. >> the law is the law and the facts are the facts. we are not done and it remains possible that we will charge an individual. >> gm has recalled millions of cars and trucks to fix the faulty ignition switches. the automaker set up a compensation fund to pay families of those killed or injured. stocks on wall street mixed after the federal reserve announced it's keeping interest

they have been concerned a key today. at 16,674. nasdaq rose 4 points and s&p 500 lost 5 points. rob? cubans are getting ready to welcome the first latin american pope to the nation. francis arrives saturday for a three-day trip before heading is plastered around havana. he will address everybody there about his upcoming visit. after cuba the pope leaves for his visit to the united states. he arrives in washington on tuesday. he will stay there for two days. he will leave washington, arrive in new york on thursday. he will be there until saturday when he goes to philadelphia. we will have extended coverage leading up to and during the pope's visit. at abc7ny we have an entire section with more details on the schedule for the pope and

what we know about the traffic and mass transit changes all around the area. we are all getting ready. still ahead, an assistant principal on long island appears in a racy rap video. what the school is saying about it and why students and parents are supporting her. >> also, a heroin ring busted. wait until you hear who two of the suspects are and what they were caught saying. >> plus, planning for the future of time's square. the first step forward to changing things there and making it more family friendly. >> i'm meteorologist lee goldberg. another rocking chair day in the weather center.

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all new at 5:00 another major drug bust. 25 people indicted. it seems these dealers didn't care if buyers were satisfied or not. the brooklyn d.a. darker side of the business. eyewitness news reporter social security social security in brooklyn with the audio. >> it is a sweeping heroin indictment. 368 counts and 25 different defendants. alleged drug dealers in brooklyn, queens and staten island. but what assistants out, wiretap recordings between two of them.

prosecutors say manao does talking on the tapes describing frightening reactions to a brand of heroin called scorpion. >> anna to lactic shock. lips blew up. in hives from head to toe. >> reporter: the discussion about the drugs continues with both men laughing. >> like three hours later he said his face looks better now but then i called -- [ laughter ] >> reporter: clearly no one hear at the brooklyn district attorney's office is laughing today. >> it shows you the reckless disregard that they had for the people they were pedalling the poison to. >> reporter: the d.a. says the operation was centered at this building on drugs avenue -- driggs avenue where an entire family handled the distribution from an apartment

they say he faces the most serious charges but his mother allegedly laundered the money at this nearby bank. his sister allegedly bagged the drugs and his brother and cousins the suppliers. the heroin packaged in apple jacks serial -- cereal boxes. >> is he a good tenant? >> what can i say. >> reporter: they note that colazo worked at a midtown community court supervising and maneo -- >> laughing at him. it's not funny. >> reporter: prosecutors say he was applying to new york state to work as a drug counselor. in brooklyn, stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. the death toll in the california wildfires has risen to 5. authorities say two more bodies were discovered today.

in the blaze burning about 100 miles north of san francisco. more than 1,000 homes are destroyed by the fires that continue to burn. bo bergdahl the focus of a hearing to determine if he should be face a military trial on desertion charges. his platoon saying the entire platoon was left emotionally busted for the extensive search for him. he spent five years as a captive of the taliban after he disappeared from his platoon in 2009. cablevision is being sold to a dutch company. a $17.7 billion deal to sell the media giant to a company from the ned they are lands is set to be announced -- netherlands is set to be announced today. this deal includes the news 12 networks and news day. it will not affect the madison square garden company or amc

quite a day for the three young american heros that stopped a gunman on a passenger train bound for paris. today the three visited the oval office. you can see the three of them sitting there with president obama who praised them as the very best of america. >> because of their courage, because of their quick thinking, it's fair to say a lot of people were safe. >> absolutely. >> then off to the pentagon where the national guardsmen, the airman and the college student were each presented with medals. they have been awarded france's highest honor. >> something else. now they can concentrate on big things. >> like "dancing with the stars." >> do you see what we are doing? >> a rocking chair day. we paid attention. we wondered what it felt like. >> a heavy lift.

if you need me to log a game or scripts i'm available. i have a little extra time on my hands. we have beautiful clear skies tonight p. there is the george washington bridge. you see a little haze above that. a couple things going on. a few clouds on the east end of long island. the air is becoming stale. we have a breeze trying to mix things up this evening with the sea breeze. humidity is nice and low. pressure on the fall. the high just shy of that 90- degree mark. record 93 in 1991. average low 61. we keep having lows in the upper 60s. there are the sunrise and sunset times. last year sunshine and 73. so, it's 82 in stan hope. 76 in clifton and east rutherford is coming in at 84. long island upper 70s. wind off the water about 75 or so. 81 belmar. 86 in poughkeepsie. it's sunshine, clear skies, light winds.

we will be in the mid-80s during the middle of the day tomorrow then we cool off because of the sea breeze from new york city south and east during the afternoon hours. inland numbers make a run at the upper 80s. we had a couple of high thin clouds brushing the east end of long island that skirted past ocean county earlier in the day. letter it's the northern edge of low pressure that is soaking the southeast coast and of course florida. this is the remnants of tropical storm grace that went across the atlantic and caribbean. now some of that moisture will scoot offshore. you will see the satellite look like this for several days. an area of moisture will make a closer pass at us. the other thing is this cold front to the west. showers just about to move into the windy city. this low will take a turn up to the hudson bay. instead of dragging moisture through, very little rain when it comes through saturday into sunday day morning. a noticeable temperature change. that will bring an end to this stretch of 80-degree weather.

you can see behind the front 60s and 40s. we don't get that cool but chicago in two days will be in the 60s. we will go into the 70s by the end of the weekend. summer tomorrow. still very nice. saturday the warmer part of the weekend. the sky is probably dirtier. still a nice day and dry day. this front could bring a shower later saturday night into sunday. not a big deal. to 68. coming up at 5:30, the temperatures drop. maybe the rain doesn't as we go into sunday with the front. steadier rain early next week a question mark and is tropical storm ida brewing in in the atlantic? we will check out the tropics and the seven-day forecast later on. >> thank you, lee.

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a tsunami advisory prompted by a deadly earthquake off chilly has been -- chile has been canceled off hawaii but remains in effect in california. eight people were killed by the earthquake that struck the country last night. the number could climb. we tush to the refugee crisis. hungary expanding security on the southern boundaries in response to migrants entering the country from croatia. nearly 9,000 migrants arrived since tuesday when hungary closed the entire border with serbia. some clashed with police at a train station. right now about 1,000 migrants are spending this night in an abandoned military base in the country. so much anticipation one

francis will be in new york city. ask a lot of people have been planning for months including a group of elementary students that hope to impress the pontiff. >> reporter: from canned goods to cleaning supplies, it's part of the papal frenzy ahead of the pontiff's visit to the city. second and fourth graders in manhattan sorting and packing donated goods to be delivered to the ronald mcdonald house in new york in honor of pope francis. >> i think the pope will approve of this because he wants us to take others. >> reporter: noah rodriguez hopes the pontiff will approve because he is one of a half dozen students from st. ann's that get to meet him in person and show how they are doing their part by helping the less fortunate. she is in the 4th grade an knows how big a deal this will be. >> he is the most important person in the world.

>> reporter: there are four elementary schools in the new york archdiocese that will meet the pope. each one picked a theme. >> more than anything, i hope that they are able to get some of the spirit from pope francis, his persona, his character, his love for the people. >> reporter: in the meantime, the kids at st. ann's have done their homework on the pontiff. they are inspired by the pope's teachings because he example. >> i know that he gave away a hundred sleeping bags to charity for his birthday. he had a motorcycle and he donated that. >> what is cool about that. >> it's cool because he got a motorcycle. >> reporter: dubbed one of the coolest popes in history, pope francis has little fans waiting for him at st. ann's. in east harlem, stefan kim, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> cute.

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woman works. some of the reaction is surprising. kristin thorne has more. >> reporter: >> reporter: diana, esther adler o'keefe is a well loved principal high school. a lot of students are defending her saying she did nothing wrong but some day appearing in the video is inexcusable. in the beginning, esther leaves her home to a young man for the weekend. in the end she comes back and finds drugs and scantily clad women. it's what happens in the middle that has people shocked. there is a party complete with sex, drugs and alcohol. >> obviously it's not appropriate for the children of the school to be watching seeing their assistant principal do this. >> reporter: it's unclear when and where she filmed the video or became associated with the artists. parents say it's really

wonderful he had equator. >> esther is awesome. she is absolutely awesome as a person, administrator, amazing woman. she halls the best interest of the kids at heart. >> she is a good principal. she cares about the kids but people in the snap of a moment sometimes do something that they are going to regret for the rest of their lives. >> reporter: we attempted to speak with adler o'keefe but no one came to the door. schools officials are aware of the video. superintendent scott ferrin no said the video show cases behaviors and language use not promoted by the southampton school district. we teach our students the importance of good character and making smart choices. >> reporter: it's unclear if adler o'keefe is employed here. the superintendent said he would not answer the question

because it is a personnel issue. i did send several e-mails to her school district e-mail and live in southampton, kristin news. >> thank you. a man convicted for spanking teenage boys in queens is arrested after trying to become a substitute teacher. he was arrested after submitting an application in uniondale, long island. submitting false information. more than 10 years ago he was convicted for luring four boys into his van in queens and spanking them. then he tried to pay a 5th boy to keep the victims quiet. new details in the violent helmet hit during a high school game. supporters including his mother spoke out and what we -- we learned what may have motivated the linden football player to hit his opponent. anthony johnson is live in linden with new information. anthony? >> reporter: well, we

linden high school talked to the linden players, talked about the incident and the consequences. that player has been suspended from the team. we did hear from the mother today. she questions whether or not this was a vicious act or act of frustration. by now you have seen the video described as being a disgusting play of unsportsman conduct. he appears to yank off the helmet of an opposing player and slam it back into the player's head causing a cut needing 10 stitches to close. today his mother spoke saying her son is being unfairly targeted for a mistake in the heat of battle. >> he said it was an accident. my thing is he said his hand got stuck in the helmet. >> reporter: the game between i can make cue la take high and linden had racial overtones. that is not what lead to his out of control response. his supporters say he had

being repeatedly fouled before he ripped off the helmet. they say he is a good student with no prior temper issues. >> fritz said, one, it was an accident and he humbly apologized. he didn't do it purposely. he apologized and at some point he would do that publicly. >> reporter: he has been kicked off the linden football team after administrators saw the video. they are sticking by the decision. >> i feel the consequences for the incident are very appropriate considering the seriousness of the incident. >> reporter: his supporters plan to reach out to the player from imacculata and hopes the players can work out their differences. >> he apologized to the student. he apologized to the coaches. he apologized to his team members and the referees. what else can he do? >> reporter: the superintendent adds that he knows him personally and considers him to

that is the latest live from linden, new jersey. anthony johnson, chainless. >> thank you, anthony. a formers narcotic detective will spend time for lying getting a search warrant for a drug raid in which a man died. he and another officer pleaded guilty to perjury. prosecutors say they told lies in order to obtain a warrant to search an apartment. during the raid the tenant was killed when he fell out of a window trying to escape. the president of the yonkers pba said this is a sade for the department. >> mistakes are made. to ignore that for 14 years he made no mistakes and risked his life doing it, that is a shame. >> he resigned in april on the day he pled guilty. traffic is moving on the taconic state parkway after a fiery crash shut down the

a car burst into flames after crashing into another vehicle just before noon. two northbound lanes also closed for a time here. traffic backed up for miles in both directions. fortunately there were no serious injuries. atlantic city casino wins the weight debate over cocktail servers but there is a catch. a court says the borgata can use weight standards but management has to enforce those standards lawfully. an appeals court says that 11 of 21 women that brought a lawsuit against the casino may have been subjected to a hostile work environment. that decision will now be made -- was made by a lower court. management says that the policy was upheld and that employees agreed to certain standards as, quote, costumed beverage servers. new job for new york city's former council speaker. christine quinn was named president and ceo of women in need that serves homeless women

she lost the mayoral race in 2013. her new job begins in november. we have new information. we know which footed was behind a salmonella outbreak at chipotle. also, what is being done to bring more flights to macarthur airport on long island.

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announce $1.5 million for the aging facility tomorrow. the funds would go to set up facilities for customs and other improvements. tainted tomatoes now being blamed for a salmonella outbreak at chipotle restaurants in minnesota. dozens were sickened by the outbreak since late august. more cases are expected since it takes up to 10 days for symptoms to appear. health officials are looking into the farm that grew the contaminated tomatoes. chipotle switched suppliers. a health alert a popular drug used to treat depression in addo less sans. the antidepressant poraxitine is unsafe. it is often sold under the name of paxil. the journal bmj record the study. new research reveals

parents may be a big influence when it comes to kids smoking. columbia university researchers surveyed 35,000 parents and teens across the country. they found that kids that grew up in a household with a smoking parent were more likely to start smoking at a younger age. nonsmoking parents tended to have kids that never smoked. the. new video of an attempted robbery in a store in belgium that did not turn out the way the robbers hoped. one thief sprayed the clerk with a fire extinguisher. the workers fight back throwing things. they pushed the robbers out of the store and smash a stool on one. this happened in may but belgium police are just releasing the video as they continue to search for the suspects. still ahead on "eyewitness news at 5:00" we have the first steps laid out by a task force to refigure time's square. >> plus, a rare set of siblings. identical triplets on long island.

how do the parents plan on telling them apart. >> good-bye summer. hello fog. new wardrobe, hair color. don't forget about your skin. i'm kemberly richardson talking to the experts on how to reverse the damage you have done. it's easier than you think.

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something special to share on long island. a trio of newborns and they are all exactly alike. >> are you kidding me? they are three identical triplets.

here is owen, noah and miles. they were born july 1st at winthrop university hospital. doctors say only one in every 50 million births resulted in identical triplets. the proud parents, tired parents are grateful with the care they received. >> this reminds me of the delivery room with so many people here. i'm not kidding. i asked the doctor during delivery could i take a picture there were so many people there. there was a team for each baby. i was blown away by the. >> look at them. >> they are adorable. >> to tell everybody apart they color coded them painting a toe nile of each and then they dress the baby in the color. >> the one on the right is so funny. >> oh, my goodness. >> you know they will have their little identities.

>> born in alphabetical order miles, know oah, owen. >> as a result you are playing zone defense. >> recruited early on. wonderful story. beautiful weather. when will the summer stretch last. last year we had 80s until the 28, 29th of the month. we will shut down the warmth at least for a period. that will start happening over the weekend. look over central park, great evening for a run. don't overdo it. it's warm even though the humidity is low. air quality isn't great either. 84. sunshine and a south wind around 10 miles per hour. that feels good. feels great near the shoreline. clear overnight. temperatures are in the 70s. 68 in new york city. 60s north and west. maybe not as widespread as last night. wall to wall sunshine. a light wind for the most part. what will happen tomorrow, you notice the numbers drop a bit in the city, the coastline, connecticut coast, long island, jersey shore. you will see the numbers drop

high to mid-to-upper 80s around 2:00 in the afternoon. evening will be beautiful. the last couple of nights if you are in the suburbs, especially north and west, it gets a cool feel. a light jacket if you are out and about. tomorrow morning upper 50s to 0s and a run at the 80s. inland numbers will hold in the 80s. coast stays numbers cool later in the day. want to visit the tropics. a couple of things going on. you have tropical depression 9 looking ragged and weakening. this will fall apart in the open waters. behind it, there is a system that has a decent chance of becoming tropical storm ida the next day or two. we will watch that system closely. then more importantly for us, this is the remnants of tropical storm grace and unlikely to totally regenerate, this moisture wave after wave will come up the coast. it. early next week some of the moisture will get in. close call. means the difference between

wet weather monday and tuesday and staying dry. that is the big challenge of the forecast. challenge tomorrow. still summery. the biggest thing tomorrow is chart the sea breeze in the afternoon. that's nice. saturday high clouds. better half of the weekend. might be a shower saturday night and sunday. 79 degrees. sun in the afternoon. a stray shower monday. maybe a better chance of steadier rain tuesday. if that happens i have to take the 74 down d. close call as to whether or not the rain is close enough. it seems like it doesn't want to rain. after that it dries out as the pope makes his arrival. late week is looking better. >> i don't want to think about tuesday yet. i want to focus on tomorrow. summer is wrapping up. a good time to look at the damage done. >> we are talking about skin damage. >> a sunny day like today can

hurt your skin. eyewitness news reporter kemberly richardson has quick fixes. >> how was your summer. >> reporter: a question that won't make you squirm. but when this doctor is asking you have to come clean. >> these are the areas of concern. >> reporter: she is here to try to undo the damage she did over the summer. the most loyal sunscreen users can't escape hyper pigmentation. >> no one is immune. there are certain ones if you are fair you are prone to dark spots. i see it whether you are latin or african-american. >> this contains caffeine which helps constrict the vessels. >> reporter: and this treatment done in office. >> we use a combination of acids in order to specifically target the pigment. then over the next week it flakes away. >> reporter: she feels a little tingling but otherwise comfortable. one treatment typically does the trick. this is emmy before her peel.

it met her on day 6. >> when i look in the mirror, i notice more evenness. not a specific spot on my face. >> reporter: a subtle change. this pant had a peel. you notice fewer dark spots on her cheeks, chin and forehead. >> we can get similar results with over the counter options but it may take longer. >> reporter: boots number 7 makes an at home peel. serums, sunscreens, cleansers, everything costs less than $65. whether you pick up these or head here, caring for your skin must be a priority. >> january 1 to december 31 we have to protect our skin. >> reporter: kemberly richardson, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> talk about good skin, a royal return to the public eye for the dutchess of york. she has been laying low since the birth of princess charlotte in may.

london mental health center. she looks great. kate's new haircut getting attention because she now has bangs. what it is the future of time's square? >> new details out of the first meeting of a task force that has been formed to tackle that question. that is coming up. >> i'm bill ritter. a toddler found alone in a park in brooklyn. he was at a day care center. how did he end up alone? >> a livery cab driver behind the wheel for the first time on the job is stabbed and killed. tonight police are trying to find out who murdered him and why. >> federal regulators with a new safety investigation into stretch limos after the horrific limo accident on long

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>> the meeting was eat up by mayor de blasio. lauren glassberg has details. >> we wanted to set out certain designated areas where you can be free to walk through without obstacles, without impediments, chairs, tables, elmos. >> reporter: this councilman thinks time's square would be better served with divisions. areas in pink, that is the designated activity zones where you could engage with an elmo if you wish. >> reporter: there would be areas for the so-called characters. areas for public events and zones for people just trying to get through time's square. >> a lot of tourist enjoy interacting with them. they don't bother anybody. >> reporter: don't bother you. >> no. i don't go to time's square a lot. >> reporter: it is being discussed at the first ever task force meeting. another question, whether to finish the pedestrian zones first initiated six years ago

and that seems likely. >> maybe they have to be tweaked, redesigned. we can't make that decision until we have them completed, up and operating and we are -- our goal is to make sure that they are up and operating and function as best as they possibly can and enhance the time square community to the detract. >> reporter: the crossroads of the world remains congested, the police commissioner gave positive perspective. >> we haven't had a reported crime in time's square in six or seven days. that is, despite the issues around the naked late disand elmos, it's a relatively crime free area. >> reporter: another meeting by the task force is scheduled tomorrow at city hall. the hope is there is some resolution about the time's square characters sooner rather than later. >> we will see what happens. still ahead, a toddler found alone at a park in brooklyn. turns out he was at a day care center.

starts right now. new at 6:00 federal regulators starting the engines on a safety investigation into stretch limos after the horrific limo accident on long island that killed four young women and after an eyewitness news investigation raised serious safety questions about cars that are stretched into limos. >> a man driving a livery car for the first time on his own and it would tonight police try to find out who killed him and why. good evening at 6:00, i'm bill ritter. >> i'm liz cho. more on those stories in a minute. we begin with breaking news. a child left alone in a park in brooklyn. >> police now say he went there with his day care group in sunset park and he was left behind.

eyewitness news reporter jim dolan at the 72 precinct in sunset park with the breaking news. >> reporter: what a nightmare for the parents. they drop their son off at day care and the next time they see him or picture is in a tweet from the 72nd precinct talking about an abandoned child left at a park. take a look at this little guy, little 2 or 3-year-old boy in the superman shirt. the day care center took him and his classmates to the sunset park playground this morning and when they left, according to police, they miscounted the children and this little guy was left behind there at the playground. someone saw him, called police. police brought him to the 72nd precinct and for a while nobody came to claim him because the parents didn't know he was missing. they sent out the tweet then the parents came running to the

precinct.