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now, new york's number one news, channel 7 eye witness news. >> he escaped nazi germany during world war ii. tonight missing in manhattan and his family is desperate to track him down. first, an elderly woman smashed in the face by a stranger at her front door. she talks about the terrifying incident to eye witness news. good evening i'm joe torres. >> i'm lauren glassburg in for sandra. the suspects is linked to four other violent robberies throughout brooklyn and queens and almost all the victims are elderly women.

they're looking for. >> sefan kim has the story. >> joe and lauren, this 84-year-old victim says she barely remembers what happened. this massive man hit her so hard he broke her nose. she's never felt unsafe in her own home until now. >> i don't know if he hit me with something. actually, i think there was something in his hands and it was larger than his hand and i just got it right here. >> what does it feel like now? >> awful. >> she heard a knock at her door and she answered it and this man was standing there. the object he smashed her face with was a handgun breaking her nose. he never even spoke a word. the impact did this to her face, which is now badly bruised. when she got up off the floor, he was gone. this is surveillance video taken from inside the building.

face. cops say he preys on vulnerable victims, elderly women. >> he needs somebody to just grab him and put him somewhere where he can't get out, like jail. >> reporter: this is surveillance video police released after he preyed on a 96-year-old woman in park slope. he got into her home before choking her at gunpoint. last weekend an 81-year-old her. in february he pistol whipped a 71-year-old woman. >> i just think it's really sad and i can't imagine somebody hitting a nice old woman who is 84. i just can't, i just don't know what kind of freak that is. >> reporter: cops say this suspect is about 5-foot

and about 250 pounds. she buzzed him in not knowing who he was. she took the elevator and he followed her up the stairs. >> it makes me pretty nervous. i look around corners and things like that. >> reporter: now in each incident the suspect takes off on foot with several hundred dollars of cash. in this incident he got away with nothing. reporting live in kensington, sefan kim. new at 11, the search for an elderly man missing tonight in manhattan. fred's family says he walked out of his home on friday and hasn't been seen yet. he escaped nazi germany and fled to israel and now his family needs help finding him. jim dolan is on the upper west side with this story tonight. >> reporter: a fascinating life and he's had a fascinating life and for much of his adult life

city well and know it is subway system well but he's 89 years old now. he was acting erratically a couple days ago and walked out of his home and hasn't been seen yet since the police and his family now frantically searching for him. it's cold in the city tonight and it'll be colder still tomorrow and 89-year-old fred's family is sure he's not ready for this weather. >> he was wearing a fairly light coat. i saw his scarves upstairs was underdressed for the weather. we're concern and had each hour is important. >> reporter: he had not shown signs of dementia or failing health before thursday but workers say he seemed agitate and had road the elevators for a while and friday around 1:00 walked out into the night.

mumbling a lot and was insistent ongoing out. he headed out the door on 96 street. >> reporter: the family put up posters and the city issued a silver alert. >> i'm increaseingly concerned. i'm hoping we'll learn that he's at a hospital or shelter somewhere as a john doe case. >> reporter: family and police, of course, keeping an eye on the shelters and the hospitals but so far nothing. the most troubling is he doesn't have his wallet or cash or id with him. now the family just hoping someone recognizes him and calls 911. reporting live, jim dolan, channel 7 eye witness news. >> thank you. if you would like to help with the search and share his picture, we have it posted on our web site at www.abc7ny.com.

protesters descended on the memorial site in brussels chanting against isis. police used riot gear and water canons and sound grenades to deal with the crowd. meanwhile, more raids were carried out across belgium. nine people were detain in deed 13 raids and five were released. in italy police arrested a man accused of supplying them with fake documents. a faction of the taliban is claiming responsible for a deadly attack in pakistan. 65 people were killed in today's bombing inside a crowded park. more than 300 people were injured in that blast. the taliban group says it was targeting christians celebrating easter. many of the victims were women and children. closer to home, two people are hurt after a truck plunged

over the guardrail. it happened before 8 on the western spur of the turnpike in newark. it landed on raymond boulevard. two pedestrians helped rescue the men in the truck. politics now. donald trump took time out from his twitter war from ted cruz to share an assessment about u.s. security. >> i don't think america is a safe place for americans. we're going to have problems just as big or bigger. >> he claims he's the only presidential candidate capable of keeping america safe. meanwhile cruz double downed his charge that trump engaged in a tabloid smear. trump says he had nothing to do with it. in central park, an ominous symbol of disfaction planted not far from trump tower.

it was discovered. at the bottom was written make america hate again. the tombstone has been removed. today is the holiest day of the year for christians and hundreds gathered at st. patrick's cathedral for easter sunday mass. timothy cardinal dolan reminded catholics it's not about christ dying for sin but it's about humans rising from evil. the first family celebrated the holiday in alexandria, virginia. they joined church goers at alfred street baptist church. it has a history back to the 1800s. the new jersey congregation whose church was gutted by fire celebrated makeshift site. members gathered for services at

the fire destroyed the church but not the congregation's spirits. >> it's resurrection time and today is easter. >> church leaders say all the bridal parties scheduled to marry at the church this year donated their deposits to help rebuild the house of worship. rain moving in and maybe an soggy start to the workweek. jeff is tracking it all. >> we already have sprinkles moving across northern new jersey and a lot more where that came from. as quickly as it moves in it'll be out of here. i'll have the full accuweather forecast coming up. caught on camera. a inside a bodega

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dramatic surveillance video of a fight that began inside a bodega in manhattan. a fight that left two people stabbed. it happened in a store on 179 street in washington heights this morning. a man in an hoodie is seen fighting with a woman, pushing

a second man joins in the fight. the first man grabbed a knife and stabbed two people. one of them was critically hurt. so far no arrests. new video of a violent confrontation in a night shrub in chelsea. the rap posted the video online ahead of a court appearance tomorrow. he was thrown out of the up and down club during a scuffle. he tried to punch the woman in the face. along with the video he posted a statement saying i don't understand why it took three men to grab me and remove me from the club. easter egg hunts can get a little competitive in the nicest of ways. one turned into a shoving match. it happened in orange, connecticut, yesterday and led to broken baskets and tears with adults to blame.

but an easter egg hunt turned rotten. pez set up the free hunt and from the pictures you can see a drove of crowd. it was supposed to go in three stages based on age groups with the youngest children first. adults didn't abide by the rules. >> when it came time for 10:30 the parents rushed the area. >> we were talking to folks this was supposed to start at a directed time we posted. let's wait and give a whistle and the signal to start this. that lasted about a minute and then folks just rushed the field and took everything. >> when my son left he had a broken basket and was crying. >> reporter: the pez general manager and his staff couldn't gain the upper >> it was like locust. everybody descended and left. >> reporter: the company offered free stuff to disappointed children but with long lines the mood had already soured.

now i feel like they're not putting their safety in any way, shape or form. >> it's unfortunate people were disappointed. it was just supposed to be a fun, free activity. we did our best but it fell short. >> reporter: there were no reports of any injuries. police did not respond to the actual event but they did speak with pez company officials afterwards. robert diniro says no to a film. the controversial documentary and the reason why its removal. >> reporter: two women's college basketball players remove from a team. now the coach has been let go. why the school is siding with the players. a live look outside. it looks like temperatures may get close to freezing at one point this the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dunkin's new grandde burrito --

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so it was a pretty nice easter day. got to wear your bonnet and didn't have to shield yourself from the rain. not you, necessary. people. the rain is coming. . >> yes. a couple of sprinkles moving in to new jersey right now. the heavier rain waits until 3:00 in the morning to move on in. the empire state building is still eastery. very pretty lights on the building. temperature at 45. the wind from the southeast at 7. the high on the day got up to 55 before the sea breeze kicked in. temperatures overachieved during the day. we get a little bit more sunshine than we were expecting. i haven't heard complaints about yet. the normal high is 54.

we got all the way up to a summery 83 degrees. 45 in newark. 45 at laguardia. lower 40s on the island from islip towards montauk. a couple of sprinkles showing the radar over essex county and morris county. basically between i-80 and i-78. we look to the south and there's a whole bunch of moisture over virginia moving to the northeast. there's more thunderstorms and showers up to the ohio valley moving directly off to the east. we're going to be between these two systems. we won't get the brunt of either one. we'll get rainfall nonetheless. probably maybe between a quarter and a third of an inch of rain. not a heavy rainfall but making for a slower than normal commute tomorrow. high resolution future cast showing the initial band of sprinkles and then the rain

especially from new york to points south and east. by that point there could be a heavier downpour or two over long island. by the time the sun comes up you won't see it come up because it'll be overcast and foggy and rain and drizzle through noontime. after the back edge of the rain moves through by noontime it's by the delwor water gap. we start clearing things out in the afternoon and the temperature will recover by later tomorrow and get sunshine. accuweather forecast overnight, it's overcast and occasional rain and drizzle late. we're down to 42. rain and drizzle fog in some areas at 7:00 in the morning for your commute. temperature around 44. it's kind of rainy and drizly right through midday and then it starts brightening up in the latter half of the afternoon becoming windy as well. the high up to 60.

much nicer. we're down to 42. by the way there could be winds gusting above 40 miles per hour. tuesday is a windy day with a blend of sun and clouds, 55. nice day on wednesday. calmer winds. sun giving way to clouds on thursday and there can be showers late in the day thursday night and perhaps even into friday. 68 on thursday and then by late next weekend that could actually be arctic air and that can bleed into opening, i don't want to talk about that. opening day. we'll talk about that next half hour. >> baseball with thermal underwear on. >> laura behnke did not hear that. >> did jeff just do a forecast? i haven't seen him tonight. there's nothing like the ncaa tournament. even though your bracket is totally busted you've got to enjoy the ride. syracuse looking to continue the trend of the one seed upsets. finally prove they do belong in

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that roar you heard earlier today came from central new york. >> yeah. and new york city. there are a ton of syracuse grads here. syracuse lost four of five and fell in the first round of the acc tournament. at that point they could only hope to make the tournament. they would sneak in as a 10 seed and have made the most of every game. tonight against virginia. all cavaliers and london hitting the 3 pointer. the orange would start to show magic in the 1st. tyler lydon loses a shoe and hits the triple. they trail by 14 at the break. enter molokai richardson. the freshman had 23 points as the orange erase the 14 point deficit. syracuse is the fourth double digit seed to make the final four. the first 10 seed. >> it was a great comeback.

and any team i've had. you're playing a great team. virginia has beaten us 15 points three straight times and they were 15 points up today. they're a hard team to come back against and we just, these guys just made some unbelievable plays and they deserve to win this game. >> well, speaking of syracuse the women were on the court against tennessee in their elite eight. orange making a move and butler buries the deep 3 and pushes the lead to 8. it was the alexis peterson show as the orange pulled away. yes, both the syracuse women and men are in the final four. what an awful weekend to be a one seed. for the first time in 2009 every top seed made it to the elite eight. after three upsets the ones were in danger of all being done by the final four. north carolina the only hope

first half this was tight. the irish get fancy. beachum driving baseline. the notre dame bench approves. the tar heels pull away. in transition isaiah hicks finishing the alley-oop. 88-74, unc the only one seed to make the final four in houston. the race for second place in the metropolitan division hit madison square garden tonight. neither team has clinched a playoff spot and both team needs every point they can get. they've beaten the pens in five of the last seven meetings. great set up by kevin hays and stall's first of two goals. the penguins tie it in the second. it's karl hagland with the assist. in ot, guess who? sidney crosby deflecting the shot past henrik lundqvist and that's it. the rangers get a point and they are now three up on the pens. also in action the devils

this is the rookie scott wedgewood has been outstanding. he had a tough go tonight. it's 1-0 and 36 seconds later the open net and 2-0 hurricanes. the devils attempted a comeback but fall 3-2. much more ahead in sports. the baseball season is now just seven days away. in the meantime, we still have all those game that is just don't count. met's fans won't care when they see what david wright does

with opening night one week away, the yankees hope to -- play a game in the field in the minor leagues. as for the rest of the team the mets and nationals going head to head this afternoon. this will make met's fans happy. david wright has been limited but looks great right there. we keep with the long ball theme. michael confordo with the two run blast.

the throwing error allows the tieing run to score. this one ends in a tie. the mets winning streak is at ten. the yankees host thing twins this afternoon. phil hughes on the mound for minnesota. brett gardner takes him deep. ties the game at one and nate allowed 5 runs and two rbi doubles. 5-2 and the twins win. then there's this. it was the cub versus the mariners versus the bees.

here's a look at tonight's top stories. police released new video of a suspect wanted in robberies in brooklyn and queens and the latest incident. he followed an 84-year-old woman in her apartment building and hit her in the face with a gun. a family in manhattan wants help finding a man missing for two days now. the 89-year-old man walked out of his home friday and hasn't been seen since. in brussels a tense situation between police and right wing protesters. the demonstrators descended on the memorial chanting against isis. police used water canons to control the crowd. police carried out 13 more sxradz arrested four men. top thing news this half hour, a korean war veteran has died after a fire ripped through his hope home in queens. >> the fire started in his home and two firefighters were also hurt. >> sefan kim has the story. >> he's always lived like that. >> reporter: for a decade neighbors say these cars have sat here like this. fire officials say the clutter out front and inside this two story homemade it difficult for them to battle the blaze and reach the victim.

died inside before help could reach him. the fire broke out around 4:30 this morning and it was an all hands on deck response requiring 60 firefighters to get it under control and took them about a half hour to do so. because of trouble accessing the building from the front, firefighters had to enter from the back. residents said he lived alone and would rarely see him outside. >> you would see the lights on and i'm assuming someone lives there. two cars are here and their license plates are registered but never saw anyone. my mom said his wife passed away a few years ago. >> reporter: he loved animals and he was a korean war veteran. >> he was nice. he greeted us and say hello and all that stuff. that's it. he'd sit there with his wife and that's really it. >> reporter: officials say the fire started on the first floor of the building and the cause is

the identity of the victim hasn't been released. sefan kim, channel 7 eye witness news. new video of an armed robbery in bridgeport, connecticut. the video shows three suspects entering the king discount liquors on thursday night. two of the men jumped over the counter, opened doors and took cash and the third man served as a lookout. police say they made off with a thousand dollar this is cash. with opening day for the yan keys and the mets new york city prepares to ban smokeless tobacco. the mayor will sign the ban on arenas and stadiums in the next two weeks. the early focus will be on education and warnings but the mayor says officials won't hesitate to hand out fines to major league baseball players who ignore the ban. paperless prescriptions are now the law of the land across new york state as of today. doctors, dentists and health

electronically send prescriptions directly to pharmacies instead of giving paper scripts to patients. it's meant to fight prescription drug abuse and to reduce errors made by hard to read handwriting by doctors. robert deniro pulled a screening of a controversy screening from the tribeca film festival. initially he said it would screen. the documentary is about arguing against vaccinating children. the film was co-directed by andrew wakefield. he was stripped of his medical license after linking autism to childhood vaccine. deniro is the co-founder of the film festival and has a child with autism. the deadly bombing triggered a facebook safety. facebook sent the safety check

danger and nowhere near the pakistan bombing, including dan who was on a train in new jersey. >> i got a text message asking me if i was safe. it said i was in the explosion zone. facebook update, you're in the explosion zone and said are you safe? i got freaked out at first. >> facebook released a statement and he said facebook activated the safety check so people can let their friends and loved ones know they're safe. a manhattan cardinal dolan celebrated easter sunday mass at st. patrick's cathedral. outside the annual parade complete with elaborate hats and costumes. mallory hoff has the story. easter bonnets, bunny ears, golden eggs. >> easter on 5th avenue is something i like to do every year.

>> reporter: you're all here to enjoy easter sunday. >> it's a beautiful day, how can you not? >> reporter: paraders flooded the street with get ups that required time and creativity. >> every year i do this and make it more elaborate. >> reporter: two weeks and 100 peeps later, impressive work. also impressive? tell me about your hat. >> it's bunnies. >> reporter: bunnies and what else? >> eggs. >> reporter: this young man shared his easter joy. well, thank you so much. how do i look? >> good. >> reporter: good. i think it looks better on you. . >> we've been having a winter up and down and the world is sad and it's nice to have color and fun. >> reporter: cardinal dolan welcomed a crowd to easter mass. >> blessed easter, everybody and welcome to easter sunday morning

>> reporter: he discussed the meaning of easter sunday and spoke about the terrorist attack this is belgium. >> they're constantly dying to evil and to lies and to sin to problems. we're dying and we're rising. we're rise toing new life with jesus. >> reporter: at st. bar ten a dove ceremony marked the holiday. back on 5th avenue, thousands spent the day posing for pictures. there were dogs channelling their inner bunnies, babies celebrating easter for the first time and adults enjoying a festive moment under a sunny sky. >> enjoying each other and the positive energy on 5th avenue today. it's a gorgeous time of year. >> reporter: this is a tradition that dates back more than one hundred years in new york city. the bunny ears, bonnets and hats

mallory hoff, channel 7 eye witness news. another bounce house mishap. this time a young girl lost her life after winds swept away a blow up castle. a live look outside on sunday night. meteorologist jeff smith gets you ready for the workweek. the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dunkin's new grandde burrito -- a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. go grande with veggie or sausage today.

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two people have been arrested in brit tan after a young girl died while using a bouncy castle. the 7-year-old was inside the castle when it was swept away by a strong gust of wind. a showman's build of great britain said it was displaced by a sudden gust. the spokesperson said if winds were consistently high the inflatables would have been closed. >> everyone in the fairground industry is shattered by this. it's so appalling this girl lost her life. we can't comprehend how it happen and had how they must feel. >> a man and a woman have been arrested on suspicious of manslaughter. a wild house party comes to an abrupt end as a roof collapses. the incident was caught on

eight people were dancing on the roof when it collapsed right under them. three people were hurt but they are expected to survive. the accident is now under investigation. a college basketball coach is out of a job tonight after she suspended two gay players from her team. dawn brown is no longer head coach at prairie view a&m university. she suspended the players because they were dating each other. the university says it violated title xi. she had a policy in place that bans them from having nonprofessional relationships with one another. the city of san francisco banning government travel to north carolina after legislature this is that state passed a law discriminating against the lgbt community. san francisco mayor imposed the ban to make sure they don't

north carolina passed a nondiscrimination law that doesn't protect lesbian, gay and transgender people and cities and counties from passing people. a brooklyn girl battles a mystery illness. >> the pope blessed her during

we want to launch into spring but you're going to tell us there's wintery weather. like 30 degrees. >> a week away we'll be taking a few steps back. that may be in time for opening day. until then we have fairly mild weather. we have rain coming in tonight into tomorrow morning. a live look into midtown from our camera in astoria, queens. 45 in the city, cloudy skies out there and the wind from the southeast around 7.

i don't think steady rain gets in here until 3:00. temperatures remaining steady at 44 right through sunrise. right now 43 in morris town. 45 down the shore at tom's river. 41 on montauk. 45 at monticello and a couple of very, very light sprinkles showing up on the radars right now over northern new jersey and one moving across manhattan and queens. i wouldn't be shocked to see a rain drop or two. the steadier batch of rain waits until after 3 or 4:00 in the morning to come in. by 4:15 it could be heavier downpours showing up and steadier rain over long island. it goes over the area by the sunrise moves in and heavier rain by pennsylvania. it's occasional rain and drizzle. by 1:15 p.m. you see the back edge of the rain moving through central new jersey.

takes place quickly. already some sunshine developing over western new jersey by that point. we fast forward way ahead. about a week from now with this arctic air, which is going to make an early april arrival because april begins on friday and this arctic air will be up here over northwestern canada. it dives off to the south and the leading edge gets in here during the day on sunday. monday big opening day at yankee stadium and that arctic air could be over us and it could be a day where highs are in the 40s and it feels like it's in the 30s. we'll be watching it carefully. things can change between now and then. here's the accuweather forecast. rain and drizzle and give yourself a little extra time if you're driving in the city. fog in some areas as well. about 44 and it's occasional rain and drizzle through midday and then windy and turning brighter late in the afternoon.

afternoon over parts of new jersey and eventually because we do see the sunshine the high gets up to 60. blustery tomorrow night and down to 42. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast. a windy day on winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour. 55 with a blend of sun and clouds. sun gives way to clouds on thursday and then they'll be rain arriving late at night. it could get up to 70 in a couple of spots. rain could linger into friday and we clear out for next weekend. 57 saturday and 50 might be pushing it on sunday and by sunday night we get near freezing in and around new york city. bill evans has much more at 4:30. >> i just put my winter clothes away. thanks, jeff. finally tonight a young girl in brooklyn receiving help after

the 12-year-old girl blessed on the tar mac. she's been battling a mystery illness but since meeting the pope her life has changed. jim dolan has her story. >> the pope was truly like the happen today me. >> reporter: for julia and her parents, every day is a gift that they think is delivered by the pope himself. >> since the pope's visit it's been a blessing. >> reporter: julia was a normal preteen girl before she started getting sick last year. >> i was scared for my life. doctors would just shrug their shoulders. >> reporter: soon she couldn't walk and no one could figure out what was wrong. >> it was scary. i laid at sleep in night and my whole life was over. the doctors came in and they didn't know. they were giving me no hope at all. the doctors didn't even know.

>> reporter: during his viet in september pope frances picked her out of a crowd and blessed her in her wheelchair. her story got nationwide attention. >> soon there was a tremendous outpour of love in the community. people reached out to us from all over. her best friend's mom start add go fund me page and had a doctor reach out to us and offer us treatment. >> reporter: julia started getting the medical attention and medicine she needed. >> a couple months ago in december i got some feeling on the bottom of my feet and the sides of my feet and now i can feel it almost fully and the night before my dad's birthday this past wednesday the top of my feet and my ankles started buzzing. that means it's coming back. >> reporter: it's coming back. julia is determined she will walk again. her parents believe she will walk again. the pope didn't cure her.

tarmak but the attention, the blessing did steer people who could help towards julia and now she has one thing she hasn't had in a long time, hope. jim dolan, channel 7 eye witness news. >> and we wish her well. >> absolutely. hope is a good thing. for sure. way to go, julia. that is the news for now. thanks so much for staying up with us i'm lauren glassburg. >> i'm joe torres. for lauren, jeff and all of us here, thank you for tuning in. eye witness news returns tomorrow morning at 4:30. make it a great night, everyone.

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