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a city on alert tonight. police in force. protesters take to the streets after a jury can't reach a verdict in the trial of a police officer charged in the

>> first tonight a new and clearer image of the man new york cops say attacked a 16- year-old girl this morning on her way to school. good evening at 11:00. i'm bill ritter. >> i'm sade baderinwa. police are stepping up their search to find the man who attacked the girl in queens. >> police want to find this guy before he strikes again. >> jim dolan in the whitestone section. it. >> reporter: sade, what do you suppose this 16-year-old girl was thinking about on her way to school? an important test or christmas vacation? she was attacked from behind, viciously, brutally, with a box cutter, and undoubtedly scared for life. the person what did it is still out there. the streets in whitestone are bathed in christmas lights this time of year. a quiet neighborhood where they don't even have to think much about the violence in other parts of the city. but they do now.

live in a quiet area. never no trouble. i'm living here 34 years. never heard anything like this before. >> reporter: surveillance cameras watched as the 16-year- old female victim was walking to school. you see a man run up behind her. he slashed her face and throat just out of camera's view and came. police say there was no interaction. >> he's wearing a surgical object. she is slashed in her face twice. once from ear to her throat, the middle of her throat, and another part of the face as well. >> the victim is a student from china who attends this small private school. police need help from a community unaccustomed to having to work with police. >> there's no excuse for a be attacked. the authorities. we want to make sure they feel comfortable working with us in trying to catch the assailant. >> reporter: police are not

but they are saying there was no relationship between the suspect and victim and there was no interaction before this happened so clearly this could happen again. he could strike again. police are hoping they catch him before that happens. reporting live from whitestone, jim dolan. new at 11:00 a toddler's death ruled a homicide after a medical examiner's report reveals serious abuse. the two-year-old's mom called 911 from their east 12*6 apartment last march. she told police she heard him fall, put him back in bed, and later found him not breathing. there was a large amount of blood in his abdomen. so far no arrests. we're following a developing story. protests after the first cop on trial for the manslaughter of freddie gray in baltimore gets a hung jury, a mistrial. a huge blow for the

so eyewitness news reporter a.j. ross in baltimore with the latest. >> reporter: bill, no justice, no peace, a slogan that has been repeated by protesters here. after today's mistrial many are wondering if there can be justice or peace in freddie gray's case. there were demonstrations earlier met by a very large police presence and while there's stale possible tea officer william port can be tried again this case as well as in the rest in this city is far from over. >> no justice, no peace! >> reporter: freddie gray's mysterious death following his arrest by baltimore police in april became a lightning rod for protests and riots. vivid scenes and images officials as well as gray's family are praying will not happen again following mas trial with the first of six officers to be tried for his death. >> we are prepared to respond. we will protect our residents. >> reporter: still deadlocked

could not reach a verdict on any of the charges. prosecutors along porter ignored gray's cries for help and refused to put a seatbelt on him's was transported in a police van. >> i hope we do get a conviction somewhere because freddie is dead and someone needs to be convicted. >> reporter: as groups of protesters took to the street, city leaders and gray's family made pleas for patience and peace. five other officers have yet to stand trial. >> we ask the public to remain calm, patient, because we are confident there will be another trial. >> reporter: and both the prosecution and defense will meet tomorrow to discuss a possible retrial date for porter. meanwhile the other officer officers are scheduled to stand trial consecutively and separately beginning january 6th. a.j. ross, channel 7 eyewitness news.

turning now to weather expect drizzle tomorrow morning but by afternoon expect an all-out downpour. meteorologist lee goldberg at the weather wall. we're definitely going to need that umbrella. >> had some rain a couple days ago, now more rain moving in. wet streets is what will you run into tomorrow morning. clouds and patchy drizzle through early tomorrow morning. the wind is calm and mild temperatures. winds start to move in and work off to the west. drifnl nassau county over the sound. westchester, fairfield, parts of new york city as well. that's through tomorrow morning. this is the steadier rain for tomorrow afternoon, still a ways away. watch the futurecast. tomorrow morning. steadier rain by late morning especially heavy along the york city. we will still get rain north and west. this will be with us through late afternoon and starter to taper off. drizzle for your morning

heaviest along the coast. the rain will taper by evening. up to an i remember and a quarter in spots. forecast. a rare blast of chill. that's all in a few minutes. new tonight possible legal problems for a school district in new jersey. prosecutors say the district did not report crimes on campus to police. the middlesex county prosecutor sending a stern letter to perth amboy officials saying several issues were not reporting including gun possession and a knife assault. the school district has not returned our calls for comment. an update in an apparent road rage shooting. the nypd releasing new surveillance images of the two men they're looking for. the man in the hat is the suspected gunman. the one in the hoodie is considered a person of interest. police say they were involved in a car accident in the meat packing district last week. the suspected gunman tried to

shot him during a struggle. the victim survived. a mother p queens seriously hurt after she and her two children were hit in the street by a cement truck. it happened than as the truck was turning to 55th avenue. police say the truck hit the family hard. the mother taking the brunt of the impact. no charges filed against the driver. the brakes on the truck are now being tested. children were not seriously hurt. happening tomorrow first responders to the september 11th terror attacks could find out if health benefits will be extended. congress is set to vote on an extension of the act as soon as tomorrow. the measure for more than $8 billion is part of the year- end tax and spending bill and will provide money for the fund through 2021 with no caps on awards. world trade center health program will also be are you newed until 2090. new information about the e-mail threat that shut down the los angeles school district that cost nearly $30 million. the e-mail was also sent to

the owner of the server is an american living in are you mania. he says the nypd subpoenaed him for information which he provided. officials did not close schools here concluding the threat was a hoax. turning now to the race for president, donald trump telling abc news that he won't launch an independent run if he doesn't get the republican nomination. trump says he is convinced the gop's leadership will be fair to him so he is committed to the republican party. trump is also hanging out with jimmy kimmel tonight. kimmel asked him how he got his doctor to declare he would be the healthiest person ever. >> i said, doc, i want to till person ever. he said, well, i think i agree. he's actually a good doctor. >> this is his picture on facebook. this is your doctor. what kind of a doctor? >> you can watch donald trump and jimmy kimmel tonight right

also new tonight e-mail problems for another top member of the obama cabinet, the "new york times" reporting defense secretary ashton carte used a personal e-mail account to conduct a portion of his government business. he used it for two months after hillary clinton's personal e-mail use was revealed. for the first time in nearly a decade the federal reserve now raising a key interest rate, rates that had been near 0 raised by the central bank a quarter percentage point. that means could you see slightly higher interest rates on some loans. the hike signals the confidence that the economy is growing. as we continue on this wednesday a surprise and violent attack it. what's even more shocking is what is getting punched in the head. plus, to the rescue.

an officer to the rescue in the nick of time. road rage turned up a level when a bat wielding man goes on the attack. before he started swinging the off-duty cop jumps into action. they're telling their amazing story to our tim fleischer. >> reporter: the quick thinking action of officer frank. >> he was there. >> reporter: saved would could have been for driver ryan a brutal beating at the hands of a bat wielding road rager. >> he just went into lis ticket. >> reporter: last friday ryan encountered a man in a pickup truck. >> i saw the truck behind me, had plenty of room. that's when he just thought i was too close, and he just started with the high beams and riding on my bumper. >> the driver cut him off throwing a handful of change at his car. moving down on route 138 ryan tried to get away. >> as i passed him he was waving the bat. >> reporter: but then ryan got stuck in traffic. >> when i got out of the car i looked behind him, he was

>> reporter: the sergeant is also sitting at a light several cars behind and a couple in front of the bat wielding suspect. >> the guy went rung past me that way. i drew my weapon and said, police officer, drop the bat. and he stopped and looked at me andy was really angry. >> do you really think at this point that this guy is going to drop the bat? did you even consider what he might do? >> when he didn't drop it immediately, i was larks oh, no is going to go bad. >> he ordered the suspect again. >> at which time he realized he was looking down the barrel of a gun. >> reporter: watching this unfold ryan remembers thinking, there's a guy with a bat, a gay with a gun, i'm laying down. >> the sergeant held the man until police arrested and charged him. ryan is now being able to thank the sergeant for his quick action. >> i'm actually glad i was there. >> you and me both. >> reporter: reporting from long branch, tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news.

deadly and fiery crash between a metro-north train and an suv. the ntsb releasing photos showing the suv after it was hit by the train that was moving at 49 miles per hour. it happened in february. the suv pushed the length of two football fields. parts of the third rail flew into the train's first car killing five passengers in the inferno. new tonight a step forward to begin commercial flights an understanding reached between the two naightsz to try to pave the way to restore regularly scheduled flights. the deal is expected to open negotiations between the cuban government and airlines. new at 11:00 the man who got into trouble for landing a gyrocopter outside the capital now says he is rung for congress. he sleaze running a gins a south florida democrat but he hasn't specified which one. his attorney asked the judge

hughes can campaign. haas said stunt last april was to call attention to the influence of big money and politics. he is expected to get no more than 10 months in prison as part of plea deal. >> verbal sparring go on daily in politics, but real sparring? a teenager suddenly punched him on the cheek. nearly knocked him over. security quickly grabbed the attacker. his glasses, though, they were crushed. the characters are known to them as darth vader and c3po, but french fans are just as excited. star wars "the force awakens" opened in france where it was on track to sell more than one million tickets. some of those tickets sold to

around the world to see the film. >> most of the time's an otherwise unassuming neighborhood, but at christmas dyker heights becomes electrified. some residents actually hire professionals to pull off their elaborate holiday visions. >> why haven't we been here before? >> it's astounding. >> it's amazing how many toys they can fit into such a small area but these people go all out. i just wonder where they couldn't all year. >> they have professionals do it. some residents choose not to participate but most do. no word on how much their electricity bills go up starting in january. >> that was my question. how much do they pay for that? >> that's secondary. >> exact. tomorrow is going to be coming down pretty bad. >> not in the morning. once we get to lay morning it's almost like an 11:00 to maybe 5:00 or noon to 6:00 when the rain picks up.

the ceiling has been lowering. we have clouds and patchy fog. it will look gloomy tomorrow morning. 50 degrees. we're still on the mild side. we hit 52. still rung nine above average. we still have not gone below freezing in new york city this season. that typically should happen in late november. record highs, 63. that's later in the seven-day, but not this weekend. it's a rare blast of chilly air. on saturday feeling like 30s. less wind on sunday. it will be nice for panthers- giants. i want to add maybe a flurry especially north and west on saturday morning. so off and on drizzle through the night especially from the city north and east, temperatures around 50. rainfall amounts have been light. you see where it has been raining, westchester, parts of long island, connecticut. this is where i think we're

long branch, toms river. we could push up to an inch of rainfall. we will still get rain north and west, not as home. rain in the morning hours, patchy and light. new jersey might not even see train in morning hours. but probably improving conditions during the evening commute but still some big puddles. there's the drizzle, especially steady from great neck over new rochelle and stanford and greenwich. still some drizzle in new york city. a lot of rainfall here coming from the gulf. that's what's heading our way. watch how their involves. just some scattered drizzle overnight. the same thing tomorrow morning. focused from the city north and east. then the rain gets steard by late morning. some heavy rain depicted from morristown down to belmar and toms river. it is moving quickly so after 3:00 or 4:00 i think we start to see improvement into the

that's why i'm say improving conditions. heaviest rainfall amounts could get over an inch, lesser amounts but still significant rainfall north and west of new york city. so cloudy and damp, fog and drizzle at sunrise. up to 59. still a mild day. rain is steadier in the afternoon and south and east of new york city. then the rain will quickly taper to drizzle. on friday more evidence now that this storm is going stay offshore on friday giving us some clearing and maybe just a shower at that time shore. saturday, got to add that flurry. windchills around freezing. sunday is the bert half of the weekend, middle 40s. on monday clouds are starting to roll in. look at that temperature in a week. 65 with showers. christmas looks very mild. bill evans will have an update in the morning. >> thanks, lee. coming up, worries about

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new tonight, and we don't often hear about that soda pop recall by trader joe's after some ginger ale bottles exploded. no reports of any injuries. the bottles in question were on sale from november 9th through last monday. in tonight's health alert how the speed at which a child eats may affect their weight. according to new search waiting just 30 seconds in between bites of food allows children to realize they're no longer hungry. that scientists say helps keep them from overeating and eventually becoming overweight. >> if i talk too slowly in the

>> you talk any slower and there's not going to be sports. the knicks at home for a big match against the timber wossments straight ahead we will head to the garden. the fans get their money's worth. abby wambach plays one last tame for team usa. that's next. this

get you rate to the garden for the knicks. >> it should have been close. the knicks and timberwolves stars. rookies karl-anthony knee towns and chris to have porzingis. they scored their first points for each team. porzingis had seven blocks and 11 points. but minnesota rallies, cuts a

carmelo anthony 20 points, 15 rebounds, nine assists. should have been close but it's a win. 107-102, the knicks the winners. final game of a six-game homestand for the nets. the miami heated in town. they loose track of brook lopez here. young would keep miami in check. jared jack, 22 points. nets only down six heading to the fourth but that's where dwyane wade tack over. he looked like dwyane wade. closed the because himself. 104-98. the nets go 2-4 on the homestand. bartolo colon pending a physical coming back to the mets on a one-year deal. fans love him. for things like this. the mets could use him in the rotation until zack wheeler is back from tommy john surgery. he turns 43 in may. i love that. yankee stadium today the

teaming up with local clergy to make sure this foods gets into the hands of people that need it. c.c. sabathia there to help out. he is opening up about his battle with alcohol. >> i'm always going to be recovering but i have the support of my family and may organization, my team, my friends. so i feel pretty good about where i'm at and look forward to get back out on the field and beg myself. >> jets-cowboys saturday, giants-panthers sunday. carolina the only unbeaten team in the nfl. odell beckham putting his talents on display, returning punts, even throwing. >> he's an animal, man. he's a person that i'm a fan of, you know, and just his preparation and his -- how he respects the game. >> and finally from us, a send- off for abby wambach.

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