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>> their bodies found around 7:00 p.m. and it's an active scene right now as police try to determine what happened. >> eye witness news reporter lucy yang is on the scene with details. >> reporter: sandra and joe, i'm at 2364 bat shelder street where police were called to a gruesome scene. these are the sheeps bed hay houses. an adult female and male were found dead. investigators report there was so much blood in the apartment it was hard to process the crime scene. i'm told it looks like it may have been a shooting but of course the medical examiner must determine the exact cause of death. as we speak, detectives are talking to a 15-year-old girl who is the daughter of the woman who was killed. the man is said to be the mother's boyfriend.

found killed in an apartment here. the mother's 15-year-old daughter is now with police as officials try to determine exactly what happened in this double tragedy tonight. we are turning to a developing story. a pedestrian was struck and killed while cross thing street in new jersey. police say the 75-year-old man was attempting to cross bloomfield avenue when he was hit. the victim was pronounced dead and the driver did remain on the scene. the investigation is ongoing. so far, no charges have been filed. . in connecticut now a 3-year-old girl died in a condo fire in bridgeport this morning. smoke quickly filled the unit. five other people including two children were hurt. officials tell eye witness news the smoke alarms inside the

condo were all disabled. the cause is under investigation. dramatic video from newark as fire rips through a school bus seconds before it was full of track team members. the bus is destroy and had many belongings and everyone on the team is safe thanks to a fast acting coach. mallory hoff is in newark with the story. >> reporter: this is where the bus went up in flames. there were 32 students on board, an assistant coach and a bus driver. tonight all of them are okay because one person got their attention. a yellow school bus with student athletes inside bursts into flames. a track and field coach jumps into action. >> we were saying come out right now. >> reporter: the bulldogs were in front of their school preparing to head to an essex county meet. head coach daymond harrison was outside the bus. >> i happened to be looking right across where from the bus

bus and happen today see it start smoking. i got out of the car and started rushing them off to get them off the bus. as i get the kids off the bus you see the fire going up the sides of the bus. >> reporter: the moment the kids were off? >> the moment they were off. i never dealt with anything like that before. but i reacted. >> reporter: you acted fast? >> yeah, very fast. >> reporter: students say his actions saved their lives. >> everybody get out. >> they run track so they got away fast. >> reporter: from a distance they watched and didn't worry about what they left on board. the bus. >> reporter: everything they bus. >> uniforms, some shoes that the kids had was on the bus. >> reporter: ultimately the fire destroyed their uniforms and

cleats but couldn't burn out their team spirit. >> we know we'll still run today. >> reporter: they said coach, you want to run? >> i was like no. >> reporter: who taught you that? >> he did. >> reporter: it's unclear how the fire started. the students said the bus driver stayed on the bus until every student was out. the team ultimately did to the meet. they wore what they had on and shared cleats. live in newark, mallory hoff, channel 7 eye witness news. the fdr drive was shout down following a chain reaction crash that involved three police cars. a driver stopped short cause thing officer drive thing first police car to slam on the brakes. . >> >> it was pretty loud.

thundering thing. when we looked at the side, we looked up and you see this powder. >> emergency workers rushed seven officers and another person to the hospital with minor injuries. a powerful earthquake struck indian's northeast region killing four people and injurying 100 others. the epicenter was near the border with mianmar. people felt violent shaking twice. the deaths and injuries were caused by falling debris. more fallout after saudi arabia carried out a mass execution. the country says it's cutting all ties with iran. demonstrators ransacked the saudi embassy to protest the executions. diplomatic personnel have been

given 48 hours to leave saudi arabia and all saudi diplomats have been recalled home. the officers were the deadly terror attack happened in san bernardino will reopen tomorrow. more than 600 workers will return tomorrow. the campus has been locked behind a fence since december 2nd when they went on a rampage. 14 people were kill and had 21 injured. the conference hall where the massacre happened will remain closed indefinitely. president obama plans to meet with loretta lynch to discuss what actions he can take to reduce gun violence. on tuesday he's expected to announce executive actions meant to strengthen background checks. he'll participate in a town hall meeting at george mason university to talk about reducing gun violence. new york governor andrew

cuomo wants to protect the homeless from freezing winter temperatures. he issued an executive order requiring local governmentes to move homeless people into shelters when the temperature drops below 32 degrees. some homeless people don't like the order. a man named mitchell said he's been attacked in a shelter. >> i got jumped and they broke one of my ribs. i'm willing to comply but i'm afraid. >> the order does not provide additional funding to help communities house homeless people. it goes into effect on tuesday, although the temperature is forecasted to drop below freezing before then. in rural oregon, armed protesters angry at the federal government have seized control of a national wildlife refuge. they moved in on the refuge after a rally yesterday.

sentencing of two local ranchers were arson. the ranchers are in a dispute with the federal government over land rights. >> when government steps outside of the bounds that the people have given it and it is the duty of the people to put that government back in its place. >> mr. bundy says they've come with generators and supplies preparing for siege like conditions. he says the protesters will stay put until the local government gives the two ranchers safe haven from the federal government. local schools have closed for the week and local law enforcement is urging people to stay away. the giant's season is over and players and fans react to what may have been coach coughlin's final game. brave boy scouts. their troop leader attacked by a bear. for the first time we hear from the boys on how life. a burglar uses a rock to

wait until you see what happens next. a home rented on air b&b and trashed by partiers. the owners explain how they were tricked by this time tomorrow you'll be wishing it was 37 degrees.

take a look at this new video. police say the man here has committed at least three

burglaries in one staten island business complex. the most recent this morning. he scoped out a fast food restaurant on richmond avenue and he smashes the front door with a large rock. he clearly doesn't realize the cameras could capture his face outside the restaurant. after vandaling the glass he covers the face with a rag. cash is taken and call the nypd if you have any idea who this man is. in west orange, new jersey, a church fire on friday didn't keep a pentecostal congregation from holding worship services tonight. the congregation worshipped at a shap well in newark. new year's day fire forced them into a temporary building.

it's a matter of restoring and rebuilding the church. >> investigators are trying to determine what sparked the fire. church officials plan to meet with architects and hoping to rebuild the house of worship. it was built in 1827. two young boy scouts are praised for their bravery. they saved their troop leader's life after he was attacked by a bear. tonight in their first television interview they're sharing details about the scary ordeal. they sat down exclusively with marcy gonzalez and she joins us with the details on their story. >> reporter: talk about amazing kids. vincent says his big brother kept everyone calm through the whole 90-minute ordeal and franky tells me the leadership skills helped him the most in this terrifying situation. >> climbing, first aid. >> reporter: there is not a

badge for the kind of bravery it took for these boy scouts to save these scout lead rs from a bear attack. >> this was a serious situation. he might not make it alive. >> reporter: the brothers were part of a small group hiking two weeks ago in new jersey saying their scout leader was near a cave when a black bear grabbed him by the leg and pulled him inside. >> at first i thought he was joking but then i heard the bear and i heard him call 911. so i called 911. >> reporter: instead of panicking their boy scout training kicked in. >> the main thing to do was to >> reporter: calling 9-1-1. arm and leg. >> reporter: and coming up with a plan for them to find them. . fire? >> reporter: that fire and they

>> it was so scary. >> reporter: so scary they feared the worst. they made it out along with christian who is recovering because of the boy scouts who took to heart their oath. >> i felt like a hero because we saved somebody's life. >> reporter: and they are sharing that title of hero with their scout leader's rescue dog saying the lab that sent the bear running probably saved all their lives. >> yeah, just give them all medals. >> absolutely, two brave boys. a gunman opens fire on a car full of sorority sisters. now the information on what sparked the road rage. manhattan's only chick-fil-a after a health inspection. and prepare for some bitter

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we got winter to start this new year and to get everybody back to work. >> bring it on. back to work, back to school, back to reality as we're going to have chilly temperatures the next couple of days. right now it might feel chilly compare today what we've had in december, warmest december on record. by tomorrow night you'll be wishing for temperatures in the middle and upper 30s. that's where the bottom is going to drop out of the temperatures. we'll get temperatures in the

single numbers north and west of the city by late tomorrow night. 37 in midtown and that wind coming in from the west at 9 miles per hour. this is after getting up to a high of 45 today and after a morning low of 35. that was 5 to 7 degrees above average for this time of the year. 16 years ago on this date, i can't believe the year 2000 was 16 years ago. 64 balmy degrees. got all the way to minus 4 in 1896. the coldest air mass arrives tomorrow. tomorrow will be the coldest since march 6th when it got down to 12 degrees in central park. a moderating trend ensues for the rest of the week. by the time the next significant precipitation event comes in by next weekend it's probably in the form of plain old rain. you've already cooled down to 28 at monticello and 30 at sussex

you can see on the radar with the arctic front approaching there have been a couple light flurries and they're tending to weaken as they move to the south and east. you can't rule a flurry out overnight tonight well north and west of new york city. let's check out the temperatures on the future cast. 8:00 in the morning around 30 in the city and 20s north and west. watch what happens to the temperature during the day despite a ton of sunshine during the afternoon. temperatures dropping into the middle 20s by 5:00 p.m. and then well down into the teens tomorrow night some single numbers north and west and recovering barely up to 30 degrees during the day tuesday. you add the wind into the equation and you get your windchill, which is basically how it feels outside. by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow it'll feel like 13 in the park and single numbers north and west and by early tuesday morning it feels like below zero.

here's the accuweather forecast. partly cloudy, brisk cold and maybe a flurry north and west of the city. 29 at 7:20 for sunrise and blustery and noticeably cold er and temperatures dropping to 17 tomorrow night. tuesday is bright and very cold. only 30 for a high. we warm things up on wednesday, about 40 and talking mid-40s thursday and mainly cloudy friday and could be rain late in the day and at night that lasts into saturday. 47 and 45 we clear out by next sunday. get ready for it. bundle up the next couple of day is. the nfl season is not even five hours long yet and the firings have already happening but tom coughlin is still the team's head coach for now. we'll hear from him and his players.

end of the nfl season for both teams. hard to believe. >> i know. most exciting part of the season is starting and no new york teams involved. the giant's team is over and we don't have answers on tom coughlin's future. he was focussed on ending the year with one final win as the giants hosted the eagles in today's finale. his entire family was on hand. philly had nothing to play for but pride. demarco murray, that's the longest run of the season. 54 yards for the touchdown. it was the giants doing anything to climb back into it. eli manning will tie for the 9-yard strike and made it a one point game. giants still looking for the lead and that should do it. manning airing it up to randle, the giants win. the jubilation didn't last long. manning throwing again and gets tipped into thurman who sees nothing but the end zone.

just that kind of day for the giants. eagles would add another touchdown and jared matthews 35-30 the giants fall. they end the season 6-10. . >> everybody you got your questions prepare and had i'm not going to answer anything about that. the season just end and had they'll be time for that. >> coughlin didn't say what lies ahead but his players were quick to jump to his defense. the giants feel like they let their head coach down and don't want to see him leave. >> he's been a great coach early on in my career and just teaching me the importance of preparation. >> so much respect amongst his peers and us. we'll fight for him. we'll continue to follow him and no doubt that's the guy for the job. >> for five year it is jets have

been waiting for this moment today. a chance to control their own destiny and lock up a playoff spot ending the draught. maybe the pressure was too much. rex ryan and the bills had something to say about that. taylor taking care of the ball himself. they would lead 13-0 and jets chipping away. fitzpatrick to marshall. he takes over the franchise record for touchdown this is a season. new york making a move and decker for 21 yards. he and marshall topped 1,000 yards this season. the jets have a chance but the offense melted down. fitzpatrick first picked in the end zone and in the final minutes it's lawson grabbing the pick. the jets get the ball back but the bills sealed it. 22-17 the jets upset by the bills. .

>> it's hard to come up with words. you know, we really came together as a team this year. i felt like we fought through adversity. we were on a nice little run there and just couldn't finish it off. >> much more ahead in sports. the knicks looked for a big time bounce back effort today and they turn today a somewhat unlikely hero. not carmelo anthony. no, it was arron afflalo.

>> a fresh new year wasn't a fresh new start for the knicks. new york may have lost miserably on friday in chicago but another chance awaited this afternoon. the knicks returned home to host the hawks. carmelo anthony with the steal and afflalo with the finish. they led by 10 at the half. then it's more afflalo. working the perimeter and gets the 3 to go for the 15 point lead. it was this kind of day. it bounced off kyle korver's head. he had a season high 38 points. 111-97. the knicks a much needed win and

the nets off today but their worst fears became reality. jarrett jack is out for the season after tearing his acl. he went down in visible pain. he'll have surgery at some point soon. jack has averaged nearly 13 points in 32 games this season. the islanders have had their share of up's and down's this season. tonight they had a chance to gauge where they are where they near the middle of the season with the best team in the league arriving in brooklyn. the isles mosting the red hot stars. kyle laposo with two goals and the second a shorthanded shot was the game winner. the stars made things interesting but 6-5 the isles get the win and an impressive win at that. >> thank you, laura. a new effort to protect the homeless from freezing temperatures. details on governor cuomo's executive order and why new york

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officers found the bodies after 7. police have not said how they died. a 75-year-old man was struck and killed while trying to cross the street in newark. the man died at the hospital. the driver remained on the scene. no charges have been filed. a high school track team is safe tonight after they narrowly escaped a bus fire. if bus started smoking outside chabaz high school and the track team coach saw the smoke and alerted them to get off the bus. a family tragedy in connecticut. a toddler killed in a fast moving fire. >> 3-year-old sincere pettway was trapped in her room when smoke and flames filled the apartment. family members and neighbors tried to rescue the little girl and couldn't reach her in time. >> kemberly richardson has the story.

>> my mom was telling me how she was just telling her yesterday how she was her best friend. so the family loved her very much. >> reporter: memories reverend glenn pettway is holding onto tonight. sweet stories about his second cousin sincere pettway. the 3-year-old was killed in a fire here this morning. just after 3:30 blood curdling screaming for help woke up many. sincere's mother was outside and was able to get two kids out of the unit but when she tried to go back for sincere the smoke and heat were too intense. >> she said i tried but she showed me her hands were all burned. she said the doorknob was so hot >> i have grand kids and that was the first thing that came to mind. try to rescue her or something. i just didn't do it. i didn't have the courage to do it.

>> reporter: shenise and two other women were asleep with all three kids and the fire started downstairs in the kitchen. it wasn't the flames but the smoke that proved deadly. when firefighters did find sincere she was curdled up in her crib in her bedroom. >> the second floor was filled with smoke. the guys had zero viz sxblt they found her by feel. >> reporter: robert fernandez also has a 3-year-old. >> they saw them take the little girl out of the window. it was a horrific sight. everybody was praying at that point. it wasn't good. >> reporter: as for those who tried to save sincere, fire officials say that was impossible. the levels of carbon monoxide would have killed them all. the smoke alarms inside the unit, officials tell me, they were all disabled. in bridgeport, kemberly richardson, channel 7 eye witness news. police arrested a driver on

license that had been suspended more than 80 times. this afternoon police pulled over 43-year-old eric dunbar for speeding in medford. he gave police a pennsylvania driver's license but officers discovered he also had a new york license that had been suspended 88 times for failing to answer traffic tickets. investigators charged him with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motorcycle. in harlem police uncovered a stash of guns while making an arrest. the officers pulled over a driver using a cell phone near 145 street in len knox avenue. that's when they discovered the driver had a suspended license and four loaded guns in the car. he now faces several weapons charges. new video of that cargo ship that sank last october after getting caught in a hurricane. today they released this video

underwater vehicles of the elfaro. all 33 crew members including two with ties to long island died. federal accident investigators are considering launching another search of the wreckage in hopes of finding the ship's data recorder. andrew cuomo announced a plan to protect the homeless from freezing winter temperatures. he issued an executive order requiring communities to move homeless people into shelters even if they don't want to go. it's causing new tension between como and bill da blaz yoe >> reporter: matthew has been living on the streets for two years now. he was recently beaten and robbed of his guitar, his only valuable possession. he doesn't want to be forced in a shelter no matter how cold it gets.

>> the shelters are filled with bedbugs and it's just a drug den. it's not a safe place. >> reporter: matthew might not have a choice. governor cuomo signed an executive order forcing them into shelter is. >> it's about love and compassion and decent. >> reporter: the mayor responded with a new plan to tear down homeless encampments, build more housing and reach out to the vulnerable population but it doesn't include forcing them off the street. the mayor issued this statement. to forcibly remove all homeless individuals in freezing weather will require him, the governor, to pass state law. this executive order adds no

new york city's programs. >> my absolute freedom is the only thing that really matters. anything less than that is incarceration. >> reporter: this new executive order goes into effect on tuesday but it doesn't spell out how forced shelter is to be carried out. in the upheld a lot of policies but we have a lot of winter to test the new executive order. new jersey is expecting to announce additional details about the newly formed department of public safety. the mayor's office says the pioneering changes will affect the internal operations and the external relations of the department. a few months after the big debut in new york city,

clean up after a poor health inspection. among the violations an inspection revealed evidence of flies, food not protected from contamination and wiping cloths that were dirty or not properly stored in sanitizing solution. the restaurant decided to close the doors for a cleaning overhaul. chick-fil-a is normally closed on sundays. a young designated driver shot on new year's eve in a fit of road rage. the search for a gunman and details on how he opened fire on a car full of college students. a home trashed after it was renteded on air b&b. as we take a live look outside, meteorologist jeff

police on the hunt for the men who gunned down a college student on new year's eve. investigators say university of north texas junior sarah mushlecner was acting as the designating driver after a party. the 20-year-old's car was stopped at a red light and an

>> five to six african american males were in the vehicle. >> she was shot in the head and later died at the hospital. police believe at least two of the men in the suv were at the same party. a different kind of post party regret for a california couple after an air b&b nightmare. they're putting their oakland home together after partiers tore it apart. they thought they rented their home to a man from chicago visiting family and friends in the bay area. in fact, he was a teenager needing a place for his 18th birthday blowout. >> sounded mature and responded and was very polite. tons of booze in the kitchen. there was beer cans and actually broken glass and stuff in the house. >> police later arrested the

air b&b banaled the teenager and the company covers property losses up to a million dollars but this couple will not rent again a kitten suffers abuse including having his fur dyed before being dropped off at a shelter. the cat now named smurf because of his temporary color had puncture wounds. surgery is scheduled for next week hopefully closing the wounds. the shelter says smurf is a normal and sweet cat. once he recovers he and a new buddy will be put up for adoption together.

so the workweek gets, you know what, the good thing about this we're starting back to work and school and you're indoors all day. >> yeah and we're getting it

the workweek and things moderate mid to late week. after two days of very cold weather, we're back in the 40s by wednesday into thursday. we head outside and we have to get through the two days of cold weather. we're looking at the southern end of the park. 432 park avenue that sticks up there in the middle of your screen. sandra, don't you have the penthouse at the top? >> oh, yeah. >> yeah, if you win the power ball. wind from the west at 9 miles per hour. that wind will be picking up tomorrow and that'll make the temperatures colder. we're down to about freezing by 4:00 in the morning in the cities. the temperatures going down by a degree or so each hour through then. highs today got up to 45 in the park and got up to 50 at tom's river. now we've fallen in the upper 20s areas north and west of the city. monticello at 38 at kingston and poughkeepsie.

you'll be dropping quickly as the front moves by. freezing at belmar and 31 on the island. speaking of the arctic cold front, here it is. ahead of it you're getting know showers making their way into ulster county. you can't rule that out overnight. look just north of the u.s./canadian border, really, really cold that'll be dumped on us. 29 overnight in the city and 32 early tomorrow and temperatures falling back in the 20s during the afternoon. it favors waves of cold air. the week of january 11th through 15 we start getting into a cold pattern again. 32 tomorrow early and 20s in the afternoon and feeling like the teens and we get down to 17 tomorrow night. that's the coldest weather since march. bright and cold on tuesday and 30 for a high. we're talking mid-40s on

friday and could be rain friday night into saturday. you notice i said rain and not snow. bill evans has more starting tomorrow. >> thank you, jeff. the giant's season came to an end today. for many fans their mind wasn't on winning or losing, it was on coach tom coughlin. >> the giants couldn't pull off a win for coach coughlin who may have coached his last game. the giants fell to the eagles 35-30. after the game coughlin refused to talk about his future. >> fans, they are speaking out. >> reporter: with the g-men being eliminated from the post season this game meant nothing. from an emotional standpoint this meant so much more. all signs pointing to it being the last game for coach coughlin. >> we're all happy for him. we're meaning to go in late in

the game and give him a standing ovation. that's what he deserves. >> he brought us to the super bowl two times. i'm really happy for what he did. it's time to get fresh blood. >> thank you for everything you've done but it's time to go. it's like bittersweet. thank you but peace. >> reporter: and bittersweet it is. after 12 seasons with the giants at 69 years old coughlin is the oldest coach in the nfl. he did, in deed, get the standing ovation from fans at the end of the game as he headed for the tunnel and a sign coughlin knew he was coaching his last game, his entire family joined him at met life and terrell thomas sweeted this. all the best to coach coughlin. thank you for everything. you turned a lot of boys into accomplishment. fans are hoping coughlin will be allowed to write his own last chapter. >> thank you to tom for all the years you put up with us. i would rather him go out

>> it should be on him and they should leave it up to him. >> reporter: fans say if this was his final game, he'll be remembered as one of the all time greatest and of course with his two super bowl rings. sefan kim, channel 7 eye witness news. >> best of luck to coach whatever he decides in the future. >> yeah, it'll be interesting. that'll do it for us tonight. thank you for staying up with us i'm sandra bookman. >> i'm joe torres. thanks for tuning in. eye witness news returns tomorrow morning. a cold morning.

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