running about 20 degrees warmer than normal. be. it's a warm rain, if there's such a thing in december. here's what's happening, the rain is overspreading the the southwest to the northeast. the front is back to the west. there's a couple spots where the rain is moderate here in essex and hudson and union county. and sliding eastward. this is going to make for a slow evening commute on a gridlock alert day. so as of noontime, .25 to far and now bridgeport we're just getting going. the totals will go up to .50, maybe an inch in spots. that will create slow travel conditions this evening. you see on the futurecast, see the darker yellow shade, the orange shade, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, and then out of the way by 6:00 in the city and about 7:00, 8:00 out toward the eastern end of long island. and watch the futurecast as cold air starts to pour in here for friday night into saturday.

could be snow showers up here to the north and west. and another way to look at this, look at the mild air this afternoon, 58 with the rain. and then tonight, we're still in the 50s. tomorrow morning, we start the day in the upper 40s and low 50s. and look by the time we get to saturday morning. temperatures at freezing and below. we will talk about that next in the exclusive accuweather forecast with the weekend coming up. >> thank you. remember you can stay on top of the weather conditions on the go with our accutrack weather alert. ait's free for iphones or android. police have a new clue in the search for the man who attacked a 16-year-old on her way to school in queens. a surveillance image shows the suspect wearing a surgical mask and gloves. here's more. >> reporter: who is he and where is he now? these are definitely questions that residents have here on 13th avenue many white stone today, a seemingly quiet block

where a random slashing of a 16- year-old girl continues to stump this community and rattle nerves. >> feel bad. our neighbor's niece, i believe. and it's -- you get worried and scared. >> reporter: it was yesterday around 8:20 a.m., the teenaged girl, an exchange student from china only in this country for eight months, was walking to her small school, white stone academy when suddenly police say this man wearing a hoodie, a surgical mask and surgical gloves approached her from behind. >> he's wearing a surgical mask and he has surgical gloves on. slashed to the face twice. once from ear to the middle of the throat and another part of the face as well. >> reporter: as cops continue the to v a source close to the family says they remain traumatized and she remained at long island jewish medical center this morning, still trying to overcome her injuries. police recovered the box cutter and residents are hoping there's a break many the case soon.

>> nothing like this ever happened. i'm here over 20 years and nothing has ever happened like this before. so i don't know. >> reporter: and we're back out here live along 13th avenue in white stone where the crime seemed to come out nowhere yesterday police say. and they were back out here today, fanned out throughout the neighborhood. and they say they have the plenty of leads and they are chasing every single one down. and the girl is at the hospital, community leaders are trying to work with her family, trying to overcome a language barrier because she speak only chinese and they are trying to see if they can get members -- she speaks only chinese and they are trying to see if they can get any members of her immediate family here from china. if you have any information, call crime stopper, 800-577- tips. they are chasing down every single lead.

channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. a drug company's ceo who spiked outrage when he hike up the price of a life-saving drug by more than 5,000% is under arrest but not for that. officials are set to unseal an indictment charges him with securities fraud. the 32-year-old former hedge fund manager is accused of taking money from a drug company he created to pay off debts from unrelated business dealings. hip hop fans also know him as the man who bought the only copied release of the latest album for $2 million. mayor de blasio continuing to make changes in hopes of addressing the city's homeless crisis. the mayor today promised a city official will respond within one hour of a complaint or a concerned call about a homeless person. and he announced a program called nyc home stat. it will include a force that will canvas every block from canal street to 145th street each day to find homeless people and provide them

services. >> for all this to work though, the city of new york has to own this problem. we have to own it more assertively than we ever have. we have to reach the street homeless literally every single day. >> this is all part of a shake- up on the city's homeless service programs. this mayor announced the resignation of the commissioner of homeless services amid criticism about the growing homeless problem. police need help finding a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman in brooklyn lynn. it happened last night -- in brooklyn. it happened last night around 8:00 p.m. police say the man attacked a 33-year-old woman as she was entering her apartment building. he stole her cellphone and cash from her purse before taking off. police say he is between 18 do 25 years old and was riding a bike. a multi-family home in new jersey was damaged by a fast- moving fire overnight flames

the fire was in the rear of the 2.5 story house no. one was hurt. four tenants -- house. no one was hurt. four tenants have been displaced. the cause is under investigation. the streets of baltimore remaining calm after a mistrial declared in the case of the first police officer charged in the death of freddie gray. lawyers are scheduled to meet with the judge to discuss dates for a possible retrial. >> reporter: what happens next is really a question. an administrative hearing was scheduled and abc reporting that the meeting did not take place between the attorneys and the judge steps. it could happen any time this week or in the coming weeks. these are the moments after a mistrial was announced in the freddie gray case, a jury unable to reach a decision about officer william porter's alleged role if the 25-year-old gray's death. a handful of arrests, and authorities clearing the the

streets but overnight, protests were peaceful. nothing like the mayhem that erupted when his death was first announced. call is what city leaders have been calling for, along with gray's family expressing faith in the system that did not reach a verdict in the first of six trials of police officers. >> we ask the public to remain calm and patient because we are confident there will be another trial with a different jury. >> reporter: freddie gray died this spring from a spinel injury while in police custody. porter faced four charges including involuntary manslaughter with prosecutors claiming that he could have put a seat belt on gray or called for a medic but the jury of seven blacks and five struggled for 16 hours over three days but were simply deadlocked. >> my reaction is how? how with all the testimony and evidence, how? >> because you're talking about police inaction. typically in cases where police are on trial, we're talking

what the police did, they shot someone is and were they justified or not? >> reporter: porter has denied guilt in the death and it's unclear whether the state will pursue a retrial. >> thank you. turning now to chicago where a grand jury indicted a chicago police officer for murder in the killing of a 17- year-old seen in dash cam video. officer jason van dyke accused of shooting laquan mcdonald 16 times. the video prompted protests in chicago. today federal investigators will meet with mayor rahm emanuel as they begin their investigation into the chicago police department. charges are expected to be the filed today against the man who investigators say provided the rifles used in the san bernardino mass shooting. he was a neighbor of the two attacker, syed rizwan farook and tashfeen malik. meanwhile, fbi agents guarded a quiet grave side funeral for the pair this week. tomorrow, president barack obama will meet privately with

coming up, the rapper in more trouble. this time arrested outside a club in chelsea. plus, a new development in a vaccine fight. should children be required to have a flu shot before going to preschool in new york? hear the court's decision. and the father of a little girl killed in meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and we're always looking for ways to enjoy more. so we called time warner cable and got even more than we expected. call now to get more. more speed. like, 300 meg. more tv shows and movies on demand. more places to make more unlimited calls.

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two people are dead after a highway shooting rampage in oklahoma that spanned 50-miles and three counties. a local sheriff says a man was firing randomly along interstate 40 at other vehicles.

separate shootings more than 10 miles apart. several other vehicles were shot but no one else was injured. the suspect surrendered without incident. the sheriff says road rage is suspected. another member of president barack obama's cabinet facing scrutiny over the use of his personal email account. defense secretary ash carter said he sometimes used the personal email account during his first months at the pent son. the new york times said he continued to use the account even after hillary rodham clinton's personal email use was reported. contained classified information. the u.s. and cuba, another relationships. the two nations have reached an agreement that will pave the way to restoring regularly scheduled commercial flights. the deal expected to open negotiations between the cuban government and airlines in the u.s. jetblue and american airlines issued statements applauding the agreement.

searching for the person or people who vandalized a church in suffolk county. the glass display, statues and candles were all damaged at the candle shrine. police say it happened on tuesday. there is a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. well the father of a little girl killed in the mass shooting in newtown, connecticut honored for the way daughter. the saxophonist turned to music to help cope with the loss of his 6-year-old daughter. she was killed three years ago. his goal, to share his daughter's message to love our neighbor. well now his album, "a beautiful life" earned him two grammy nominations. >> she loved to sing. and she loved a lot of the songs that were on the recording like "maybe" from the musical "annie." and the prayer that i recorded

kids every night before bed or many nights before bed. >> just so touching. the album features home recordings with anna and her he survived the massacre. three new york city transit officers winning praise for times square. the three saw a crowd gathering 7:00 p.m. one used his flashlight to signal an oncoming train to slow down while the other two officers reached down and pulled the man to safety. he couldn't explain what happened but he declined further help and he officers and left the station. >> absolutely. a change at the happiest place on earth. what you and your family can do before stepping into walt disney world now. and the day star wars fans have been waiting for but can you still get a ticket to see

and a live look outside. you can see the raindrops on the lens there. >> there's a song -- >> yeah. >> bill evans is up next with wet accuweather forecast. and here is a message from a member of the military from our area who can't be home for the holidays. >> hi, i'm specialist jimenez.

can you feel the force? fans began lining up in the area this morning in anticipation of tonight's opening of "star wars: the force awakens." preceltic et sales for the movie broke records. still counting the numbers on that. many theaters sold out weeks ago. but wait till you hear this, some tickets for tonight's as $10,000. i kid you not. that is a serious fan. >> greenwich, connecticut. no. pay for that.

>> you can watch the spoiler- free review at abc7ny. >> i mean really, $10,000? 10,000 -- >> keep your money. >> i draw the line. >> just wait. it's not going anywhere. >> it will be worth fit you're giving the money to charity. >> right? yeah. >> but it's a good movie. >> yeah. but still good. >> it is. and today is a great day to see a movie indoors. >> yeah, perfect. no doubt about it. and i was excited for the falcon scene because as a child, i owned a falcon. never mind. let's take a look outside. we have clouds. we have rain here at noontime. i was 17. that's okay. >> is that what you called your car? >> yes, i did. it was a ford falcon. we have a lonely barge underneath the brooklyn bridge there with a mighty tug. that's a pumper. that's going to push some home heating oil or something like that up the hudson river.

there's no cold temperatures out here. looking at temperatures at 58 degrees, the high humidity and a southerly wind that's been pumping up the moisture here at noontime. and so we have the rain that started now. and it will be steadiest through the afternoon and the evening. looking at a cold day on saturday is. and looking at record highs again next week. and 56 smithtown and right around babylon. and here at noontime, looking at the temperatures that continue to be about 20 degrees warmer than normal for this hour of the day and this time monticello. about a 3 miles per hour wind in the park out of the south. wind. so just keeps the moisture feeding into this cold front that's off to the west. so the showers have been heavy here in union county and heading across the city. pretty much south and east will get the lion's share of the rain. and then the edge is back in western pennsylvania and new york state. and that will take a while the

to move through. this afternoon, .70 in newark. and nearly .10 in the park and just getting going. the heavier rain from 2:00 on commute. and 6:00 at night, just east of the hudson river valley and to gone. and then the game is on for the cold air. and clear skies saturday. reinforcing surge of cold air squeezing out the moisture and could produce some flurries into the weekend. but eventually what will happen to go back north. week. the weekend, feeling like the 30s on saturday. and warmer. rain into the evening now ends early tonight and then cloudy 48. breezier and chillier tomorrow, clouds and sun and 49, and wind 25 miles per hour but going to feel like the 30s. and colder saturday. and west wind on sunday.

and saturday maybe a few flakes of snow off to the north and west. and monday, there's a shot of the shower monday as the warm air hah is sorning -- air that is surging up and over. but look at next week, 56 on wednesday. christmas eve might be 67. >> whoa. >> that's close to the record high. >> that's insane. >> play golf on thursday. >> it is. >> at 67 degrees. and then make christmas eve service, you know, in the golf shirt and pants. >> like a florida christmas. >> yeah. exactly. >> all right. thanks. >> thanks, bill. the rock 'n' roll hall of fame is getting ready to welcome the of 2016. the inductees are chicago, deep purple, steve miller and nwa. in order to be inducted, the artist of group must have released the first album at least 25 years ago. and they'll be inducted in april at barclays center.

you can go to the abc7ny facebook to the page to vote for your favorite. right now chicago is in the lead. >> awesome. >> i'm surprised a lot weren't already in there. >> right? >> but good to see. >> good bands for sure.

caught on camera, a dare thing rescue on a highway by a sheriff's deputy that looked like a scene out of a hollywood action movie. take a look. dash cam video captures the sergeant running across the roadway towards a moving semi- truck. the officer leaps on to the side, hits the brakes and brings it to a stop. it turns out, the driver had suffered from a diabetic episode because of low blood sugar and was unable to control the truck. the driver is expected to be okay.

our top stories this afternoon, the drug company ceo who sparked outrage across the country for increasing the price of a life-saving drug has been arrested but not for the price hike. he is charged with securities fraud accused of taking money from the drug company he created to pay off debts. police have released video of a man who slashed a foreign exchange student on her way to school. the 16-year-old expected to be okay. usually there is no snow in

late december, especially around now. but right now, rain is moving through the tri-state area. a live look outside. a very foggy day out there. meteorologist bill evans will have another update in a few minutes. hello again. >> all new this half hour, a big ruling about flu shots today involving preschoolers in new york. >> a state supreme court judge blocking the requirement that preschoolers must get flu shots after some parents filed a lawsuit. with more. >> reporter: that's right. state state supreme court here in lower manhattan where a judge struck down a health department requirement for flu vaccines for young children. it was supposed to go into effect in two weeks but now that will not happen. parents and autism activists filed a lawsuit to the stop the implementation of all of this, the requirement that children in new york city regulated

head start program be vaccinated against flu. so in other words, it would apply to children six months old to five years old. the regulation would have taken effect on the first of the year but critics said they weren't comfortable with the vaccine and despite research to the contrary, those parents still feared a link to autism. and one parent told us that the flu was a risk she was willing to take with her child. >> no one is being prevented from getting a flu shot here. every parent can get one if they want one. they're just not required to do so which is important. >> reporter: and in striking down the ruling, the judge found that new york state legislature retains the statutory authority to mandate vaccination not already expressed within the public health law. so specifically he is saying new york city health officials lack the authority to mandate new vaccines, end quote. and now the state from the new

york city health commissioner, quote, the vaccination requirement will save lives. while we evaluate our legal option, we strongly recommend that children vaccinate their children against the flu, end quote. so it's not clear at this hour whether the city will appeal but it is clear that the requirement is not going to go into effect on the first of the year. live at state supreme court lower manhattan, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. well new at noon, the rapper involved in profile confrontation, this time arrested for allegedly attacking a bouncer at a nightclub in chelsea. it happened as the 24-year-old was thrown out of the up and down club after a dispute yesterday. police say he bit the woman escorting her out and tried to punch her in the face. she has been released. the navy will award the purple heart to service members killed or wounded in an attack this year in tennessee.

four marines and a sailor divide the gunman opened fire naval facility. one marine was hurt. the announcement came after the fbi confirmed the attack was terrorist group. new jersey is a step ahead in the effort to stop gun sales on federal terrorism watch a statute law allows them to or suspected extremist. the law disqualifies people on the list from obtaining gun permits. some states are working to get access to a direct fbi database maintained by the fbi's terrorist screening center. turning to vote 2016 and many political observers did not declare donald trump the winner of this week's gop debate but that isn't stopping him from taking a victory lap. while trump calls it his best performance so far, rival ted

questions about his story on >> reporter: good afternoon, david. donald trump is taking a break today but not before some high profile opportunities to claim another big win. on "jimmy kimmel live!," donald his approach. >> i would like to see the republican party come together and i have been hitting pretty hard. , yeah. >> reporter: trump out thed his performance and defended his call to ban muslims from entering the u.s. -- >> but isn't it wrong to discrimination against people -- >> the problem. but look, we have people coming into our country that are looking to do tremendous harm. >> reporter: meanwhile, an uncomfortable moment for the republican gaining most ground against trump in the poll, ted cruz confronted on fox news

about an apparent flip flop on a bipartisan immigration bill. >> sounded like you wanted the bill to pass. >> of course i wanted the bill to pass. my amendment to pass. what my -- >> you said the bill. >> is take citizenship off the table. >> reporter: the democrats now preparing for their debate this week and slamming republican proposals to fight terrorism. >> they act like they can just wave a magic wand or say carpet bomb the desert and that somehow is going to defeat isis. >> reporter: and that democratic debate is this saturday in new hampshire hosted by abc news. hillary rodham clinton will take a break from debate prep tonight to hold her first fund raiser with her daughter chelsea there in new york. eyewitness news. >> thank you. you can watch the democratic debate this saturday at 8:00 right here on channel 7 on channel 7.

jumped into action to -- an off duty police officer jumped into action. the chaos unfolded. he says he got into an argument with another driver last friday. the other man came after him with the bat. the off-duty police sergeant was sitting in traffic nearby. he came over the to help. >> jumped out, drew my weapon and ordered him, police officer, drop the bat. and he stopped and looked at me and he was really angry. >> for a police officer off- duty, i know they say that's what they were trained to do, but he was paying attention. if he wasn't paying attention, he might would have drove off. >> the 45-year-old douglas warton now faces weapons and other charges. >> making a difference in that case. let's turn to bill evans. it's raining out there. how long is it going to last? >> through the evening commute into the first part of tonight. the ferries back and forth, you know they have radar and they

and staten island and all that, they can see everything. rain will continue this afternoon and the temperatures are very mild. looking at temperatures around 58 degrees right now. and looking at rain now starting to work southeast to southwest across the area. raining at the bus stop and probably .50 to an inch around the city. and this probably cancels some outdoor sports. and we're going to talk about colder weather coming up. back to you. >> thank you. coming up on eyewitness news, a health alert involving ovarian cancer. how a new early detection

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the nfl is in the spotlight for its concussion problems but football is not the only sport with the concussion crisis. more hockey players are joining a lawsuit against the nhl. here's the story. >> reporter: with the movie "concussion" making headlines tackling the issue of brain injuries in the nfl, the nhl is getting hit with concussion related lawsuits as well. >> a monster hit. >> reporter: more hockey

action complaint against the league. approximately 144 former pros now alleging in a lawsuit that the league didn't do enough to warn them of the long-term effects of repeated blows from the head or protect them from the hits. a former captain is part of the lawsuit. >> we knew we were going to separate shoulder, lose teeth but long term brain trauma was never brought up. >> reporter: last week, the family of a former defense man slapped the nhl with their own lawsuit. >> hammered him. >> reporter: 10 months after the 35-year-old was found dead inside his home. an autopsy concluded his brain was ravaged by the disease cte. the family claiming the league failed to warn him of the long- term risks associated with repetitive head trauma. when asked in may if he believe there's a connection, the nhl commissioner said from a medical science standpoint

there, is no evidence yet that one necessarily leads to the other. the nhl telling abc news we don't comment on pending litigation. abc news, new york. to the holidays right now. if you're having trouble deciding the you're more excited about star wars or christmas one homeowner proving you don't have to the choose. [ "star wars" theme song ] >> imagine if this guy was your neighbor. this home featured on abc's great christmas light fight combines a of the holiday season with a galaxy far, far away and features a l.e.d. light saber fight on the roof. bill evan, why didn't we do this? >> what were we thinking? >> the man who created it said he did it to bring families together for the holidays. >> i love it.

>> and hopefully it comes with music too. like the whole production. >> yeah. that music never leaves you by the way. >> no. >> in your head all the time. >> especially that stuff at the football games. >> yes! >> trouble. >> play that music through rain right now. >> yeah, well, we were doing rain songs here. we have a look from the roof camera here across the park. as a matter of fact, chicago nominated for the rock 'n' roll hall of fame, another rainy day in new york city. and here we go, robert lives in midtown and well, it's a day with cloudy skies and the rain will continue through the afternoon ask too evening. another rainy day in new york city. temperatures around 56. these anybodies are way warm, 20 degrees warmer than normal. in some spot, warmer than that.

hudson river valley to coastal connecticut, long island, and this will continue to rain through the evening commute. and some of these rain showers will slow down traffic and slow down the things at area airports. so here we go with the temperatures, still into the 50s at 3:00, really warm. so the rain starts to wind down from the city westward at 6:00. temperatures in the 50s tonight. and out and about late this evening, coming boo the theater, the rain will be gone but temperatures are still mild but then the temperature starts to drop like a rock tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. and going to be coal on saturday and maybe flurries up above i-84. over the next seven hour, hugging the 57, 58 number into the evening with the rain winding down after 6:00. and go out toward long island, going to be just slowly dropping a degree or so into the evening hours with that rain. the weekend is going to be cold however.

going to be a december day on saturday for one day. going to be feeling like the 30s. cloudy and mild with rain into the evening, temperature 59. tonight the rain ends early. about 8:00, can, eastern end of long island. windy and 48. and tomorrow, gets to 49 but that's where it's going to hang. but with the wind at 25 miles per hour, it will feel like the 30s. friday is a chilly day. saturday is a colder day, flakes around. and it will feel like the 30s but we warm back up. jet stream goes to the north of canada and that allows warm air from the south again. and an el nio year, snow in the west and mild record high temperatures possible next week as we go to thursday, christmas eve and christmas day. >> wow. >> and robert, one of the founding members of chicago lives here. >> yeah, right here. >> i was pay ago tension. >> -- i was paying attention. >> yeah, all right. a sign of the times. all three major orlando theme

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eyewitness news f you're hit stay financially healthy. and with theaters opening tonight to show the new star wars movie, we will visit with some of the fans who are spending the the day waiting outside. those stories and more beginning on eyewitness news first at 4 :00. >> some serious die hards, that's for sure. it's time now for the feed. a lot of people talking about the suspension of a professor from a christian college because of her support for muslims. in a facebook post, check this out, the doctor seen wearing a head scarf wrote in part, i stand with muslims because they, like me a christian, are people of the same book, we worship the same book. and now the college had something else to say. they say they spended the professor because she did not represent the college's statement of faith. students held protests to support their teacher.

families send out the holiday cards. but a family in louisiana decided to try and be funny by sending out this picture. it features the ladies testify family with the mouths duct the and tied up. it made them laugh. laughing stopped. many criticizing the parents for promoting female abuse. the parents say it's a joke and stand by their holiday photo. >> try to be creative for the photo but maybe -- >> step back and -- >> yeah, just think about that for a moment. >> hit the delete key. >> yeah, that's good. a lot of love for a west virginia police officer. check this out. from the police. year-old girl. police were investigating an overnight shoplifting and found the restroom. he care for the the girl for four hours until child

protective services arrived. >> he looks like he's been there before. >> he has. >> experience. >> sweet picture. that's going to do the it for this edition of eyewitness news. >> for all of us here including bill evan, we thank you for watching. join us later for eyewitness news first at 4:00. have a great afternoon. >> and don't forget the umbrella. you can see from this live shot. >> yeah, walkout side and you will remember it quickly.

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