>> reporter: those who heard gunshots ran along with others who saw police, sensed the fear and panicked. >> pure pandemonium. >> reporter: surveillance video obtained exclusively by eyewitness news shows police and security guards helping a man shot outside a tourneau store. after they took down an armed robber whose handgun fired. >> the shot left the store and struck a mall employee in the mall. 67-year-old male. >> a man was arrested a short time later. on one of the busiest shopping days of the year, confusion. >> i wasn't in the store 30 seconds and people just started screaming and running out of the door at macy's. >> reporter: ever since paris, a response from police that is greater than ever. >> we have the bureau of special operations and response team that works in the mall. i won't go into the specific numbers but we have a robust

assigned to the mall. the. >> reporter: once again, that protocol has been in place since the shootings in paris. we want to emphasize that on a busy night of shopping, this mall is now open to shoppers. as you mentioned, there was an off duty deputy inspector from the fugitive enforcement division from the nypd. he helped take down the suspect. he was just at the mall christmas shopping. live in garden city, stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. now to the weather and the potentially record breaking warmth. we could hit 70 or higher for christmas eve. before we get there, all the warm weather could wreak havoc on a holiday get way in the form of fog and heavy rain as well. meteorologist lee goldberg it is tracking it all. >> on the first full night of winter, dress spring. 20 degrees above average. pretty shot of midtown. you can see the low cloudiness. it hasn't lowered to the point where visibilities are way

that will happen tonight into tomorrow morning. we are in the low 60s. cloudy skies. westerly wind about 6 miles per hour. mild across the area. last year on this date we were 20 colder in the low to middle 40s. in terms of the rainfall, amounts are light unless you talk about bridgeport, an inch and a quarter. streets are damp. no big puddles. murky outside. low clouds are trying to thin out north and west. the rain moved out. the next heavy batch is way down in the gulf of mexico. this is a while before we get to the heavy rain. 12, 15 hours away. look at the warmth on the east coast. that is in the 70s coming up i- 95 for christmas eve. the lull that we are in with the rainfall will last until late tomorrow morning. prepare for that. fog and heavy rain. definitelying fog slow travel tomorrow in the afternoon hours. that will give rain to record shattering warmth on christmas.

>> see you in a few minutes. he was by all accounts a great guy but the real deal, a selfless public servant and devoted family man and dad. joseph lemm one of six americans killed in a suicide bomber attack in affidavit. also killed louis bonacasa who lived in long island. he leaves behind a wife and 5- year-old daughter. a taliban attacker ramming his motorcycle into the patrol. both were assigned to an air national guard unit at stewart air base. that's where jim hoffer is with the story. >> reporter: three days until christmas. the 105th air national guard is in deep mourning. think about it. a suicide boomer taking the life of two of their soldiers, both of them from new york. air force staff stood on the doorstep of joseph lemm as word

the hands of a suicide boomer in -- bomber in afghanistan spread through town. >> reporter: his bar der said they became -- barber said they became friends. he said lemm was a humble man. >> he was a quiet man. he didn't brag. he didn't say much. but once you started talking to him, he would open up. i was glad i got to know him. >> reporter: lemm in this home video as air force sergeant surprising his teenage daughter, young son and wife in 2013 after ten months at war. there will be no homecoming for his third tour after the terrorist attack in afghanistan. >> it hits home. it reminds us that we are still at war there. >> reporter: the loss of lemm and another soldier, louis

unit is a huge blow to orange county, home of the 105th which has sacrificed two of their own. >> that's what they men and women are doing, keeping the fight over there so it's not here. that's what we have to remember and pray for that family over the holidays. >> reporter: sergeant lemm was in his third tour of duty. sergeant bonacasa was in his fourth and fund tour of duty. it was expected to wrap up this coming april. live at the 105th air national guard near newburgh, jim hoffer, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> so sad. thank you. a man with several arrest warnings outstanding behind bars in new jersey but not before leading police on a chase that spans two states. police spotted dorrell jackson about 4:00 a.m. he drove over the george washington bridge in manhattan, returned to new jersey, then jumped out of the moving car on the palisades parkway. officers caught up with him in

his passengers were taken into custody. we turn to the race for president. hillary clinton and donald trump are directing barbs at each other. it could be a preview of the general election. >> she was favored to win and she got -- [ bleep ]. >> trump yet again being blasted as a sexist after using a sexual yiddish term to attack hillary clinton and how she lost in 2008 to barack obama. clinton said trumps insulting language about islam is helping terrorists recruit. >> video of mr. trump being translated into arabic, goes no muslims coming to the united states, other kinds of derogatory, defamatory statements, it's playing into the hands of the violent jihadist. >> trump demanded an apology after clinton made a similar

he said her video evidence the claim is true. paid parental leave this close to becoming reality for 20,000 nonunion new york city employees. mayor de blasio will sign an executive order that will allow the employees to take maternity, paternity, adoption or foster care leave for six weeks at full pay. it can be combined with existing time off giving them up to 12 weeks off. quick check of wall street. stocks rallied. the dow up 165. s&p picked up 17 nearly 18 points. as we continue with "eyewitness news at 6:00" on this tuesday night, fire alarms pulled repeatedly at a local high school. business leaders say some are pulling them so they can fight outside. we have the disturbing video up next. >> a big surprise for the family of an fdny firefighter killed in the line of duty.

business owners living in fear about the escalating violence at a high school near the bronx. >> the streets they say are overrun by fighting students that pull the fire alarm as a way to get everyone out. one of those fights caught on camera. >> the big question is how to stop the violence. joe torres has the story in westchester square for us. >> reporter: administrators at the six schools on the lehman campus sent a letter home to parents asking parents for their help asking parents to encourage their kids not to pull the fire alarms inside the schools. that strategy has not worked. the result?

fighting and that's causing major problems. israel leon showed us the public address system. >> kids, can you move out of the way, out of the front of our business. >> reporter: then he sounded the peering siren -- piercing siren. then the video surveillance system that shows why the owners of the beyond beauty academy in westchester square have invested thousands in dollars in numerous security measures. look at the mob of high school students who punch, fight and brawl on east tremont avenue just about every school day. >> i have my son that comes to the school, my wife and these are the type of things that you don't want your family or people in general to have do deal with when they walk in a business. it's unsafe. >> reporter: so unsafe and infrequent that six school administrators sent a letter home to parents saying the leadership and staff of the lehman educational campus take this issue seriously and are working with representatives of

the nypd and the office of safety and youth development to address the issue and ensure that it does not continue. that letter was dated december 4th. three weeks later the problem in fact does continue. >> this is not really a police issue. the police are responding to what is going on. the problems are created inside the school. >> reporter: when someone pulls the fire alarm, thousands of kids pour on the streets. the daily fights have taken a toll on retailers in an effort to keep the kids out are keeping customers out. >> [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: the business improvement district feels the problem centers around cell phones in schools adding when the mayor and department of education allowed that to happen, schools inside -- phones inside the schools they started to communicate on the

problems on the outside. live in westchester square, joe torres, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> troubling indeed, thank you. the truck driver blamed for the crash that injured tracy morgan and killed one of his friends was back in court. the attorney for kevin roper asked the judge to dismiss the assault by death auto charges because roper can't get a fair trial because walmart was allowed to settle a civil lawsuit brought by mr. morgan. >> when you allow a civil case to go forward of a criminal matter you are giving a prosecutor a weapon of mass destruction when it comes to a defendant's rights to defend his case. >> the request was denied. neighbors and businesses on long island came together to help the family of a firefighter killed protecting his community. >> thank you for the sacrifice that your husband and your father made for your

worry about your mortgage any more. >> yes. the nonprofit stephen still erased the money to pay the home mortgage of joseph sanford sun jour. he died a year ago fighting a fire. >> that foundation is really stepping up. amazing. >> certainly so. >> just ahead at 6:00, how much jet fuel will santa claus need to deliver the presents on christmas eve? somebody has crunched the numbers. >> and what will it be like for santa on christmas eve? will he need the big heavy red suit. >> is lee crunching the

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call it job security for rudolph. scientists crunched the numbers on how much it could cost for santa to take a plane. he traveled 22600 miles to deliver the press. the journey would take 45 million gallons of jet fuel at prices that would cost about $54 million. jet fuel is more expensive than carrots. for the 15th year lee goldberg, lauren glassberg and me-- >> where is your picture then. >> thanks a lot. one of my aunts we are reading your profound and men full and moving and emotional e-mails christmas morning from 4:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.

and facebook and twitter send lee, lauren or i and we will put up pictures tomorrow. >> the truth is it's a special morning we look forward to. >> great to watch from home. santa sounds like he will need shorts and flip-flops. >> you trade in the milk and cookies and go got tore raid to keep him hydrated. a hot night for him. outside we go, one thing that is great to see, the camera is bouncing. there is enough wind, enough drying that we haven't had the fog form. i think it will happen later on tonight. at least travel isn't being delayed by low ceilings and a lot of fog. the ceiling is probably 12, 1300 feet. not that bad. 61 degrees. southwest wind at 7. the high 62 on the first full day of winter. the average high is 41 the forget about averages. we spent a couple of days in the 40s over the weekend.

that was two years ago. we will be in the 70s on christmas eve. 74 the forecast high. forget the old record from 1996. the question is can we get the all time december high, 75 degrees. we have a shot break through the clouds at time. the one change in the christmas day forecast, the problem of late rain coming in south and west of new york city. 61 soho. bayside 62. staten island, you are at 59. hudson valley in the 50s. monticello you had 30s last night. around 50s. visibilities have come way up. at 4:00 it was 2 miles at j.f.k. islip a half mile. still low on the island. tricky travel on the island. doing well on the hudson valley and jersey shore. the night. clouds and fog, some dense at 54.

and fog. rain holds off to late morning or midday. heavier in the afternoon hours. clouds are trying to thin. the rain moved off for the time being. the next batch of heavy rainfall is down in the gulf of mexico. it's waiting for this low out of the rockies to get involved and scoop up the moisture and send it up the east coast. that is tomorrow. it won't happen until midday or afternoon. you can see how lighter rains are coming in. really coming down, pouring during the afternoon hours and winding down during the early evening. a good soaking of an inch or more at 62. a sweet spot in between fronts thursday. clouds thin out. record shattering heat at 74. cloudy, areas of fog later on, 52. 62 tomorrow. the rain heaviest in the afternoon hours. rain ends tomorrow. temperatures rise through the 60s. we start out christmas eve in the mid-60s. there is 74. all time record high of 75 in reach. friday, one thing to look out

east could reach us by late day. cool saturday, kind of raw. in the lower 50s. sunday the sun can break out. i might be too low with the 62. mid-60s again before we cool off. cool off, 10 above average. >> thanks, lee. >> rob is up next with sports. >> keep the pool open longer. anything but an ordinary week with the giants as they deal with odell beckham. holiday season's just like football season... you got your big games...

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the chances of beckham winning this? >> small. he has played 26 games in his career. 14 this year. in that career he has been find by the nfl three times for on field problems and now a one game suspension for what went down sunday. battled. suspension. the appeal will be heard tomorrow in the league office and the final ruling should be handed down. nobody is excusing the panthers or norman but beckham needs to get a handle. we caught up with a teammate talking about making the trip to minnesota possibly without beckham. >> it would be real tough. you know with that guy, what

type of guy he is, the passer he has for the game. it will be hard to go up in minnesota and get a win. >> now you heard beckham may have been rattled by the panthers threatening him with a baseball bat. has video. the reg reminding teams to keep that kind of stuff off the field. panthers say okay. we will keep you up to date on the appeal. jets play-off hopes are alive but nothing is a sure thing. they host the patriots. they played saturday. the jets were back at work today. they are 9-5. they need to win the last two games which would mean a six game winning streak. there is still no promise of the play-offs because the chiefs and steelers hold the tie breakers. jets say beat the pats sunday. >> take it one at a time. take care of us and get better and dot things we need to do better sunday. >> this is why everybody in here plays the game.

in december and have a shot at playing longer. so, we are excited. >> 103 days until the mets open. word is they settled on allah han dray deloza. left-handed hitter. he will split time in center. mets would still need a right- handed hitting outfielder. one year, 4 1/2 million dollars. steve longa is ready for the nfl and christian cave friday. hockey, rangers at home against the ducks, devils in detroit. we get to basketball tomorrow. nets at home and knicks on the road. knicks are in cleveland. they look forward to playing against lebron james but we aren't sure about carmelo. he twisted his ankle in the loss to the magic.

until before the game. if anthony had his way -- >> i don't know. as of now we playing wednesday. >> that was after last night's game. he said today is monday. i will let you know game time. >> thank you, rob. >> thanks, rob. >> time for what is coming up on "eyewitness news at 11:00". sade baderinwa joins us with a preview. >> coming up, e-mail accounts of celebrities hacked. what officials in new york say the thief was trying to get access to. we are making life-style changes can make a difference on your heart health. there is new information on how much it can help. those stories and more on "eyewitness news at 11:00". bill, liz? >> thank you, sade. that is it for us for now. thanks for watching. i'm bill ritter. >> i'm liz cho. eyewitness news returns at 11:00.