michelle charlesworth will confirm. that delays across the northeast are better if you can get out or into the tristate area, delays at philadelphia, 110 minutes. these are about to get updated. this was last hour. a 10th of an inch in central park. i would imagine we got a third to half an inch in the last hour. it's pouring. look over parts of bergen, essex, over the five boroughs, westchester and fairfield getting blasted. 195. then there's another heavy batch near little lake harbor. a thunderstorm getting to cape may. this will have a resurgence of heavy rain. after we get through this batch by 7:00 we will have another resurgens between 8:00 and 10:00, then things will start to quiet down as we get an inch of rain it rain heavy at times through 9:00 or 10:00. street flooding and low visibility. still on track for the big 70- degree day tomorrow, maybe

set back in 1998. meanwhile it is a driving rain out here. looks like the heaviest rain half hour. thanks for the confirmation. he said, it's raining. sade, rob, back to you. >> thank you lee. get back inside and dry o. we're going to check with lee in a few minutes. now we want to go to michelle from laguardia. >> reporter: a lot of delays. nice to be dry inside but a two to two and a half hour delay here at la guard i can't. people are lined up all the way down, probably 10 lines. the lines are moving. a lot of people working those lines, but folks are in very good spirits. i have to say they expected with the weather and the fact this is a holiday travel day, one of the most busy of the year that they would see these delays. this is definitely the day as we look at the de par taurus

departures get out of dodge. we wish you a merry christmas >> reporter: these are the busiest days of the year for travel. laguardia did not disappoint. long lines were moving. >> are you delayed? going to raleigh? >> yes. i don't know, the lady just worked some magic because i called customer service twice, there was nothing. newark, jfk, and she just said i got you on a flight tonight at 5:00. >> reporter: no rest for the weary except for this little man who is totally ?iew. this is awesome. so wait a minute. where are you guys headed? >> going to north carolina. >> reporter: where? >> durham, and then utah. >> reporter: taking a look at the departures board, yellow writing is bad. red is terrible. that means your flight is canceled. most of theres operating about an hour to two hours delay. rule number one, don't be boring with your luggage, r two d two.

>> where you headed? >> mississippi. >> are you delayed any hope not. >> slight delay, about an hour. >> reporter: how was your flight? >> it was totally delayed. there was fog, low visibility so an hour late leaving. once you got on the plane, the laboratory needed repair, so that was another half-hour. then we had to circle in the air because there was a -- we couldn't land once we got here. we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year >> reporter: trying to keep everybody in good spirits. one final note. if you are flying out expect to see a little bit more security and a little bit more caution taken as you go through security lines. published reports indicating the tsa is doing the pat- downs. if they think they need to they are doing those full body scans, so you may see a lot more of that this year, slowing down those security lines.

good luck, safe flight. live at laguardia, michelle charlesworth, eyewitness news. >> remember you can get updates on the weather and traffic at our web site, abc7ny. now we get to that runaway city bus. >> happened on west end avenue and 96th street that bus colliding with one car setting off a chain reaction, eyewitness news reporter jim dolan is on the scene with the latest. jim. >> reporter: sade the bus had just pulled in where it is right now. it is still sitting over there. it had just pulled into that spot. the driver was done for the day. he got out of the bus and maybe he was a little eager to begin the holidays because he got off without putting the van, the bus, into park. it rolled all the way across west end avenue and started hitting cars right over here. the blue car was the first one to hit. let's go to video we shot a short while ago.

long string of cars, each car ran into the next vehicle. the one behind it, until it hit a red vehicles and that's where it came to a halt. the driver of the blue car that was damaged the most was right across the street. >> really, i have no idea what happened. i'm upset. it's a holiday weekend. what am i going to do it? 's the city. what can you do? you can't fight city hall. >> reporter: did they say they would pay for it or do you have to go through your insurance? >> oh, no, they would pay for it, they said. >> reporter: so if none of those vehicles had been there, the first thing the bus would have hit would have been this oil taker which is sitting right in front of ps 75, and there were still a lot of students at that school when all this happened. but no students were hit, nobody in the intersection was hit, no accidents. it was pretty remarkable that nobody got hurt in this.

side, jim dolan, channel 7 eyewitness news. two new york air national guard members killed in afghanistan are being remembered tonight by their base. they spoke about 45-year-old tech sergeant joseph lemm who was also an nypd detective, and the staff sergeant killed in a suicide bombing monday along with four other service members. >> he was always one to lead the way, sergeant was a steadfast defender, always one to want to be in the mix. he was they ever one to want to sit back and watch things happen. >> a service was held at bagram air force base. their bodies are arriving in the u.s. today. flags are flying at half-staff in new york today and tomorrow in their honor. new information about a head-on area in morris county

one of them is out of the hospital. the other is expected to survive as well. they were on duty when their cruiser slammed into a truck at cory lane and mendham road. the driver of the truck was not hurt. a grand jury today deciding to indict the truckdriver in the crash that injured tracee morgan and killed one of the comedian's friends. kevin roper now facing first- degree aggravated manslaughter, second-degree vehicular homicide and third- degree aggravated assault charges. roper was driving a wal-mart truck when he crashed into the van carrying morgue tbarnd and his friends on the new jersey turnpike last year. >> all right, we are still anticipating a decision sometime from the n florida today on the one-game suspension of giants wide receiver odell beckham jmplet let's take a look at the only shot of the star today arriving in midtown. the giants head coach coming to beckham's defense earlier today. eyewitness news reporter rob nelson live outside nfl headquarters right now. rob. >> reporter: good evening, rob.

rock star in the nfl known for incredible hands. at this hour his status with the league is in someone else's hands. it was this full-speed helmet to helmet hit on sunday against the panthers that took odell beckham junior from one of the league's most celebrated players to now one of its most vilified. it was one of three personal fouls the star wide receiver racked up during sunday's heartbreaking loss to carolina in which he tussled with josh norman over and over again, the league ultimately suspending the star for the giants' game this weekend. ignoring the media beckham found himself in the league's midtown office, a feeling that -- >> to depict this as odell beckham being wrong and the only one wrong is not right. >> reporter: beckham and other giants players along that the panthers taunted beckham with

before the game, and according to some reports, there were gay slurs hurled at beckham as well. >> but there were factors involved, starting in pregame, which are well document, which indicate that there was an attempt to provoke him. >> reporter: today the league announced it was not suspending norman but instead fining the panthers' player $26,000 for his role in sunday's mess. today teammates stood by beckham who in two seasons has established himself as one of the league's most talented, exciting, and flamboyant players, but also one who is prone to on the field tantrums. >> he's great. his enthusiasm for the game, i never seen it. he came here his rookie year last year. i knew he would be something special. >> now if the suspension holds, beckham will give up $53,000. that of course is just a small fraction of his annual salary this year of just under $900,000.

has become it is worth noting certainly he is no angel on the field. this is actually the fourth time that he has been fined or suspended for incidents like this on the field. we will see what the nfl decides to do, possibly as early as tonight. live in midtown, rob nelson, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> rob, thank you. stocks on wall street ex stanged winning streak today. climbing oil prices helping. the dow rising, the nasdaq added 44 points and the s & p 500 climbed 25 points. two toddlers found alone wandering in a motel parking lot. we will tell where you police tracked down their mother. we're also learning new information about the suspect in the robbery in a long island mall. police say there were warning signs. plus one of the real housewives of new jersey leaves prison.

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new details about that attempted robbery on long island. the suspect, 21-year-old

guilty to robbery, assault, and gun charges. police tonight saying there were signs of trouble before yesterday. eyewitness news reporter stacy sarge live outside in garden city with today's developments. stacy. >> reporter: well, rob, there was a troubling facebook post with a gun, pills, and alcohol. authorities say that should have been a red flag. what's also clear, there was a hero in all of this, a life threatening struggle, actually, to stop the suspect. >> reporter: why did you rob the store? >> reporter: 21-year-old oliver lee of douglas and queens said nothing today as he headed to court but his actions yesterday spoke volumes. as you can see in this exclusive video, confused workers and shoppers either shelter ised behind gated stores or ran out of the mall, believing there was an active shooter. why? well, cops tell us more than 400 of the 911 calls came in from the mall yesterday after people heard a gun shot.

say, was that lee used this handgun's tried to steal an $18,000 rolex watch from a secure part of the torneau store. but a retired nypd officer working security with two others wouldn't let that happen. >> it resulted in a life-and- death struggle. the struggle started in the rear of the store and went out into the concourse of the mall. >> an employee of macies was shot when lee's gun went off in the scuffle, but that employee is now recovering. no one answered at lee's home here in queens today, but police say he was unemployed and that they found 10 oxycodone pills on him at the time of his arrest. they also confirm lee posted this photo of a gun, alcohol, and pills on his facebook page on sunday. a red flag, they say. >> if you see something that is not right or alarms you,

shot of that and send it right through the crimestoppers app. >> meanwhile they credit retired sergeant kenneth krupp here at the mall with not only stopping lee but preventing any more gunfire and injury. >> he had to grab that subject's gun with his strong hand over the top of the slide, and what resulted was the gun jamming after the first round was fired. >> reporter: as you heard in the story, more than 400 calls came in to 911. police say that's nearly 50 times the normal number. so as you can imagine, an active shooter protocol went into effect. meanwhile oliver lee is now being held on $750,000 bail. live in garden city outside roosevelt field mall, stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. a mother in upstate new york under arrest accused of leaving her two young children in a motel room all alone. the two and three-year-old

around tin rain in the parking lot in ellenville wearing only diapers. police say a 28-year-old left the children in her room when she left for work at 5:50 in the morning yesterday. they were by themselves six hours before someone spotted them outside. a father from the bronx arraigned today in the killing of his two-month-old so. investigators say jose feliciano say he choked and suffocated the child when the baby boy wouldn't stop crying. police say surveillance video shows fell feliciano carrying a bag. in minneapolis at the mall of america demonstrators blocked traffic. the group trying to draw

black men at the hands of police. the mall was granted a restraining order against several members. it. so hashtag, when you don't listen to your own forecast. >> i posted this morning, here is what you should wear. >> what happened? >> well, i had my umbrella and raincoat, my rain bats, no problem, i'll be out there for three or four minutes. that's all it takes, three or four minutes. >> you need to get that belie dryer going. >> hashtag press only. we have what is again just a soak early evening. the rain has been coming down. new totals did come in. almost half an inch in one hour so the skies have really opened up. if you couple that with the low visibility it's really difficult to get around. a pair of 5s now, southeasterly wind at 7. hopefully you can stay in your warm living room, wherever you are, stay dry for teaching hours. we're at 58 for your high. that's only six degrees away from a record high.

the six and make a run at that before midnight. christmas outlook is toasty. 74 tomorrow, smashing a record. there can be a passing shower or storm. most of the time it is dry. hopefully brightening midday. on christmas day sun yields to clouds. 66 should break another record. new totals. nearly .6 in central park, .4 belmar, lighter amounts over the island. you are picking up heavy rainfall. we're now at 63. all that mailed air continues to come up the coast. these are the lowest temperatures lucy from here on out. visibility will below through the overnight and then improve tomorrow morning. it still could look a touch gloomy early. heavy rain tonight which should start to lighten up after 9:00 or 10:00. by the way, there's also a little lightening of the rain even after 6:00 or 7:00. tomorrow morning as fog. look at the loaferring pad. 67. we're 72 by lunchtime. a little thinning of the clouds.

westchester, fairfield county. it's from arma to ryebrook. then it's getting lighter. when i go outside at 6:00 probably a little lighter but just south of atlantic city there has been a couple of thunderstorms so that's just a couple of hours away. that's yi think we will see a resurgence of the rainfall after 7:00, 7:30, and that could last until 9:00 or socht amazing storm in the eastern two-thirds of the country. lots of delays because of tornado watches, carolinas through the midwest, show in the upper midwest. for us, here's the current batch of rain. that moves north. maybe a lull until 7:30. a resurgence until 9:00 or 10:00 then all that rain should move away. gloomy tomorrow morning. if the clouds thin out we could get the record high of 75. we're forecasting 74. a little cloudiness on christmas day. sunshine from the city, points north. merry, merry mild.

rain goes to drizzle tonight, rising temperatures, 74 tomorrow, record warmth. fog gives way to breaks. shower or thunderstorm around isolated through the afternoon hours. mostly cloudy and balmy tomorrow night at 59. here is what we're work on for 5:30. we will watch that threat for thunder. record highs a possibility again over the weekend, and then flip to a wintry mix possibility early next week. wild. the seven-day forecast, that's coming up in the next half- hour. >> that just turned on a dime. just ahead for us, nypd officers on special assignment making history overseas. plus, a toddler trampled. see how a little boy gets caught in the middle of the getaway by a group of shoplifters. and drone danger on the slopes. one of the world's best skiers almost taken out bia flying camera. tonight we're learning what the pilot did wrong in this close call. but first, a message from a member of the military from our area who can't be home for

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unbelievable! >> marcel herscher. he's used to racing down mountains at death defying speeds but tuesday night the real danger. just 10 seconds into his slalom run a drone coming out of nowhere crashing into the

into parts, missed the 18-year- old by inches. now, the champion skier continued his run as if nothing happened, ultimately losing the race but saying uld possibly get more common with some ski resorts adding areas called drone zones where for a fee of around $200, professionally operated drones will film skiers at every angle, producing the ultimate skiing selfie. and this isn't the first time a drone has caused serious drama at a sporting event. >> we have a moment here where we're not entirely certain as to what it is that the stands. >> look at the top left of the screen. in september during the u.s. open a drone caught on tape flying into armstrong stadium crashing into the grandstands.

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a election with us a big bow. tonight theresa giudice enjoying her freedom but with restrictions. she served a year in prison for bankruptcy fraud and conspiracy. >> her release and home coming one of the most popular stories on our website, abc7ny, her oldest daughter even tweeting welcome back. eyewitness news reporter darla miles has more on the home coming. >> there was a lot of emotion in there. >> reporter: that emotion the culmination of an 86-mile trek from the danbury federal correctional institution in connecticut to her mansion. it's also the end of a 12- month stint in federal prison for the "real housewives" star. >> she kept saying how surreal this was that she went to bed last night in dap bury, and that before the sun came up, she's at home.

welcome home, this lexus suv with a giant red bow sitting in the driveway at the $3.9 million home that is no longer in foreclosure. >> the house is good to go. the morning is current and up to date. >> reporter: and on the ride from connecticut to new jersey her attorney said that she just kept repeating how surreal it was that last night she slant federal prison cell but tonight she can sleep in her own bed. >> she's safe and sound in her own homes. she's very happy to be here. she's very much looking forward to a nice quiet, low- key holiday with her family. >> reporter: at least for now the 43-year-old mother is just trying to get her family groove back while under home confinement until february 5th and before her husband joe begins his 41-month sentence for financial fraud in march. >> she just wants to spend time with her family, enjoy the christmas holiday like everybody else, just get acclimated. she's been gone for almost a year. just get her bearings straight.

channel 7 eyewitness news. we have breaking news just league. the one-game suspension without pay of odell beckham junior has been upheld. his suspension will go on. james thrash had the hearing today in the nfl offices in new york city. he is in charge of the discipline here. so odell beckham junior is suspended for one game for his actions in sunday's game against the carolina panthers. he appealed that one-game suspension. the hearing was held today. the suspension now upheld. he will miss sunday's game at minnesota. now official. also tonight an arrest in a notorious murder case in manhattan that dates back three years. in 2012 brandon woodward, a law student from los angeles, shot in broad daylight while walking along west 58th street inmidtown. the murder was connect to a drug con spare see. today 37-year-old lloyd mckenzie was charged in that

the gunman has not been apprehended. a long island man now charged with drunk driving in deadly crash. police say he was intoxicated when he drove his audi the wrong way early this morning. he crashed head on to a toyota corolla killing the 57-year- old driver. o'brien is in the hospital getting treatment for nonlife- threatening injuries. and for the third time this month a passenger at newark airport has been arrested for carrying a loaded gun in a carry-on bag. the most recent incident happened monday when the tsa agent stopped a man's tried to get through security with a loaded .45 caliber handgun. the gun was in the man's knapsack carry-on bag. the weapon was seized and the man arrested. for the first time in nypd history members of the force are in uniform working in a foreign country.

italian police with security for the vatican's jubilee elizabeth herr shows us what it takes to protect the pope. >> reporter: it's a first for the nypd and the italian international security operation at that time vatican. a sign of the times. >> in light of recent events in europe and in the united states, we continue to learn and we continue to adapt. >> reporter: police from new york, spain, and poland are in rome assisting with security for the year-long jubilee of mercy. it is only the 27th time in the history of the church that there has been a holy year, and this year, italian officials say there will be increased police patrols for good reason. they explain they cannot underestimator ignore the on there is going threat posed by isis especially following the recent attack in paris. officials say they deployed

asked for help from around the world. that it's been a great opportunity to share ideas, exchange different ways of how we do things but also to sea how although we do certain things different, it's also kind of -- gives us a good feeling to know that a lot of what we do is very similar. >> reporter: and for security reasons, italian authorities are not revealing the exact number of officers taking part in this operation but we are told there will be visible police presence at the vatican and across the city at all times. elizabeth her, abc news, new york. the woman accused of plowing a car into pedestrians on the vegas strip was arraigned today. her attorney said holloway was distraught.

and child abuse charges. her three-year-old daughter it was in car with her when she drove into the crowd on sunday killing a woman and injuring at least 35 others. a connecticut company is losing its license to make guns as part of a daily with federal prosecutors. the atf found that stag arms in new britain violated the federal firearms act in 2007 and things only got worse over the years. officials say that more than 3,000 receivers, the parts of the gun that includes the firing mechanism and more were not properly document. several guns had serial numbers purposely erased. >> we don't know where they are, whether they were stolen, whether they're on the streets or whether they're in the wrong hands. >> the company's founder released a statement saying it has made changes to make sure similar problems don't happen again and that the public's safety was never in danger.

hit with a lawsuit from an ex- husband. the insult she's accused of writing on his alimony check. plus, a major blow to the de blasio administration a year after introducing the municipal id. some businesses are refusing to accept it. also, a school lunch lady says she was fired for giving a student who didn't have any lunch mon knee some lunch. the did the school go too far? what we're noticing now is heavy rain which is along 684 in north castle, pleasantville, and bedford, new york. that's moving away from the area right now. so the rain is about to get later in new york city, but look down to the south. there's actually thunderstorms closing in on toms river.

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women in need. that's also known as "wishings n." good for you. >> you see enough of those kind of things. we so need them. is it winding down? a lot of people need to do that last-minute shopping. >> it's gone from heavy to moderate. the heaviest moving away there five boroughs. maybe you have two hours until it gets heavier again. >> are your socks dry? >> no, no, still feeling nice and damp. outside now the rape is getting more moderate. new york city still a good soaking. it's pouring in parts of connecticut. josh einiger's facebook page says that's what it looks like whitestone expressway in flushing. so half an inch an hour, ponding on the shoulders, easy to hydroplane. that is a picture that is being repeated. thanks to josh for. that here is a look at the west side. dark, foggy, damp. if you can just look over to

right here, it's not pelting like it was a few minutes ago where heavy rain has now moderate. through the overnight rain, especially through 10:00 steady, then still some drizzle will continue through the wee hours of the morning. by tomorrow morning even though you see clouds look at the starting temperature tomorrow. this time of year should be close to freezing. it's at 67 degrees. in the low and mid cents during tab. there might be an isolated shower. i wouldn't be shocked to see an isolated thunderstorm. cloudy and balmy into tomorrow evening. there's the heavy rain that departed new york city. it's near yorktown, across the river, up towards brewster and swinging back towards dan bur lease, bridgeport and norwalk. that runs into suffolk county. the rain is starting to get lighter over nassau county. you see the lighter shades of blue. that's getting into new york city. rain getting lighter for let's say an hour, maybe two before all of this gets here.

closing in on toms river. that's going to probably head toward eastern long island, then this batch southwest of philly is what is coming our way especially from the city north and west. that timing may be 7:30 to 9:30. you can see that in the future could. while we get the lull here for 90 minutes that doesn't mean the rain stops but the torrential rain lets up. there is a resurgence in the rain from 7:30 to 9:30 or 10:00, then that will move off to the north and east. it is very mailed by tomorrow morning. might just be an isolated shower. clouds probably do thin out at times during the midday. balmy tomorrow evening. we're putting down an inch of rain through midnight. we already have half an inch. after the record wormt on thursday, on christmas day i think we're going to stay dry. that was iffy earlier on. i think we will, 66 degrees, maybe showers at night. then the roller coaster. 52 on saturday, a little light rain.

sunday, 67. check this out. a little chill on monday. only mid-40s. if rain comes in early enough on tuesday morning i would not be surprised if it's a little wintry mix before it goes to rain and then we will warm up to 52 on wednesday. so all of a sudden the pattern is becoming very at this time. even though we're so warm now it looks like things might want to change as we head into 2016. >> it will be time fort. >> here we go. >> how it should be. thanks, lee. sade, a question. how are you doing on that christmas shopping? >> i'm doing quite well. >> the way i seat we've still got a couple days to go. >> you've got tonight and tomorrow. >> plenty of time. >> you will be done? >> yep. >> or your wife will get it. for all those last-minute shoppers there are deals. nina pineda is live with the nina. >> reporter: here we are on the eve before christmas eve, and people here at the mills

are shopping in tank tops and flip-flops. that certainly means for the consumer a win-win because christmassy stuff and certainly not cold weather gear is not flying off the shelves. we are seeing deals you usually don't see until after christmas. if you are going to come out, come out, but have a good attitude and a strategy. >> oh lord. >> reporter: just off his night shift, landis reed got dragged straight to the mall. >> i've got to be running around with the wife. >> reporter: but landis is a man with a plan. he price compared on-line and knew this playstation bundle was a daily. plus he always asks for paper and e-mail receipts. >> i get both of them. >> reporter: why do you do that? >> because i might lose it, then live it on e-mail. >> you need to know what gifts, maybe a couple of y.dz. >> reporter: sticking to your

when in doubt, go with a gift card. >> you can exchange gift cards as well, and will you actually get even bert value. >> reporter: if you don't want to brave the stores take advantage of amazon prime. it is available in 20 u.s. cities including new york. they will deliver until 11:59 p.m. on christmas eve, offering free two-hour delivery for prime members or get this, one- hour delivery for $7.99. if you are shopping and planning to ship on your own make sure you remove old labels. they can confuse the scanners and send stuff to the wrong address. our shopping expert says don't pay hey prices for rush delivery. >> you might find that you are running around and looking at paying overnight shipping fees of $50 or more. just don't do it. it's a waste of money. e-mail your gifts. >> reporter: i say come out and do shopping.

in the christmas spirit. sade, tell rob he can get out here in time for about nina pineda, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> there you go. they were introduced as a way to help thousands of new yorkers without official identification. >> now there's a big problem with those municipal ids. coming up, where they are not accepted. a mother is accused of leaving her two toddlers in a motel room alone while she went to work. we are going to talk to the good samaritan what found those kids wandering around the parking lot. after revelations of iranian hackers take control of a new york dam there are new calls for appear

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more than half a million people signed up to get the municipal id card. tonight there is a big problem.

joe torres with that story. >> reporter: we heard the complaints in spanish in harlem. and then in english in brownsville. >> it's misleading. it's very misleading. >> reporter: so many new yorkers feel duped by the city. big banks like chase, bank of america, and citibank do not accept the municipal id cards. city hall sold the programs by saying people could use the cards to open bank account. >> you're getting this card thinking you could open up bank, and you're not able to. >> reporter: frustrating. >> we're certainly going to talk to those banks and help them understand this id card was created with the nypd. it could not be more secure. >> reporter: secure or not the banks told us they accept the id as secondary porms of identification but offered no explanation as to why they are unacceptable as id.

do accept it, and credit unions and other organizations. >> you've got this id, you think you can leave the other one at home. but you can't. >> reporter: 680,000 new yorkers have signed up for the municipal id card. while they do appreciate the card's other benefits it was the banking benefit that meant the most to them. in brownsville, i'm joe torres, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> i can see how that would be a problem. calls for action after a cyber hack of a dam in west chest county. >> eyewitness news at 6:00 starts right now. new at 6:00 a mother is facing criminal charges for leaving two toddlers alone in a motel room. police say she left the kids

and as the alleged gunman charged in the shooting at the roosevelt field mall faces a judge we are learning more about the heroic actions of a retired nypd detective who took him down. breaking news, the nfl upholds a one-game suspension of giants wide receiver odell beckham junior. good evening at 6:00. i'm liz cho. >> i'm bill ritter. first the weather. on one of the busiest travel days of the year. >> heavy rain making for a slow commute home. flooding problems right now on the whitestone expressway. this is in flushing-queens. >> things are not much better for folks flying home. newark reporting delays of an hour 51 minutes. >> meteorologist lee goldberg is tracking the rain and trying to avoid it. lee. >> i didn't plan on the sec

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