into us. meanwhile, a scout master is recovering after a half hour inside a cave with a bear. >> it happened at the rock township. three quick-thinking boy scouts knew what to do. kala is live with what they did. >> reporter: these hiking trails go for miles. you have to know your way around here. apparently that boy scout master did. on his hikes. this time what a difference. he is recovering with bite marks, claw marks to his head and shoulders. the 51-year-old fought the bear off an hour and 20 minutes before he was air lifted out of the reservoir to new jersey.

three boy scouts to show them a cave he's been before. when he entered the gave a black bear grabbed his foot and dragged him into the cave. he curled into fetal. >> we have a helicopter above them. all of us are going to go for those kids. >> reporter: three scouts called 9-1-1 and started a fire to smoke the bear out of the cave and signal their location to emergency responders. >> they are amazing kids. sometimes we don't give our kids enough credit. has amusing. >> reporter: ann shannon came to visit. her son was in the same troop but not on this excursion. she describes him as adventurous and good with the kids. >> he shows them fun and adventurous things and teaching them outdoor skills. i'm sure that's what he was

>> reporter: last november rutger student died after a bear attack in west millford. this situation could have been different. survival to tell and those three kids to thank. outside new jersey channel 7 >> thank you very much. new at noon 15 children were taken to the hospital in new jersey after a fire school bus. police are trying to determine why it went off on the bus as the students were headed to green grove elementary school. 15 kids were taken to the hospital because of the exposure to the chemicals inside the extinguisher. a horrific death of a 2- month-old baby. the father is accused of

boy. he is then accused of putting the boy's body in a suit case. >> reporter: outside morris park in the bronx neighbors are at a loss. that little boy was barely eight weeks old. i'm told the child's father has given a lengthy statement to police. they believe the boy's father carried the child's body in a gym bag hours after the murder. the 51-year-old suffocated the boy in a rage after the child would not stop crying. when the infant's mother danielle white discovered the child barely breathing he allegedly threatened to kill her if she called to call 9-1- 1. they both left the apartment and buried the child in dutchess county. it was not until miss white was

unsuccessful suicide attempt when she explained what happened. and the boy was recovered from his shallow grave. >> i never knew he was that type of person. i can't believe it. it is savage. >> reporter: that's the reaction from neighbors up and down the street. danielle white is a teacher in the new york public school system. i'm told he is held in police center. it is not clear when he'll be arraigned on the murder charge. the woman accused of killing her fiance on a

back in court. she removed the plug of her fiance's kayak in april. she is stopped from receiving any payouts until all legal measures are resolved. amtrak is improving safety measures for trains between new york and philadelphia. the prevention system is called positive train control. the system could have presented the fatal derailment in philadelphia last may that killed eight people. this is the last stretch of tracks on the northeast corridor to get the system. it can take control of the train through a curve if the engineer is disabled or distracted. a deadly assault on the sidewalks of the vegas strip. car. people killing one person and

>> reporter: the woman killed on the las vegas strip is a 32- year-old woman from arizona. the driver under arrest is an african-american woman. she is in her 20s and she is not from las vegas. they are questioning her trying to figure out why she allegedly did it. a terrifying hit and reason on the busy las vegas strip. >> some lady ran and jumped the curb in her car and want through the people. >> reporter: a woman driving this oldsmobile veered on the sidewalk three times sunday night veering in the outside of the paris hotel and casino. front of the car. >> reporter: one person is dead. 30 people were sent to the hospital. all while a 3-year-old child saturday inside the car. witnesses tried running alongside the vehicle to stop the driver. >> it looked like she was not trying to stop the car.

and was looking straightforward. >> reporter: police caught up to her moments later. >> she is in custody. >> we have determined this is an intentional act. >> reporter: the inside the vehicle is unharmed but several people remain hospitalized. >> why did this have to happen? >> investigators are looking over surveillance footage along the las vegas trip to get a better understanding of what happened there. this is not a case of terrorism. reporting live in los angeles brandy hitch channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you very much. a second court appearance is scheduled today for the man accused of buying the rifles used by the two attackers in the san bernardino shooting massacre. prosecutors want marquez held without bail. has charged for conspiring and

he is accused of illegally buying guns for the two and visa fraud. turning to vote 2016. lindsay graham dropping out for the run as presidential. south carolina senator announced his departure from the race on video. while he did not give a reason. he has been trailing in the polls. he thanks supporting saying quote, we have run a campaign welcome be proud of it. we are hearing the nfl will rough up o'dell beckham jr.'s wallet. he was flagged for three personal fouls yesterday against carolina. a report on espn said beckham will be fined and suspected. he caught a game-tying touchdown late in the fourth quarter. giants lost on a second-last field goal. >> that was tough. a teenager's life saved.

time bomb on his face. coming up, the incredible work in manhattan to save him. entire buildings crumbled by a deadly landslide and a desperate search now underway for survivors. i'm meteorologist bill evans in the weather center.

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sunday. knocking down dozens of buildings. 85 people are missing. 1300 are hospitalized. chinese officials say the slide was caused when a pile of construction waste and resident collapsed. north american service members may be among the troops killed in a suicide attack that happened in afghanistan. nato officials say six coalition soldiers were killed and three injured when a bomber attacked a convoy. 10,000 u.s. troops are in that area to train and advise afgan authorities. victim's nationalities have not been released. taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. head of soccer's government said he'll fight the bans. fifa president steve bladder was banned for eight years.

a retired police officer and traveling companion are being held after a fake bomb forced the landing of an air france flight. investigators say the device was placed in the lavatory on the plane heading from kenya. this is the fourth recent hoax on the airline. scares comes after concerns about terror are heightened following the deadly terrorist attacks in paris. prosecutors say 52-year-old eddie tipton, a former security director working for the multistate lottery association installed secret machines on the state to generally pick lottery numbers. >> we are looking into any jackpots associated with that. >> he asked people he knew to

his attorney says there is no evidence he tampered with computer. a jury convicted him ten years earlier for rigging a drawing. tipton is out on bail as that verdict is appealed. caught on camera. a robber gets more than he bargained for. see the clerk and customer that refused to back down. lindsay lohan's dad has been arrested again. we'll tell you what he was charged with doing. bill evans is back with your accu-weather forecast. first we want to give you a military.

two astronauts completed a space walk this morning. commander scott kelly and newly arrived flight engineer successfully freed the park stuck on sliding rails. it is necessary to unload supplies from a russian space capsule scheduled to arrive on

that fix. that supply mission that is supply mission. >> they need wd-40. i didn't want to tell them. you need the yellow straw on the side and the rails. rail car. we need to bring that back. >> it was a d-train. we have to get it back. >> we sent you an expresso machine. just saying. >> you should get expresso in space and you are weightless. looking outside at sunshine and clouds for the afternoon. we'll have mild temperatures. this will be the coldest day. the last day of fall as we head toward january and february. we are looking at warmer weather. that's a police boat going by the building heading south.

it is flat and nice on the east river today. ferries going back and forth. it will be a nice ride after work. 49 is our temperature now. normal average temperature is humidity dry. southwest wind at 13 gusting up to 22. pressure is at 30.25 falling. yesterday's high was 43. even though it was chilly yesterday still above normal. sunsets 4:31. it will be a gorgeous sunset. it will be cloudy today and tomorrow. wednesday. record warmth is coming our way on christmas thursday when it is around 70 or higher. it will be clearing out for christmas with sunshine. temperatures still very mild for this first week of winter as we head toward christmas. 46 river dale. 50 white stone. these numbers are warm because of the wind coming up out of the south and southwest at noontime. back towards our west there are

that will spread eastern with this front. it will come to us tomorrow on future cast. temperatures tomorrow afternoon are in the upper 40s and low 50s. in the overnight hours we are looking at low 50s. we start tomorrow with showers around 6:00 a.m. and off and on through the day and into the afternoon. temperatures will be in the low 60s and upper 50s. these numbers are 20 degrees warmer than normal for this time of the year as we go into and wednesday. as we go toward christmas eve, the high on the atlantic acts like the bermuda high and warms things up toward the end of the week and christmas day. clouds and sun this afternoon. milder. 54. tonight 50 degrees. tomorrow you'll need your rain gear. it is warmer and 62. we'll have a few showers tomorrow. wednesday evening we can get half an inch of rain. that pulls up more warm air on thursday. we are looking at 63 as the old record.

sunshine and 60 degrees. on saturday and sunday you'll see the temperatures are still in the mid to upper 50s. that is well above normal for this time of the year. first week of winter. >> should i be afraid? this is so high it is disturbing. >> i like that. disturbing. i don't even like snow. >> you are just worried about pay back down the road. it is going to get cold in january and february. don't worry. caught in the act, a grieving woman was ripped off

two men go toe-to-toe with a would-be robber. we'll begin with two brave men stepping up to take down a suspected armed robber inside a convenience watch. watch as the robber walks over to a clerk and customer with his right hand in his pocket

he tells the men to get on the ground. instead they charge at him and start swinging. suspect is wrestled to the ground. he is identified as a 47-year- old and is charged with armed robbery. talk about low. accused of smash-and-grab purse theft at a funeral. suspect drove around a cemetery looking for his target in sacramento. pulls a car up to a line of parked vehicles during a service. goes off camera. breaks a window. takes a purse and speeds off in his own vehicle. police say this is a good reminder for everyone to keep valuables out of sight. >> thank you. mail carriers are working extra hard to get the season's greetings through today. it is the busiest shipping day of the year. u.s. postal service says 620 million pieces of mail and packages will go through the system today. today is the last day to ship packages through priority mail

christmas. aaa says the price of gas nationwide is still dropping. average cost per gallon is $2.06. in new york driver's are paying $2.25. connecticut $2.19. the garden state $1.88. much more ahead on eyewitness news at noon, a teenager with what doctors describe as a ticking time bomb on his face. now he is getting a second chance thanks to life-saving surgeries here in new york city. a new campaign feud. find out why donald trump says clinton lied during saturday night's debate.

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las vegas strip has reopened after a car came crashing into the crowd on the sidewalk near planet hollywood. one person was killed. dozens more injured. the driver did it intentional. i'm david novarro. a teenager with a life threating growth on his face was able to undergo surgery. >> today he got the thank the doctors who saved his life. >> mallory hoff is on the upper east side with the story. >> reporter: today the teen said for the first time he understands and recognizes the fact he'll have a normal life. this is before and after a the 18-year-old had a facial growth that covered most of his

to eat, sleep, talk and breathe. it was considered to be a ticking time bomb. it could have ruptured due to a flight facial injury causing him to bleed out. the doctors here in new york did the work pro bono over the last eight months. today they gave them the gift of a stunt bike and helmet. it is his passion. now he'll be able to do it without fearing that growth could rupture. >> when you put on that helmet and jumped on this bike how did you feel? >> translator: he feels so great. now he can start his life and he feel like he just was born. >> reporter: the teen and his mom will fly back to.

back to school. he'll have to come back here for more surgeries. from this point forward he is no longer living with a ticking time bomb. city. radio shock jock and former co-host of the opie and anthony show is accused of abuse. he was released without bail in and ordered to stay away from the alleged victim. his lawyer denies the charges. he was fired from satellite radio last year following a tweets. there are reports of a westchester county. according to the wall street journal, iranian hackers were system in 2013. the breech sparked security house. the systems hacked controlled

could be used to create an explosion or flood. turning to vote 2016. republican senator lindsay graham, latest to drop out of the republican presidential race. this weekend's democratic debate set off a new feud between hillary clinton and republican front runner donald trump. magan hughe is live in washington with the latest campaign developments. >> reporter: good afternoon. donald trump is calling hillary clinton a liar. and the democratic front runner is on the defensive. donald trump has kept fact checkers busy from claims that muslims celebrated in new jersey after 9/11 to tweets statistics. today trump told matt lauer he clinton.

they are going to people showing video of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihaddist, clinton's campaign unable to prove such a video exists. sanders campaigns a one fewer staffer. he said he is sorry for clinton's data breech. on the gop side lindsay graham announces he is out. but. >> i want us to be the united states, single greats nation in the history of all man kind. >> new hampshire primary is 50 days away. on the republican side trump polls.

for the second place spot. in washington magan hughes channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, magan. we want to turn to bill evans for the after school forecast. >> we have clouds across the reservoir. the temperature creeps down as we go to the afternoon. starts around 52 and goes into the 40s but then creeps back up to the 50s tomorrow. we'll have warm air and breaks of sun. we'll talk about a record high christmas eve coming up and what christmas day looks like in your seven-day forecast. a major mess at miss universe. what caused the wrong woman to be crowned the winner.

new at noon, lindsay lohan's father under arrest again. this time he is charged with an altercation with his estranged wife. michael lohan taken into custody in palm beach, florida. 55-year-old accused of choking kate major in october and slapping their son in the face. major taped the incident and

charge him with battery. notorious former drug company ceo is speaking out. he was arrested for securities fraud and out on bail. he told the wall street journal he was arrested because of a social experiment and teasing people on the internet. he held a bizarre live stream over the weekend for hours. he did not address the allegations but he did play the guitar and take phone calls. three girls shielded from bullets by a 15-year-old football player in tennessee speak you can out about this teen's selfless act of heroism that caused him his life. without hesitation the teen jumped on top of the girls. his friends say they had no idea he was fatally hit by a bullet until they tried to get him to come in the house. >> i pulled on him and said you can get up now. he didn't get up. i went upstairs to make sure everything was

when i looked at him he had got shot in the head. >> the man who killed dobson was found shot to death after crashing his car into a building hours later. president obama tweeted saying he died saving three friends from getting shot. he was a hero at 15. what the our excuse for not acting? the mother of the so-called teen a than couch is on the run. he made headlines after killing four people in texas while driving drunk and only receiving probation. punishment sparked publicout

received a slap on the risk because he comes from a wealthy family. luke gained notoriety when a video for his demands for mac and cheese went viral in on the. he was arrested when a food court manager refused to serve him. today he'll find out if he can have the charges drop on breech of peace and trespass. a major mixup and epic fail at miss universe. >> miss universe 2015 is. >> and what happened next was one of the most awkward television moments we have ever seen. hear what steve harvey has to say after crowning the wrong winner. the box office numbers keep

there is a new miss universe. >> it ended with the wrong woman crowned miss universe. >> miss universe 2015 is columbia! >> steve harvey announced columbia was the winner. no, after the crown was on and bouquet hand out he realized he made a terrible mistake. he read it wrong on the card. it was in fact miss philippines, the woman announced as the runner up who should have been crowned. call it a mistake but i can show it to you here. first runner up is columbia. it is my mistake.

>> i feel for steve. if that wasn't awkward enough, the crown then removed from miscolumbia's head and given to miss philippine. she is in shock. audience is in shock. i'm in shock. harvey did his best to apologize again after the pageant sending this tweet. it didn't come out right because he misspelled both countries. the tweet later deleted. you know steve harvey. it was a mistake. it was at the wrong time. wrong place. and he is going to be apologizing for that for a long time. the force is strong with movie goers. long awaited star wars movie has been smashing box office records. >> entertainment reporter is here with how big a success is

totals are staggering. just shy of $300 million overseas. add it up and it is well past half a billion dollars. the force strong with movie goers, "star wars the force awakens" shattered all kinds of records in the opening weekend. >> it was 11 on a ten scale. >> it felt like the original trilogy all over again. >> reporter: in los angeles movie theaters kept adding shows to keep up with the demand. meaning plenty of tickets were available. but fans still waited in lines. >> it is star wars, why not? >> reporter: in new york this audio got a surprise visit from the star as seen in this video posted on instagram. >> i wanted to pop by. he was in the area. >> reporter: this star wars movie was hailed as the most anticipated sequel ever. fandango is reporting most

before opening night. so, who watched? 58% were male. 71% adults. and 20% families. >> it was amazing. they redeemed the prequels entirely. >> i have spent the last 20 hours watching six movies. i was not prepared for it. i have to go back and watch it again and again and again. >> that kind of enthusiasm is literally music to the ears if many of people see it again and again. the force awakens is owned by disney, which owns channel 7. some of our own eyewitness news

surprise meeting by john. dave, the ultimate star wars fan, the man i saw this picture with, you have news of a lot of trivia and extra. >> he talks about the reason why people will be going back. it was revealed by j.j. abrams that yoda and obi-wan kenobi. you don't realize when you see it the first time. now that you know, it is like i got to go back and see where that happens. you have to discover it on your own. it is little things that make you want to buy another ticket. kaching. that got us. >> and james bond is in it. >> daniel craig. >> so cool. >> we had to take bill's word for that because you cannot see him. >> he is a storm trooper. >> works for me. >> he apparently was on the set doing the james bond movie in london and he went over and said do you mind if i play a

>> we'll look at the rest of this afternoon. it only gets warmer from this point on. it is the last day of fall. this is it. fall is going out like it came in. warm, mild and above normal. these temperatures are just as warm to the warm side as last winter was cold to the dark side. it is a polar opposite from last winter where we were running ten degrees on average colder than normal for weeks at from normal. now we are 13 degrees above in the departure from normal so far in the month of december. that will continue. normal. that was on saturday. that was only by a couple of degrees. we are looking at 49 right now. normal high this time of year is 41 degrees. we are looking at 51 around north port and hop hog. these numbers are ten degrees warmer than normal. it only gets warmer. this is the coolest day of the

we are looking at showers west with a frontal boundary that will come in tomorrow. for the afternoon it will warm up a little more. about 4:00 we'll get to 53 degrees. might even touch 54 for a few minutes. then we'll be in the low 50sed a sunset. that is very mild. we'll be around 50 overnight. we are not looking at colder air coming in. it only gets warmer. it is almost like a bermuda high situation here. 54 this afternoon. 50 tonight. tomorrow 62. few showers. you'll need the umbrella tomorrow. there will be a few showers wednesday in the afternoon and evening. this front pushes through. we have a warm front over the area. 71 degrees. i don't know if it makes you feel like caroling on christmas eve at 71 degrees. sunshine on christmas day. 60 degrees. even into the weekend temperatures are still well above normal for this time of

58 and 55 degrees. >> today's the shortest day. from here on out it gets longer. >> shortest daylight hours. longest night time hours. as you said it gets shorter. >> thank you. stay with us. we'll be right back. there is a place where the cold melts away the hustle and bustle dies down and the only thing left is what's truly important.

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the guy's father was shot when he answered the door in 2012. his murder is still not solved. >> it breaks your heart. you know the star wars movie is a big deal when local police departments can't help but get in the spirit of it all. the officer in fullshear, texas. the officer asked to join them. no one was on duty. officers did it on their own time. they told a local paper they thought it was a great way to promote the department. a new adorable addition to the abc news family. ginger z and her husband

adrian benjamin was borned yesterday morning in new york city. 7-pounds 8-ounces. that is going to do it for this edition of eyewitness news. have a great afternoon. make sure you get back here for eyewitness news first at 4:00. 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. hi grandma and grandpa! ha, look at that!

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