ages 2, 1, and 4 months old. this 25-year-old said he acted like nothing was wrong when she bumped in to him. >> when i came back i told the cops that i'd seen him, i knew what he was wearing, i knew where he got off the bus at. i know he comes here to see her. >> reporter: there at the ramada inn on north gannon street which is used in part for a family shelter, police say sykes stabbed all four as they returned from breakfast. lydia's youngest daughter lives on the same floor as the scene. she and her oldest daughter rushed over after hearing the 21-year-old hysterical over the phone. >> she said there was a lot of cops in the hallway and said stay in your room. >> my sister called my mom and said there was a man stabbing babies in the shelter and that he was hiding in the building and nobody could find him. >> reporter: cutler didn't survive the bloody attack with

daughter or 4-month-old daughter. the baby girl, the suspect's own flesh and blood. police say sykes called his mother right after the mother to himself. they say a housekeeper found the bodies around 10 a.m. >> we're looking for a michael sykes, aka michael skyes, to my left. a 23-year-old male. he is the father of one of the morning. we have units over there right now searching for him. >> part of the hotel is used as a family shelter. the other part is used and sold as normal hotel rooms but right after this incident the entire building went on lockdown as police searched every room, every floor. we're told many of those residents are still inside right now but they will discontinue this hotel as a family shelter this evening. many of those families who have been on lockdown all day will be

we'll have more on eyewitness news at 6:00. reporting live in the westerleigh section, darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. tonight mayor de blasio is taking action to increase security at the city's 41 hotel shelters. but there is one obstacle that stands in the way of protecting the thousands of people who stay in there. eyewitness news reporter michelle charlesworth will have that angle coming up at 5:30. politics now, and there are a few less people in the race for president. breaking news in our area because just moments ago we learned governor chris christie has informed staffers he's suspending his campaign. carly fiorina also suspending her campaign today. with more, we've got eyewitness news reporter joe torres live in mendham, new jersey. you just heard about this as well, right? >> yes, actually, we just got the word a few minutes ago.

campaign. there's a local police officer guarding the end of the driveway and state police calling this a safe distance from the governor's house. after one caucus and one primary, governor christie's presidential bid is over. >> all the talk i heard from him till now seemed to suggest that he was in for the long run so i'm a little surprised he's dropping out. >> reporter: surprised because some of that long run talk came from the new jersey governor himself just yesterday morning. >> will you bow out if you don't do well here? >> why would you ever talk about that first thing in the morning? that's a downer. absolutely not. see you in south carolina tomorrow. >> reporter: apparently not after a poor showing in the iowa caucuses and the sixth place finish in new hampshire, christie, according to a staffer here at his empty campaign headquarters in morristown is at his home in mendham and some voters are ready for him to focus once again on all things new jersey. >> lord knows we have a ton of

we need someone in trenton looking out for us. >> there's probably only room for one tough guy bully character in the election. it seems trump sucked all the air out of that role. >> reporter: while voters await a formal announcement from the governor about his campaign, there's no question surrounding the presidential bid of carly fiorina. following a dismal performance in new hampshire, the former tech company executive issued a facebook posting that read, while i suspend my candidacy today, i'll continue to travel this country and fight for those americans who refuse to settle for things the way they are and a status quo that no longer works for them. >> so governor christie out. carly fiorina out. neurosurgeon ben carson, who actually registered lower numbers in new hampshire than both christie and fiorina, telling his supporters he's still in the race and off to the south carolina side of the next primary.

live in mendham, joe torres, channel 7 eyewitness news. those still in looking ahead to the next primary state, south carolina and nevada. fresh off of his new hampshire win, senator bernie sanders making a pit stop today as he tries to reach out to black voters. he met with the reverend al sharpton in harlem after trouncing hillary clinton by 20 points in new hampshire. among the republicans, donald trump with the win followed by ted cruz. rob nelson is on the campaign trail in harlem. >> good evening, sade. we now have been through the first two contests in this presidential cycle and quite honestly the race remains as unclear and as muddled as ever here so no clear answers coming up whatsoever just yet. we do know voters soon will have their say in terms of what's shaping up to be a very confusing and undetermined race. after his overwhelming win in new hampshire, donald trump is

and again basking in being back on top. >> we're getting just great signals when we rally. more people would show up than we anticipated. >> reporter: john kasich is re-energized after his strong second place showing. >> i said to everybody, if we can withstand the beatings we got in new hampshire and beat all those people who were trashing me all the time, it would say something about the political system. and i think that the light overshadowed the darkness of campaigning. >> reporter: bernie sanders had breakfast with al sharpton. this morning on "the view" he continued to make his populous pitch. >> the message that we're bringing forth that this country is supposed to be a nation of fairness and we're not seeing that fairness right now. >> reporter: no longer seeming like the inevitable nominee, clinton told supporters last night she is ready to fight on.

whether you get knocked down that matters. it's whether you get back up. >> last night's primary essentially left ted cruz, marco rubio, and jeb bush in a three-way tie for third place, each looking for new momentum. >> one of the most important conclusions coming out of these first two states is the only candidate who can beat donald trump is me. >> all eyes turned toward two other states that will vote at the end of the month, nevada and south carolina. no predictions there for who could possibly win that but going forward a lot of the states become more conservative and certainly a little more diverse. interesting times for all of the candidates who are still remaining. reporting live in harlem, rob nelson, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> so true. we've got breaking news in brooklyn. an orthodox jewish man stabbed and robbed while walking down the street. police tonight call it a possible hate crime. eyewitness news reporter

in crown heights with more for us. >> police say the victim and the suspect do not know each other and had little, if any, interaction between them right before this attack. police are out here right now in the neighborhood looking for more surveillance video of this suspect. they admit the little bit they do have at this point isn't real great. take a look. this is actually a screen grab of the surveillance video, the person that police are looking for. he was last seen wearing a black jackt and a blue-green sweatshirt. he was last seen running on albany street. this apparent random stabbing went down at empire boulevard about 11:45 this morning. the 25-year-old victim was walking down the stree said the suspect stand him in the back. the victim was able to stumble quite a bit a distance and came to a check cashing place at the corner of kingston avenue where

>> no words prior, no bump as far as what we can say from this individual. he's dressed in hasidic garb. right now we're looking at it as a possible hate crime. >> that's because the way the victim was dressed. he was taken to the hospital where doctors are treating him for a collapsed lung. the young lady cashing place when the victim stumbled in with the wound, she was pretty upset and went home right after that. police out here trying to get more surveillance video of this suspect. if we get it, we'll bring it right to you. live in crown heights, kemberly richardson, channel 7 eyewitness news. police right now looking for the driver who hit and killed a teenage girl in queens and then just drove off. investigators believe a van struck the 16-year-old at the intersection of francis lewis boulevard and sunrise highway in rosedale overnight. police say the young girl was walking in the crosswalk just

the van hit her and kept going. the second nypd officer shot during a deadlyh a gunman in the bronx is now out of the hospital. officer cruz was greeted by cheers and applause. actually left lincoln hospital a short time ago. good to see those smiles. she was reunited with her partner who wheeled her out. he was also shot last week in a shootout in a housing project with a man who later shot and killed himself. that cruise ship caught in the middle of the storm in the atlantic ocean is just hours away from returning to port in new jersey. newscopter7 is over the royal caribbean's anthem of the seas as it makes its way to bayonne's cape liberty. you can see that giant ship out there, it's one of the third largest in the world. it was smacked by 30-foot waves and a lot of people on that ship were rolling around when that happened over the weekend. it sailed in to a winter storm

a team of coast guard inspectors will determine the extent of the damage once the anthem of the seas is fully docked. many christians around the world are observing ash wednesday. it's the beginning of lent which leads up to easter. here in new york city cardinal timothy dolan distributed ash to worshippers. the ash is a distinct blessing on the forehead and symbolize humility and sacrifice. they also held a mass at the vatican. an unusual request from the jury in the case of the nypd officer on trial for manslaughter. what the jurors asked to do with the officer's gun. >> also, frustration growing over flooding that's caused classes to be canceled on long island. >> a new warning tonight. the airlines, the safety alert from the faa about what should not be allowed on planes. >> i'm meteorologist lee goldberg. highs around 40 today. so long to these numbers till next tuesday at least.

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schools were closed in long island park all because of flooding. students -- officials were worried about students. stacey sager is live for us in island park with more. >> this is a problem this community has been grappling with a lot lately. mostly because this is a very low lying area with extremely poor drainage.

timing with storms and high tides. yesterday this block was a disaster, it was underwater. today school officials thought they had no choice but to close schools preventively. >> reporter: they have flood cleanup here in island park down to a science at this point. >> i get everybody's garbage comes in to my driveway. >> reporter: but the past three days have been more unpredictable than usual. seems the combination and timing of the moon and tide mixed with the series of winter storms led to this and the flooding was ill timed for the school day where the elementary school students weren't convinced they'd made it off their school buses. >> it just seemed to be like all day long people were carrying kids up and down the street. nobody was really driving through it was it was too dangerous. >> reporter: some took boats and the few who did drive didn't fair so well.

then i saw the later come up, take three children out. >> reporter: so today the school superintendent did something unusual, preventively closing schools just to take sure the flooding was over. of course it was. so kids just sat home all day. >> i understand the reasoning about it. there was a lot of complaints about why the kids went to school. i understand the kids' safety 100%. >> reporter: what they don't understand is why the drainage issues here haven't been addressed. island park's mayor promising half a million dollars in federal funding just approved for that last month, but stressing this community is by no means alone. >> everybody from here to lindenhurst and beyond has been in the same situation which isn't an excuse, but it's not just here. >> this community is obviously

we're back here live at the school playground which was reconfigured just at the start of the school year and more. too. the village mayor says they plan to power clean the drains and put cameras in the drainage system so they can better pinpoint the frustrating problem. live in island park, stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> cameras in the drains. >> they're everywhere. just assume you're being watched. [ laughter ] >> i'm going to assume it's going to get like seriously cold and we may beat some records this week. what do you think? >> you are correct. number one we started the month here 8 degrees above average. technically in the books way above average. prepare yourself for that now. you're going to wear lots of layers going forward. prepare the home. things you need to do around the house in this type of sustained

beautiful shot. sill wet of the skyline with that amber backdrop at 37 degrees. westerly wind is at 3. we're seeing gusts that go over 25 miles per hour. 41 is the average high. nowhere near that over the next few days. and a trace of snowfall. sunset at 5:24. last year on this date we have mostly cloudy skies and it was around 43 degrees. 33 in stanhope. hudson valley, mid and upper 30s. widespread above freezing and this will be for the last time till tuesday. also a snow shower with the first of the cold shots. see how our wind goes from west at midnight to northwest at 8:00, that wind shift is the first of two arctic fronts coming in. maybe a couple slick spots because of overnight snow showers or flurries.

the first of the snow showers through the hudson valley. not too impressive. couple flurries. but there are more, this is the first of two. one comes in tonight through tomorrow morning and sets us back from the 30s to the 20s. it's even in the teens and single digits north of the front. the second front will arrive late friday night in to saturday morning. that's the fierce cold. it's direct shot. north pole relocates in to new york city by the upcoming weekend. see a couple snow showers tomorrow night in to the morning. then during the day, blustery, couple flurries around. feels-like readings will be in the teens. overnight lows generally around 20 to 25. tomorrow we won't reach the freezing mark. going with a 29-degree high in it's brisk and cold. there's a snow shower overnight. tomorrow only 29. mix of sun and clouds, wind gust near 30 miles per hour. few flurries around and feels

16 degrees. wind chill of about 5 to 10 as the skies clear. so here's what we're working on for 5:30. for the next cold shot friday night in to saturday morning, will that be introduced by snow squalls? 40-mile-per-hour gusts on saturday afternoon. maybe even a 50-mile-per-hour gust and how about the first zero degree day in new york city since 1994? we have a shot at that. that's coming up in the accuweather forecast in the next half hour. >> nix in that third one. [ laughter ] a hearing is underway for the man who fatally shot robert kennedy. this is his 15th parole hearing. he is serving a life sentence. during his previous parole

old told officials he regretted what happened but says he doesn't remember it. the concert hall where 89 people lost their lives during the paris terror attacks plans to reopen. the bataclan's owners released a statement saying they'll do their best to host events before the end of 2016. the venue is known as one of the best in paris for live music and has been closed since the attack by islamic extremists during a concert in november. saving money and fewer hassles, coming up. the advantage to filing your taxes early. >> plus an officer opens fire during a traffic stop on long island. new information on what caused him to pull the trigger. >> and a doctor performs surgery on the wrong newborn. hear from the boy's mother about what she's worried about now. >> i'm lauren glassberg. if you're a dog owner you know how challenging it can be to run

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york city's animals held its best in rescue show. the event featured 10 dogs, they're all looking for homes. the goal of the event is to focus attention on the critical need for animal adoptions. that little one was so cute. we're following a developing story. the jury in the peter liang trial deliberating today and making several requests. one of them quite unusual. what they asked to do with the police officer's weapon. >> also, new questions tonight about safety and security at shelters in new york city after the stabbing death of a mother and her two children. we'll hear from the mayor on

news in the race for president. governor chris christie ending his campaign following a dismal performance yesterday. developing now, the jury in the trial has yet to reach a verdict but about an hour ago they made an unusual request. >> the jurors requested to handle the gun that he used that night. >> eyewitness news reporter n.j. burkett continues our coverage for the trial live in brooklyn with what that might mean. >> that's right. they're clearly struggling to come to grips with this case. late this afternoon all 12 jurors got up, each one of them one by one and fired the officer's unloaded 9 millimeter service weapon. so yes, it was another tense day for nypd officer peter liang who is on trial for manslaughter. the jury requested a series of read backs from liang, liang's partner, and the victim's girlfriend.

understand the shooting from multiple points of view, multiple dimensions. akai gurley was struck with a ricochet bullet of the stairwell in east new york. a bullet fired by officer liang who say he pulled the trigger accidentally and never intended to shoot anyone. within the hour, the jury asked to hear once again the graphic 911 calls from a neighbor, a neighbor who relayed instructions to akai gurley's girlfriend, desperately performing cpr. >> a male, he's shot in the chest. he's in the stair hall. >> put it real thick over the gunshot wound. hold it down. >> i'm on the phone right now. there's a cop right here. >> okay, the ambulance is pulling up shortly, okay? >> the ambulance is on their way. >> the cops are there? >> he's not breathing. >> he's not breathing.

put one hand on top. >> pinch his nose, put your mouth on top of his mouth and blow in it. >> at least one of the jurors appeared emotionally moved listening to those recordings, that desperate attempt to save the life of akai gurley. the jury resumed deliberations at 4:27 this afternoon. without a verdict they're expected to retire in the next several minutes. n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness we're also monitoring developments from the deadly stabbing on staten island. a manhunt is underway for this man, michael sykes. he's wanted for questioning in the stabbing of her mother and her three children, 26-year-old rebecca cutler, her 1-year-old daughter and 4-month-old daughter were killed. only her 2-year-old daughter survived and she's in the hospital in critical condition. all of this happening at a hotel that is used to shelter homeless families and now there are new hotel.

michelle charlesworth is in lower manhattan with more. >> the mayor called this horrific. the police commissioner's word was heinous. this young mother moved in to the ramada with her three baby girls in early december. it is a regular hotel, one like many others, routinely nowadays used to house those by the city who do not have any place to stay. >> reporter: the city has 41 hotels housing homeless like this ramada which is where the stabbings happened. because these businesses are private, they generally, according to the mayor, have security overnight, not during the day. from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. the stabbings happened before 9:00 this morning, three hours after security left. >> starting tomorrow we'll offer security to them that they can have in their buildings. that will be available immediately at no charge to the hotel. >> reporter: the mayor said

used for the homeless since august of last year. there are four such homeless hotels on staten island. the cost per night is $158. that is the set city rate. >> 2,656 people homeless people. 637 are children. the length of stay is limited. it's two weeks or so typically on average. again, our goal is to increasingly no longer use those hotels. >> reporter: for most, he says the stay is shorter than this family had been there. they checked in on december 6th. the mother, police say, had never made a domestic violence complaint. >> we're adding additional 700 domestic violence beds and that's addressing a need that's built up over many years in terms of additional domestic violence beds. >> it appears a lot of changes

these hotels, to be clear, are privately run. they are private and as such they must accept the city's immediately offer to provide round-the-clock security which is what the mayor said he will be offering immediately and police as well as police from the department of homeless providing that security. we're live in front of police headquarters in lower manhattan tonight, michelle charlesworth, channel 7 eyewitness news. a driver under arrest in connection with a police involved shooting on long island. two officers approached an attempted robbery suspect at a gas station in medford early this morning. the suspect drove off, hitting one of them with his car. that officer fired several shots in to the vehicle. police caught the suspect, 43-year-old sheldon davis, and charged him with driving while intoxicated. a not guilty plea for a teenager seen on camera sucker-punching an elderly man.

after surrendering yesterday. video of him punching the victim went viral. gonzalez was 17 at the time so he's being charged as a juvenile. his attorney says he's being threatened behind bars and should be separated from other inmates. >> there's been a rush to judgment that he committed this crime so for his own safety we've asked the detention center sequester him 23 hours a day. >> gonzalez is expected back on fourth february 25th. a safety warning for the nation's airlines about the potential hazards of lithium batteries. the faa issued the safety alert after a series of tests showed lithium batteries in some circumstances could bring down an airliner. faa officials say transporting lithium batteries as cargo carries the risk of a catastrophic loss if they catch fire. new details in the fight against the zika virus and the development of a vaccine. today at a congressional hearing, the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases said a

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a lot of scouts out there because of that book. [ laughter ] so we are going to be layered up the entire week i assure you. >> it's the one thing the winter hasn't had, cold staying power. that really starts tomorrow and peaks over the weekend or at least it's the lowest. outside tonight we have partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. outside our channel 7 studios here in the west side of manhattan. right now some people are out there in hats, scarves today, upper 30s to around 40 degrees. just isn't an option over the next few days. you really have to be covered up. tomorrow morning we'll start with 24. we'll have a gusty wind. it will feel like teens all day long. by the way, there can be a couple snow showers overnight out ahead of the first of two cold shots that could drop a dusting here and there overnight. see a few snow showers coming out of central new york state. overnight our futurecast sends

that's in to the day tomorrow. start out the day in the low and mid 20s and not much of a climb. only upper 20s to around 30. feeling like teens with that gusty northwest wind and the occasional snow shower. these forecast wind chills during the afternoon hours tomorrow. 9 in newburg. 15 in the park. 13 islip. 14 in belmar. that's nothing compared to what we'll see over the upcoming weekend. look at the 7-day accuweather forecast. a pair of 29s the next couple days. generally teens at night. looking at a dry friday. saturday is where everything takes a really big nose dive. saturday morning we'd have a couple snow squalls that drop accumulation. as the days wear on, our wind chills go subzero. 10 to 30 below for the wind chills by the end of the day. serious chill with exposure within 15, 20 minutes. the low for saturday night in to sunday morning would be around 2. that would tie a record from 1916.

we have a shot to go to zero. if that happens, that's the first time since 1994. doesn't happen very often. we'll start to climb out of the ice box as we go in to monday, around 32. then i think there's a storm approaching. so with all that cold air in place, it's probably going to start out as snow and ice but hopefully enough warm air can get in to the mix tuesday and we go over to rain. could be as low as 2 on sunday morning and go up in to the mid 40s by tuesday. ups and downs. this is where winter peaks the next five, six days. a lot of dog owners in new york city would rather take their dog with them than leave them at home all day. many stores won't let dogs inside and tethering pets on the curb is not so appealing. >> one dog owner has come up with a clever solution and testing it out. >> reporter: chelsea was feeling pretty badly about leaving her dog winston at home while she was out and about. >> i started thinking what if there were a safe option for a

run those quick errands where they can't go with you? >> reporter: if you're a dog owner, you understand. most places won't let you take your dog inside and it's often unsafe to leave your dog outside. ventilator temperature controlled box that's locked and fixed to the sidewalk. swipe your membership card and park your dog. so far there are about a dozen dog parkers in brooklyn like this one at 7th avenue where rodrigo is parking his pooch. >> i think it's a fantastic idea. i refrain from stopping in the supermarket if i'm walking my dog because i'm afraid of leaving him tied up outside. >> reporter: dog parker gives him a chance to run in and grab what he needs. for the business owners that allow the dog parker on their property, it's also a win. >> now they'll come in and do more shopping in our store and it will be better. >> the locations outside

have been going really well. >> reporter: the boxes are even monitored by web cameras. dogs must be vaccinated and there's a time limit. no more than three hours in a 12-hour period. chelsea hopes to create a vast network of dog parkers, allowing more pet owners to take their pets along more frequently. more time bonding. more time outside. >> they say a tired dog is a happy dog. >> reporter: lauren glassberg, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> good idea. performing surgery on the wrong newborn. >> the mother describes what happened and her worries for her son in the future. >> i'm liz cho. coming up at 6:00, a man stabbed and seriously injured while walking on a street. police say it could be a hate crime. >> the story of some innovative young athletes using shreds to

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a hospital mixup involving a newborn. >> the baby got a surgical procedure that was meant for another child.

stunned at what happened. >> reporter: little nate was born perfectly healthy and happy. >> the baby, perfect, healthy, beautiful. >> reporter: jennifer melton delivered him at university medical center in lebanon, tennessee. not long after the birth, little nate went for what melton thought was a routine physical. a few hours later he was brought back. >> at that point the nurse started to mention the procedure that had been performed on him. that they had clipped his tongue. >> reporter: somehow a doctor, without the parents' signed consent, performed a surgical procedure on nate, that was apparently meant for another child. >> essentially they took our child, who, nursing well, no issues at all and took him out of the nursery and cut his mouth. at that point i began to cry hysterically. >> there's no excuse for operating on the wrong baby. none.

clint kelly, says the doctor performed a phreni'llectomy--a phreniullectomy that involves cutting a piece of the tongue. nate's tongue was normal. the doctor made no excuses. in a hospital report he said he had asked for the wrong infant. i likely performed a procedure on the infant different than the one i intended to. >> they were sorry they made a mistake. >> reporter: but for melton, that's small consolation. she trusted the hospital would care for her child. >> the concern here is this was a healthy baby that was supposed to leave the hospital healthy hospital. >> the family is planning to file a lawsuit. when i called the attorney's office, they said they have to have little nate's social security number first and that hasn't come yet. the radioactive water

point nuclear plant is far worse than originally reported. >> eyewitness news at 6:00 starts right now. after a dismal 6th place finish in the new hampshire primary, new jersey governor chris christie, the once commanding figure in the republican party, announces he's suspending his presidential campaign. >> but first, a desperate search tonight for the man the nypd says brutally murdered a woman and two of her children. and left a third child fighting for her life. >> as a parent, there's nothing child. there's nothing more horrible than the notion of an adult who would attack an innocent child. >> good evening at 6:00. i'm liz cho. >> and i'm bill ritter.

they say he stabbed the woman and her three children this morning. >> 4-month-old baby who died was his daughter. the woman was his girlfriend. and police say he also killed a 1-year-old. >> the victims found at ramada inn on staten island. they were homeless and the city had put them there for shelter. >> investigators believe sykes took the ferry back to manhattan after the murders. the attack was in the westerleigh section of staten island. >> darla miles at the scene with our lead story tonight. >> we are still seeing forensic crews collecting evidence and fingerprints outside of this ramada inn tonight. this is where witnesses say where police and witnesses walked in to the room and saw all four of them stabbed, there were screams and howls out of sheer trauma. >> how could anybody do that to his kid? those are his kids too. >> reporter: it took only four minutes to wipe out a mother and two of her children, knowing she was side by side with

minutes after police say he went