they're going to face a retraining, and their careers could be in jeopardy. june. tribeca. >> he probably would have gotten a desk appearance ticket. paid a small fine. instead, he bolted from two police officers while in custody, while in handcuffs. and now his life and theirs just got a lot more complicated. >> commissioner brat on the theton -- bratton was livid. >> he ran to a nearby subway stop. police shut down the train at the start of rush hour, several other lines and thousands of commuters were all affected. two officers were immediately suspended. >> there's no more significant responsibility for a new york

safeguarding of a prisoner. one to keep the prisoner safe, but to keep the public safe from them. last night two of our officers failed that responsibility in a very significant way. >> it all started back in june when 23-year-old that reek arnold broke away with his handcuffs on. >> it took a moment to catch him. four more prisoners would escape before yesterday when they let a 24-year-old shoplifter outsmarted them by faking sick. >> he bolted out the back door and ran into the subway station. >> tune was recaptured at his group home. it made residents wonder if having a home in a neighborhood like that is a good idea. >> we have children, families. we don't want this kind of homes coming in here.

>> the officers were suspended spur at least 30 days. the commissioner has discretion in that area. he did not seem in the holiday spirit today. he also hinted that should any other prisoners escape police custody, the consequences for those police officers could be even more severe. reporting live from tribeca, jim dolan, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> jim, thank you. you will not hear the cliche it's beginning to feel a lot like christmas, but you will hear it feels a lot like december. there's a chill in the air. 17 of the 18 days -- only december 8th was lower than 50. now, how long this deep freeze will last. >> finally getting a chance to use these. beep if you want the cold. that's what it is tonight. it's blustery out here. feels like it's in the 30s all of a sudden. we have it all weekend. the camera is bouncing, looking

we're down to 45. the high is 42. why does this feel so chilly. we're still above normal. all days in december above average. six days have been in the identifys. they were strung together. we're on pace for the warmest december easily after this cold spell. we're down to 37 in sussex. 45 in the park. man, that wind is continuing to pick up. these winds are of the west-northwest. look at the temperatures to the northwest, freezing and below freezing. the gusts are over 20. they're right through the day tomorrow with these temperatures struggling to about 40. we didn't cool off today because of yesterday's storm stalling. showers are leaving the coast, and the clouds are starting to break. not only that, look out to the west. you have flurries streaking through pennsylvania. a few of those flurries can sweep into the tri-state area. it's going to be 8-14 inches of snow up toward the great lakes. for us, here's the temperatures. after 8:00 or 9:00, we'll dip

look at the futurecast, depicting a couple of flakes skills. just a few flurries, not a big deal, but your wakeup wind chills, we haven't seen this. teens and 20s to start the day tomorrow. we'll let you know how long the cold spell lasts ant outlook all the way to christmas. we're talking about more record warm. for now, awful chilly. it's kind of nice. >> and new tonight, allegations of sexual abuse against a well known montsenior in our area. case involves a young boy 30 years ago. the district attorney is now investigating this case. new york archdiocese just removing the priest from practicing. eyewitness news reporter marcus -- has much more. john o'keefe has been out of medical leave, but the pastor of this parish is now barred from functioning as a priest for far more serious

now, this afternoon, a letter from timothy cardinal dolan went out. it said the accusations were found to be credible. it was turned over to a number of prosecutors. they took place in the 1980s when o'keefe worked at cardinal hayes high school in the bronx. one case occurred in virginia. meantime, the rockland county da's office also has opened an investigation. the allegations have not been substantiated and that o'keefe denies them and the church is also looking into it. >> our policy is it's not just the archdiocese but across the country that if we can substantiate that even one act of abuse as occurred, that montsenior o'keefe will never function as a priest again. >> now, the letter says the

virginia is over largely in part because of the statute of limitations, but the rockland county da's office would investigate any potential recent cases. it is urging anyone with contact them. we're live in pearl river, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> marcus, thank you. a traffic stop in rockland county leading to the arrest of five teenage boys and a troubling discovery. the teenagers were pulled over overnight. inside the car, police found handguns, knives, a bulletproof vest, pepper spray, along with stolen property from car break- ins in several nearby communities. the man accused of running a rental scam that billed protect pro peck spiv tenants out of -- prospective tenants out of $10,000. >> a man claimed he had a room to rent. he took rent money, security deposits and personal property. then he refused to call people

arrested pack in september. cops arrested him on december 2 december 2nd for allegedly scamming six more people. president obama is addressing terrorism. this time at his final press conference of the year. he spoke of the lone wolf terrorists. he said they're hard to deticket. government agencies are working to prevent any more attacks in the u.s. >> we're continuing to work at every level to make sure that there's no slip between information sharing among agencies. >> the president and first lady are headed to california where they will meet with the families of the san bernardino shooting victims and then onto hawaii for their annual holiday vacation. >> big and important news tonight for the first responders who rushed to ground zero on the 9/11 terror attacks and are now sick. a 75-year extense of the so-

president obama signing a federal spending bill that guarantees enough money for the victim's compensation fund for 911 survivors and first responders. it renews the program until 2090. >> never again, never again have to come to washington to beg for basic health care. it's a national scandal that they had to do it in the first place. >> so far 4,000 people have been diagnosed with cancer after they were exposed to tox toxins at the world trade center site. >> an officer slashed with a ovation. >> that's officer kenneth other officers when he was

the man who attacked them was shot and killed heelly is now on desk duty at the 103rd precinct in jamaica while he continues his recovery. checking wall street, the gains from earlier this week, they got wiped out today. the dow fell more than 367 points. the nasdaq lost 79 points and the s&p 500 dropped 36. as we continue with eyewitness news at 6:00 this friday night, talk about a fine display of holiday spirit. the own toy story. they're giving away free gifts to thousands of children. and a boa on a b12, a

a bus driver spotted a boa. workers had to removal panels to get it our. the big question is how in the world did the snake get on the bus in the first place. under the heading it is better to give than receive, new york cops giving away thousands of toys to kids in the bronx. the police precinct was packed today. >> we were there for this giant toy giveaway. >> reporter: for the second year in a row, bronx families in need were invited to the 407 to see santa and receive holiday cheer. through community policing, school security, and officers

and send out invitations, saying bring your childrenment thousands showed up and waited in line. >> this is a great opportunity for us to humanize the people in uniform so they see us not as enforcers but as people who care about them. >> nypd officers dressed as elfs escorted the children through the precinct and hand delivered an age appropriate gift. >> what is your present? >> extreme action fighters. >> what do you think? pretty cool, right? >> yeah. >> i think they're doing a good job actually, for kids. >> for many families, it's station. >> was it scary? >> no. it was happy. >> we want the memory to be a good memory. >> the precinct more than doubled the number of toys. 5,000 given out this year with the help of bank of america. >> it's a very large precinct. they're dedicated to working the streets and breaking that

of this precinct and the police department. >> happy holidays and thanks. >> that's the holiday spirit nypd hopes there stay throughout the years. amy freeze, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> still to come, the force is strong. the new numbers show a galactic opening. the seventh film in the star wars saga. >> finally beginning to feel like december, some of us will see flurries in parts of our area.

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the star wars seventh edition has opened up today. setting a box office record $57 million on early release. >> the midtown north precinct is posting this on its twitter page page. darth who? sith what? >> yoda? >> like the force -- >> not quite there yet. >> just have your permits. >> exactly. a couple of flurries? couple of flurries. maybe 10, 20% of the area will see it. don't be surprised if you see a quick flurry go through the area. >> send your pictures in. >> exactly. if you will be fleeting -- it will be great. you have a week to do it.

midtown looks beautiful. the skating rink at central park park, you're not sweating. it's still another day where we're 14 degrees above average and only six degrees away from a record high. 39 and cold. finally living up to its name. hoboken junction. it's 44 in newark and 48 in and over. already wind chills north and west dipping closer to the freezing mark. not too far at bell mar. a pair of 4s at 7:00. wind gusts close to 25 miles per hour. during the day tomorrow, 30 to 35. struggling to 40 degrees and a stray flurry throughout the day. rain showers leaving the area

the clouds over toward northwest new jersey. the clouds continue to break as we go through the overnight hours there. 's the last of the showers moving away with yesterday's storm system and behind it, blustery winds, colder temperatures, look where the trajectory is coming from. right down from the great lakes. look what's going on. the snow machines are going on for the first time in a while from buffalo south and north of syracuse. in these areas, 8-14-inches of snow. if you look, remember that trajectory, look at some of these showers. we'll get flurries to the cat skills. only a 5, 10% of a flurry getting down into new york city. tomorrow, 20s to low 30s. 38-41. cloud sun, gusty wind and a stray flurry. wind chills, something we haven't seen in a while. barely up to 40 tomorrow. clouds and sun. still brisk tomorrow night, only the second time this season. we get down to freezing and

in terms of the seven-day actual forecast, yes, we're going to get up to 44 degrees during the afternoon hours. the morning temperatures, still brisk in the upper 20s and low 30s. on monday, it's a bounceback day at 54 degrees. there might be a shower later tonight when winter arrives just before midnight. a big warmup comes in as we'll be in the mid-50s by monday and tuesday. then into the 60s by christmas eve. could be 65 to 70 across the area. we'll have more on that. >> perfect if you're in l.a. >> thanks. >> you got. it. rob is up next with sports. >> big game for the jets and the giants. it could be a playoff spot.

if that camera had been rolling during the break, you would have seen rob leading news crunches. it was not rolling. all right. big football weekend, right? >> the only reason you're saying that is because people were outside watching,. >> taking pictures and posting it. oops there's a window there. >> we had to play along. we're going head to this weekend with both teams in play. the jets play a national game tomorrow night in dallas. on the surface, the cowboys look like easy pray. dallas' offense came to a stand

over for the injured tony romo. cowboys, 4-9, but these are the trap games that the jets need to guard against. >> our task, play football. don't go out there and make a bunch of mistakes and end up having to play against the cowboys and play ourselves. if you can get hot, you can give yourself a good chance to get in the tournament. >> the giants have a big game at home there. 's only team left and the panthers come calling. they looked good in pushing 6- 7. so they beat the dolphins, but the panthers are a different animal. 13-0. that's what big blue is up against. >> a lot of times you don't look at the record. you look at the scheme. so we're looking at their scheme, personnel, what they can do in situations and the west -- best way to attack it. >> we need to put our best foot

>> nets on the road at indiana. the cavs beat the thunder in cleveland. here's what has everybody talking. lebron james crashing into the first row of seats. he ran into elie day, the wife of jason day, pga golfer. james is 6'8", 250. elie gave birth last month. she has been released. elie has no hard feelings either. go cavs. 107 days away from mets' opening day. still time to think about baseball and baseball fans. he's used to serving up 100 mile-per-hour fastballs, so this was something new. passing time until his day job comes calling. >> i think we're all a little heartbroken with how the season went -- not how it went, but how it ended. it's going to keep us hungry

lit and keep us hungry going into strange. >> get some coffee. >> alliteration runs wild. it's pig skin prognosis. i we start with the special. leading the jets to dallas. 1-3 straight and five years sentence they won four in a row. jets are 1-5. dallas 4--9. the prognosis, jets win on the road. now to sunday, the unbeaten panthers take on the giants at the meadowlands. 13-0. the giants did look better monday in miami. but the dolphins are not the panthers. big blue on a short week. the computer, which, by the way, had a tough time with this one. the giants lose 45-21, just too much stacked against him. we'll see because, as always,

it's a crucial week. 17-8. predicted the giants will lose. the jets we'll see what happens. >> the computer predicted that. you have a look on your face. what's up? >> i think the carolina panthers are going to lose the first game this weekend. >> if they're going to lose, it will be this weekend. >> go ahead. >> i'm bet we are the seven- day. >> we know that. happy birthday, liz. >> thank you very much. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. >> happy birthday, liz. >> thank you. >> coming up tonight, new at 11:00, a big christmas display part of the a police investigation. hear what one woman says she found when he woke up. it has her angry and looking for answers. plus, the quicker way for diabetics to get their blood sugar under control in just seconds. we'll have more tonight at 11:00. see you then. >> thanks for watching happy birthday, liz.