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now, new york's number one news. channel 7 eye witness news. >> if i'm our nominee i will unit the department. >> i hope i'll be able to persuade you. >> we're going to have a winner. you're going to have a winner this time. >> one last day. the presidential candidates have less than 24 hours now to convince voters in iowa they should be the one in the white house. good evening i'm joe torres. >> sooim sandra bookman. tomorrow night's vote will be the first of the primary season and an important one for the candidates. >> on both sides now this is a

at the top donald trump holds a slight lead over ted cruz. hillary clinton is running neck and neck with bernie sanders. >> are we going to see an upset tomorrow? dave evans is in des moines tonight. >> reporter: the big news tonight in iowa is this new poll from the des moines register. a respected news organization with a track record on calling these races correctly. if you look at the republican side of the race right now, donald trump regained the lead over ted cruz. if you look at all the polling in the last few days in iowa, new hampshire and also in south carolina he may run the tables in this primary vote. on the democratic side hillary clinton and bernie sanders neck and neck in today's poll. it is too close to call and she enjoys a 3 point lead. >> secretary of state and the next president of the united states hillary clinton. >> reporter: eight years ago she finished third in iowa and she's hoping that's history. >> i know many of you here are

me and i thank you from the bottom of my heart. >> reporter: and for the final big push, clinton brought along the whole family. >> she's the single best at making everything she touches better. every person she knows better. >> reporter: bernie sanders is nipping at clinton only three points back in today's poll. he swears he can pull off the upset obama did in 2008. >> we're going to win this thing and pull off a great upset. >> reporter: on the republican side, will donald trump supporters show up and caucus for him come monday night? >> i don't care if you're feeling horrible and the doctor says you cannot leave. it'll be the end of you if you leave bed. you cannot leave, get out of bed and caucus. >> reporter: this trump finale a family affair. even his glamorous wife here in farm country.

the best deal maker and the negotiate tor. >> reporter: did you pray for donald trump or rubio? . >> i actually did. i'm lifting up in prayers all the candidates running. >> reporter: ted cruz has slipped after a brutal onslaught from the front runner. >> he was born in canada and a lot of people are saying he can't run for the election. to me that's a problem. >> reporter: today's poll as a surprise for marco rubio. he's in third place, a good spot to play the alternative to trump and cruz. >> i will never embarrass you. you'll never cringe and say i can't believe i voted for him. >> reporter: there's also a new poll out tonight in new hampshire. that vote is a week from this tuesday on february 9th. in that poll if you look on the democratic side bernie sanders is in front of hillary clinton. he's enjoyed a big lead there and he's from vermont.

side, donald trump is also in a big, big lead in new hampshire right now. the big question right now is who might come in second in new hampshire next week? if you look at governor christie, he's in fifth place but within striking distance of the second place finish. we'll see tomorrow. reporting live in des moines, iowa, dave evans. >> so it begins. thank you very much, dave. of course dave will continue his live reports. you heard him from iowa throughout the day tomorrow. stay with eye witness news and abc ny. a search for answers and a suspect in newark after someone fatally shot a woman and a man inside their apartment last night. an apartment occupied by three young children.

jones and 28-year-old marshall. lucy young in newark tonight. >> reporter: more than 24 hours later, still no arrest in this chilling double murder. three little children were in the home when their mother and her boyfriend were so viciously gunned down. balloons were added to the makeshift memorial tonight in honor of the young children left without their mother. >> we heard 6 to 8 gunshots and after the gunshots was finished we saw the little girl say where's my mommy? >> reporter: even in newark where shootings are frequent this one was brutal. saturday night 23-year-old ashley jones was gunned down inside her apartment here on clinton place. also in the apartment according to authorities her three young children ages 1, 3 and 4. they were not injured but 28-year-old marshall, her boyfriend, was also killed. >> she was a good person. >> reporter: according to friends and neighbors ashley feared for her life and obtained a restraining order against a

one neighbor says that abusive ex-boyfriend showed up just last week. >> she was trying to get away. she climbed through the window. >> reporter: and onto your fire escape? >> yeah. her right eye was black and blue. >> she was a growing young lady. growing beautiful family and couldn't find a sweeter person. >> reporter: now we're told the children were checked out at the hospital and are now staying with relatives. no word at this hour on the status of the mother's ex-boyfriend. live outside police head quarters in newark, lucy yang. police are investigating a stabbing death in brooklyn. jonathan rennie was found this morning and he has several stab wounds. emergency crews took him to the dead. a knife was recovered at the scene. no arrests have been made.

in harlem, police are investigating another slashing attack inside the city's subway system. the victim, a 27-year-old man got into an argument with a woman early this morning inside the 110th street station. the woman asked another man for help. police say that man slashed the victim in the face and took off. this is the sixth such attack so far this year. police in newark are investigating an overnight burglary at a church. the thief broke into the greater church on elizabeth avenue by creating a hole in the roof. the burglar took off with food and personal items. church members say the break in won't break their spirits. >> it could have been worse. this could have been worse. this could have been a tragedy we could have been mourning somebody right now or mourning the fact that something else could have happened. this is only a setback from our come up. >> detectives want to talk to

near the church with large amounts of canned goods. a reminder for drivers in the city tomorrow. alternate side parking rules resume. you must move your car monday. this will help the city remove the remaining snow piles laying around. warm temperatures melted away most of the snow. there's more weather to come. more warm weather. jeff smith is here with a look at his forecast. >> the snow is dwindling in new york city. probably between two and three inches as high temperatures got up to 56 in the park with no snow on the ground. in poughkeepsie it got up to 61 and right now temperatures have only fallen down to 51 in central park. that wind coming in from the south around 5 miles per hour and temperatures overnight probably staying steady in the mid-40s. we might dip down to 44 at the lowest.

morris town 30 and 32 in sussex. one thing we watch out for is the milder air mass as we get patchy fog developing and that can affect us through sunrise at 7:07 a.m. partly cloudy and patchy fog and warmer temperatures tomorrow and a couple of showers to deal with as well. we'll talk about that in your full accuweather forecast. a close call for a new jersey cop caught on camera. a burning truck barrels towards him. what led to this near miss on a local highway. plus a new plan to combat the zica virus in new york

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>> two virginia tech students are facing charges in the death of a 13-year-old girl. nicole lavell's body was found yesterday afternoon in north carolina several days after she disappeared from her virginia home. 18-year-old davidizen hour is charged with her murder and earlier they arrested natalie keepers. she faces charges of accessory and improper disposal of a body. investigators continue to search for evidence. they believe they knew each other before she disappeared. captured on a police dash cam. a new jersey police officer involved in a close call with a burning out of control truck.

truck on fire on route 15 yesterday afternoon as smoke poured from the engine. officers got the driver and passenger out safely. other officers closed the southbound lanes because of the danger. the burning truck began to roll backwards towards two police vehicles. they ran to get his car out of the way. he dove out of the way at the last second. >> what happened was this truck was clearly from the fire. >> the truck stopped when it hit a guardrail. he severely bruised his right shoulder and hurt his left knee. he'll be off the job for several weeks. a woman was injured after driving a van into a building in queens. it happened at a car detailing center after midnight. one eye witness says he was sitting in a car parked outside the building when he heard the

>> i came out the car and i seen a van outside the shop. it's a good thing i'm still alive. i could have been in there. >> the driver was able to get out of the van but she was bleeding. no word on her condition. the city officials ordered that building vacated because of heavy structure damage. happening tomorrow we should learn more about the deadly amtrack train derailment last may. they're set to release documents from the investigation including the transcript with the interview with the engine. the train went off the tracks and eight people died. more than 200 were hurt. away. a deal reached to limit helicopter noise over manhattan. did you see the fire ball over the northeast coast? what experts say it was. talk about overdue. a man in new jersey finds a

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people in a half dozen states and two countries reported seeing a bright fireball streaking through the sky at 6:20 last night. what was it? a meteor. it was seen in new jersey, new york and canada. this video from a dash board camera of a man driving in virginia. lots of people saw it. >> it's always interesting. maybe it was a meteor. maybe it was something else. >> i didn't see it but any time

upper atmosphere at that speed will burn up and cause the fire ball. the bigger the object the bigger the meteor. >> the weather is not spring like but pretty nice for february. >> almost. milder potentially during the day tomorrow and then again on wednesday. by wednesday we pay for that warmth with potentially heavy rain. we're taking a live look towards central park and still 51 degrees. we're coming in from the south around 5 miles per hour. this is after getting up to 56 during the afternoon, which by the way is a full 17 degrees above normal. normal high this time of year is around 39. the record was 63. we didn't quite hit that. that was set in 1947. patchy fog will form overnight into tomorrow morning and this mild air over the snow pack. that difference in temperature causing the fog to develop. it's a moist air mass as well.

getting as warm as they got today but a few afternoon showers around and we're quiet on tuesday and cooler. still above average. windy, wet and warm, though, on wednesday as we approach 60 degrees in parts of the area. 44 in newark and we head outside of the city and we're 51 in central park and it is significantly colder especially over northwestern new jersey. 30 in morris town and 32 in sussex and upper 40s down the jersey shore. a batch of clouds moving through right now. fog developing overnight would be the main concern right into tomorrow morning's morning commute. here's 8:00 in the morning. a little fog and temperatures in the mid-40s. a front moves on through and not impressed with the dynamics in the atmosphere and it won't produce much in the way of rainfall but there can be a spotty shower or two and that can last in the early evening. not before temperatures get in the 50s tomorrow. on tuesday a quiet day and

middle 40s and on the warm side of the big storm. you'll hear about this because it'll cause blizzard conditions in the midwest. that'll be after the iowa caucuses but it moves in wednesday and it'll be windy and stormy and could have heavy downpours and that's followed by colder air. partly cloudy and patchy late night fog that can last into tomorrow morning. temperatures around 46 at 7 in the morning. a few afternoon showers tomorrow. very mild. the high up to 57 and even a degree warmer than today. it's a passing evening shower or two tomorrow night and clearing and down to 39. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast. a quiet day on tuesday, 45. windy, wet on wednesday and in fact, on wednesday we could have heavy enough rain to have local flooding with the left over snow pack and piles we had.

we have to watch an off shore system. right now it looks like it would stay off shore. as we head into the weekend clearing out for saturday and temperatures around 40 and another shot at maybe storminess by late in the weekend. snow. that's february for you. we can't expect it to be completely snow free. >> keeps things interesting we're impressed with the dynamics of sports. >> we're all impressed with the warriors as well in case you were unsure. we're here to let you know, golden state is really, really good. the knicks got an up close and personal look at the defending nba champions and they resorted to interesting moves.

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season golden state had just four losses headed into tonight. the knicks looking to make it five as the duo clashed at the garden. that's easier said than done. steph curry is pretty good. the knicks had the lead in the 2nd. derek williams look at that dunk. new york up by 4. that did not last long. clay thompson from curry for 3 of his game high 34 points. their lead grew in the 4th. iguodala is wide open. carmelo anthony had 24 points and more interesting were the defensive tactics. 116-95 and it's the warriors who roll. super bowl week is about to begin. how do we know this for sure? is it because the panthers and broncos arrived in san francisco? no. today was the pro bowl. that's the second best thing to

kind of. eli manning and nick mangold. hooking up for kelce and his giant's teammate was active for team irvin. the giant's josh brown fakes the extra point and tries to throw it to nick mangold for the two no good. 49-27 team irvin with the win. it's time for the main event. super bowl week that can begin because the gang is all here. with here being san jose. the broncos and panthers touched down in the bay area today ready to get this party started and cam newton certainly making that statement with his wardrobe. how about those pants? it is the big game. they'll be plenty of action before then. this is when the fun begins. >> the first week was getting the ground work in place and getting the base put there where we needed to and now you go out

practice. it's tuning it up. we have a good idea of what we want to do and now it's tightening everything up. >> according to espn calvin johnson has, in deed, decided to retire. he informed close family and friends of his decision before this last season began and he let the lions know the day after their last game. after nine years the pro bowler receiver is just banged up. he's been battling injuries and soreness. we have much more ahead in sports. from now on they may want to refer to it as the john scott nhl all star game. the big enforcer almost wasn't even allow today play tonight. play he did and put on an mvp

there was plenty of drama leading up to the nhl all star game. john scott was the mvp and the league finally decided to let him in. today we had the games, a new format. three game playoff. first the east battling. it then became the john scott show.

championship game and they won and scott was named mvp and all was right with the hockey world women's tennis is all about serena williams despite her loss yesterday and the men's side has the own dominant force. he faced andy murray this morning and djokovic dominated this meeting pulling off the sweep. it's the sixth australian open crown. 11th grand slam title and the second time he's won three straight majors in his career. the knicks may have closed down the garden tonight but it was st. john's that got the double header started this afternoon. the johnnies facing a tough foe in villanova. the red storm hung in in the first. johnson, that's part of a 12-0 run. they trailed by one and nova back in business. hart had 16 points and 68-53.

uconn visiting the university of central florida. this one was all huskies. ufc had no answers. gibbs with the fast break and gets it to go. the huskies have now won 4 of 5 and finally rutgers trying to find a way to match michigan state. the spartans were all about the 3 point shot. michigan state buryied 17 three pointers in this game. 96-62. rutgers is 0-9 in the big ten. if you give up 17 three pointers you're not going to win. >> thank you, laura. how can we stop the spread of the zika virus? the new plan to take action now before mosquito season arrived. a deal to reduce helicopter

what it means for flights. a drummer falls through a window during a set.

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>> here's a look at the top stories tonight. a search continues for the person who murdered a man and a woman inside an apartment in newark. three young children were in that home when the murders happened. police have not said if they have any suspects. we are now less than

the presidential candidates have been cris crossing the state hoping to draw in undecided voters. donald trump leads for the republicans and hillary clinton holds a slim slim lead on the democratic side. tomorrow new york health officials will hold a webinar to discuss ways to combat the zika virus. >> there are nine cases in new york and 37 in the u.s. lawmakers want to take action to stop the spread before this summer. >> lucy yang has the story. >> reporter: a summertime pest or worldwide health emergency? the mosquito born zika virus and the potential to spread have some politicians calling for global action. >> we have to build a fire wall. a fire wall against zika that prevents it from coming to new york and to america. >> reporter: the zika virus is spread from infected mosquitos.

birth defects. it can lead to parol sis and it may be winter in new york but it's spread to our area prompting city health officials to alert doctors and clinics to look for the virus in patient who is have traveled. >> yesterday we were informed of a laboratory confirmed case of zika in a woman who travel today an area with ongoing zika transmission. so that brings to three the number of new york city residents who have been diagnosed with zika. >> reporter: ground zero for the virus is set to be brazil, which is in crisis mode and soldiers are being deployed to fight the enemies visiting for homes and looking for standing water where mosquitos can breed including the back of refrigerators. >> the first zika case was confirmed in brazil in may and a year later there have been

4,000 babies have been born with something called microefaly. >> reporter: lieu ki yang, channel 7 eye witness news. a police investigation in jersey city after a child fell out of an apartment window and died. a 4-year-old boy tumbled out of a fifth floor window tat summit plaza apartment building yesterday afternoon. first responders found the boy in a parking lot and rushed him to the hospital where he died. detectives are investigating but the death appears to be a tragic accident. in newark police say an officer shot and wounded a man who shot at him during a traffic stop. police stopped the car on south orange avenue around 9:30 last night. the driver got out and opened fire and the officer shot back. the man was hospital. doctors list him in stable condition and say his injuries are not life threatening. the officer has been with the newark police force for nearly a decade.

bmw involved in a hit and run in williamsburg. investigators say a gray bmw 323 i hit a woman on rodney street yesterday morning. a taxi stopped to let the woman cross the street. that's when the driver of the bmw passed the cab, hit the woman and took off. the victim suffered head trauma. doctors now list her condition as critical. authorities accuse a long island man of causing a big scare at a department store in nassau county. police say 53-year-old elvis governor told a 911 operator there was a bomb inside macy's last thursday. officers closed the store for several hours but they didn't find anything. investigators arrested governor yesterday. police charged him with making a terrorist threat. the university of albany says a group of students was harassed and assaulted on a city

the attack was caught on a cell phone. three black women said about a dozen white men and women used racial slurs while hitting them. their injuries were minor and police are investigating. in a letter the president calls upon all members to unite and we must show the world we stand for inclusiveness and stand against bias, violence and hatred. new york city strikes a deal with helicopter operator to reduce -- by the start of 2017. sefan kim with reaction. >> reporter: at the downtown heliport half a dozen helicopters can take off every hour. soon that'll change under an agreement announced between the nyc and the helicopter tourism

they'll no longer be flights on sundays and 50% fewer flights the rest of the time. the deal is a result of noise complaints from residents. >> 2% less is excellent. it's definitely good progress for now. >> we're used to hearing it. overhead, boom, boom. >> the noise coming over is distracting and it's not nice. >> reporter: operators have agreed to end all flights over governor's island. sunday flights will be grounded starting this april and tour operators have until january 2017 to reduce flights by 50%. the agreement will result in the elimination of 30,000 flights a year. so some residents feel mixed about the impact it'll have on the tourism industry and others say the changes go too far. >> it takes away from the character of the city when you start taking away tourism options for people. >> i think it's great. at the same time the business is up and down.

require today provide monthly reporting of the number of flights conducted here. if they violate the terms of the agreement they'll face further reduction in operations. sefan kim, channel 7 eye witness news. friends and family fondly remembered ava gotta today. 100 people attended a memorial service on the upper west side. family members remembered how he grew up in brooklyn during the great depression. widely remembered for playing a mobster in the god father the theme was played at the end of the service. a former central new jersey man jokes he hopes he doesn't have to go to jail because of a very overdue library book. frank ryan checked out a book about football when he was 11 years old and he forgot to turn it back in. his daughter found that book recently while going through belongings in his house.

says you're going to be late bringing this to the library. i said what are you talking about? she said you're only a couple years late and she gave me the book. >> well, more than just a couple of years late. the book is 72 years overdue. back then the library levied a two cent per day fine for overdue books. that would amount to over $500 now. when he call it had library they didn't even know it was missing. >> i'm sure there's a new edition. a group of nuns save a man pinned under a tree. plus an r 2 d 2 painting stolen. the social media campaign to get it back and wait until you see who returned it. a live look outside tonight.

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a massachusetts man is thankful for godly neighbors as he recovers after a serious accident. the 75-year-old was chopping

his home when he got trapped. one of the sisters who lived nearby was walking and praying in the same woods. the nun ran back to the abbey and got help. >> the nuns found them and they went out and investigated and found where he was and they had to tell somebody. the patient told us himself he's been there for two hours and was lucky somebody heard him screaming for help. >> you heard him say the nuns called 911. firefighters found and freed the man and he remains in the hospital being treated for leg injuries and hypothermia. a painting hice case. someone swiped the r2d2 painting earlier this month. the pizza shop put out the word and hoped for its safe return. on friday a man drove up on a motorcycle wearing a storm trooper helmet. he dropped off something rapped

>> there was a note and it was from darth vader. we're going to frame the note right next to it. it'll make for a fun story. >> the note reads in part. i've discovered this is close to worthless. i decided to return it out of the goodness of my heart. who stole the painting and who

>> if you fall off a horse get back on. the same goes for a drum set. a drummer in nashville stood up from his stool and fell backwards through a window. there's a country song in there somewhere. several feet he fell onto a concrete sidewalk below.

in fact, he pushed his drum set back through the window and went back into the bar, grabbed a band-aid from the bartender and started to play again. he went across the street and played four more hours at another bar. that is a drum roll for sure. >> that is dedication. i wonder how many beers. >> yes, bourbon. >> all right, jeff. we got an interesting week here. a little bit of everything. >> we do. everything but the kitchen sink this week. temperatures were as least as warm as today. a couple of showers in the afternoon and that's all after some patchy fog in the morning. here's a look over towards the empire state building. that temperature is at 51. still at this hour. cloudy skies and the wind from the south at 5 miles per hour and with such a mild air mass in place overnight and we still

they'll be patchy fog developing towards the predawn hours. temperatures probably bottoming out in the 40s at the lowest. after getting up to 56 during the day today and got up to 62 at poughkeepsie and the reason it got warm in the mid hudson valley, they have no snow on the ground. you can see on the current snow depth map. this is rare to see. still several inches of snow on the ground over parts of northern new jersey. this snow pack has really been dwindling the past few days with the warm weather. that's good news for those of you moving your cars tomorrow for alternate side parking going back into effect. 32 in sussex and there are cold readings west of the city. there's a front approaching during the day tomorrow and with that a shower or two in the afternoon and in the meantime 44 overnight and back up to 57 tomorrow and patchy fog early

maybe a couple showers in the afternoon. at the bus stop temperatures around 44 or so. that patchy fog burning off again after school. temperatures probably in the upper 50s with a couple of showers around. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast. mostly sunny tuesday and a break in there. it's windy and wet and warm on wednesday. upper 50s and could be localized flooding and partial sunny and we'll have to watch a coastal storm. next shot of rain or snow is late in the weekend. bill evans back in the morning with no. >> we could be snow free around here. >> that'll be nice. the diversity debate in hollywood reignited. >> they name it had best of the best and much of the conversation revolved around what this did that the oscars

>> reporter: oscar still white? perhaps. the sagg awards not so much. >> welcome to diverse tv. >> reporter: not even nominated for an oscar. selva winning best award. they flipped the script to award award. queen latifah honored. >> this is what we talk about with diversity. >> reporter: the orange is the new black. >> get up here dad. >> reporter: jason beatman. jeffrey tamber acclaimed for his role as the character mora on transparent. >> i'm going to stop shaking. >> reporter: supporting female actor awarded for the danish girl. >> i just want to go out and celebrate.

get drunk by myself and ask everyone in the cabin to dance with me. >> reporter: game on with a win for outstanding motion picture spotlight climbed back in the oscar best picture race. did you know this was something special you were doing? >> from the minute i read it. i felt it was a special thing. >> reporter: dicaprio recalled his childhood and for bree larson. her best female win for room. >> i'm really grateful to have had so much life, so many trials and tribulations. >> reporter: the key to success for any actor. just ask viola davis. you just deliver these powerful emotional moments.

>> when you observe life you see so many things that you would not even expect. i'm always watching people. >> reporter: chris con nel, abc news los angeles. >> of course the oscars airing the end of the month, february 28th right here on abc. it'll be an interesting evening. >> that's the news from us. thanks for staying up. i'm sandra bookman. >> don't forget alternate side of the street parking rules back in effect tomorrow. also tomorrow eye witness news returns in the morning at 4:30.

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