miles from where his car was found. cavallari was last seen here on surveillance cameras whering a green sweatshirt and blue baseball cap as he pumped gas. >> there's been ground teams out in this area covering probably a 15 square mile area. >> reporter: tonight the orange county sheriff's department telling abc news that a michael cavallari was arrested on november 23rd for making criminal threats, posting bond two days later, less than a week before the disappearance. 11 days into what is now a missing persons case, kristin releasing this statement on instagram earlier today. i appreciate all the concern, thoughts and prayers that have been extended to me and my family. we remain hopeful. kristin's husband jay cutler, quarterback for the chicago last night. >> jay, has it been a tough week, has it been hard to kind of get into game mindset? >> oh, no. i mean, we stay focused. >> reporter: authorities plan to bring in dog teams later this

in new york. >> our thanks to juju and thank you for watching. tune into "good morning america" first thing tomorrow. as always we're online 24/7, on the "nightline" facebook page and abcnews.com.

we have 2 stories breaking right now, bricks come crashing down on the side of manhattan and a deadly head on crash in queens, car verses mta bus, a

good evening, 11:00, i am bill ritter. >> we begin with the upper east side, bricks crashing on the sidewalk near 56th and 4th avenue. >> jim dolan live with the breaking news on scene. >> reporter: take a look at this, this is what came crashing down, not a few of these, hundreds of these huge bricks came falling down from 35 floors in the air. hundreds of them, take a look at the field of debris over here and hundreds of these bricks fell down, most were pollverized when they landed but as you can see, a couple of them survived. what is remarkable here, what is almost amazing here is all of those bricks over all of that area covering 2 sidewalks and the street at 63rd and 1st avenue, nobody was hurt. i want to show you one picture we have of a taxi cab, john, i don't know if you can get that,

the windshield was broken of that car, but no people were actually hurt. so when all the bricks came down, obviously a lot of people out here on the street but nobody got hit and again, police and the fire department are looking at this to see exactly what happened. obviously the building's department on its way. we would sheyou the video of way up on the building but it is so high you can barely see it. 35 floors in the air where these bricks came falling down. they were doing construction on the side of the wall, the side of the building, the facade of the building when those bricks came falling down. again, building's department investigating this. we will have more tomorrow. for now, reporting live from the east side, jim dolan, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank goodness no one was hurt. the driver of a car is deadarve crashing into an mta bus, 2 others were injured

josh einiger with details. josh? >> reporter: that scene behind me, but first i want to show you where police believe the car was coming from, this is gate 4 from st. john's. there was a winter celebration and 8:30 the car pulled out and made a left turn on union turnpike, a divided road and instead of turning on the right side of the road, turned on to the left side of the road and wound up right in the path of that on coming q-46 bus. i will show you video as this way. this happened around 8:30 this evening at the corner of union queens. there was 1 person in the car survive. the bus driver and a passenger, 1 passenger on that q-46 bus, sustained minor injuries and were hospitalized for those minor injuries. there was, as i said, a winter celebration going on at st. john's, a tree lighting, holiday

at least one student told us she believed possibly the driver might have been distracted because fireworks were going on at the time that this crash took place. come back to a live picture right now, you can see right up close, the damage sustained to that ford taurus, the design of the bus might have saved the driver's life. the driver of the taurus did not survive. police have not released information on that person and what caused this. we will bring it to you starting 4:30 tomorrow. live in jamaica, queens, josh einiger. >> thank you. donald trump getting slammed from all corners after his likely unconstitutional suggestion to close u.s. borders to all muslim immigrants. in a country founded by people

this proposal unleashing a built up anger, even from republicans tip toeing around him. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the next president of the united states, donald j. trump. >> supporters giving donald trump a thunderous ovation in south carolina, this on a night when he issued the most controversial policy position of all. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shut down of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> trump talking about the massacre in san bernardino last week carried out by 2 muslims, one an immigrant, and said the time for political correctness, his words, was over. >> we could be politically correct and stupid but it will get worse and worse. >> reaction was swift. jeb bush tweeting donald trump is unhinged.

is as dangerous as president obama's under reaction. and john kasich calling it outrageous divisiveness. former george w. bush spokesman said under trump, king of jordan fighting isis won't be allowed in u.s. to talk about how to fight isis. all of them, again, republicans. new jersey governor christie weighing in. >> you do not need to ban muslims from the country. that is a ridiculous position and one that won't even be productive. >> mr. prump did not seem concerned in the-- trump did not seem concerned in the slightest based on the first amendment's guarantee of freedom of religion. >> we believe in the constitution more than anybody but we can't let people use and abuse our rights. we can't let people kill us. >> the strong reaction against trump, even from dick cheney, the former vice president said "i think this whole notion

muslims just ban a whole religion, goes against everything we stand for and believe in." a menorah lighting in manhattan is a show of rezilance and faith, a day after it was vandalized, the menorah was knocked over and damaged saturday and sunday nights, police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime. new information now on a murder mystery in new jersey. tonight the husband of the victim is speaking out. the body of the 35-year-old mother was found in her basement hours after a masked intruder was seen running from the home. lucy yang with this bizarre story . >> reporter: well, 2 young are left motherless now after their beautiful mother was found murdered inside her home. still no arrest as the father struggles to hold his young

they grabbed what they could and moved a life time's worth of memories out of their home tonight while authorities removed crime scene evidence. >> whatever animal did this needs to be caught. he left my kids without a mother. >> fredy hernandez took his 2 sons out for dinner while the mom stayed home. when they returned, i am told her car was out front and her pocket book inside but no sign of 35-year-old yolambda vega, there was a note saying she went out except not in her hand writing. minutes later they saw an armed man bust out of a closet and run out of the house and that is when a series of serious mistakes followed. a close neighbor called 911 and gave chase but we are told police stopped the neighbor instead of the suspect allowing the gunman to get away. even worse, the families says search teams failed to find the mother's body in the basement.

they brought the search dogs and they didn't find her. >> it wasn't until 4:00 monday morning when the family made the tragic discovery in a corner of the basement. by then it yolambda vega. >> she was a good person and didn't deserve this. >> if you knew her, you would love her. >> reporter: now to be clear, the mother who was killed here worked at a sporting goods store and is not the same yolambda vega on lottery rewards. i am lucy yang for channel 7, eyewitness news. >> just sad, tragic, lucy, thank you. the fate of the 6 month old daughter of the gun massacre terrorist up in the air, she is in the care of child services,

saying syed farook and his wife, tashfeen malik were radical ized for quite sometime. they had taken target practice at gun ranges, even just 2 days before the attack. the fbi says 19 pipes that could have been turned into bombs were discovered in their home. >> we want to find out who profited from it, financed it and i am not saying there is anything like that but we will leave no stone unturned. >> memorial services for some of the 14 killed are scheduled to start friday. rock band u-2 sharing a stage with an american band in paris during the attack of terror. it is the first time eagles of death metal took the stage since the attacks in paris last month. the band members managed to narrowly escape. as we continue for monday

in manhattan, robbed. one woman's family breaks their violence as the driver is let out of jail. a wild pursuit and a driver who just didn't want to give up. we show you how this ended that left an entire neighborhood on edge. a week into december, every day above average, today about 70 degrees above average with temperatures in the 50s. 45 at 11:00, close it's the holidays. and of course, everyone wants to get online at once. to watch things.

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we have new details about a deadly car accident in brooklyn, the driver of a car jumping a curb, that driver behind the wheel illegally and walking out of court without bail. the family of the victim, 30-year-old victoria, nickodames reacting to the death. >> marlin had nothing to say walking out of arraignment court released without posting a penny of bail.

as he made his way home-- >> trying to come to grips with the loss of my baby sister. >> hank could not believe his loss. >> victoria was amazing, beautiful inside and out. >> victoria was 30 and had a promising career in the art business. sunday evening was walking with her boyfriend doing holiday shopping in fort green when this suv jumped the curb and killed her. you can see the beginning of the crash in this video, we have frozen it before impact. >> life is fleeting, living a happy successful life one second and the next snuffed out by a careless act. >> prosecutors say suiel, license suspended was speeding on fulton street and swerved to avoid a car and then again to avoid a bus and wound up on the sidewalk. if there is anything to be learned, it didn't get through to his friend who pounded on the gas and sped away from court tonight.

know, why are people in such a rush? why are people, you know, driving without a driver's license? and endangering people's lives. >> driver marlin is charged with aggravated unlicensed uperation of a motor vehicle and released on his own recognizance and the victim's family planning a funeral. josh einiger, channel 7 eyewitness news. a brazen robbery at actress gwyneth paltrow's holiday shopping robbers graving $17,000 worth of jewelry on one of the store's busiest days, saturday at lifestyle website's goop's temporary store at columbus circle. one of the suspected jimmied open a cabinet while the employees were distracted. a wild chase on a freeway on southern california, a suspected drunk driver took off when cops tried to pull him over. the truck hit at least 4 other vehicles during this chase.

pit maneuver 3 times but were not successful. finally they were able to throw down a spike strip and the driver is now in custody. new video of a police shooting in chicago, new rereleased dash cam video-- released dash cam video showing ronald running from police, an officer seen firing 5 times. charges are not filed against the officer and a federal investigation will review how the department handles misconduct accusations. a new jersey family coming together to celebrate the 30th annual holiday tree lighting. a fun time was had by all, dancing, all part of the ceremony inside the grand rutunda in new york city hall. big tree, that was lit tonight and the lights worked. that is what matters. >> that is great.

>> i know it is and i am not bringing it up. >> that is right. it was a beautiful, beautiful night. >> not bad, and this going over the next 24 hours, our chill of the week where we are, you know, 2 degrees above normal. that is cold for us and we warm it up again. outside tonight we have seen clouds move in and they moved in close to sunset. made for spectacular sunsets, this tweeted from maritime college and we posted a great out. it is worth it. the empire state building in blue for jimmy v foundation, 45 degrees right now, the air is pretty dry holding off the rain. the barometer is on the rise and the high today a comfortable 54. working the overnights, early riser, here is the next 7 hours, slowly dropping to 40s. average high 46, still a degree or 2 above that tomorrow. there are sunrise and sunset times tuesday. there sastorm slide-- is a storm

periods of clouds and sun mixed in tomorrow and warm up late. in fact, record warmth by the weekend, we could be low 60s by saturday and sunday, record high within reach. little concerned about the numbers not far from freezing northeast new jersey and west of the hudson. the clouds are thinner, if we get close to freezing and fog tries to form, it may be an isolated icy patch. mid to upper 40s to around 50. clouds trying to break for some sun over central and southern new jersey 8:00 a.m. more clouds north and east and waves of low clouds at time breaking for sunshine through the day and highs upper 40s because of the cloud cover time to time. there is the rain looks threatening but the northern edge is starting to slow down. couple showers near atlantic city drifting away from new york city.

shore taking moisture with it and shift away. look at the futurecast, even though we have clouds, the showers are confiemed to eastern-- confined to eastern long island. that is why there might be couple slippery spots north and west tomorrow morning. clouds still in time to time, especially along the coast, breaks of sun as well and highs upper 40s and dealing with a low cloud issue at times tomorrow night and wednesday. 48 tomorrow is the coolest day, back to low 50s, again, clouds and sun on wednesday, and this warm front will help us warm up, even mid 50s by thursday. 7:00 a.m., call it mostly cloudy,ilateal more sun-- a little more sun south and west, touch of rain eastern long island. tomorrow morning, clouds mixing with sunshine, partly to mostly cloudy, 48. tomorrow night, partly cloudy, still clouds mixed with sun wednesday, 52. thursday, maybe 10-20% chance of a shower early with a warm front

friday is 58, look weekend, saturday through monday could be 60. three straight 60-degree days. bill evans will have an update tomorrow morning. up next, you meet the new coach at rutgers university. the new health plan that could save lives across new york city. it is going to be available at your local pharmacy, it is tonight's health alert. first lets check in with jimmy kimmel to see hoois on the show tonight. >> hello, new york, quentin tarantino and the hateful 8, sam

from rick ross, what a new information about the start of bear hunting season in new jersey, state wildlife officials say 120 bears were

day of the hunt as 4 fewer than the day last year, the final tally could increase. 600 square miles were added this year in a attempt to manage the black bear population. the hunt, as they usually do was met with protest. new york city's combatting overdose death from pain killer drugs, mayor de blasio is making the drug available in the pharmacy without prescription, it can prevent opiate over dose from pain cull killers and-- pain killers have soured. it was a battle of nba great, both past and potentially future at the garden. we had cristoff who met his match. which was better tonight? one new york football team

most def the question for you, can you really compete and play well and hard agen your hero?

but whauz it enough for the win? -- was it enough for the win? kristof was idolizeal and modeling his game off dirk novitski, the knicks hosted the mavericks, dallas not making that easy. buried 113 pointers before the half. former knick raymond felten all getting in on the action, car mellow anthony trying to match it, drilling the triple. finished with 17 points. the knicks had work to do after the half. throwing down the alley-oop, 28 points, his hero, getting the most of him. novitski had 25. he helps the knicks fall. coming out of the bye, giants were talking about the importance of stepping up the game in the stretch run of the season and how they could then win the division. 2 losses later, though, big skid

to the jets, the giants are not even in first place, they will need help. despliet blowing a double digit lead they are confident they will finish strong. >> we are very much in it but have to win some games. we just gotta start now. >> 4 games left and, like i say, we coming in here and doing it best we can to win these 4 games. thais all it is-- that is all that is to it. >> while the giants wondered what could have been, the jets are looking to build another solid out. they over came a 10 point deficit because they never panicked rinning the second in a row and keeping the wild card hopes alive but there is not a time to celebrate. not with 4 games to go. >> you gotta believe, you can never drop your head, and you know, it has been that way all year with this team, you know, we never give up. >> we gotta get through, we gotta move on, we got another tough opponent next week can tennessee, we gotta get repaired

>> the task of turning around rutger's football program will fall to a man never been a head coach before, the chris ash era began, the 41-year-old rookie head coach introduced, ash comes from ohio state, the defensive coordinator helping the buck eyes win the national title last season. this season defense is one of the best in the nation, success from which the skarlt knights hope to benefit. >> i want to build a fast, physical team that plays with relentless effort, tremendous enthusiasm, and plays for each other. >> in 5 dayathize life of one college football player will be changed forever. today that field narrowed down to 3. they are your heisman trophy finalists, leading the way, derek henry, the alabama running back who appears known to be the front runner for this coveted award. joining him saturday in new york is stanford running back mccafry and clemson qb deshaun watson. we got the cowboys and red skins

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