were violently rear-ended at a school plaza by a 36-year-old scott hahn. hahn allegedly admitted to officers he was high on adderall at the time of the crash. and he had been awake for more than 24 hours. the community rallied around the family offering prayers and support. >> he had a kind heart. it's sad. >> i feel sorry for the family but i know one thing i will keep them in my prayers to give them strength. >> a graduate of rutgers o'donnell was a member of the knights of columbus and a coach for little league and softball and coming up at 6:00 i'll have much more on his funeral mass today. live in bayonne, aj ross, channel 7 eyewitness news. a big bust on long island. prosecutors say they found the culprit behind more than a dozen break-ins in nassau county. eyewitness news reporter

washington with the details. >> reporter: good evening. investigators believe eight of the 17 burglaries happened here in port washington. now they say they have the man they have been looking for. look at this mugshot now. this is 31-year-old [ non- english language ] he is a server at an upscale manhattan restaurant. he lives on bay parkway in brooklyn. he is now charged with 17 counts of burglary. he is a us citizen originally from the country of georgia. he is accused of stealing jewelry, purses and $30,000. he was initially arrested on february 20 charged with three counts of burglary then after investigators obtained a search warrant to obtain his apartment finding stolen items that connect him to 14 more cases. today he was arraigned on the additional counts of burglary. >> this defendant has been charged with 17 counts of

a c felony for each charge. he entered through a rear door or window. the most probably vulnerable part of your homes. we urge all residents to secure their property. >> reporter: now, that man will be back in court on march 1. in the meantime, something that rarely happens? victims are now being reunited with their belongings. live in nassau county, mallory huff, channel 7 eyewitness news. a deadly shooting at a under investigation. 21-year-old jamal gains was shot at the shop on irving street in rahway was night and was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. no suspect or motive. also in new jersey, a police chase ends which when a driver hits a home in paramus. it started this morning when officers tried to pull over a

the driver led cops on a chase through lodi, rochelle park and paramus where he crashed into the house and the car burst on fire. after a foot chase the driver was arrested, a 25-year-old man from brooklyn. three people have been accused of attacking a teenager on long island. suffolk county police say two men and one woman stabbed and robbed a 17-year-old boy in bohemia yesterday afternoon. they say the three lured him into their car where in a struggle they stabbed him in the back and cut him on the neck. they also stole $750. a cell phone and a debit card. some of which was recovered. politics now. the super busy day on the campaign trail as republicans lobby voters on this final weekend before super tuesday. donald trump and marco rubio kept up the stream of relentless personal insults sparked by the recent debate.

spray tan in america is attacking me for putting on makeup. >> a total lightweight. little mouth on him, binge, binge, binge, binge, binge, binge. >> trump aappeared alongside new jersey governor chris christie in alabama. rubio had a rally in georgia. ted cruz told the two of them to knock off the personal attacks all while he took a dig at trump. >> i don't think it's a good thing to see presidential candidates just behaving like schoolchildren bickering. i think differences should be on substance. the points i'm making about donald are all focused on substance. >> john kasich held a town hall in tennessee. during an interview today he said the political tides will turn in his favor when he beats trump in ohio where he is the governor. meanwhile, today democratic voters head to the polls in south carolina. hillary clinton hopes for a big win over rival bernie sanders.

in columbia with the latest on the race in the palmetto state. >> reporter: hi, joe. right now, clinton only has one delegate lead over sanders. she is hoping to widen that gap tonight she is polling ahead here by double digits and crushing sanders among black voters who make up more than half of the democratic electorate in south carolina. even as voters cast their ballots here for the next two hours or so, the democratic candidate are looking ahead to super tuesday and beyond. campaigning today in texas, alabama and minnesota. both going after gop front- runner donald trump. >> when a leading candidate for president spends half his time insulting, i don't know who they're going to nominate and i am hopeful i will be the nominee to take on whoever they nominate. >> will defeat trump because the american people do not want a president who insults

>> whoo!! >> -- who insults women and african-americans and veterans! >> whoo!! >> and basically, anybody who is not like donald trump. >> reporter: and we'll have more on what trump is saying today coming up at 6:00. live in columbia south carolina, marcy gonzalez, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> stay with eyewitness news and abc news for coverage of the race for president. you can get the latest on the abc7ny.com. just click on politics. streets of yonkers. a truck carrying heating oil river road. gallons spilled. a clean-up company was able to help get the situation under control clearing most of that oil from the streets. but we are told some of it did make it way into nearby storm bronx river.

take home a statue all the stars at the oscars win big. coming up on eyewitness news this year's swag bag is bigger than ever. but one prize is stirring a debate. >> and a former ceo pays it forward to ensure more than a dozen new jersey students have the same opportunities afforded him. >> and the winter chill of today will transition into spring warmth. it's about to do that later on tonight into tomorrow.

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less than tv hours to go felt oscars but as hollywood gets ready for another big night, there is another controversy. >> this has to do with the decade. the most expensive gift in this year's swag bag is a $55,000 ten-day all expenses paid trip to israel from the country's ministry of tourism. a leader of a palestinian campaign to boycott israel is urging stars not to take that trip. >> we're asking hollywood [ indiscernible ] as we did during apartheid not to, um, give their names for israel to whitewash its occupation and violation of human rights.

or talking about boycotting israel because of the current situation is something unfair. >> best supporting actor nominee mark rye lance who is a supporter of palestinian causes has said he won't accept any gift. but most other nominees have been silent about the swag bag. how about a life picture? the red carpet waits for the stars to set foot on their way to the dolby theater. this year a live look from hollywood. sandy canyon is in hollywood right now we'll have a live report from sandy on eyewitness news at 6:00. at 7:00 you can catch sandy's one hour star-studded special road to gold and then on sunday the big day oscar coverage starts here at 5:00 with on the red carpet. that is followed by eyewitness news and eyewitness news is followed by more of on the red carpet.

carpet then the 88th annual academy awards. then 12:05 jimmy kimmel live after the oscars. >> long night tomorrow. >> come tomorrow oscar. >> what you call it. and they are going to have good weather out there. >> temperatures in the 70s. >> the academy awards with the most improved weather temperatures around 60 degrees tomorrow afternoon after a pretty chill his day out there today. still have the academy. >> yes. >> that music has started. mainly clear skies. 40 degrees the southwest wind coming in gusting up to 20 miles per hour so it made it feel chilly during the afternoon but the important part about this wind is a wind direction coming in from the southwest and it's going to pump in some milder air for tomorrow. the high on the day up to 41.

the year. 72 the record not too far back, back 19997. much milderrer tomorrow. temperatures near 60. then we have to watch for downpours and perhaps even some thunder on wednesday. won't be a repeat of severe weather like this past wednesday but wild weather we start march. and then the potential for snow by the time friday rolls around. 40 in sussex right now. 34 monticello. 30s all day across long island. islip and montauk included. 38 in bridgeport. flood warning for the passaic river in pine brook about to fall below friday stage but minor flooding from the rainfall a few days ago. spring-like sunday. the warmer winds coming in on the back side of this area of high pressure coming in from the southwest so at least 50s in many places from the city

get up to the 60-degree mark or higher. temperatures at or below freezing areasnorth and west. the recovery we have tomorrow 60 in the park. 58 in the shore in belmar and upper 50s in places like poughkeepsie. cooler on long island. 51 islip same deal in southwestern connecticut only in the low 50s. then we look ahead to tuesday night into wednesday. this storm system moving off to our north and west. it's a rain and potentially rumble of thunder type of event not snow around here. partly cloudy not as cold down to 35 mostly sunny warmer tomorrow. there will be a little bit of a gusty breeze at times though. the high getting up to 60 mainly clear mild tomorrow night. we are down to about 45. now with the disturbance moving on by monday morning, there could be a spotty shower in the morning otherwise we clear things out. it's windy and mild

going for 59 for a high. mild on tuesday mix of sun and clouds. upper 50s. rain wednesday during the morning. there could be runs of thunder with the 53. it's brisk and colder on thursday perhaps a shower 42 and those are snowflakes on friday. there's a potential for a storm. it could stay far enough to the south but if it moves closer we could talk snow highs in the 30s. 60 degrees and snow in the same accuweather seven-day forecast. that's kip cal for late february into early march. a former ceo who credits strong teachers for his success wants to make sure that some local students have a bright future. >> he and his family are providing an extraordinary opportunity a chance to attend rutgers university tuition free. >> i would like to see an anesthesiologist. >> reporter: for this 12-year- old and more than a dozen

pathway to a career dream just got a helping hand from a wealthy alumnus. class of 47 graduate recently donated $1.7 million for a scholarship program that covers the cost of tuition at rutgers university. >> it says to the world that we have the right stuff for kids in our school district and if you do your job as a student on your side you will have an opportunity to have a freedcasion. >> reporter: during the last 15 years, the former ceo of merck has contributed millions of dollars for a graduating rahway seniors accepted into the nation's top 25 colleges. why the latest donation? i had wonderful teachers at rahway high school who helped me to reach for the top by working harder, he said in a statement, adding, i believe this program will similarly challenge rahway high school students to go for it and entry into a great university.

future scholars program will open up next week eligible applicants are 7th graders. we are providing them with academic rigor to allow them potential. >> reporter: in-state tuition at rutgers is $14,000 a year. the scholarship does not cover room and board. >> listen to this. according to one study, 7 out of 10 students graduating from a public or non-profit college leaves school with not just a diploma but also about $29,000 in student debt. >> could make a big difference. recommended admission will become suggested admission at the metropolitan museum of art. the museum agreed to changes in a settlement of a class action lawsuit that accuses the met of misleading visitors. a new sign will say the $25 admission price is suggested. they had said recommended.

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capital have enough starting pitching. >> that's right. mets fans are going to like this one. zack wheeler's 2015 season was derailed by tommy john surgery. today a major step as he looks to return to part of the see southern. the mets pitcher took the mound for the first time since his surgery. mind. it's still a milestone. he threw just 10 minutes but said afterwards it's a big moment in his rehab process. he is going to return to the july. the yankees and mets held workout. for the pinstripes they may not be getting the headlines but they are quietly confident. rob powers has more from those stories and more tonight at 6:00. >> whoo! >> reporter: the crowd knew he was coming and alex rodriguez on the field to start another see on there's no doubt who the big draw is here in tampa. >> i'm at ease. i'm in a good place. i have worked hard and my body

last year. >> reporter: there was so much unknown at this time last year, the only question today was, why is the yankees full time dh on the field with a glove? >> i thought that was kind of funny. but you know, alex has always been a guy that has been worthy of attention. i don't think it's ever going to change. >> rodriguez provided so much more than expected last year. this year, the yankees know what they have and they like it. >> you look at the production, you look at the on base percentage, he was really big for our club. >> i know 2015 was a cinderella season. i don't take it for granted. to be able to wear a uniform at the age of 0 it's cool. >> reporter: the other news today brett gardner still battling a bone bruise this is left wrist. yankees will be careful with that. also with aroldis chapman on his second personal day both masahiro tanaka and ivan nova threw in the bullpen and everybody was there too.

the regular season, i'm just happy right now. i feel healthy and just looking forward to go out there and start playing in games. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, it's a bunch of guys i think we got really good group and think we can do some damage. >> reporter: while it's not exactly play ball yet, it is getting closer. and so are the yankees. >> we have one goal and that's to win a world championship. >> thank you, rob. the nhl's trade deadline monday afternoon so expect rumors to be flying over the weekend. the rangers will be in the mix with some reports they could be interested in carolina center eric staal their defenseman mark's brother. as for those already in the game, no score in dallas today. second period, they are tied at one in the second. coming up at 6:00 we'll update you on that ranger stars game plus a roundup of the college hardwood action

we'll see you then. >> thank you. a baseball staple or a health hazard? the new york city council is looking at a plan to ban chewing tobacco at yankee stadium and citi field. >> reaction to the proposal varies among fans and players. tim fleischer has the story. >> reporter: like the crack of a bat at citi field or yankee stadium chewing tobacco is legendary at baseball games among fans and players. >> that's a part of the ballgame. tobacco, you know, peanut, crackerjacks, beer. >> reporter: bundy a new law proposed by city councilman corey johnson, chewing tobacco and smokeless tobacco products like these would be banned at all ticketed venues for fans and players. >> they are heroes and role models to young people and to have them on the field in the dugout with millions of people watching on tv chewing tobacco and spitting it out, it's not the right message that we want

>> reporter: at the mets spring training camp, third in. thing. thinking through you can see pros and cons both ways. >> reporter: the mets organization supports the proposal saying in part, preventing children from being exposed to smokeless tobacco is an important initiative and we are glad to play our part goal. the yankees in a statement proposal. >> people that use tobacco are typically emulating people that they look up to. >> reporter: but some like ronald massenburg say no to the idea. regardless. >> reporter: putting a pinch between your cheek and gum gives others mixed feels. anybody. i don't see the harm. players? >> reporter: these tobacco products have already been banned in fields los angeles and san francisco.

fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. a show of support at strawberry fields for yoko ono was rushed to the hospital. >> a start of the cease-fire in syria. are there signs of peace in the struggling nation? >> a young woman who was raped and robbed feels victimized

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a look at tonight's top stories. mourners gathered in bayonne to lay a new jersey high school teacher and his daughter to rest. the driver who hit their car on the new jersey turnpike this week faces charges. investigators say they caught the man who burglarized more than a dozen homes on long island. police say they recovered tens of thousands of dollars worth of stolen items from the suspects. >> hillary clinton and bernie sanders are fighting it out for voters in south carolina while focusing on next week's democratic races. doctors released yoko ono from the hospital. an ambulance rushed her to a manhattan hospital last night with flu-like symptoms. eyewitness news reporter stefan kim is live on the upper west side. stefan in.

tweeting moments ago this mother has been released from the hospital. says his mother is home resting running around adding it was just the flu and he too may soon get a flu shot but gave her fans a scare when she was rushed to the hospital several media report saying she had fans stand at strawberry feels praying for the recovery of yoko ono. >> huge fan and one more person who we lost from that era would be pretty devastating to me. she is just an icon. >> reporter: the 83-year-old artist, singer and activist hospitalized friday night at mount sinai west hospital in manhattan for flu-like symptoms. spokesman says she went to the hospital on the advice of her doctor. her son tweeting that his mother was dehydrated and tired downplaying reports she suffered a stroke. she had the which is doe of john lennon. beatles.

no's apartment building at 7nd and central park west around 9 p.m. friday. she has lived in a luxuriry apartment since 197. the building where john lennon was shot and killed in front of in 1980. across the street in central park a white rose at the mosaic at the memorial that husband's honor. >> hope she gets better soon. >> i love yoko. i remember her album walking on thin ice. >> reporter: this is the same hospital where lennon was pronounced dead. at the time it was st. luke's- roosevelt hospital. moments ago the son saying the mother is home resting. live on the upper west side, stefan kim, channel 7 eyewitness thank you, cefaan. the u.n. envoy to the united nations says the first day of u.s.

he adds that the lack of vials shows all sides are keeping their word. cease-fire monitors are isolated incidents to keep from escalating. in afghanistan suicide bombers killed 23 people. a taliban leader claimed responsibility for the ministry attack. afghan officials suspect the group he could ordernated the other bombing. stepped up security in somalia. 14 people were killed when a car bomb detonated next to a hotel and a public garden called the peace garden last night. dozens more were hurt. within hours soldiers set up checkpoints around mogadishu. spanish police have broken up a human smuggling wring bringing chinese workers into europe. they released this video of a

they detained more than 100 chinese citizens and seized 150 fake passports. investigators say the smugglers used spanish airports and fake passports to bring those migrants into europe. a brooklyn woman says she was raped and robbed and then victimized by her bank. >> the incident put a spotlight on the flaws of mobile banking and major financial institution fails to protect its customers. 7 on your side's lena pineda investigates. >> they treated me like garbage like i felt like trash. >> reporter: it happened days before thanksgiving. jessica says she was lured into a basement apartment and assaulted by a group of men. >> it was bad and violent. >> she said, mom, i have been raped. >> reporter: her mom got the shocking call in dallas learning the men who attacked her daughter also stole her purse. she called her daughter's bank chase right away.

her checking account and two credit cards. >> reporter: also stolen these checks two weeks earlier jessica had deposited them using chase's app on her phone. she even wrote deposited on each. a week after the account was restricted the suspects went to the bank and chase cashed both checks a second time debiting more than a grand from jessica's account. >> they didn't put a flag or restriction on my account and because of that they cashed the checks. >> reporter: her fault for not destroying the checks after depositing them. >> how dare this say that. >> reporter: chase advises to destroy checks a week after deposit. >> it's my fault. >> it's not your fault. >> reporter: chase refunded one check but not the other. we asked for an investigation. and now not just a refund, an apology from the bank that

dallas recuperating got a personal phone call from the ceo of chase consumer banking. >> he apologized for how things were handled. he said that it was definitely their error that several mistakes had been made. and that he -- he told me he felt terrible. >> reporter: chase also paid the $5,000 balance on her chase credit card. >> i have been incredibly thankful and pleased with how everything has gone. and i, um, i appreciate it so much. >> it's so nice to see her smile. chase told us we were wrong and we're sorry and we feel absolutely awful for the distress we caused them during an extremely difficult time and they are deeply sorry for how we handled this. miss phillips has been reimbursed and our systems are designed to prevent duplicate checks from being deposited but clearly the system failed this time as did our customer service. we are going to find out what happened and why and we'll do everything possible to prevent this from happening again. the big takeaway here if you

checks because if there is fraud, you could be on the hook for it. in the newsroom, nina pineda, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> changes to protect everyone from here on out. that's great. wow. still to come on eyewitness news at 5:00, another troubling incident involving a hot toy. one family claims a hoverboard caused major damage inside their home.

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a drag race turned deadly in southern california. the highway patrol says that two cars raced on the interstate last night. one driver lost control. the car slammed into a semi. the truck driver then lost control and that set the semi into the air. across the divider, it hit 6 other vehicles. the truck driver and two people in those vehicles died. one drag racer was arrested on the scene. police are searching for the other driver at this hour. home surveillance rolling during an explosion that is believed to be from a hoverboard. you can see how the flames erupted instantly. fortunately only the family dog was inside the house.

the family says this was batteries. problems with the batteries in other cases have prompted a warning from the consumer product safety commission. >> these days it seems you can never be too secure even in your own home. safe rooms are growing in popularity in new york city eyewitness news reporter trend. >> the heavy duty door and the special lock. >> reporter: alan bought this townhouse in tribeca around the same time this movie came out. >> it's called a panic room. >> reporter: alan said he had good reason to install one. he has a lot of valuable stuff and the neighborhood was different 14 years ago. >> it's mostly empty warehouses that haven't been gentrified yet. >> reporter: it seems alan's fascination with multiple deadbolts and bullet-resistant blast is something that's become more and more of a thing lately.

not enough, that doorman is not enough. this is just an extra level of protection. >> reporter: tom gaffney built check-cashing businesses for years and now he installs safe rooms of all kinds. >> this is when you open the closet you have a panic room behind the closet. this is a gun port to return fire. >> reporter: like a creepy scene from a movie, maybe. but not to gaffney's well- heeled clients. is there an uptick now. yes, we are up 30% from this time last year. >> reporter: customers now asking for all kinds of upgrades including rooms built to withstand dirty bombs jay think the isis threat is become very row. i think paris and san bernardino were catalysts for a lot of people saying it's not just in the middle east anymore. >> here's something else. call it the gopro of all peep holes.

out at the person behind the door, check this out. you can see about 178 degrees. bottom line? for some, seeing is believing you are secure. the new safe room trend part security but perhaps part status symbol, as well. in tribeca, i'm stacey sager channel 7 eyewitness news. a flood of problems at a popular new york beach. coming up, the governor has a plan to protect fire island coastline. >> vacation is good for everyone even butterflies. monarch butterflies see some good results when they take a winter hiatus. >> and speaking of a winter hiatus, we have that coming up for the next few days. 40 degrees right now but a lot of warmth building into the middle part of the country and that's where our wind streamlines are blowing in from.

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a new plan to protect fire island's coastline. new york state is looking to build a temporary dune that uses 20,000 cubic yards of sand. the governor says that this will strengthen fire island's natural defense against nor'easters and extreme weather. the coastal erosion and flooding have been a big problem on the island in recent years. good news about monarch butterflies. the insects vacation in mexico for the winter and experts there say that the population has increased 255% this year. the butterflies still remain at risk during their long migration thousands of miles into the u.s. and canada. >> did you know february 27th is a very special day for one particular animal? it is international polar bear day!

years ago by the group, polar bear international. the wild. scientists say climate change threatens the population that lives in the arctic especially in the northern regions of the arctic. not going to be good for polar bears around here over the next we are or so. >> but it will be good for us for the next three days. >> we like it like that. near 60 degrees for three days before we get colder later on in the week. outside now toward midtown sun going down pretty sky out there 40 degrees clear skies that wind from the southwest at 7 but occasionally gusting up to 20 miles per hour. so even though temperatures got into the 40s today it never felt that mild t felt like it was in the 30s. it will be falling down into overnight tonight. we are down to 37 by midnight. the wind gradually calming down a little bit. highs today, got up to 43 at

that was the warmest spot in the region. stayed in the 30s all day over long island. islip and montauk. montauk up to 35 today. 41 was your high temperature in belmar and toms river. still upstate especially in the mid hudson valley you have temperatures in the lower to middle 40s kingston and woo kipcy at 43 down to freezing though at monticello. 39 sparta new jersey. 39 belmar. and 35 on the island at islip. nothing to show you on the radar-satellite picture around here. we have to go way off to the west before we encounter our next weathermaker which is now moving through montana into the high place right now. this will rapidly move off to the east and be in here by early monday morning. not a big weathermaker. we are looking at maybe a spotty shower or two. tomorrow a big warmup. temperatures near 60 degrees if you can believe it especially from new york city and points south and west. and then as we head into monday morning, that's when

very quickly. but with the actual frontal passage there could be a shower where to in the morning. then we clear out in the afternoon and it's another mild day with conditions 60 again. lows tonight in the meantime down to 35 in the park down to 28 or so in morristown, 26 in sussex, new jersey. look at the recovery for tomorrow. 60 in the park. 60 at toms river. many areas north and west staying in the upper 40s. the only place it's cooler on long island with wind in the southwest it warms up the rest of us but coming in off the atlantic ocean in long island so low 50s for islip into southwestern connecticut bridgeport and upper 40s for a high toward montauk. accuweather forecast for tonight partly cloudy not as cold as last night down to about 35. it's mostly sunny warmer tomorrow. a gusty wind at times but the high get all the way up to 60 for your oscar sunday. mainly clear and mild for tomorrow night. we are down to 45. monday spotty morning showers.

still mild on tuesday upper 50s with a mix of sun and clouds and our next more significant weathermaker comes in wednesday morning w that i think we'll have some rainfall during the morning hours perhaps even a thunderstorm and then windy and cloudy for the rest of the day brisk and cooler mostly cloudy on thursday perhaps a shower 42 and then you're look at it right. there are some snowflakes on there by friday. there will be a storm along the east coast. the question is how far north does it get? if it gets up here, we could be talking about some accumulating snow by friday before we clear things out by next weekend. >> okay. >> a lot to watch. >> you will keep an eye on it. >> thank you, jeff. a party was a celebration of choice to mark one year since a courageous woman received the best gift of her life. >> surprise! >> friends and family gathered at a restaurant in flushing last night to celebrate one year since katie stark montes double lung transplant of you may remember

a social media campaign to for a donor. a match was found and in the year since katie says she has grown to have a new appreciation for life. >> honestly, every day that i wake up i'm so thankful and i really urge everyone to be changed my life. >> katie has in fact since traveled and spent quality time with family and friends. she is also back at work as a nurse at flushing hospital. a young burn victim warmed hearts around the country when she asked for christmas cards. police say a volunteer who helped open the cards took advantage of her position and did anything but help the young oh-oh, oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-ooh, oh

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