had the presence of mind to hide her baby boy in a closet. >> they found her 5-month-old son who thankfully was unharmed. >> reporter: the next two murders were saturday night, the 23-year-old mother of two of the suspects' children was killed. her name was ashley jones, and she had a restraining order against holland. her new partner, janelle marshall, 28, was also shot to death. two little girls, 1 and 3 years old, and one boy, 4, were in the apartment at the time and like the 5-month-old were not physically hurt. the acting county prosecutor says if someone is bent on doing harm, there's little they can do to protect women from abusers. >>s intent for whatever their own reasons are on committing an act of violence, the restraining itself cannot obviously stop somebody willing to go so far as aggravated assault or murder or a firearms type murder from

>> again, three murders, four children physically unhurt but left tonight without their parents. this murder suspect is being held on $2.5 million bail. live in newark tonight, michelle charlesworth, channel 7 eyewitness news. also in newark, a developing story. three children run down by a pickup truck. eyewitness news obtaining this surveillance video. we're not showing the moment of impact. it happened just after 3:00 this afternoon. the truck just kept going. it is not clear at this time if the driver was even aware of what happened. we're told the children have minor injuries. they went to the hospital as a precaution. we have breaking news right now in mahwah, new jersey. firefighters are battling a fire at a condo complex. it looks like a lot of the flames are out at this point but still some smoke there. let's check in with shannon sohn. >> the smoke continues to billow up out of the vents in the roof, but for the most part

upper hand on the blaze that started at 980 juniper way. the fire department did have to rescue one person that was on one of these upper floor balconies. obviously this is a three-story condo complex and the fire was mostly on the floor but it was so strong and so fierce, it quickly went through the attic and in to the loft. the fire department still there, trying to get out some of the hotspots. every now and then we see flames coming up. no one injured here. the fire department activity spilling off juniper way to pepperidge road. reporting live over mahwah, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. another subway slashing, police say a mentally disturbed man picked a fight with a passenger and slashed him in the face. custody. even so, with news of yet another slashing, there's

darla miles with more. >> there's increased police presence here at the subway station as there has been after every slashing. you also get a good number of strap hangers who say this is new york, you have to watch your back, but then there's are a lot of people saying they need a better solution to the overall problem. >> the commotion and the students were being held downstairs. >> reporter: the latest slashing, this time in brooklyn ground. >> i came up. of commotion. i just kind of looked around, i asked some people and they said someone got slashed. then the cops and everybody was around. then the train came and we all got on the train. >> reporter: police say a 30-year-old man was waiting at the pennsylvania avenue livonia avenue subway station in brownsville. the suspect, who they say is a diagnosed schizophrenic, was pacing back and forth on the platform and asked, wanna fight? then threw coffee on the victim's back.

cars but the suspect got right back in his face and slashed the victim across the chin. >> this could happen to anybody no matter who you are or where you are, male or female. >> reporter: commissioner bratton said monday he wants to get in to banning repeat offenders from the subway but some straphangers don't think that's the problem. >> too many of them are being put on the street as they're trying to alleviate their system. >> we need to put more money toward the mental illness and helping the people, you understand? when you see people like this that's going around, that's a cry for help. >> 37-year-old stephen brathwaite was arrested in the slashing. police say he's a diagnosed schizophrenic. he was arraigned earlier this morning and faces multiple charges including assault and menacing. darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. the sunny and mild weather is about to come to an end. heavy rain expected tomorrow and meteorologist lee goldberg says it could be a mess. he's

tomorrow this could be called the upper mess side. >> [ laughter ] the upper wet side. no doubt about it. won't be as pleasant tomorrow, it will be umbrellas, difficult to hail a taxi tomorrow and maybe think about subway or buses tomorrow afternoon. what a gorgeous sunset but say goodbye to the sun till thursday. our temperature and a beautiful sunset at 5:14 coming up. 48 degrees. we managed to hit 50 today and we're still mild in to the evening hours. we're going to watch clouds increase. there's a flood watch out for parts of central new jersey. we could get close to an inch of rain in spots. here's the big storm in the middle of the country. thankfully spinning most of the snow in to the great lakes and the upper midwest. we get the warm rainy side of the storm. first raindrops around daybreak and our northwest suburbs may take till the latter part of the morning commute. it should be dry in long island. even during the midday the rain is probably light unless you're

heavy during the afternoon and evening. it's taylor -- tailor-made for the later part. the heaviest rain is lagged to 4:00 in the afternoon to maybe 10:00 at night. look to half an inch of rainfall. couple would -- coupled with that, the winds could gust to 60 miles per hour. our record high of 64, that we'll be rainfall. eventually going to get a lot colder. i think the groundhog is we'll talk about the timing with this rainfall. that's all in the accuweather forecast in just a few minutes. this is a controversy brewing. lee disagreeing with a groundhog. you can follow lee's forecast, not the groundhog's, 24/7 by downloading the accutrack weather alert app. politics now. iowa is gun -- iowa is done and it's on to new hampshire. the candidates

the official results from the caucuses in iowa coming in this afternoon with hillary clinton narrowly beating bernie sanders by literally 2/10ths of a point. ted cruz with 27.7%. donald trump, 24 .3%, and marco rubio coming in at a strong third with 23.1%. what are the candidates doing now? marci gonzalez is live with the answer. >> most of them are keeping busy with event after event here in new hampshire. wasting no time with just a week to go before the next big vote. >> reporter: on the trail in new hampshire fueled by iowa-inspired optimism. >> what a victory last night. >> reporter: ted cruz pulling off a big win in the caucuses ahead of donald trump. the one-time frontrunner calling his

said he hasn't been given any credit by the voters for self-funding his campaign. marco rubio talking to voters after his stronger than expected third place finish. >> keep that momentum going. >> reporter: and campaign confidence today for both democratic candidates, despite leaving iowa in a virtual tie, clinton declaring victory. >> it was a great win. >> reporter: bernie sanders pulling ahead in new hampshire welcomed back here by a cheering crowd. >> last hampshire, but all over this country. >> reporter: mike huckabee and martin o'malley have dropped out of the race, but the rest of the candidates' campaigns now full throttle here ahead of next week's primary. >> i feel pretty good about our opportunity to break out here. i think it's the groundwork that we've laid is going to bear fruit next tuesday. >> and governor christie joked

doesn't work out, he actually has another job lined up, saying when he complained about the cold in iowa, john bon jovi reached out and said he should come back to jersey and the job playing tambourine in the band is still open. marci gonzalez, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> you can watch the republicans and their next debate saturday night at 8:00 right here on channel 7. no bail tonight for the man accused of killing a 12-year-old girl in her home on long island. jaquan keller charged with firing the bullet that went right through the front window and killed daija joiner. it happened last fall. her mother says she's still trying to come to grips. >> day by day making it. >> he didn't do it. it's not all that complicated. somebody else fired the gun that

>> keller due back in court march 7th. he's charged with second degree murder. flames started in the duct work of a restaurant on the first floor of a building on west 100th street. the fire then spread to the apartments on the second and third floors through the walls. at one point thick coming from the roof. a water main break disrupted the commute this morning in queens. newscopter7 was over the scene in hill crest near the manhattan bound parkway. water flooded the parkway's service road before it was finally capped. on what caused it. the commissioner of the country's biggest police force, the man in charge of preventing terror attacks in new york city today testifying to congress about the nypd's counterterrorism efforts. >> added almost $160 million of technology including issuance development of smart phones to all 36,000 officers.

any police organization. >> commissioner bratton says his cops will be able to communicate by radio in the subway by the end of the year. he adds the nypd investigated three separate isis terror plots last spring. it was another dismal day of trading on wall street. energy companies led the retreated to. investors continue to be concerned about the volatile price of crude oil and the situation in china. dow closed at 16,153. nasdaq plunged and s&p 500 lost 36 points. bill cosby today back in court. coming up on eyewitness news at 5:00, a prosecutor testifies why he never charged cosby in a decades-old case. >> for the first time here in the u.s. the zika virus transmitted by two people through sexual intercourse. >> we'll ride along with cops

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blockbuster testimony today in the bill cosby case. a former district attorney says cosby should not be prosecuted for sexual assault because he gave the disgraced comedian his word 10 years ago. and he says that word is binding. a hearing in the philadelphia suburb of norristown. eyes -- witness reporter kemberly richardson is there for us now. >> hours of testimony, one hostile witness, then bill cosby. all right now inside

continued. bruce caster, the man who allegedly brokered that immunity deal for cosby. he is a defense witness, at one point he barked at cosby's lawyer, quote, i'm not on your team. >> reporter: bill cosby walked in to the courthouse well aware this hearing can make or break it when it comes to the felony sexual assault case against him. at issue, what did or did not happen back in 2005. in 2004 former temple university employee andrea constand maintains cosby violated her here inside his mansion outside of philadelphia, gave her wine and pills that left her unable to move. he denies it and criminally charged. things were far from over. nearly five weeks ago charges were filed against the 78-year-old just before the statute of limitations expired. cosby's current legal team is

those charges, saying back in 2005, cosby's former attorney made a deal with bruce castor, giving cosby immunity from ever being criminally prosecuted in this case. today castortold the judge he did that hoping it would force cosby to testify, bringing justice to constand, that he wanted cosby punished and in the end, quote, make constand a millionaire. prosecutors maintain there is no evidence of a binding agreement. the judge will make the final decision. >> right out of the gate at the start of today's hearing, the judge pointed out there's very little [ inaudible ] with respect to a hearing like this. he has indicated he'll make a decision tonight. if we get that we'll bring it right to

channel 7 eyewitness news. meanwhile, as mr. cosby faced a judge in pennsylvania today, a model out in california who accused him of sexually assaulting her dropped her case against him. chloe goins dismissed the dispute. she claimed cosby drugged and sexually abused her in 2008. a fierce explosion in upstate new york and a house tonight is destroyed. an apparent gas leak being the cause of this explosion. this may have been caused by a car hitting and then sheering off a gas meter. a nearby home was also damaged. nobody was hurt . a good samaritan who wanted to help people in water contaminated flint, michigan are about to see their efforts come volunteers water. the problem, though, they didn't have a way to get all that water to flint.

friday and after seeing it, a company called finkle freight logistics stepped up and provided a truck for the mission. that truck now on its way to flint. we say thank you. it's not the same as believing in santa claus but if you believe the groundhogs, spring is coming. he didn't see his shadow. turns out punxsutawney phil agreed with chuck. he didn't see his shadow either. this is just the 18th time phil has predicted an early spring since 1887. same groundhog. this isn't like last year or something. this is an old german legend that says if a groundhog sees his shadow, winter is just six more weeks. if he does see it -- >> do we believe in groundhogs? >> apparently some people do. >> yes, every day. [ laughter ] it was clear across the

i don't know how you see shadows. phil goes spring, chuck, spring. and i got so many tweets, who is mel? it's frank our jedi night of graphics. fantastic. looks like the caddyshack. but here's the thing, i think the groundhog was definitely teased by a beautiful sunset. great weather. and doesn't realize what's about a week away. just fantastic sunset and we'll of course have a time lapse and sunset for you at 6:00. wow, that's awesome. sunset obviously right around now. we have temperatures in the upper 40s. a beautiful evening. air is still dry, wind is calm. anything but this time tomorrow i think we'll have wind gusts at apart miles per hour and the high managed to reach 50 degrees. 59 and 50. last year it was in mid 30s. 39 is the average high. there are your sunrise and sunset times. last time we had 5 inches of snow. i

because i think this is where we'll see some of rainfall totals pushing an inch north and west. 49 in coastal and east rutherford coming in at 49. long island likely to see the least rainfall. however, i think it will last longer in long island late tomorrow night, even in to the wee hours of the morning thursday. 43 48 in poughkeepsie. if there's rain at 8:00 in the morning, it's probably in the north and west suburbs. rain coat, umbrella tomorrow. don't have to have a lot of layers. 50, around 60 in the early evening. clouds starting to increase from the west. they're back over the ohio valley. there's our storm center and when a storm cuts to our west like that, this time of year in the great lakes, we're on the warm side of the storm. it's milder and we get the rainy side. tomorrow morning during the commute, maybe there are a few raindrops by the tail end of the morning commute especially

you're dry long island, connecticut, jersey shore. light rain gets going by the middle of the day. probably steadier in the hudson valley. then it really kicks in. it's really taking aim at the evening commute with heavier rains and gusty winds. then it's slow to depart the scene as the rain winds down late tomorrow night. half inch to an inch of rain probably the most common amounts. heavier amounts off to the west. clouds increase tonight. a shower before dawn far western suburbs. 61. 3 degrees shy of a record high. coming up at 5:30, our sky's just not going to clear. 50 again, first part of the weekend. then colder, maybe a stormy start to next week. more on that in the 7-day forecast in the next half hour. >> a chance of snow? maybe we'll get two chances this winter? >> let's hope. still ahead, it turns out that not all bedbugs are alike.

exactly. bedbugs on the east side of manhattan are different from bedbugs on the west side. >> also, the mother of a man killed by an nypd officer, what she's appealing for tonight. >> we'll tell you what supermodel stephanie seymour agreed to do today after her drunk driving arrest. >> imagine being locked in a room and the only way out is to solve problems and puzzles accurately. that's the idea behind this escape room. i always heard fios was a lot faster but, i thought it would be a hassle to switch, turns out it wasn't. they showed up when i asked and they set up wi-fi on my laptop, my tablet and stuff. it's true, it is better. i'm here to mow the lawn. it's february, curtis. maybe i should change some other things around here.

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we have new details tonight in the kidnapping and brutal murder of a 13-year-old girl in virginia. authorities there say a student at virginia tech now charged with this heinous crime stabbed and killed nicole, the same day she disappeared last wednesday. why they did this, that remains the big mystery. >> reporter: the mother of 13-year-old nicole lovell, nicknamed coley, speaking publicly for the first time since her daughter was killed. >> nicole was a very lovable person. nicole touchdown many people throughout her short life. >> reporter: and now we're learning more about how lovell's life came to an end.

naishz of the cause of -- de-termination of the cause of death is stabbing. >> reporter: she's now facing a new charge, accessory before the fact in premeditated murder. the attorney said the murder occurred last wednesday, the same day nicole's parents believed she climbed out of her bedroom window. weeks said she battled non-hodgkins lymphoma at 4, and later mrsa. >> we knew she only had 1% chance of survival. >> reporter: challenges continued in her teenage years. she said her daughter was bullied and thinks she met david eisenhauer online. eisenhauer and keepers both hail from the same county. now both are in jail without bond.

on the new charges february 4th. secretary of state john kerry has hit the million-mile mark in diplomatic travel. kerry is currently in europe. that flight putting him in a club with only one other member, condoleezza rice. rice logged 1.6 million miles in the air. at his current race, kerry should break rice's record in the spring. >> it's a hard job and a hard commute. new concerns over the zika virus. the first case of its kind in the united states transmitted through sexual intercourse. >> plus, new details tonight about a fire on staten island that severely injured a firefighter. >> it's the new game for adults. people locked in a room and given clues about how to get out.

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there's a huge and scary development tonight involving the zika virus. >> a patient out in texas getting the virus through sexual conduct. medical experts have been worried about this possibility and now it has happened. >> eyewitness news reporter shirleen allicot is here with the new details. >> you know this is a very frightening find and truly expands the awareness measures that now need to be taken. this is about a lot more than protecting yourself from a mosquito bite. >> reporter: it's an unprecedented find, health officials in dallas confirming the first case of zika virus acquired through sexual transmission. state health officials releasing this statement, saying the find increases our awareness campaign in educating the public about protecting themselves and others. the patient reportedly had sexual contact with another person who recently returned from venezuela where zika is present. this kind of

>> there's at least one report of sexual transmission of zika virus. if it happens, it's probably not real common but it has been described for the most part most of the time it's going to be transmitted from person to person by a mosquito bite. >> reporter: there are currently no reports of the virus being locally transmitted by mosquitos in dallas county. however, health officials said it could happen eventually. for now the threat is low. the world health organization has said the virus linked to severe birth defects centered in brazil has been spreading rapidly in the americas and could affect 4 million people. in six months in the olympics opening ceremonies, the olympic committee is trying to quell fears. >> the athletes should come to the olympic games and most probably they're not at risk. >> as for a vaccine, a company

efforts to create one. the number to call about testing and other important information about zika virus is on our website, abc7ny. an elevator mechanic fell down a shaft to his death in new jersey today and now osha is investigating how it happened. he was working on the shaft in guttenberg. we learned the mechanic works for a company called slaid elevator. his death has upset residents in the building. >> kind of quiet. >> his name has not been released as of yet. a new york city firefighter is in the hospital after he fell through a hole while fighting a fire on staten island. lawrence suffered burns on his hand.

a sit-in planned by the family of ramarley graham, the teenager shot and killed by a new york cop four years ago tonight. the officer believed graham had a gun but a weapon was never found and a grand jury failed to indict the officer. now the family wants justice. eyewitness news reporter n.j. burkett at the u.s. attorney's office in manhattan with the story. >> after four years the family says this is what it's come to. an overnight sit-in outside the u.s. attorney's office here in manhattan. ramarley graham's parents, you can see them here gathered with supporters, they say they're determined to get answers, by taking this case directly to their doorstep. >> we need justice and we need it to start now. no more prolonging this case. enough is enough. >> reporter: ramarley graham's parents say it's an outrage that four years after the death of their son, the u.s. justice department has yet to hold anyone accountable.

are appealing directly tonight to the u.s. attorney. >> let's get moving. you had the case for two years. it don't take two years to investigate a case. >> reporter: ramarley graham was 18 years old, gunned down by a new york city police officer inside his own home. officers claim they followed him in the apparently mistaken belief that graham was carrying a gun and opened fire when he refused commands to show his hand. but graham's family and their many supporters insist that officers overreacted and that ramarley graham posed no threat to anybody. u.s. attorney has refused comment. and his last public statement was issued a year and a half ago. a federal civil rights investigation should be conducted confidentially, said the u.s. attorney, and above all, a proper investigation must be

so in the end justice is done. and we are absolutely committed to that. end quote. graham's mother in sists that's not good enough and is staging an overnight sit-in outside his office. >> he'll see me and when he comes back in the morning he'll see me. we needs answers and why they've not proceeded on the case. >> back live, to be clear, a bronx grand jury declined to indict anybody involved in the shooting of ramarley graham. the officer who fired the shot remains on modified tonight pending the outcome of the federal investigation. and as you can see behind me, the family and supporters of ramarley graham gathered here outside the u.s. attorney's office to spend the night. n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. a supermodel arrested for dwi may get the charges against

before a judge in sanford today. she applied for an alcoholic counseling program. if she's accepted and completes the course, the charge could be dismissed. police say she backed her suv in to another car on an i-95 exit ramp in greenwich. the new york state senate voting tonight to legalize mixed martial arts for the seventh year in a row. the state athletic commission would control mma. many fighters train at gyms around the state. the next batch of hamilton tickets on sale today but some may find they immediately sell out and face value tickets are awfully hard to find. new york's attorney general released a report saying the computer programs will snag tickets faster than most of us can. those tickets go to brokers and they get a huge markup. on the plus side the digital lottery is back and has got some improvements and gives more people a chance to get the $10 tickets.

bedbugs. unfortunately they're all over new york city. but we'll tell you how they're different from the east side of manhattan to the west side. who knew. >> the side of a plane blown wide open. details on what happened after take-off. >> plus this. >> coming up on eyewitness news, come with us as we join nassau county police as they try to track down people who may not necessarily want to be found. >> still a little snow on the ground in nassau county but we've been melting over the past few days. beautiful sunset tonight. clear skies. the clouds are increasing. right now watch ing a storm in the middle of the country and a lot of water. looks like we'll need

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a loud bang followed by a fire after a take-off that left a hole inside of the plane. pilots were able to make an emergency landing. the airbus a321 was evacuated. ome -- only a few injuries. a police officer says he found a body that may have come from that plane. some people think there's an east side/west side rivalry in manhattan. it might also involve bedbugs. a new study tracing the pests through the subway stations in new york city and scientists found bedbugs on the east side and west side, they're genetically different. why does that matter? learning about their dna helps develop better insecticides. emotions overflowed at an airport in upstate new york when a mother was reunited with a daughter she had not seen in 82 years. lena pierce gave birth to a baby girl. she was just 14 years.

hospital in utica back in 1933. she cared for the infant for six months before the state took her way. the baby was at some -- the baby was adopted, renamed betty. betty started looking in to her background. >> it came through and she was alive. my god. i had been talking to her on the phone and it's like, it's all gone. my life is complete at this point. >> a lot of times i worried about her, wondered where she was. >> both said after betty returns to lives now, their relationship will continue. that's a beautiful sight. >> of course it's going to continue. that's just great. she barely knows how to walk, but a toddler, that toddler is already shredding the slopes. >> you may have seen this video on your facebook page. we'll

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we're back with breaking news. this is in suffolk county. a murder investigation is underway after a man's body was found in the words. >> kristin thorne at the scene. >> plest -- police tell me here this is indeed a homicide, that a man's body was found in this wooded area earlier today. they say he had suffered head injuries. his body was just taken out of the woods here about 30 minutes ago. i want to show you video we got from newscopter7 when we first heard about this. police say two kids

offspring field road and second avenue around noon today when they found this body. police identifying it as a male saying he suffered head injuries and they're treating this as a homicide investigation. police say they do know the joint of the victim but they're not releasing it at this time. they say they hope to do that shortly. as soon as we get it, we'll bring it to you. kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> any new information we'll have of course on eyewitness news at 11:00. diana williams is right here. there she is. we were trying to hide her. >> that's a weird shot going in to weather. >> that's a nice shot. this scand l -- scandal that's brewing is the war between the groundhogs and you. have you ever gone against the groundhogs like this before? >> not physically. i didn't de blasio anything. at this

>> i'm picturing lee wrestling groundhogs now. [ laughter ] >> i'm going to go with you instead of the groundhogs. >> i appreciate it. the sunset, the gift that keeps on giving. so pretty with this little slither, fiery red orange along the sunset. i told you about that. we have mainly clear skies. i'm going to go to the weather wall right now and we're going to talk about a forecast that's going to be really rainy by this time tomorrow. right now our clouds are going to be increasing and at this point bill and diane are not really loving the forecast. there's that little sliver we talked about, temperatures at 48. partly cloudy skies and the winds are calm. by this time tomorrow, 30 to 40-mile-per-hour gusts. clouds will be increasing. overall pleasant evening because the blanket of cloud cover. our temperatures won't drop too much overnight. a rain drop by morning would be between new york city north and west.

start, you beat the rain. it is lightly raining through the midday, probably more than light if you go north and west. now the winds are picking up through the day. gusts over 30 if not 40 miles per hour later in the day. heaviest rain between the evening commute. we're talking rain, 40-mile-per-hour gusts, maybe record highs as temperatures try to climb above 60 degrees. we're on the warm side of this storm. the snowy part is going to the north and west and those are the clouds making for the very pretty sunset. clouds are thickening up. first raindrops coming in to northern new jersey. hudson valley. see how it might be raining a little heavier at that point. look how the numbers area-wide are around 60. first part of tomorrow night, it's a good soaking. then the rain probably lingers. the front is probably slow to leave the scene. i think rain could linger in to the wee hours of the morning. i think by daybreak thursday, clouds, sprinkle on the east end of long island. warmest numbers probably in the morning. then

40s the rest of the day. we should see breaks in the clouds especially west of new york city, colder at night. on friday that front is still a thorn in our side. it's sitting just offshore. i can see how the coast is a little bit cloudier. partly cloudy skies. closer to norm al. the weekend looks nice. i bumped up sunday's high because a front is coming in slower. i could see saturday at 50. then it's that tuesday time period because i think we're going to have a jet stream that's very favorable for a couple coastal threats next week and one of those will probably be snow. we'll be watching that. i think in the tuesday time period we'll have the threat of snowfall and might be one after that. it's getting active after this mild week. >> finally a winter before the groundhogs say spring. >> just thrown off today. all three of them. >> you were not. first comes crawling, then some wobbling, then walking, and then for 14-month-old sloan henderson, that would be

learning how to walk, she started balancing on a snowboard. her shocked parents captured her going down a hill by herself. this video became a viral sensation. >> we got her a snowboard for christmas. we pulled her around in the carpet inside for a while and she got really good at it. >> when we actually went down the slopes, people were really impressed at how good she was. >> just amazing. the video has only racked up more than 360,000 views on their youtube page. that's the latest craze for kids. now the latest craze for adults, newest game, it's reached craze status across the country, including here in the tri-state. >> you could call it the great escape. people get locked in a room and they're given clues how to get out. it's fun, challenging, and everyone has to work together in a team. >> there's no i in escape room. >> reporter: this is an escape game, players are given clues to

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that hour inside, it's a chance to think, bond, and sometimes to work with strangers. >> you cannot escape the room without collaboration. >> reporter: only 25% manage to break out. and you can tell they're pretty psyched. >> this is exhilarating. it's fun. it's like you meet people. i get to know people that i never saw before and they got great talents behind them. i would come here any time. >> hoodwinked escape is open every day from 11:00 to 11:00. it's $28 per person. >> it's such a great idea. >> it's a team building thing, we should all do it here at eyewitness news. we wouldn't do the news if we didn't get out. next, an eyewitness news exclusive. >> we're going to ride along

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ai finally at 5:00, we have an eyewitness news exclusive. police in nassau county are hunting down people who owe them dna. from minor offenses to

people need to hand over their dna. long island reporter kristin thorne rode along with officers as they searched for samples. >> reporter: these nassau county police officers are looking for people who may not want to be found. they're trying to track down those who owe their dna to nassau county police. there are about 1300 people who haven't done so. >> many people don't want to give it because they know they've committed other crimes and there's a possibility the dna may have been left behind. >> reporter: then there's people who have committed smaller crimes, dwi, insurance fraud, and shoplifting, who don't realize they actually owe dna. like this woman who police tracked down in her neighborhood in east meadow. they took her dna while she was in her car. they can do that because it's quite a simple process which police demonstrated to us. >> we'll have the person remove the swab themselves. we'll then explain they have to place the

side and rub it for about 10 seconds, spreading it around to get cells on each side. then we ask them to place it underneath their tongue for about 10 seconds. then i'll take the dna sample on this here. wearing gloves, i'll swab it. >> reporter: it's put in to a national database. police in new york say for every 100 dna samples they take, they solve one major crime. >> if occurring in the area, we'll then go out and say who has open warrants? who is on probation, on parole. most have their officers speak to them. the other thing we do is see who has open dna in the neighborhood. >> reporter: it's not a glamorous job, but certainly it's an important one. in nassau county, kristin thorne,

the search for a deadly hit and run driver. the victim, a patient who jumped out of a moving ambulance. eyewitness news at 6:00 starts right now. the son of a former aide faces charges on killing a teenager in new jersey. we've got new information on what led to that deadly confrontation. first, caught on camera, a pickup truck hits three children and then keeps going. good evening at 6:00. i'm liz cho. >> and i'm bill ritter. right now the search is on for the driver of the truck that hit those children. >> the children were rushed to the hospital this afternoon in newark. michelle charlesworth