police lost sight of the car but it reappeared crashing into a number of cars. one suspect was arrested in the vehicle but a second ran into the park which runs alongside the highway. >> nypd officers pursued and a confrontation ensued. one shot was discharged from new york city police officer's weapon killing the second suspect in the wooded area. >> reporter: the incident triggered a massive response. initially it was believed there was a third suspect involved. the sawmill was shut down in both directions between exits 3 and 4 while officers flooded the scene snarling traffic. >> it was weird. they made us turn around on the one end where it's divided, they made us come around and take the next exit out. i found that strange. >> reporter: police won't comment why officers tried to pull over the vehicle in the first place. as of now, it appears the suspects were not armed. >> the officers are hospitalized. they haven't been spoke condition to yet and there are no direct witnesses to the event.

not released. they are 25 and 36 years old. this incident under investigation by multiple agencies, nypd, westchester county police department, westchester district attorney's office and new york state attorney general. live marcus solis, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. let's check on traffic from above where you can see how far the backup goes. shannon sohn is in newscopter 7. it's bad out there. >> it is. the sad part is that this is an improvement. this is the southbound side of the sawmill river parkway. delays to the cross county parkway. this is where they have reopened one lane of traffic. so, that is your glimmer of hope. it's a small. cross county delays past 87th. delay on 87 southbound goes past the yonkers raceway and down to van cortlandt park. letter take you to the northbound side all lanes remain shut down. you can see right here into the center of your picture, right

where it joins up with the henry hudson parkway. all that traffic is being forced to mosholu parkway. that is jammed up. you can see where it comes in there, this is where 87 meets up with the major deegan expressway and the deegan delays take you back to the 230s. that is the stream of headlines heading toward you. it's broadway and the local streets are picking up the alternate volume. the northbound lanes are not going to reopen any time soon. reporting live over yonkers, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> worst i have seen in a long, long time. thank you, shannon. new developments in the other big story. a fight in the hallways of a new jersey high school that lead to one student getting shot a block way. at 5:00 we are hearing from an eyewitness to the shooting. as police question other students at dickinson high school in jersey city. eyewitness news reporter josh einiger is there now with more.

high you can see is a huge school building where students are not immune to violence. there are fights on a normal day. today it spilled on the street and down this block where cops say one student let's show you video in the immediate aftermath of this incident from newscopter 7. investigators tell us it happened before 2:00 this afternoon with a fight between two kids inside william dickinson high school. it wound up on the street at palisades and newark avenue. one student had a gun and opened fire hitting the other student in the leg. because the gunman, the student with run for some time, police locked down dickenson and when they finally caught the 16-year- old suspect, they let students out of school and lifted that lock down. but it was a scary experience. all new at 5:00 we talked to a woman that witnessed the shooting.

>> at first i hear a noise. i think it's a gang fight. >> when you looked out, what did you see? >> a kid shooting at the crowd of kids on this side. >> no police department in the country that can stop that sort of thing because ultimately these teenagers have access to guns. it's a big problem not only in jersey city but everywhere. >> reporter: jersey city mayor told me that the school has metal detectors to keep weapons out, so, in this case, police believe the student left campus, got a gun then returned to open fire. the student hit in the leg is expected to survive. live in jersey city, josh einiger, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> josh, thank you. a guilty plea from a new jersey state trooper caught on camera after driving drunk on duty and causing a crash. trooper michael roadside pled guilty to dwi. he admitted to drinking nine bears on october 26th before

prosecutors say he then tried to pay the other driver a thousand dollars to keep quiet. roadside was ordered to pay a side and turn over his driver's license. he is suspended without pay. police are looking for a minivan driver in a road rage incident in the meat packing incident. a 27-year-old man was leaving a club when he hit a gray minivan at 4:00 this morning. the two drivers argued then the minivan driver shot the other man in the arm and leg. he drove to the hospital and called 911. investigators are looking at a suspicious 28,500 deposit made to one of the attackers in the deadly mass shooting in california. the fbi is looking into possible accomplices of the shooters. it appears that syed farook and tashfeen malik planned the attack well in advance. the fbi obtained surveillance video of the couple doing target practice around the los

a gun range owner who said farook practiced there two days before the shootings. >> he presented a valid -- what appeared to be a valid i.d., came in and acted the way he normally does, the way normal people act. >> as for enrique marquez, a former security guard that provided the weapons, he has not been charged with a crime. top republicans are condemn ting donald trump for saying the u.s. should block muslims from entering the country. trump made the remark at a rally last night and then refused to back down on "good morning america." members of his own party are current republican front- runner. many asked has he gone too far. >> what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for and more importantly, it's for. >> we know how you make america great again, tell donald trump

>> white house press secretary said the plan is unconstitutional and trump should be disqualified from serving as president. >> trumps comments upsetting and confusing some muslims in queens. tim fleischer is in queens. >> reporter: muslims are shocked as you point out, diana. they are perplexed. others condemned what mr. trump said and concerned by what others are thinking when they hear this call of banning muslims in the u.s. as men made their way to midday prayers at the jamaica muslim center, there was no shortage of minneapolis opinion from those who heard what some believe is a di vice is siff -- diabetes vice -- divisive comment. >> it am we are very upset because of that.

>> donald trump would not back down. >> we have to look at people. we have to use vigilance in our country or we will have many more world trade centers and our country will never be the same. >> muslim immigrants have contributed as much as any other group of people. >> reporter: they established in america in 1920. the mosque here is in hollis queens. >> says from mr. trump are very disappointing. this is exactly what extremist want. >> reporter: trump's proposed ban-- >> this is not what the majority of americans think we don't hate muslims. although these statements are decisive, we know we can unite together. >> trump has advocated enhanced surveillance of mosques. other new york city officials

community as the mayor did to support unity. >> we want to open our doors to the mosque wider and let people come to the mosques and learn about us, see what we are talking about in the mosques. >> i'm also told do not be surprised in the near future to see a nationwide call of unity by muslims. reporting live in hollis queens, tim fleischer. an emotional scene in paris as eagles of death visited the theater where 89 people were killed during their concert. members of the band shed tears as they laid flowers to honor the victims of the attacks. eagles of death returned last night performing with u2. new york, new jersey and connecticut will work together to provide extra security on mass transit this holiday season. governor cuomo signing an executive order that gives law enforcement agencies in new jersey and connecticut

he says that will allow them to assist new york in ensuring public safety in places traditionally targeted by terrorists. the order takes effect today and will remain in effect for 30 days. the nypd is asking for help as they try to catch a serial arsonist terrorizing a neighborhood in queens. police held a meeting in forest hills to give information and ease fears. seven homes in the area were torched the past six weeks. police recently put out video of a suspect seen walking near the scene of one of the fires. the nypd said detectives and patrol officers are working around the clock on the case but they need the community help. >> community sources we need to solve the crime. we made the statement we will solve it together, not just the police department but everybody coming in. >> we live in trying times. this should gratify all of us that we can make a statement together that we are ready,

together and put this to an end. >> all of the targeted structures are jewish owned. police say there is no evidence to suggest that the arsons are hate crimes. stocks suffering another round of sizable losses. stocks fell after the price of crude oil stabilized. crude is at its lowest level since 2009. the dow fell 162 points. the nasdaq lost 3 points and s&p 500 dropped 13. one suspect is in custody and another is still on the loose in the dragging of a police officer in new jersey. coming up, what went down inside a motorcycle agency that lead to the duo taking the officer down as they made their get away. plus, a big change at the building on the upper east side where hundreds of bricks came tumbling down. new information about a building violation. and keeping up with technology. the new way car safety ratings

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we have new information about the building where hundreds of bricks fell on the upper east side. the building department issued a violation and ordered changes to the construction site. until those changes are made, a part of first avenue will remain shut down. a lot of viewers are checking out the story on our facebook page. eyewitness news reporter sandra bookman is on the upper east side. sandra? >> reporter: sade, to tampa bay clear, the contractor that was already working on facade renovation had the proper permits and had erected, as required a proper sidewalk shed. we call those scaffoldings. the department of buildings issued this for failure to safeguard the site as it investigates whether the work was being done properly. curious onlookers lined first avenue pointing upwards and

collapse that sent hundreds of bricks falling. 30 stories up, evidence of where the debris came from. >> nobody was hurt. that's the most important thing. >> dr. farrington lives on the 64th street side. she and others feared the worst had happened. >> i just heard unbelievable noise and it was like blast from some bomb or something like that. >> i thought it was terrorism. it was scary. you didn't know. >> reporter: frightened pedestrians running and flecks of debris can be seen on a local security camera. no injuries, just this bashed in rear window on a jello cab. >> due to the hour, i would say that was the one thing that worked for us. at that hour, generally new york city, you have pedestrian traffic. it's remarkable no one was injured. >> reporter: first avenue

closed to traffic as department of buildings and inspectors survey the damage and determine what needs to be done to fix it. the city has issued a violation for failure to safeguard the site to the contractor that was already working on facade repairs to the building. the next step will be to put up protective netting beneath the damaged section of wall to guard against future collapse. back live on the upper east side, i was explained there is a two step process. when the netting gets put up, they work with the contractor to figure out whether scaffolding needs to be put up on the top of the building or some other safety apparatus to make the needed repairs. just a few moments ago we spoke to a spokesperson from the contractor who said they are doing everything they can to work with the city to try to get the needed repairs and make

he is hoping that they will make significant progress in the next six hours or so. for now live on the upper east side, sandra bookman, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, sandra. >> that was a mess last night. >> yeah, it was. well, it's really nice out there. normally this time of year you need the coat, hats, gloves, scar figures. >> 37 last year on this date. here we are. i'm getting feedback from social media saying it's a little chilly tonight. this is the coldest of the week. if you don't like this, it will warm back up. we are not used to it. looking at a pretty picture of midtown down to one world trade. empire state building in pink and white for the victoria secret fashion show. always a nice family show. wiped is still, barometer

shy of the 50-degree mark. the next seven hours in the mid- 40s. calm throughout the night. temperatures. 37. we had snow on the tenth about an inch of snow. 65 is the record high. look at that into the weekend. 6 o saturday. record 64 in 1973. 38 in stan hope. if you are in places like mount olive, goshen new york, new city, if you see fog tomorrow morning and the numbers are close to freezing, you may have to watch out for ice patches. 44 brentwood. 45 belmar. partly cloudy skies early. mostly cloudy late. we let rid of some clouds tomorrow and give way to sun. a few degrees warmer than today. easy to find the swirl low off in the atlantic. brushed the east end of long island.

suffolk county, the clouds are thinning over huntington and warren county. a warm front to the west. with it waves of clouds the next few days but little moisture. to the south of that, it's in the 60s. that's where we go into the upcoming weekend. 52. then the cold front falls apart. a warm front with clouds thursday. the shower threat is probably in the early morning hours then mid-morning then the clouds should thin out, upper 50s. partly cloudy, areas of fog. tomorrow 52. clouds battling with sunshine, milder. isolated shower tomorrow night, that's the leading edge of the milder air. i know we are talking about showers thursday morning. could some places be dry the next five days? upper 60s this weekend? soggy start to next week? timing changes on that. seven-day forecast is next. back to you for now. >> thank you, lee.

cookie lawsuit filed in connecticut. >> a gruesome discovery at a mosque. this isn't the first hateful message they have received. how a community is fighting back. >> before you buy batteries, which lasts longest. >> the fashion trends ahead of the new "star wars" movie. >> here is a message from a member of the military who can't be home for the holiday from our area. >> greetings from spain.

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about 25 yards out here in this parking lot. it happened after he noticed something suspicious inside the motor vehicle agency. authorities quickly gathered these two photos of a man and woman police believe hit a cop while trying to escape. the incident began inside this motorcycle tore vehicle agency where they tried to use fraudulent document to get i.d. being questioned, the male suspect ran to a car in the parking lot where the woman was waiting in the passenger seat. as he jumped in the car and started it, he left the driver's door open. as the officer was attempting to take control of the suspect at that point from fleeing, the car went in reverse and scooped the officer backwards dragging him with the door. >> reporter: the fleeing suspect hit two cars in the parking lot while trying to escape. investigators searched the area looking for any evidence this afternoon. cops were able to find the male

scene of the hit and run. >> there is an interested person who is a possible accomplice that was with him at the time and she is a female in her late 30s to early 40s. >> reporter: the injured officer has been on the force in toms river for more than 15 years and is expected to recover. the female suspect is still on the loose at this hour. so, the male suspect was taken into custody. he had actually ditched the car involved in the hit and run with the police officer, jumped into another vehicle and then was captured by toms river police officer. that is the latest live from toms river, new jersey, anthony johnson, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> anthony, thank you. a violent case of road rage on long island. two drivers face off in a busy highway and it ends with a mother shot and a bullet

now police want help finding the gunman. kristin? >> reporter: sade, the woman is recovering at brookhaven after leg. shooter. they are investigating whether the woman's boyfriend should be charged for participating in the road rage. police say edward pontis was driving on sunrise highway around 9:00 last night with his girlfriend and infant daughter when he saw a minivan driving erratically in front of them. after that was classic road rage. >> the vehicles engaged in dangerous conduct throughout the road rage incident, passing each other, flashing high beams. at one point the couple pulled in front of the other vehicle and put their brakes on. >> the minivan pulled alongside the couple's car. someone inside fired two shots. >> one round hit behind the

>> reporter: the 11 week old girl was not hit but the mother was. nicole is recovering from gunshot wound in the hand and leg. neighbors of the couple in ronkonkoma can't believe it. >> it's their only child. he is an awesome family man. they are a beautiful couple. absolutely beautiful couple. if anything would happen to anyone, you wouldn't have think it would be them. >> you shouldn't engage in road rage. if you do, you don't know who is occupying the other vehicle. you put yourself at great danger and retaliation to the people in the other vehicle. >> reporter: at this point police are operating off generic description of the suspect saying they were driving a light colored minivan and two to three young men in the car. live in patchogue, kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> kristin, thank you.

pulling off a terrifying bank heist on long island. the two men held up a wells fargo bank this afternoon. police say the suspect held a gun to a teller's head and demanded money. the men made off with cash but police aren't saying how much. authorities confirm that 80 college students that ate at a chipotle in boston and got sick got the norovirus. a restaurant employee got at sick on thursday and that spread the norovirus. this comes as chipotle tries to reassure customers after an e. coli outbreak made 52 people sick in nine states including here in new york. well, this is a sad day for members of the nypd grieving the loss of one of the best canine officers in the department. blaze, a german shepherd originally from the czech republic died after a long and distinguished career. he fought crime for eight years and retired in 2011 and

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a mosque becomes a target of what appears to be a hate crime not once but twice. the gruesome discovery found at the front door and what is being done to stop it from happening again. >> plus, car safety ratings getting an upgrade. how the new system will help people inside and house of a car. >> i'm meteorologist lee goldberg. the bridge is moving better than the sawmill. a dry evening commute. temperatures are cooler than recent nights at 45. why it could get icy tomorrow meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and as you can see, we need an internet that can do more. we do more games, and more streaming. so we need more speed. that's why we switched to time warner cable. you can too. call now. now we can connect more devices, at the same time. the wifi in this house is amazing. so is my guacamole.

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part of the sawmill parkway is finally reopening after a police chase from are the bronx to yonkers turned deadly.

after nypd officers tried to pull the car over and ended up driving in the wrong direction on the sawmill. the nissan crashed into several cars. one suspect that tried to run away was fatally shot by a police officer. another suspect was arrested. two jersey city schools locked down this afternoon after a fight at dickinson high school lead to a shooting on the street. the lock downs ended after police caught the suspected shooter. the victim, a student, was shot in the leg. a guilty plea from a new jersey state trooper caught on camera driving drunk and causing a crash. he pled guilty. he admitted to drinking nine beers on october 26th before crashing his cruiser into another car. >> not good. >> not good at all. we have lee back. i know it's early to talk about the weekend but i know that's what people are talking about because it will be warm out.

we could be in the mid-60s. not a lot of cloudiness on sunday, could parts of new jersey push 70? it's not out of the question. real cold, maybe ten days away from that. >> enjoy this stretch. >> outside we go, we have a partly to mostly cloudy skies. on columbus avenue, a lot of nice trees looking for a home across the street. not looking like winter out there with our holiday christmas lights. traffic moving nicely here. temperature 45. partly cloudy, a calm wind. planner shows another pleasant december evening. clouds around. dress for it with the overcoat, scarf and gloves may be overkill. newburgh, we drop to near freezing after midnight. there might be patchy fog toward morning in hudson valley and northwest new jersey and a couple of slick spots. take it extra slow on area

low 50s with a mix of sun and clouds. partly sunny skies. a lot of clouds come in tomorrow night. that is a sign of the big warm up coming in. look at the difference from last year to this year. we had 2 1/2 inches of rain on the 9th. an inch on the 10th. dipped into the 30s after that. totally splitting mid- to upper- 60s and threatens the record on sunday. clouds around. the evening hours. through the wee hours of the morning, 29 sussex. 33 newburgh. 32 nor list town and thin spots in the clouds. maybe patchy fog and icy spots. after the chilly start, low 50s in president afternoon with a mix of sun and clouds. by thursday, remember the warm front on top of us in the morning hours. i won't be shocked to see showers early then midday or afternoon sun. that is confirmed on the futurecast where the clouds break up in the afternoon that

friday mild, 60. ten with a fair amount of cloud cover. saturday 60. sunday, look at this weather pattern. jet stream to the north 10 to 20 above average. i think i have to take that up to a 66 or higher as we get closer to the weekend. monday, the big question will be what about the timing with the next rainstorm. it will be late in the day monday and monday night or it may soak all of monday. i have to work that out. significant rain on monday that cools us back to 50 on tuesday. looking for the real chill, daytime highs in the 30s, that is around the 18th or 19th. ten days away. >> thanks, lee. >> the movie frozen generated a lot of product sales. now another is about to hit the big screen. the marketing blitz is underway. >> "star wars" t-shirts. lauren glassberg is here with how you can find your inner darth vader and more.

it comes to beauty and fashion items. must to makeup to high fashion. this is our "star wars" pop up shop. bloomingdales is feeling the force of "star wars." >> this is a bb 8 droid. how fun is this. having morning coffee here, you can recreate movie memorabilia. >> reporter: there are suitcases, plenty of t-shirts and one that can become part of a fashionable look according to erica russo, the fashion accessories director. loved how it's paired back to the quilted vest and underneath a chic leather jacket. >> reporter: kay jewelers has a darth vader ring to an r 2 d 2 necklace and a line of charms to create your own bracelets. and a little "star wars" bling

has a line of "star wars" shoes including one that help you channel your inner chewbacca. cover girl has a collection that includes lipsticks, nail polish and there are ten different mascaras, five from the light side and five from the dark side with a movie quote on each. if you are manage in the market for high end "star wars" fashions, check out the windows on third avenue. the looks will be auctioned off for charity. and a bloomingdale tote bag. >> michael caplan wanted an opportunity to take his inspiration, costume designs to the bag. three major characters in the three different tote bags. >> reporter: the totes are $28. $2 of each sale goes to the child-mind institute. they make great holiday gifts

wars" fan in your life. >> they look like chewbacca. >> i thought you like the mug, too. >> i will take both. >> now we know what to get him. >> it's hanukkah. let's go ladies. >> thank you, lauren. here is the problem. come up with a cost effective way to clean up oil spills. >> two high school students did it using a common household item. now they are winning a big ward. how they came up with the solution next. >> i'm liz cho. at 6:00 exclusive video of an off duty nypd officer at the scene of a shooting. what a craigs list ad had to do with his deadly confrontation. >> a closer look at the political fallout from donald

cleaning up an oil spill is a costly undertaking. imagine an invention that can clean it up information a fraction of the cost and not only that it turns the oil, the spilled oil into energy. >> that amazing idea dreamed up by these two high school students on long island. eyewitness news reporter stacey sager has their incredible story. >> reporter: overjoyed and completely overwhelmed as these two seniors from manhasset suddenly found themselves in the spotlight after more than 1500 hours of hard work. >> i was shaking and crying. i came to the realization that it was us. >> it hasn't fully sunk in i don't think so. >> reporter: here in the sky science lab, let's say the classmates were bubbling with excitement. after all, this is where the yesterday start growing from 8th grade on saturday into high school as a special elective in

contests of this caliber and today kimberly and kristin's classmates watched this live. what happened in this room. >> crazy. >> reporter: crazy? >> we burst out cheering and such a great feeling. >> reporter: what was the project? get your head around this. the girls used a term called mud power to describe it. a my crop bee yale fuel cell that uses a loofah. they took the patent pending idea one step further. >> they applied it to the problem of polluted areas of oil spills. >> it has a creative and rational thoughts combined. >> reporter: some of the classmates ideas not too shabby either. at for kimberly and kristin who will share a $100,000 scholarship, the top level researchers that judge the research said. >> this is graduate level research.

also entered the project in the prestigious intel science talent search. this is another national contest. the results for that come out in january. but for now, they will be back here tomorrow no doubt with rock star status at school. in manhasset, stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> graduate level research. so proud of them. >> imagine what they will do at college. there is still much more ahead. >> "eyewitness news at 6:00" starts right . what donald trump said yesterday disqualifies him from serving as president. >> the white house jumping into the presidential race saying

get out of the race. this is after trumps call to ban all muslims from the u.s. the new york state developer tonight is not backing down. first, exclusive video of an off duty nypd officer at the scene of a deadly shooting. investigators say he shot a man trying to rob him. >> good evening to you at 6:00, i'm liz cho. >> i'm bill ritter. police in queens are looking for a suspected suspect that tried to rob the off duty cop. >> the officer answering a craigslist ad for car when one of the men pulled a gun on him, he pulled out his gun and killed one of the suspects. >> all of this happening in springfield gardens. kemberly richardson is there with exclusive video from the scene and our lead story. >> bill and liz, those terrifying seconds caught on camera. letter the off-duty officer standing here, gun drawn focused on one suspect.

cuffed, lying on the ground.