a fight breaks chaos at the food court. a fight sends people running at the mall. the same mall where a robbery turned into gunfire this week. first, we have new details on a shooting that sent a one-

for emergency surgery. good evening. i'm sandra bookman. >> that little boy is in the hospital after surgery. >> he was hit by a stray bullet while in the back of the car. the bullets flew in jersey city. >> reporter: 18-month-old mina beshay is out of surgery, expected to survive. he was struck by a bullet in his right cheek and broken glass under his eye. it will leave scars, physical and emotional. >> received a phone call from the mom, she was crying. i couldn't even understand one word what she was saying. >> reporter: he was describing the frantic phone call after the 18-month-old was shot in the face. he is cousins with the baby's father. he said about a dozen shots were fired, striking the infant in the right cheek.

after under going surgery. doctors removed the bullet from his face. the infant's uncle says he arrived on scene before first responders. >> bleeding everywhere. in his face, everywhere his body. >> reporter: the bullet shattered the back window and hit the infant straped into a baby seat. his mother and grandfather were at the post office across the street when it happened, waiting in his car with his father, and next to him in the sister. home. so far witnesses have been noncooperative. >> i want to ask the mayor, that's your son, what are you going to do? >> reporter: the little boy is

his sister was unharmed, but we >> thank you. a fight breaks out at a long island mall that had a recent shooting. a witness tells us the fight in the food court led to panic. a store window appears shattered in video posted online. tensions are higher than usual because of a shooting earlier this week. in this case, business returned reports of injuries. tonight the search for a hit-and-run driver who killed a man in new jersey was crossing the street when he was killed last night at cedar lane and garrison avenue. police say he was hit by a large black suv. investigators say it may have heavy damage to the front passenger bumper.

the crash, you are asked to call police. two people are dead after a new jersey. it happened this morning. the two men inside the car died at the scene. their names have not been investigators believe speed may have been a factor in the crash. we are following a developing story out of texas. the northern part of the outbreak. at least four people have died from the storms. our afill in dallas says at least six tornadoes touched down in the dallas area and there are reports of missing people. homes leveled, churches and gas stations destroyed. west texas is dealing with blizzard conditions. where is that severe weather now? what changes are headed our way before the new year? meteorologist jeff smith has more. >> you can see several

one particularly strong one was over the community of garland, where some of the fatalities were recorded. this is now a flash flood situation in dallas and oklahoma. you can see the blizzard developing over the texas panhandle. one of the waves is approaching us overnight tonight. just with rain. not looking at severe weather around here. some steady rain moving into parts of western new jersey. 7:00in the morning temperatures up to 53 by that point. day tomorrow. i expect temperatures at least getting into the mid-60s by 2:00 in the afternoon as we break out into a little bit of sunshine before a couple more showers approach later in the day. we have winter weather in parts of the area next week. tense moments aboard a

fly to fort lauderdale. intense smoke forced passengers to leave before the plane even left the gate at laguardia. >> reporter: flight 196 was supposed to to leave at 11:00 in the morning. as pilots began to push back, on fire. white smoke. and then i said to my wife, i think the plane is on fire. she said, shut up, you're going to scare everybody on the plane. >> reporter: andrew, his wife and children were off to a florida vacation. they and more than 230 passengers and crew on board were told, get off. >> they said, everybody please leave the plane. we have to evacuate, and then panic ensued and everybody rushed for the door. they said leave your bag there. people were panicking, running for the door and eventually everybody got out.

passengers and crews sorting through carry-ons left behind. the airlines issued a statement saying the smoke came from the auxillary power unit. something sparked, creating the smoke, the unit automatically turned off. >> didn't fill up. just outside the plane. you could see visible plumes, like a lot, passing the window by. it wasn't, like, the smoke was inside the plane. it was on the outside. >> reporter: the airline spent several hours fixing the problem and we boarded the passengers and sent them to fort lauderdale. a number of passengers thought sunday. tonight investigators are trying to determine a motive for the murder-suicide of a family in new jersey. police found a 53-year-old man, his wife and 8-year-old daughter in their 17 floor edge

shot and killed his wife and daughter before pulling the gun on himself. we'll have much more on this and what else police found in that apartment coming up at 11:30. new at 11:00, a long island man sound asleep was shot today. the 20-year-old man was sleeping in his living room when seven bullets flew through the window early this morning. fortunately, no one was hurt. police are searching for suspects. also new tonight, security concerns in europe. police in austria are warning cities in other countries about a possible terror attack. it would involve explosives or guns and could happen between christmas and new year's eve. police did not name the cities that were warned, but did increase security in austria. chicago on edge tonight from a police shooting that left two people dead. one of them, 19-year-old

the other, his neighbor, a 55- year-old woman, a mother of five. investigators say an officer fired shots while responding to a domestic call early this morning. police say officers were confronted by a combative subject. the mother is speaking out, saying her son was troubled but not violent. >> he was having a mental situation. sometimes he'll get a little loud, but not violent. i was just with my son on christmas. i mean, i talked to him. i told him that he had to control his temper. but he wasn't violent. >> the chicago police department is already under investigation. federal investigation over the 2014 shooting death of 17-year- old laquon mcdonald. a mother arrested after a violent crash which sends two children to the hospital. >> the charges the mother is

involving a utility pole and parked cars. new developments on the fight to contain a wildfire.

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more than 1200 acres have already burned. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. we are driving through fire. >> reporter: a nightmare greeted people in california christmas night. fast moving flames at first creeping to the 101 freeway. >> my god. >> this is scary. >> reporter: it jumped the freeway, forcing many people to jump back or drive into the thick smoke. [ laughter ] >> crazy. >> reporter: over and over drivers passed flames. fire officials saying winds gusting 45 miles per hour carried embers over the highway, pushing it across what should have been a natural barrier. the state highway patrol shut down parts of the nearby pacific coast highway. county officials immediately put the beach community under mandatory evacuation and surrounding areas on voluntary

>> make sure everything is buttoned up tight. if you leave any window or garage door open it's an entrance for an ember. >> reporter: huge plumes of smoke filling the sky. crews trying to contain the grahams. but after four years of drought, there is plenty of fuel. >> it's a very dynamic fire. fire is going to resist our control. >> reporter: 600 firefighters on the scene with aid coming in by air. but the winds are still a concern. >> we're not quite out of the woods yet. >> we told you earlier about the severe weather in texas tonight. we are also getting new video of damage left behind by a tornado on christmas day. in this video you can see some of the homes in birmingham,

no one was killed in this twister, but at least 18 people have died in severe weather in the last few weeks. did you get something for christmas you're not a fan of? >> coming up, we'll tell you how you can get rid of those gifts tomorrow for cash. >> another regard broker tomorrow -- breaker tomorrow, but will start feeling more like winter. >> first, a message from a member of the military from our area who can be home for the holidays.

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rr it's one thing to be born on christmas day, but what about having a sibling born on the same day? it's what happened to one family on long island yesterday. carolyn and vick welcomed little nicholas into the world at lij medical center in new hyde park. two years earlier, nicholas' older brother anthony also born on christmas day. >> little man is excited,

but he's very happy he gets to share his birthday with his little brother. >> we're on our way here at 2:30 in the morning and he was born at 10-pound, 3 ounces. >> big boy. >> he's a big santa claus. >> if you were wondering, the couple say they named nicholas after st. nick. nicholas and anthony's father, victim, he was born on december 19th. >> what? >> that's going to be a big old birthday party next year. >> what are the odds? another record-breaking day shaping up for tomorrow. increasing tomorrow's high by 3 degrees.

again. little bit of rain overnight moving into the new york metro area. mainly parts of new jersey. empire state building still lit up in the nice holiday colors. 49 now. it's the lowest temperature that we've had all day. that win coming in from the east at 8 miles per hour. it wasn't the record-breaking warmth today, because we had more clouds and wind coming in off the water. 59 was our temperature after midnight last night it came close to the record of 63, which was set back in 1982. i think tomorrow we're easily going to break a record set in 1949. a batch of rain moving through tonight. that should exit by tomorrow morning. then some sunshine during the midday hours and that will allow for that record warmth to develop. highs middle and upper 60s across parts of the area, including new york city. wintry mix, this is something new that we haven't had to talk about so far this season. north and west of the city monday night, snow, sleet,

slippery tuesday morning commute. i think it's mainly rain in the city, but could begin as ice pellets before quickly going over to rain in the city and along the coast. 44 sussex. there's that wind coming in from the east and northeast off the ocean, keeping us a little bit cooler. here comes that rainfall moving across northern parts of new jersey. that will overspread the entire tonight. 7:00in the morning, maybe a lingering shower. then we start breaking out to some sunshine. brightening at least by late morning into the early part of the afternoon. that allows temperatures to respond nicely into the middle and upper 60s from new york city and points south and west. another batch of showers tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. monday significantly colder. that will set us up for monday night as the next system approaches. cold enough air north and west of the city to be a wintry mix and could be slippery,

287. accuweather forecast overnight, rain and drizzle, areas of fog. 49 now. temperatures rising into the 50s by 7:00 in the morning. mostly cloudy, warm. a spotty shower. 55. how about 68 for a high? couple more showers arrive late in the afternoon and tomorrow evening. 40 tomorrow night. clouds breaking later. sun to clouds monday, 45. rain comes in at night. could start as sleet in the city. rain everywhere tuesday. new year's eve looking quiet, temperatures in the 40s. >> a few million people will be happy about that. >> oh, yeah. >> thanks, jeff. anthony johnson next with sports. >> the knicks and nets trying to get back into action today, the day after christmas. the knicks are doing battle down in atlanta with their best

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anthony johnson is doing sports for us tonight. >> that's right. it's been a streaky season for

follow up a four game losing streak with a four game winning streak before losing. carmelo back in the the lineup. rest of the knicks looked good, too. robin lopez picked up the slack in the second quarter with that put back jam. then things fell apart and quick. jeff teague hits this buzzer beater from half court and the hawks took over. nice ball movement and 117-98. the knicks lose their third in a row. they play the second of back to boston. the nets, they could close out the season on a positive note at barclays taking on the wizards. but the visitors getting off to a good start. wall with a nice alley loop.

the offensive board. putting it back in for 2. young in the third quarter, nice shot giving the nets a one-point lead. from there the wizards were too much. the final, wizards win 111-96. the legend of steph curry continues to grow. he was named 2015 associated press male athlete of the year. he joins three other nba lebron, jordan and byrd. not bad company. this year, curry won the mvp, led the warriors to their first title in 40 years and has his team off to a record setting pace. i'd say that dude is really, really good. the giants take on the vikings tomorrow night without o'dell beckham, jr. but that game might not mean a thing after tonight's game between the redskins and eagles.

clinch the nfc east and giants' season is over. here's how it looks so far. it's not going good for the g men. washington won the game, 38-17. if the redskins hold on, and they did, the giants were eliminateded from the playoffs. the jets are playing a big game sunday taking on the new england patriots. playoff hopes still alive for the j-e-t-s. a win over tom brady and the patriots would help. at least for now, the jets are still alive. >> during this time, you know, late in the season, usually you see teams fall off and we've managed to be successful. we've been doing well. we've been playing well. been winning games. much more ahead in sports. the holiday spirit still in

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welcome back. it's been a month and a half since the devils won two games

they try tonight. new jersey carolina, where they're still celebrating the holidays. devils down 1-0 in the third period. nice wrap around goal and we're even. later in the evening, faulk gets up close, past snyder. the canes add one more and win 3-1 against the devils. to college football, duke taking on indiana. the home of the bronx bombers transformed into a football field. wilson takes the handoff up the middle for an 85-yard touchdown win giving duke an early 10-0 lead. we go to overtime. that's where the hoosiers oats

st. petersburg bowl, huskies trailing. 52-yard field goal, bounces up and end. lead is cut to 3. last chance for uconn driving late in the 4th. pass incomplete. 16-10, uconn falls in the st. petersburg bowl. and that's all in sports. >> lots of bowl games still to come, right? >> oh, yeah. a lot of action. this week, make sure you watch it. >> thanks, anthony. still to come on eyewitness news tonight, why two major cell phone companies are paying out money >> also, piecing together a family tragedy in new jersey. what would lead a man to kill his wife and young daughter? >> fed ex trying to get back on track after packages didn't

here's a look at tonight's top stories. baby is recovering in the hospital after police say he was hit in the face by a stray bullet in jersey city while sitting in a parked car with his sister. a fight inside the food court of roosevelt field mall causes a major panic. there were no injuries. dozens of passengers were forced to get off a spirit

off to florida after they saw smoke coming from the plane. topping our news, new details on a family tragedy in new jersey. >> three people were found dead inside their apartment on christmas night. the question is what provokeed the man to shoot his wife and daughter and turn the weapon on himself. >> reporter: investigators say evidence suggests 53-year-old michael stasko shot and killed his daughter before turning the gun on himself. police say his wife and 8-year- old daughter were killed on the 17th floor of their edge water apartment building. >> all three were within the bed in the couple's bedroom. it is definitely apparent to us the shootings took place in the bed. >> reporter: police got a call

concerned his sister, mrs. stasko, and her family had not arrived in missouri for their planned visit on christmas day. he couldn't reach them by phone. that's what prompted investigators to do a welfare check on the apartment. >> there were things in the apartment that would give one the indication that millie stasko looked lovingly upon her father. you see cards and holiday cards. >> reporter: investigators say the shots appear to have been fired between the evening of the 22nd and the morning of the 23rd. detectives believe a towel may have been used in front of the playing. shots. inside the apartment, presents under a tree. >> one always has to wonder what would possess anyone to do that? an innocent 8-year-old girl. i'm hopeful we'll find out the reason, because she deserves at least the public to understand what happened here.

>> reporter: a motive is still unclear. on long island a mother is accused of driving drunk after a crash that injured two young girls, one of them seriously. police say latonya mowar, her 8- year-old daughter and 6-year- old niece were in the car when it slamed into a utility pole in bay shore last night. the 6-year-old was thrown from the vehicle. the woman is facing charges. police continue to search for a man accused of shooting his wife feet from their sleeping children in the bronx. police say the 37-year-old and his wife were fighting inside their home in the williams bridge section when he pulled a gun on christmas eve. the victim's family said she had asked for a divorce. the 27-year-old victim was shot

she is expected to be okay. their children were not injured. fed ex trying to catch up on a backlog. the company is blaming an overwhelming amount of online shopping and severe storms. this has been anything but a holiday weekend for some workers. >> reporter: twas the night before christmas, your package was late. you'd paid extra shipping to arrive by the date. santa had come, but your presents had not. fed ex had shipped some, but still missed a lot. >> this is fed ex. >> reporter: overnight workers taking care of thousands of missed deliveries, opening offices and sending out drivers for christmas day shift. the company making up for delays it says were caused by bad weather and an overload of last-minute orders. >> i got here as quick as i could. >> reporter: the snafu creating

hundreds of people blaming the company for ruining christmas. one customer tweeting, you sure know how to drop the ball. another posting, thanks for delivering my things late and playing with my emotions. >> they put these advertisements out that it will be there. i should be able to trust it. >> reporter: but others are backing the workers. >> i feel like they don't get enough credit. shoutout to all the drivers. >> reporter: the company releasing a statement friday, assuring customers that employees volunteered to work the christmas shift and residential shipments. new at 11:00, a race to save workers trapped in a mine following a collapse. rescuers in china already pulled 11 people to safety. one report from the nation says another miner has died.

authorities say a rescue is tricky because another collapse could be triggered. new drone footage giving us views of massive flooding overseas. take a look at this, this is northern england around manchester, where a river has overflowed its banks because of the heavy rain. it's ripped away part of a building that housed a 200-year- old pub. hundreds of homes have been evacuateed, but no reports of injuries or deaths. christmas may be over, but kwanza is just starting. the african-american holiday dedicated to traditional african values of family and prosperity kicked off today and runs through the 1st of january. this is one celebration at the african burial ground national monument in lower manhattan. family friendly events included

finally cell phone companies paying us. >> but there is a deadline. up next, why two major cell phone companies could owe you money. >> how you can turn christmas gifts you don't want into cash tomorrow. >> taking a live look outside, meteorologist jeff significant

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jersey will help you turn unwanted christmas presents into cash. ebay set up booths today and will be back tomorrow at the garden state florida intra to help -- plaza to help people sell off items they don't want. some sellers are using this as an tune to get rid of other stuff that's been sitting around the house. >> it's brand-new, and it's just not ever going to be used by me. like a crockpot -- >> instead of regifting you're going to get some dough? >> yeah, absolutely. why not? >> to sweeten the deal, the online auction and sales site is waiving some fees for customers who visit the mall this weekend. for the family member she bought the gift for, hope they don't see this. >> a young girl nearly dies after her heart stops beating

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we got a little rain outside, jeff. >> little bit of rain moving in now. this will continue into the predawn hours and we clear things out for a time tomorrow. just enough sun to get our temperature back up to record levels tomorrow afternoon. 68 degrees. that will shatter the record of 63 that was set back in 1949. >> wow. >> we've been shattering a lot of long standing records lately, christmas eve, christmas day, incredible pattern we're in. getting a little bit of rain outside our studios on the upper west side of manhattan. temperature 49. if anything, the temperature will rise into the 50s overnight tonight. by 5:00 a.m. about 52 degrees. that rain continuing off and on. i think by 7:00 in the morning just past this time period here we should have rain really tapering off to maybe a shower or two. 48 newark.

been a wind coming in off the water and the cloud cover that kept us a little bit cooler, even though still well above average. but not the record-breaking warmth we had christmas eve and christmas day because of that cloud cover. you can see the rain coming in now, basically the northern third of new jersey, lower hudson valley and that will continue through about 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning off and on. this is an extension of a storm system that extends down to texas. you heard about the deadly tornadoes not too far from dallas. other side of the state they're getting a developing blizzard now in the panhandles of texas and oklahoma. amarillo area, 12 to 18 inches of snow expected. incredible. lows tonight here getting down to about 49 in the park. temperatures rising into the 50s overnight. highs tomorrow, little bit of sunshine midday. up to 68 degrees if you can believe it. even mid-60s to the north of the city. then this is even more unbelievable that we can go

60s to perhaps wintry weather and night. rainfall approaching from the south and west moves into just cold enough air for that to be snow, sleet and freezing rain areas north and west of the city. might begin as a touch of snow and sleet in the city before quickly going over to rain. more of aen extended period of snow and sleet and freezing rain north and west. accuweather seven-day forecast, incredibly warm tomorrow, upper 60s. sun to clouds monday, 40. rain coming in monday night. could be slick travel for tuesday morning commute. periods of rain elsewhere. 50 maybe another batch of showers late wednesday into wednesday night. i'll be back here early in the morning with more. what do you think, any more warmups after this? >> i mean, upper 60s, that's tough to come by this time of year. >> we'll see what happens after next week. >> okay. >> thank you. >> not complaining.

-- a florida family is grateful for what they call a christmas miracle that saved their daughter's life. >> they have a message for parents about one of the best holiday gifts you can give your child. >> reporter: jemma was a healthy 4-year-old little girl. now she's fighting for her life because of the flu. >> really thought it was the end. >> reporter: you thought she was not going to make it? >> no. >> no. >> reporter: sunday, december 13th, jemma had a slight fever. all. >> reporter: on monday, jemma felt better and even danced in her school's christmas play. then three days later -- >> she was pale. she had cold hands, cold feet. >> the way she spoke to us, how she was trying to say something is wrong, i could tell she never spoke with me with that tone before. it's like asking for help. >> reporter: her parents took

just in the nick of time. she arrived and went into cardiac arrest. >> the feeling of losing your child right in front of you. >> reporter: you thought you were going to lose her? >> yes. >> yes. >> reporter: her heart wasn't doing anything? >> no. >> reporter: doctors performed cpr for 45 minutes. >> he told me, you know, we just have to look back, we have to appreciate these four and a half years that we had with her. >> reporter: doctors couldn't again. they put her on life support and sent her in a helicopter to a transplant center, thinking she'd need a new heart. >> thursday, friday, saturday, her heart wasn't doing anything. activity? >> nothing. absolutely nothing, no pulse. >> reporter: the sunday before christmas her parents asked friends around the world to say prayers for their daughter at mass. >> one in argentina, brazil, italy and one in miami. 11:00.

mass at the same time? >> yes. >> reporter: and that's when they say they got their christmas miracle. >> she started bouncing back sunday. >> reporter: all of a sudden on sunday, jemma's heart started to beat again? can you explain it? >> sometimes we don't understand everything that happens in medicine. >> what's her prognosis? >> a monday from now this will be a bump in the road. >> did jemma ever get a flu shot? >> never. >> never. >> because? >> i didn't think of the flu as a serious illness. >> reporter: but now they do. and the parents of this little girl who dreams of being a doctor when she grows up, have

get your child vaccinated for the flu. elizabeth cohen, st. petersburg, florida. incredible story. >> it is. >> absolutely. >> cautionary tale. that's going to do it for us tonight. thanks for staying with us. i'm sandra bookman. >> i'm shirleen allicot. have a good night. captions by: caption colorado, llc. (800)775-7838. email: comments@captioncolorado.com cable's out. no friday night rom-com? that's a shame. we at time warner cable need to apologize to you. we no longer offer you an excuse to get out of friday romantic comedy night. we're making a bunch of changes at time warner cable.

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