minutes after police say he went on a stabbing rampage. this 25-year-old is so shaken, she's scared to show her face. >> i just so happened to see him when he was leaving here. i was on my way to work and i seen him, he was acting regular. and i didn't know what happened so i gave him a head nod. he kind of head nodded back or whatever then he got off the bus. >> reporter: police say sykes called his mother to tell her he stabbed his 4-month-old daughter, rebecca cutler, and her other two daughters. only the 2-year-old survived. >> approximately 10 a.m., 911 received a call about the stabbing at the ramada inn. responding officers from the 121 precinct arrived shortly after 10 a.m. they discovered four victims, a 28-year-old woman and her three young children. all four had suffered stab wounds. >> reporter: that 911 call

found the bodies in the first floor room in the hotel on gannon street. this is where the woman and her children lived for the past three months. >> sometimes i'd come out in the front and they'd be sitting in the lobby. they'd be talking. that's really it. >> reporter: police say there's no history of domestic violence but they say the couple did argue out in public on tuesday when they say sykes accused cutler of having an affair. >> we want to get him. we want to get him very, very quickly and get him off the streets as fast as we can. >> take another look. this is a picture of 23-year-old michael sykes. police say he lives in howard houses in brooklyn, in the 73rd precinct. if you spot him, don't approach him but call crimestoppers. darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. now to vote 2016. chris christie, the new jersey

darling of the republican party, suspending his campaign after a dismal performance in the new hampshire republican primarily. governor christie with two years left of his last term and his popularity in his home state at an all time low. support from just one out of three residents. >> we're about a mile away from governor christie's house here in mendham. this is as close as the state police would let us be. it was about two hours ago, 4:00, when governor christie in a face-to-face meeting informed them that his presidential bid had come to an end. he then went to social media and informed everyone else. >> reporter: a big thank you from governor christie via a facebook post minutes ago. i leave the race without an ounce of regret. i'm so proud of the campaign we ran, the people that ran it with me and all those who gave us their support and confidence along the way.

things we need here in this state. i think a lot of us are not happy with his performance. >> reporter: after a late afternoon meeting with staffers, the gop presidential hopeful suspended his bid for the white house. despite spending more than 70 days campaigning in the granite state, christie came in sixth place after all the votes were counted in new hampshire. that was enough for the chair of the new jersey state democratic committee to issue a statement saying new jersey appreciates iowa and new hampshire voters rejecting chris christie's policy failures, scandals, and misleading rhetoric. he has no business being promoted to the presidency after what he's done to new jersey. >> i think too many candidates from the republican party. i think they're dividing among themselves. they're actually doing themselves a major disservice by dividing the votes among themselves. >> reporter: florida senator marco rubio who endured a withering attack from christie during last week's debate today said he likes the new jersey governor and holds nothing against him. >> he was trying to win and he

win, he had to come after me. i respect that. it's part of the deal. >> governor christie in his facebook post tonight went on to say he's won elections he was supposed to lose and lost elections he was supposed to win. calling it both the magic and mystery of politics. live in mendham, joe torres, channel 7 eyewitness news. meanwhile, the republican presidential primary field tonight losing its only woman, former corporate executive carly fiorina dropping out after an anemic performance last night in new hampshire. fiorina best known as the target of what many called sexist comments from donald trump about her face and her appearance. fresh off of his primary victory, bernie sanders came to harlem for breakfast today and not just any breakfast. the democratic candidate shared tea with reverend al sharpton. during the meeting they discussed issues that affect the african american community. later the senator visited "the

>> 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. >> meanwhile after a sizable defeat in new hampshire, hillary clinton campaign supporters are attacking sanders' record on gun control and criminal justice. as the race moves to south carolina and nevada. more controversy tonight for the indian point nuclear power plant in westchester county. the level of radioactive contaminated water leaking in to ground water has increased by 80% since the initial report of the report last week. entergy insists no harm to the public but there are many skeptics including governor cuomo. he says these trends of unexpected outages and environmental incidents like these are extremely

delays causing traffic for emergency repairs. >> westbound side approaching paramus road, you've got these emergency lights flashing and cones up all over the roadway taking out two lanes. you've got only the left two lanes getting through. it's rush hour. this is a bumper to bumper delay that goes back for miles and miles. it goes, in fact, all the way back through teaneck to grand avenue. so you hit this almost as soon as you get off the george washington bridge. reporting live over paramus, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. the nypd tonight investigating a stabbing in brooklyn as a possible hate crime. they want to know if a 25-year-old man was attacked because he's jewish. eyewitness news reporter kemberly richardson is in crown heights where she spoke exclusively to a woman who saw the victim after that stabbing. >> that young lady said she was in shock. she had no idea what happened. this 25-year-old victim, she

covered with blood and she could clearly see a slash mark in the back of his coat. right now police are out here in this neighborhood. they're looking for more surveillance video. they admit that the video that they have so far isn't that great, but take a look. this is a screen grab from that surveillance video. it's the suspect. he was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt. he was last spotted running south on albany street. this random stabbing happened in front of 646 empire boulevard at about 11:45 this morning. the 25-year-old victim does not know his attacker and didn't say a word to him. still police say the suspect stabbed the man in his back. the victim, who was dressed in traditional hasidic garb, was able to stumble quite a ways in to a check cashing place. just a short time ago i spoke by phone with the employee who helped the victim. she doesn't want to give her name, is only talking to eyewitness news.

in with a bloody shirt and in with a bloody shirt and another guy was accompanying him and i didn't know right away that he was stabbed. he said call the ambulance or whatever. someone called the ambulance. and all of the sudden, the guy was walking and talk and everything but there was just like a lot of cops came to the store and ambulance and they were helping him. >> what do you think about this? what did you think when he came in? >> after i found out he was stabbed, i started hysterically crying because it's crazy that he's just walking down the street minding his own business when he's stabbed in the back in broad daylight. >> the police say the victim and suspect didn't talk to each other and the victim doesn't know the suspect. police at this point are looking at this as a possible hate crime. the victim was taken to the hospital where doctors are treating him for a collapsed lung. now we're live in crown heights,

a second new york cop shot during a deadly encounter with a suspect in the bronx. cruz greeted by cheers as she left lincoln hospital. her partner wheeled her out. he was also shot by a man who later shot and killed himself. >> so good to see both of them doing so well. we'll take a quick look at wall street. dow lost 99. point. charityably i think. as we continue with eyewitness news at 6:00, that carnival cruise ship damaged by hurricane force winds after the storm. heading in to port in new jersey passengers. >> coastal flooding problems to close today.

the heartwarming story of determined athletes playing hockey on shreds. >> flooding problems easing around the area. it's freezing problems we have. subfreezing. we were up almost near 40 today. won't see those type of temperatures till early next week. meanwhile, couple snow showers around introducing the first of two big shots of chilly air. george washington bridge an easy

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that cruise ship caught in the middle of the storm in atlantic ocean is just a few minutes away from returning to the port in new jersey. it's on its way to bayonne's cape liberty. waves as high as 30 feet smacked the vessel filled with thousands of people when it sailed in to a winter storm on its way to the bahamas. a team of coast guard inspectors will determine the extent of the damage once the ship docks tonight. new york police tonight trying to find the van and the driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run in queens. investigators believe the van hit a 16-year-old girl in the rosedale section. the young girl walking in the crosswalk after midnight when the van hit her and drove off. parts of nassau county trying to mop up after getting swamped by flooding. a bad combination of the moon cycle, the tide, and a series of

of island park in to virtual islands. the school superintendent closed schools so kids there had an unusual flood day. >> understand the reasoning behind it. there was a lot of complaints about why the kids went to school in the flood and why they were moving in the waters. i understand that, kids' safety 100%. >> residents don't understand why the town has such poor drainage. >> this is the beginning of lent for many christians, a period lasting until easter. cardinal timothy dolan distributing ashes during a mass at st. patrick's. the ash rubbed on the head is supposed to symbolize humility. if you're looking for a romantic cup of coffee, who says some companies don't know how to market to a hallmark holiday? take a guess which coffee house is pushing its valentines flavors. >> lee says to get ready for

forget about the flowers and the jewels. how about caffeine and chocolate for valentine's day? starbucks hopes to cash in on this fabricated holiday with three new specialty drinks. they are the molten chocolate latte. so romantdic. also the molten chocolate frappuccino. and the molten hot chocolate. clearly for making up. >> nothing better than makeup chocolate. really the best. >> whatever it is, go hot on valentine's day. it's going to be the coldest day of the winter, may turn out to be valentine's day. >> really just snuggling for survival. >> you have no other choice. >> this is for survival, honey. [ laughter ] >> maybe kathleen will allow that excuse. outside we go tonight where we have a mainly clear sky and

>> she's on the phone right now. angry at you. >> you still have her number? >> ohh. >> you see the sunset going below the horizon. looks great. our temperatures as we go through the 6:00 hour at 36 degrees. 46% humidity and a west wind about 8 to 23. already feels cold out there but consider this balmy compared to what we have over the weekend. the high was just shy of 40 degrees. the average high is up to 41. we won't even reach average lows the next several days. we're at 27 right now in monticello. 34 is middletown, newburg, caramel, armonk too. 32 in belmar. west orange at 35 degrees. a gusty wind, clouds, some breaks, and also a few flurries or snow showers overnight. you'll notice a gusty wind tomorrow that can gust up to 30 miles per hour. with highs struggling to get to 30, it feels like teens much of the day.

but also snow showers upstate. not only lake snows but associated with first of two shots of arctic air coming in. this is the first one that will be here by late tonight and this turns 20s in to teens then the one to the north near hudson bay is unleashing a piece of the north pole. that's fierce cold that comes in friday night in to saturday. numbers tomorrow morning, we'll start the day very chilly in the 20s. wind chills 10 to 15. couple snow showers around. maybe an isolated dusting. during the day tomorrow, blustery. only about 29 feeling like teens. brisk and cold. snow shower around tonight. isolated dusting down to 24. 29 tomorrow. clouds and sunshine. blustery with some flurries and again it feels like we're in the teens and tomorrow night down to 16. wind chills about 5 to 10 as skies begin to clear. we look at 29 on friday. back down to 18. we may rise a couple degrees on saturday morning. then there's a front that comes through with a snow squall. that could mean a dusting or inch or two in spots. wind chills during the midday and afternoon on saturday with falling temperatures in the

we'll feel like 10 to 20 below, even 25 or 30 below north and west. on sunday the morning low will be 2. so that could be a record low and i think that could be the first time we get to zero in new york city. we have a shot since 1994. the high on valentine's day, 19. try to get back to 32 on monday. it will be a struggle and a storm is approaching so probably get some snow or ice on monday night in to tuesday but there's enough warming on tuesday that it goes over to mix or rain. so it will climb from 19 on valentine's day to 44 tuesday. ups and downs. it also has a lot of staying power around. >> he was just kidding, honey. my wife wants to talk to you. she's very angry. >> there's no one on the line. [ laughter ] rob powers up next with sports to bail us out of this. >> i love that you checked though. yankees and mets made plans for the season. we talked to baseball.

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before the break, one more bit of business. >> the nba heading toward its all star break. the nets play one final game tonight. the knicks played theirs last night. up against the wizards at the garden. they fell behind again. couldn't catch up. langston galloway's 3-pointer didn't go up. the nets take on the grizzlies tonight. the nets won their last game on

baseball season right around the corner. what's a baseball season without baseball cards? check it out. evan longoria joining carlos beltran to introduce the new series of cards for the season. we talk yankee baseball with the yankee outfielder. >> i've been training hard, trying to get ready for spring training. i know this is my last year of contract so i'm trying to focus and give you my best and how the yankees will fully win the championship. that's a dream. in port st. lucie the mets are getting an early jump now. jacob degrom was rookie of the year in 2014 in the all star game, in the world series in 2015, and now the next step. >> it's a lot of fun. we have fun when we're playing on and off the field. looking forward to it. the giants cleared just shy of $12 million in cap space by

he tweeted his goodbye to fans. kick-off. he was released today. and john beason, all a talent in the world at linebacker, he just couldn't stay on the field. he announced his retirement this afternoon at the age of 31. and finally from us, kids and sports. sledding. not that it can't be fun sledding at the same time. >> reporter: they're kids, nothing more. certainly nothing less. and this is hockey. nothing more, certainly nothing less. >> i love when i'm going really fast. it feels like i'm flying. >> just like you're flying, huh? >> yeah. >> reporter: the wheelchair sports federation new york sled rangers, hockey for physically disabled kids. sled hockey.

the benefits and smiles definitely the same. bill green berg is in on the fun, his son is in the team. >> it changes the way his able bodied friends look at him and therefore changes the way he thinks of himself as too. it's a totally freeing thing for all the kids. >> reporter: kids from all over are involved here. a fundraiser last night at bryant park drew hockey royalty. >> as i learned today, never judge a person until you've skated a mile in their sled. everything that goes in to t what an event. what a great cause to give these kids the tonight to play in this league and get on the ice. >> reporter: it's about self-esteem, self-confidence, and fun. like any sport, like any kids. >> hi. >> they're all trying to hit me, all trying to knock me down because i'm the biggest.

>> don't worry about it. >> it's so amazing. i love being here and playing, everything. it's so awesome. i just love it. it feels like so -- it feels like i'm free. >> that is just so awesome. >> favorite part of that is those could be any kids. it could be any activity. >> that's a very good point. >> i love the new york sled rangers. fantastic. you had fun out there. >> i had a blast to tell you the truth. >> want to see you on one of those shreds. >> i don't -- one of those sleds. >> i don't know if my backside fits. [ laughter ] for a look at what we're working on at 11:00, sade baderinwa. >> with so many random slashings lately, we'll tell you how to danger. one congressman has a plan to make it more comfortable to fly. we'll tell you what he wants to require airlines to do. more tonight at 11:00. >> we're also there for the arrival of the royal caribbean cruise ship lost at sea in the big storm.