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run. that kept driving. >> police tracked down the driver and arrested him shortly after the accident that take place at sea girt in far rockaway. cefaan kim is live at the scene with details. >> reporter: sandra and rob, eyewitnesses say the 21-year- old woman was crossing here at beach 19th street. she had the walk sign when a car came barreling down seagirt to beat the red light and sped off. >> i am happy she pushed the girl away. if not, it would have been over for the both of them. >> reporter: witnesses in far rockaway describe a horrific seen. it was before 1:00 p.m. when they say the driver of this white mustang came barreling down seagirt boulevard at 50 miles per hour. according to witnesses, the 21-

a little girl and had the right- of-way when the mustang slacked into her but not before the victim pushed the child out of harm's way. >> believes i was shocked. i was in awe. when you see that, you see a person do something like that, like somebody has no mercy and they don't care for life. >> reporter: witnesses say the driver sped off but several drivers who saw it happened chased after him. police say the suspect was arrested about 2:3025 blocks from the scene near the nassau county border. you can see heavy damage to the mustang, abused above the tire. the victim was knocked several dozen feet from the force of the impact. neighbors say she lives on the block. >> i heard she is not doing well. our wishes and prayers go out to her this holiday season. i am sad to hear this. >> reporter: the victim was rushed to the hospital with head trauma and is fighting for

>> once i saw that, i tried to cover my kids' eyes. to have my kids' see something like that, no. >> reporter: police say charges for that driver are pending. cops have not released the names of the suspect or the victim. at this hour it's unclear what the relationship is between the victim and the young girl. cefaan kim, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. now to the mild weather. this probably wasn't what composers had in mind when they wrote christmas classics like let it snow and white christmas. >> not at all. today the mercury topped out at 67 in central park. the average temperature is 44 degrees. we did some deciphering, a difference of 23 degrees. >> at time's square, lots of people are enjoying the warm night. >> man, oh, man we have team coverage of the warm weather.

we begin with meteorologist jeff smith and the exclusive accuweather forecast, not only did we break records but cases. j.f.k. up to 70 degrees. the old record 63. central park 67. old record set in 1923, a long- standing record. newark, islip and bridgeport breaking records. 68 and 61 respectively. highs up to 72 in morristown. that list i showed you earlier, they weren't the warmest locations. 72 belmar. 73 toms river. we have fallen back a little bit. backdoor cool front from new england causing a wind to cool us down. 61 toward morristown. overnight middle 50s in central park. probably 40s north and west. fog developing overnight. be careful if you are out driving late tonight and early tomorrow morning. tomorrow there will be rain developing.

to move in. before that happens, we have temperatures that get up to the middle 60s. there are other opportunities to near record highs in the accuweather seven-day forecast. we will detail that later in the half hour. >> see you then. people spent the next to last weekend before christmas biking, jogging outside in short sleeves as the 70s. in lincoln center, lots of folks out and about. eyewitness news reporter valerie hoff is in union square. mallory? >> sandra, goes people went holiday shopping in short sleeves today. a lot of folks we have spoken with say it doesn't feel right for this time of year but they are not complaining. the weather outside is -- >> springtime. >> amazing. >> in union square, people were in shorts, t-shirts and flip- flops.

then i buy my first coat. >> one man said a -- >> feels like spring. spring has sprung early. >> reporter: when it's this nice, who needs to get away. >> sneakers, shorts, t-shirt underneath. in the middle of december, this is wonderful. what a beautiful time of the year. i don't have to go to florida now. >> reporter: they want to enjoy as much time outside as possible. live in union square, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thanks. now to new details about a police shooting in california. los angeles county sheriff's deputies responding to reports of shots fired in linwood. armature video shows them shooting at man after he fell to the ground. we are not going to show you cot plume video. it's graphic. investigators say the man was firing shots into the air and pointed his gun at the deputies.

fired 33 shots in all. >> he retained the weapons throughout the entire event. the weapon was recovered from his person, directly underneath him. >> investigators said the loaded handgun was not registered to the man. they stress the investigation is in its early stages. taking aim at gun violence. coming up on eyewitness news, hundreds of demonstrators rally demanding the violence stop as two of new york's top leaders laws. >> bad

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new york's highest ranking lawmakers are asking the federal government to help the state to block people on the terror watch list, to keep them from legal gun purchases. senator schumer and governor cuomo warned that the current gun sale rules have dangerous loopholes. the stand to change gun rules comes one day before the third anniversary of the sandy hook elementary school massacre in newtown, connecticut. lucy yang is in central park. lucy? >> reporter: well, sandra, as we get ready to mark the third anniversary of the horrible newtown, connecticut, school shooting, one mother's group is marking this with a rally against gun violence.

shade of orange as hundreds rallied against gun violence. this mother's group demanding action against the senseless slaughter of innocent victims because guns are easily obtained and abused. tomorrow marks the third anniversary of the strategy where 26 beautiful children and educators were massacred in their school. diana rodriguez knows the pain too well. her 18-year-old daughter was shot and killed on mother's day two weeks before her high school graduation. samantha guzman was buried in her prom dress. >> too many mothers and fathers added to this club that no one wants to be a part of. it's time because i don't feel like our children are safe nowhere, not at school, not at church, not in the movie theater, nowhere. >> reporter: as families march for safer streets, politicians

department to bridge the terror grab. suspected terrorists on the federal no fly list can easily buy guns. congress failed to close the loophole. some governors are ready to step in and close it on a state level but there is one glitch. the obama administration won't state authorities. >> the federal government should figure out how to use the federal terrorist database on establish a protocol that allows the state to do it and new york state will. >> reporter: now, pressure is mounting on the u.s. attorney general to allow states to use that no fly list to do what accomplish. action. live on the upper west side, news. >> lucy, thank you. new jersey hunters are getting a second shot at bagging a bear. today state officials announced

wednesday through sunday. they say the number of bears harvested during the hunt that ended saturday fell short of goals. 472 bears were taken. new jersey uses hunting to manage the black bear population. the heartwarming show of the holiday spirit coming up on eyewitness news. volunteers paying for gifts for strangers with helps from the brooklyn nets. >> good for them. is it december or is it june. the mercury shatters the record books again. any end in sight to this unusual warm weather? meteorologist jeff smith has the exclusive forecast. >> before we go to break, a holiday greeting from a local member of the military from our area that won't holidays. >> hello, family and friends. a shout out to my family in new

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for the neighborhood. it's wonderful. >> how cool is that. the nets joining forces with the organization pay away the layaway. and they gave away tickets to see the nets play at the barclay center. >> that is a great, great, great holiday gift. santa don't need to be secret for that one. >> jeff, this weather is a gift to us. i know some of my colleagues would rather it be more >> which colleagues? >> one out of four. >> the window is coming, right? >> eventually we get cold irrelevant by next weekend but that is transient. i think we warm up again as we head into christmas week. no sustained cold winter-like air in sight. we are looking at empire state building lit up in the hanukkah collars.

that obliterated the record set inspect 1923. here is your almanac. 44 is the normal high for this time of year. we were a full 23 above that. the record set in 1923. sunrising tomorrow around 7:11. temperatures in the low 70s in morristown, belmar and toms river. the cold front moved in from new england. eastern long island cooler. 58 in poughkeepsie. but way, way above average for this time of year, even in those locations. showers will show up tomorrow. i think they wait until the day. they may wait until dark to move in. kind of a cloudy day. occasional fog and drizzle but the steadier rain waits until the evening commute. temperatures up into the 60s. sun returning on tuesday. temperatures mild even behind the system. probably in the 60s yet again. rain returning thursday. more seasonal and into the

to normal for this time of year toward saturday and sunday. morristown. mid-50s down the jersey shore. the wind stream lines here show ocean. that is cooling things off during the early evening hours with the backdoor cold front sinking to the south. futurecast, a lot of cloud cover. a gray dreary look to the day tomorrow. not much in the way of appreciable rainfall until late in the afternoon. before that, temperatures spiking into the lower 60s in the city. probably mid-60s to the south and west. steadier rain. watch happens. a cold front from the west interacting with a warm and muggy air mass, there could be a thunderstorm tomorrow night around midnight and then the

out and stay warm into the day on tuesday. not much cold air behind it. there is cold air coming friday through sunday, especially saturday and sunday, for the weekend colder air. then beyond that into christmas week the mild pattern comes back. general storm track to the west allowing the floodgates to open. accuweather forecast tonight, mostly cloudy, mild. areas of patchy fog, spotty drizzle late. 54. heading into the day tomorrow, areas of morning fog and drizzle. then steadier rain developing by evening, 63. tomorrow night periods of rain, thunderstorm in the evening, down to 55 for a low. 62 tuesday under a lot of sunshine. 54 wednesday. rain on thursday. along with that, near record warmth again, near the record set in 2000 near 60 then more seasonal next weekend.

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they looked darn tough today. >> if they could play the 250eu9 tans every week. a roller coaster ride for the jets but they are finding the right time of year to climb. a three-way tie for the three wild card spots trying to make it three against the titans. jets busy. ryan fitzpatrick to eric decker for a 16-yard score. in the second, fitzpatrick to the air and finds powell. another 16-yard touchdown. brandon marshall makes a catch on the sidelines. he is off. 27-0 at the halftime. titans couldn't get anything

the quarterback, marcus mariota hauls in the 41-yard touchdown. that was the end of the good news. mariota sacked five times on the day. the jets win the third in a row. they won four of six and 8-5. >> we talked about it in the locker room starting fast. we have yet to start fast and jump out to a lead and play ahead. >> we had a few chances where we had to settle for field goals. that wasn't great. to put up points like that and get it at the end of the half, that was important. >> week 14, the play-off races are getting tight. grudges are being held. ask lesean mccoy. he is a bill. today he served as captain for buffalo. there were hugs though. this is a 53-yard touchdown. bills down three going out for

tyrod taylor intercepted by ed reynolds. 27y 20. eagles win. they stay in first in the nfc east and the bengals andy dalton had to watch this after injury his thumb. pick 6. 23 yards for pittsburgh. more steelers fighting for an afc wild card spot. 33-20. steelers keeping pace with the jets. 8-5. two other games we are keeping an eye on, chiefs with the jets in the afc wild card and the redskins pull ahead of the giants with a win over chicago. johnny manziel and the browns picking up a win. seahawks roll with a win in baltimore. the biggest surprise from the day, jaguars, 51-16 winners over the colts 6789 rams topped the lions.

carolina perfect with a first round bye. giants try to halt a free- fall. tom coughlin's message, the losing streak is in the past. >> it could have been a different story for us but no crying over spilled milk. look ahead. >> in case you haven't heard somehow we are here to tell you you you can catch monday night football on our station. kick off at 8:30. st. johns and syracuse used to meet at big east rivals before the conference realignment. today they met as nonconference opponents. johnnies trying to beat the orange. first of a, a big slam dunk. that was for the lead. they built from there.

they lead by nine at the break. 84-72 st. johns the big win and islanders playing the devils. all isles, 3-0 in the second. >> st. johns with syracuse never just another game. >> stay tuned for abc world news up next. i'm rob powers. >> i'm sandra bookman. we are coming back at 11:00. hope you will too. 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,

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