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>> now, new york's number one news. channel 7 eye witness news. a race against time. police officers battle cold and the pitch black to save passengers on board a plane after it crashes into the long island sound. first, new at 11. he was simply minding his own business when a teenager suddenly knocked him out with a hard punch. tonight the victim is finally telling his story. good evening i'm sandra bookman. >> i'm joe torres. that attack so vicious it's left caesar badly injured and traumatized. he's now talking about that. >> eye witness news reporter sefan kim talked with him.

>> reporter: well, sandra and joe, caesar is a soft spoken man, small in stature and 125 pounds. he doesn't peek english and perhaps that's why the teens picked him as the target. if the goal was to intimidate him they got what he wanted. he's living in fear afraid to leave his own home. >> i couldn't speak for a week. i couldn't even speak to my family. that's what hurts the most. >> reporter: 37-year-old caesar says he doesn't know why it happened to him. speaking through a translator he says for eight days after the assault he couldn't eat solid straw anything. i don't like to pick on anybody with fear. >> reporter: it was this punch that broke his tooth and causes pain in the back of his head. it required stitches because of

it happened back in december in patterson. it wasn't until this video popped up on the internet earlier this month that investigators were able to look into the incident. 18-year-old christian gonzalez surrendered to police for throwing the knockout punch. the teen's attorney doesn't deny he's being encouraged to throw it but says his adhd could be a possible factor. he's charged with aggravated assault and endangering a person as a juvenile because he was 17. it's the latest in the trend of the knockout game >> translator: teenagers have a different set of mind. if i was to hit anybody it would hurt me as much. to them it's a game but to me it's real life. >> reporter: he had never seen the two before. he works as a street cleaner and makes very little money. he sends it to his wife and kids in guatemala.

he's got bills he doesn't know if he can afford to play. he doesn't understand why anyone would want to cause random people so much harm but he says he didn't want to fight back. >> translator: they looked really, really young. i didn't want to lay my hands on teens. that's why i didn't attack them. >> reporter: now he says he was a religious man but he doesn't forgive those teens for the pain they caused them. he has full faith the law will deliver justice. they're due in court on thursday. sefan kim, channel 7 eye witness news. >> thank you. the search for a missing passenger on board a plane that made an emergency landing in the long island sound will return tomorrow morning. crews pulled the wreckage out of the water tonight. three others were recovered. the plane crashed tonight. lucy yang is in the news room

>> reporter: it was a heroing crash followed by a dramatic rescue. tonight we hear from the quick thinking crews who saved three men after their plane landed in the waters off satalkit ie, long island. this is the plane being pulled out of the water. the small aircraft took off from massachusetts saturday night and was headed to republic airport on long island. around 11:00 p.m. the pilot reported engine problems and handed control back to the pilot who landed in the water. there were four men on board. rescue crews raced to the scene darkness. >> the only light we had was from a helicopter and as the helicopter continued to search you'd be talking to somebody 20 feet next to you and all of a you couldn't see them. >> they did dive in the water

victim in the plane. we conducted search patterns for the next several hours. >> reporter: with the water so cold and not a second to spare arriving police officers say they grabbed whatever kayaks they could find along the shore and went into the water. no time to ask owners for permission. >> one individual had a life jacket on but he was losing consciousness as well and the other individual was treading water until we pulled him to the kayak. >> reporter: thanks to the responding crews the pilot and two passengers were rescued. no word on the fourth passenger. >> if it weren't for the bold actions of the suffolk county police officers standing behind me and the fire departments, the firefighters standing behind me, we don't think the three individuals would have survived. we took bold action here. >> reporter: now suffolk county police called off their search at 7:00 tonight but will resume in the morning.

recovery effort and not a rescue. >> lucy, thank you. grief and confusion in western michigan after a deadly random shooting rampage. a vigil held tonight in memory of the victims. the horror began with one woman shot multiple times outside an apartment building. about four hours later a father and son were killed while looking at cars at a dealership and 15 minutes later four people were killed in the parking lot of a restaurant. the suspect under arrest tonight, jason dalton. an uber driver who was still picking up fares before it began. one passengers described him as extremely erratic. >> we were driving through medians and the lawn, speeding along and then finally once he came to a stop i jumped out of the car and ran away. alarm bells should have been going off in my head. still unknown.

uber is confirming that dalton drove for them but passed a background check and criminal history. new details about how the brooklyn. eye witness news learned ballistic tests show that the shot was fired by the suspect jamaal. the fragments that hit officer redden are still being analyzed. community leaders are causing for action to end gun violence. here's tim fleischer. >> they can shoot our mothers and kids or our police officers but we're not tolerating it. >> reporter: frustration is being communicated after a shooting when officers were struck with a suspect who had earlier been seen pointing a gun. >> our streets and communities riddled with bullets. we've got to get the guns off our streets.

converged on the car driven by 34-year-old jamaal fudis near malcolm x boulevard early saturday morning after he rammed his car into police. responding officers fired 30 shots at the car. funis was wounded and police found this handgun on the front seat. a nine year veteran had been struck in the hip and andrew rekuw was hit in the bullet proof vest. his father was saved 20 years earlier because of his bullet proof vest. >> let us thank god the officers are doing okay and that there was no loss of life. >> reporter: the mayor again spoke of the incident during a religious service. >> two of our police officers fired at and both came out of their ordeal. one walking around the hospital, thank god.

fully recovered. >> reporter: the mayor said officer redden wanted him to be aware when he was working on friday he helped to make an arrest in which they were able to take another gun off the streets. tim fleischer channel 7 eye witness news. we're going to turn to the weather. some showers tonight but even more rain expected this week. meteorologist jeff smith is here now with a first check on the accuweather forecast. >> the good news is tonight's area. at least the five boroughs. getting rain over long island, nassau and suffolk county. this extends to the jersey shore. look at the back edge. pretty quickly moving to the east and the south. one thing we're watching overnight, temperatures. they'll be falling. down to 46 in the park and lower 40s north and west and mid-30s in monticello. if there are areas of standing water north and west of the city where you get down to near freezing overnight there could

that would be the only weather worry we have to talk about. 38 in the morning and upper 40s in the afternoon and another storm on the docket. looks like a mainly rain event and there could be complications at the front end of the storm in parts of the area. we'll talk about that in the full accuweather forecast coming up. >> jeff, thank you. chaos at a concert. a rap artist and fans get into a brawl with security. what sparked it. new details in the fight over the san bernardino's gunman's iphone. as donald trump gains momentum will the rnc support you can't predict the market. but through good times and bad... ...at t. rowe price... ...we've helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price.

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caught on camera a massive brawl. it broke out on stage during a hip-hop concert at webster hall. a concert goer sent us these pictures by a performance by skate. guards. no reports of any arrests. webster hall says the fight is under investigation. the woman who recorded the video says the whole thing began with a fight between two fans. >> two fans started fighting in the crowd so the venue stopped the music and turned the lights back on and then skate asked if they could finish the show. he's almost done. turn the music back on. security said no and skate kept

drag skate off the stage and more fights broke out from there. >> later tweeted they kicking me on the ground. shaking my head. after i try to save my fans from getting choked out. we stay blessed. security has no right to assault me or my family. i will die for them. once again i have nothing but love for every single city fan. police are investigating another apparently random slashing attack. this one in the bronx. a 32-year-old man was walking along the street when a stranger approached him from behind and slashed his face. it happened on east 173 street around 3:40 this morning. the victim was treated at the hospital. police are looking for the slasher who fled the scene. two women are recovering in the hospital tonight after a crash on the upper east side. it jumped the curb around 10 and

the fallen utility pole hit a woman walking along with her 2-year-old son. the little boy wasn't hurt but the woman in the cab was injured as well. the driver told police he swerved to avoid a collision. the incident is being investigated. the presidential candidates back on the campaign trail today. republicans have their eye set on the nevada caucuses this tuesday. marco rubio who finished second in south carolina and ted cruz both are vying to be the antitrump answer for voters. with his first place finish last night donald trump appears to be gaining momentum. the party will support whoever wins the nomination. >> it's our job to support that nominee and we will. yeah, we're prepared to support whoever the nominee becomes. i think it's early in the process. >> coming up at 11:30 the new controversy donald trump has

future. camille cosby ordered to husband. the last minute motion to try and stop the deposition and why her attorney says her safety may be at risk. the firefighter who worked hard to revive a man who suffered a heart attack and didn't realize it was his father. as we take a live look outside the mild temperatures are continuing but we are

all right, so a wet workweek. at least a portion of it.

monday as being the best day of the week. in the weather world it will be. we head outside and we have rain exiting the area over long island and parts of connecticut and down the jersey shore. there's still rem anyones in the upper side of the manhattan. the streets are still wet and that will dry up. temperature dropping down to 46. this is after a high of 55 this afternoon. not quite as nice as what we had on saturday because we had more in the way of cloud cover out there. the rain exiting quickly overnight and a nice day shaping up for tomorrow. highs near 50 and a lot of sunshine. the next system is complicated. it comes in mainly as rainfall late tuesday into tuesday night. it could start as a light mix of freezing rain and sleet northwest of the city and we could have pockets of freezing rain into wednesday morning. this is a big rainstorm. significant rain possible wednesday afternoon into

maybe significant enough for localized flooding. 45 in newark and 42 at white plains and mid-30s monticello and low 40s on the island where you're getting light rain right now. nothing too heavy right now. this extends down the jersey shore. the back edge is quickly receiving to the south and east. by 7:00 in the morning temperatures around 38 in the city and a lot of sunshine out there in the lower 30s closer to freezing areas north and west. a nice recovery during the afternoon well into the upper 40s, above average. we fast forward to tuesday morning and cooler air trying to seep into the region. clouds start increasing and they day. by dark on tuesday we have rain breaking out south and west of new york city. watch what happens as the rain moves into a colder air mass. areas north and west of the city tuesday evening could have mixing issues. maybe snow flakes and freezing

this is a warm storm track with the storm heading up west of the appalachian mountains. accuweather forecast rain moving away shortly and clearing taking place late. we're down to 36. it is 38 around sunrise tomorrow morning under partly sunny skies and a nice day shaping up for monday. 49 for a high. partly cloudy tomorrow night and 33. here's the 7-day forecast. mainly cloudy on tuesday and 41 again by late in the day into tuesday night light rain moving in. that could be mixed precipitation and maybe wintery mixed precipitation. it goes to rain by wednesday and heavy rain by wednesday afternoon and wednesday night. 48 and an early exit for the steady rain and a lingering shower and 54 early and windy and cooler. it feels pr like winter again by next sunday.

there you have it. >> rain is better than snow. >> yes. >> thank you, jeff. from the weather world to the sports world, laura behnke is up next. >> the rangers may have once again been without their captain tonight. that was not their excuse as the red wings came to town. neither was an incredible display of goaltending on both sides. we have overtime hockey on the way and the gang is almost all

tied game tonight. i was distracted. didn't get much done. >> it was very entertaining. we're going to give you a pass on that one. it's been an up and down season for the rangers. one thing has remained constant. their success at madison square garden. they looked to keep it that way as they hosted detroit going for the fifth straight win. no score until the 3rd period, maybe. kevin hays, this looks like a goal from behind the line. it was reviewed and goalie interference.

later in the 3rd and scoreless. a penalty shot and howard with the big stop. to overtime we go. the rangers finally had enough. that's kevin kline putting an 1-0. the rangers win in ot on what they're calling hockey day in america. this afternoon it was about hockey outdoor style as the wild hosted chicago as tcf bank stadium. the home team put on a show. the rebound and the second period they deliver the slap shot to make it 4-0 wild. 6-1 your final minnesota rolls. on friday night the nets put together one of the best performances of the season as they top the knicks by double digits. true to this season brooklyn can't keep a good thing going. trouble. brooke lopez getting physical under the net. fighting for the board and throws it down and how about our

he hits the layup and had 11 points off the bench. lopez not a perimeter guy but don't tell him that. that's the third triple of his career. walker with his own three ball and he finished with 28 points. 104-96 the nets fall as the hornets win a fifth straight. the mets have already begun the most anticipated spring train inning years and they added one of the most anticipated arrivals. cespades is in the house. he arrived ready to get to work. he agreed to a three year $75 million deal with the mets that surprised some in the organization who weren't quite sure if he would be able to return. he reiterated today that this is exactly where he wants to be and after his three year contract he hopes to resign with the mets again. much more ahead in sports.

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the losing streak. what would they do with the newfound momentum? setan hall at the garden. the open 3 that cut the lead to st. john's up. white head would hit two free throws for the lead. st. john's still had a chance inbounds pass here. it. a scuffle would ensue after the game but 62-61 the pirates pulling off the narrow win. it's the race fans are usually most excited to see and nascar gives the people what they want at the beginning of the season. the super bowl of racing the daytona 500. it all came down to an actual photo finish with four inches deciding the winner. denny hamlin in the number 11 car just beating martin truex

the united states women's national team punched its ticket to rio with a win on friday night. the work not done yet. today the americans had to get past canada in the women's olympic qualifying championship game, which they did thanks to second half goals. the top ranked united states women's team taking care of business against canada with the 2-0 win. in hockey pulling your goalie is a last ditch effort of desperation with the team trying anything to tie a game late. for one ahl team, it turns out it's a safe strategy thanks to bud holloway, a defensemen who turned into super man. this might be the save of the year diving to make the stick save on what looked empty net goal by the senators but no, not on his watch. it's amazing. the camera in the angle can't

>> wow. that's a highlight. >> yeah, it's pretty amazing. nhl goalies and defensemen take note. >> good stuff. thank you, laura. camille cosby set to give testimony tomorrow. the questions lawyers want answered and the last ditch effort to get the deposition delayed. presidential candidates on the campaign trail. what the three leading republicans think about their chances with a narrower field. and potholes popping up as the mild or the wild winter weather continues. how you can oh-oh, oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-ooh, oh hearts are made for sharing. spread some sweetness with dunkin' donuts' cookie dough and brownie batter donuts. heart-shaped happiness too sweet not to share.

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here's a look at the top stories. police will resume the search for the body of a man in the long island sound. he's a passenger on a plane that crashed this morning. three other people were rescued. eye witness news has learned tests show the shot that hit nypd officer andrew yorku was fired by the suspect jamaal funezz. fragments that struck the other officer are still being analyzed. the suspect in a shooting rampage in western michigan will appear in court tomorrow. he's accused of killing six people at two different locations in kalamazoo.

and center in a defamatio lawsuit against her husband. >> tonight a judge denied an emergency request to delay the deposition. seven women filed a lawsuit and claimed he drugged or sexually assaulted them. lindsey davis has the story. >> reporter: tonight camille cosby is fighting back. filing this emergency motion to postpone her deposition tomorrow at a massachusetts hotel. cosby's wife of 52 years has been hoping to avoid answering any questions siting marital privilege. the attorney for 7 of his alleged victims says mrs. cosby would have relevant information because she served as his business manager for years. she argues she's had no involvement with the facts or allegations underlying this case and her public testimony would create an unnecessary media circus that serves no purpose

>> no wife wants to go into a deposition or public forum and have to testify about her personal relationship with her husband. definitely not testify about his relationships with other women. >> reporter: more than 50 women have come forward claiming cosby sexually assaulted, drugged or raped them. claims he's consistently denied. through it all camille cosby is standing by his side. only once making a public statement defending her husband saying he is the man you thought you knew. if mrs. cosby is forced to appear for still has the right to claim marital privilege and not answer questions about private conversations with her husband. lindsey davis, abc news new york. new aerial photos from the government of fiji show buildings damaged. ten people died with winds up to

the gusts flattened villages, knocked down trees and power lines. along with the clean up utility workers are scrambling to restore power. no rest for the candidates vying to be president. they return to the campaign trail hours after nevada and south carolina voters made their picks for president and already there's new controversy. mary bruce reports from las vegas. >> reporter: from victory rally to campaign rally. >> are we going to win georgia? . >> reporter: donald trump back on the trail and flying high after his win over south carolina. >> you think you have the nomination in hand? >> no, not in hand. >> reporter: he's getting heat for a message that ted cruz and marco rubio are ineligible to be president.

between twitter and facebook and instagram. >> reporter: rubio responded. plays. >> reporter: he went after the front runner on foreign policy. >> surrounding yourself with smart people alone is not enough. >> reporter: third place finisher ted cruz took aim at his attack strategy. >> donald devotes all his time and energy to attacking me. >> reporter: the south carolina race claimed one campaign, jeb bush. john kasich and ben carson vowing to sta hillary clinton is hoping to gain win after she won nevada and flew to texas. what? >> reporter: bernie sanders went straight to south carolina after coming in a strong second place. today he told cbs he's now looking to super tuesday. >> we're in this race to win and i think on super tuesday, for

>> reporter: he touted his support in nevada but clintons won with african american voters. mary bruce, abc news, las vegas. >> an inexpensive service called mobile device management cold could have let the fbi unlock the san ber nan dino's phone. the technology had been installed on his phone but they never activated the service that costs $4 a month for every phone. the manufacturer apple is challenging a judge's order to help the fbi unlock the phone. a man convicted in a brutal triple murder in connecticut is asking for a new trial. they were convicted in the murder of three members of the pettitte family. lawyers say recorded police

destroyed would have been crucial to his defense. a judge will hear arguments in new haven on tuesday. happening tomorrow, a final farewell to angela bangtriola. she died early thursday after a long battle with cancer. she was 55. funeral services for big ang will be held tomorrow morning in brooklyn. a boy and his dog are safe tonight after being rescued on a lake in west chester county. firefighters rescued the pair stranded on an island in courtland lake. the boy and the dog somehow made it across the icy pond but they couldn't make it back. authorities issued this reminder, please stay off all ice covered bodies of water. a dramatic rescue caught on camera. surfers in trouble.

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who got caught in strong currents auch the coast of washington state. a jay hawk helicopter crew sprang into action after they got a call two surfers were in trouble. a third person also got caught in the strong currents. the coast guard hoisted the three people out of the water and flew them to waiting paramedics. they're said to be in good condition. these are the remanence of a bus that caught on fire on a highway in chicago. it happened near the wisconsin border. the driver and 40 passengers were on board and they got off safely before firefighters arrived. most of the luggage was lost. the cause of the fire is under investigation. patience paid off for a set of twins in california. lauren and lisa have been playing scratch off lottery tickets for years. since they were 18. they never won much until this

the sisters hit the jackpot. they won $6 million. >> it's like hyper ventilating. i was like kim kardashian ugly crying. i don't know if it's sunk in. angels will be singing and all this cool stuff will happen and we went to fudruckers and bought about 20 pairs of socks. 60/40. always buy from a store with a missing light out in front. >> i've been doing it wrong. these wild swings in weather have done a number on the roads. you know this if you're driving around. as spring approaches so does pothole season. drivers spend nearly $3 million cars caused by potholes. there is a way to get help paying for the repairs. gloria riviera explains.

craters on your commute causing serious damage. tonight cities and tounls across the country are scrambling to pothole epidemic. >> i hit a big one. i was scared maybe i got a flat tire. >> reporter: the freeze lau thaw affect causing ruptures in older roads. a new report found in the last five years 16 million drivers have suffered pothole damage. on average paying $300 to fix the damage. >> this will likely be out of pocket, yes. >> reporter: cars coming in for alignment repairs, bent rims and axel damage. we took a bumpy ride with a road manager calling it an ongoing battle. even in this truck you can feel the potholes underneath. >> yes, you can. >> reporter: his crews working 7 days a week. >> we fill them and sometimes they come back.

pothole you may be able to get reimbursed. find out if you're on a local and state road and reach out to them and document everything. gloria riviera, abc news, washington. samsung released the galaxy smart phone today. they say they're water resistant they can be submerged in water for 30 minutes. they promise it takes better photos and preordering will begin this week and they'll be available in mid march from carriers. a man suffers a heart attack in a grocery store.

so what you're saying is we're living for monday this week? >> we're living for monday. it'll be the highlight of the week weather wise. things do go downhill by late tuesday. we could be talking about a

should be mainly in the form of rain. parts of the region could start the next system as a wintery mix. we look a live shot over towards the empire state building. temperature is 46 and cloudy skies and the wind coming in from the northeast at 8. the rain has exited the five boroughs but you're getting rain over long island. temperatures not falling off too much in the city and we're in the upper 30s by the time the sun comes up with the north wind at 5 to 10. 44 right now in newark and 42 at white plains and you've fallen closer to the freezing mark at monticello. my only concern overnight would be some of the places that got rain well north and west of the city and standing water out there and temperatures down near freezing and could be a patch or two of black ice and that would be it. we're watching the rainfall exiting and nassau county raining over suffolk county and all the way down over the jersey shore it's exiting from there a couple of leftover showers.

down to 36 in central park and they'll be upper 20s and lower 30s areas north and west. the rain exiting momentarily. highs tomorrow getting back up to 49. going to be a pretty nice afternoon tomorrow. this is why we're living for monday. 46 at islip and 46 down the shore at belmar. by late tuesday they'll be a storm system approaching from the ohio valley into wednesday. this could start as a wintery mix areas north and west of the city. it will quickly go over to all rain and there could be heavy downpours in the area by wednesday afternoon and wednesday evening as this storm will be energetic. not a good track for giving us snowfall around here. accuweather forecast rain moving place late. we're down to 36 and it's 38 at the bus stop. partly sunny and turning out mostly sunny and the high up to 49. partly cloudy tomorrow night

as we head into the day tuesday clouds rapidly increasing 41 and could be light rain by late in the day particularly into tuesday evening that could start as a wintery mix as freezing rain and sleet and a couple of snow flakes but even there it goes over rain by wednesday. periods of rain could be heavy and 48 and an early exit of the steadiest rain on thursday and could be a leftover shower or two and temperatures in the 50s and falling in the 40s in the afternoon. low 40s friday and back down to winter like levels by saturday and next sunday as we're barely past freezing for a high. bill evans has much more starting in the morning finally tonight a group of people rushed to help a man as his heart gave out. >> it happened in a grocery store. many were strangers just by

>> reporter: michael knows he very nearly died that day. the 60-year-old collapsed here, a super market in north carolina where he was stocking shelves when his heart stopped. >> i need an ambulance. he's not breathing. i have a young man trying to help us. >> reporter: this high school student was in the store and rushed over. he started administering cpr. >> i checked his respirations and his pulse and we didn't have anything. >> reporter: two nurses happened to be grocery shopping, too and they jumped in to help. >> he's laid out on the floor purple. respirations. >> reporter: then the emt crew at the fire department got the including this man who didn't realize at first but the life they were trying to save was his dad's.

look at the face under the mask. >> it's a different experience when you realize it's a family member. >> reporter: you know how it ends because you met michael who is thanking everyone. those who did their job and those who just happened by and jumped in to help. >> what a wonderful story. >> yeah, that'll put a new spin on it when you realize it's your dad. >> that'll do it for us tonight. bookman. >> i'm joe torres.

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