when she rejected his sexual advances. given the chance to speak, taylor said nothing. and the judge laced into him while handing down the maximum sentence. >> you may make chalk marks on the cell block and the walls in the cage in which youly, and they will have no significance. you may circle dates on the calendar, but they will mean nothing because there is no date for you to get out. for you. >> reporter: for sarah's family and her 8 brothers and sisters, bitterness mixed with sadness and relief. >> i hope sarah's face haunts him for the rest of his life. those last few second of her life, and he was to her, i hope he sits in that cell with his chalk and he's thinking about it. and he drives himself crazy for

who is raising sarah's little girl and struggling with what to tell her. we'll have more at 6:00. n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. a four hour standoff in newark is over after police say a man stabbed his wife in front of her own grandson. all this starts around 11:30 this morning. the wife and grandson were able to get out of the house after inside. eventually the 65-year-old surrendered and was taken away on a stretcher. a woman was taken to the hospital where she is now undergoing surgery. no word yet about exactly what led to the initial stabbing. we are learning more about the first cases of zika apparently transmitted by mosquitoes on the u.s. mainland. a woman and three men in florida likely contracted the virus through mosquito bites according to the state's

area. there have been 537 travel related cases of zika, 449 in new york, 50 in new jersey, and 38 in connecticut. eyewitness news reporter stacey sager is at la guardia airport with the new concerns tonight. stacy. >> it's more sobering than alarming. that was the reaction from health officials here in new york city today. they say none of this is a real surprise to them. but they hope the public understands what's happened in florida. it's their zika was transmitted by a mosquito in the united states. it is not surprising given that the type of mosquito that carries the zika virus lives in florida, but what's encouraging is the cdc is fairly certain the tiny outbreak in the community was contained. three men and one woman in adjacent workplaces, infected locally by a mosquito unable to travel more than 150 meters in

department of health believes that active transmissions of this virus could be occurring in one small area, in one small area of miami-dade county. it's just north of downtown. >> the cdc says the area was thoroughly sprayed. here in new york city, meanwhile, that type of mosquito hasn't been found. instead, a cousin, which theoretically could zika but hasn't. >> and because of that theoretical possibility, the city been leaning forward very early on with aggressive measures to protect new yorkers. >> but here's the real concern. another alert from the cdc today, what they're calling a zika ohm demonstratic now -- ohm ohm epidemic in puerto rico. positive zika test results have jumped from 14 to 64% in just 4

airport, we spoke to miami bound passengers today. >> i'm >> reporter: kirsten fury says she's at a 7 out of 10 on the worry scale. still. >> i didn't do anything differently. i live in sunnyside queens. >> reporter: now florida's governor is urging people to obviously take preventative measures, keep them in mind. also, the fda many several blood in florida today as they investigate. they are aggressively testing people in that very small area down there. it's only about one square mile. live outside la guardia airport. i'm stacey sager channel 7 eyewitness news. thank you. well, you might want to rethink those beach plans this weekend. long island officials have issued swimming advisories for more than 80 beaches due to rain mostly in suffolk county,

water. however islip and benjamin beach in bay shore are both closed. and now to the weather and sunshine, breaking up the cloud dome that covered the tristate area this morning. we also got a good dose of rain. this was the scene this morning, cars, trucks, bicyclists had to wade through high water, and in jersey city, road crews were busy pumping away excess water from the streets. that was then. this is now. forecast from meteorologist lee goldberg. >> surely we have recovered nicely. still feel the humidity in the air, we have a fresh inch of rainfall in central park, in monmouth county, lighter amounts to the north and a closer look shows over an inch of rain. and also westchester into the bronx. in monmouth county, north of neptune, 3 inches estimated by

rainfall there. we have recovered nicely to the north. 91 pip kip see. we have been -- poughkeepsie. there's a shower and thunderstorms moving through orange county into sussex over the next couple of hours. this should hold together at least in the hudson valley and northern new jersey. in new york city would probably be around 7:00 a little after that. part c friday evening. 78. we're going to be dodging showers at teams over the weekend. it's not a wash out. your 7-day forecast is a few minutes away. thank you, and remember you can get the accuweather forecast, and important heat safety tips with our abc7ny app. it is free to download for apple or android devices. turning to politics now, hillary clinton is hitting the campaign trail for the first time since capturing and accepting the democratic nomination for president.

more now than 101 days away, and seems the race is going to get into high gear. jim dolan joining us with an update. >> hillary clinton says she stayed up late, couldn't get back to sleep after her feisty convention. seems like donald trump didn't get much easier since he was up half the night tweeting about secretary clinton's speech. both were back at it today. >> please give a great philadelphia pennsylvania to tour next -- our next president hillary clinton. >> secretary clinton was at the podium, basking a bit. >> this has been an invigorating, exciting week. >> reporter: mindful that the work is just beginning. >> as of tomorrow, we have 100 days to make our case to america. >> reporter: and so hillary clinton, the first woman nominee from a major american political party got to work, settling the tone for the hundred days. including a few shots at her

find it highly amusing that donald trump talks about make america great again. he doesn't make a thing in america except bankruptcies. >> we have a choice in this election today. >> reporter: the trump campaign continue today as well. vice presidential candidate indiana governor mike pence said mr. trump offers a far different path than the one the nation is currently on. >> it is the path of less government, ss taxes, less regulation,s more jobs, more opportunity, and more opportunity for our kids and our grand kids to get a world class education. you know, the stakes couldn't be higher in this election. >> we are looking at a live picture of donald trump. he's in colorado today. one of the state's considered up for grabs in november. he took the podium moments ago. he also did an interview today with abc's george stephanopoulos.

six, we'll have some of what he had to say. 101 days before the election, and there's no waiting for labor day, the campaign is underway. >> thank you, jim. speaking of numbers, there are now 59 days until the first presidential debate. hempstead will be the site of the first of three debates between clinton and trump. on monday, september 26th, the candidates will meet for their first round of verbal sparring to put it mi 9th, clinton and trump will go head to head a second time university in st. louis. and finally on wednesday, october 19th, the pair will clash at the university of nevada in las vegas. the fbi is investigating another case of hacking linked to a democratic organization. the democratic congressional campaign committee confirmed today its computers were hacked. it's believed the breach was the work of the russian intelligence service that

led to the resignation of dnc chairman, debbie wasserman schultz. >> stay with eyewitness news, and abc news for continues coverage of vote 2016. find updates and information around the clock at abc7ny. an appeal to toss out the corruption case against new jersey senator bob menendez was rejected. that decision from a federal appeals court argued that the case should be thrown out because of a constitutional protecting sitting lawmakers. they argue meetings held with other legislatures were about policy, not to benefit one of mendez's wealthy friends. prosecutors say gifts and donations were exchanged for political influence. the police officer who was shot and killed during a traffic stop in california has been identified. jonathan deguzman was a 16 year veteran of the san diego police force. he and officer wade erwin were

is expected to survive. >> we took an oath to protect and serve all of our communities and to have this happen to our police officers we have seen this happen way too many times just in these last few weeks across our great country. it is tragic for everyone. >> one suspect was shot and is in critical condition. police are searching for a possible accomplice. pope francis today atrocities in world war ii. the pope visited auschwitz in poland. survivors and rescuers were at his side. the pontiff made an entry in the guest book begging god's forgiveness for so much cruelly. the nazis killed more than 1 million people in world war ii. a judge dismisses a lawsuit against a city and a cop who

young victim's parents hope to bring about change. a new chapter 3 1/2 years after the tragedy in new town, connecticut. a new school is ready for students and teachers there. how the new building will heal, educate and protect.

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been there several days. she said her car became stuck in soft sand and she had to collect rain water just to have something to drink. today we are getting our first look inside the new sandy hook elementary school in connecticut. the new building contains no obvious memorials to the 26 people who died inside the old school nearly four years ago. but it was created with them in mind. designed to be above all safe. tim fleischer has the story from newtown. >> okay. sorry for the technical difficulties. we'll come back to that story in a moment. marine crews came to the rescue of a man thrown from his boat from a wave in long island. it happened off blue point. authorities say the boater was operating the vessel during a rainstorm when a wave knocked

out to find the missing boater. they found the 21-year-old man an hour and a half later, about a mile from where the boat was discovered. they pulled him from the water, he somehow amazingly, thankfully was not hurt. thank goodness. that water temperature is probably about 75 now which obviously made it bearable for a while. >> thankfully. how about that forecast. >> cleared out, sir. >> not bad. we had a pretty good deluge this morning. we go outside, we have blue sky out there, still have the humidity. it's a warm summer afternoon. i can't believe that we are going into our final weekend of july. there's lower manhattan, a few puffy clouds over the brooklyn bridge. we're at 83 degrees. a northeast wind around, and the high at 83. a nice recovery after the morning rainfall.

91 in poughkeepsie. only light rainfall amounts there. got the sunshine back earlier, and we have really been heating up. most areas in the upper 70s to mid-80s right now. an isolated shower through the early evening hours. just patchy clouds. you may have a little bit of patchy fog early, especially away from the city. we'll have partly sunny skies through early afternoon, and clouds tend to increase. looking for sunshine at the beach, plan on early afternoon and the clouds tend to filter the sunshine later in the day. there's an area of showers. now all of a sudden just as route i-84 right there, you can see they are starting to weaken through orange and sussex county. i'm not sure they'll survive in new york city. better chance they drift into northern new jersey. a few light showers into putnam, and rockland. the thing is even though this area of rainfall, there is this front snaking around to the south. what's happening is areas of low pressure riding along it. there's one right there. it's going to work along the front end approach tomorrow afternoon.

where things are quiet, and thunderstorms likely to come in. best chance in the western suburbs and at night, have the umbrellas handy, scattered showers and thunderstorms into sunday morning. and sunday mid-day and afternoon may improve but not clear up. sunday is not a wash out, but a best chance of showers would be early than just mostly cloudy skies and a widely scattered shower for the rest of the afternoon. looking at the future cast, we have that isolated shower this evening and patchy clouds overnight. the majority of friday night are thickening in the afternoon. showers, especially west of new york city, but by late day and evening, i think you're going to be fine in connecticut and long island, and have a dry day. tomorrow night into sunday morning, showers and thunderstorms, maybe even a gusty thunderstorm that leaves the scene in the morning and clouds try to break up during the afternoon. i can't promise that but i can tell you we're not going to have widespread showers in the afternoon hours. that's a different story than earlier in the weekend, showers at any time midday and

be widely scattered at this point. partly cloudy and humid, patchy fog, tomorrow is 82. a mix of clouds and sun. more clouds later in the day. and then scattered showers tomorrow night along with a couple of thunderstorms as well. here's what we are working on for 5:30. will we have that soggy start. and who will get more down pours. average temperatures to start august. low and middle 80s. we'll look at the 7-day, and can we get back to 90. forecast at 5:30. shirlene and rob back to you. now back to the story we tried to show you a few minutes ago. we are getting our first look inside the new sandy hook elementary school in connecticut. the new building contains no obvious memorials to the 26 people who died inside that building four years ago. but it was created with them in mind. designed to be above all, safe. eyewitness news reporter, tim fleischer has the story from newtown. >> reporter: from a striking exterior of south american

the gables peaking up above the horizon entry with acorring entry, colored glass, connected inside outside to sculptures, to state of the art commuter labs, the new sandy hook school is waiting for student. >> we would trade in a minute this beautiful new school for the more familiar and aged sandy hook school built in the 50s if we could just change the past. >> reporter: the new school built over the last three years replace the previous school where 20 first graders and 6 educators were massacred in december of 2012. in honor of those lost, teachers, students and staff are ready to open their new school. >> resilient, courageous, dedicated, spirited and never ever lost a moment with students. >> reporter: built into the new

features, impact resistant windows, harder to see into classrooms from outside. there are surveillance cameras inside and outside and several gates that visitors must pass through. >> the safety and security measures that are in this building are second to none. >> reporter: 390 students are enrolled this fall. 70 of the 4th graders were students in the old school. about 60% of the staff are returning. their goal they say is to open this beautiful school on august 29th and take the students into the future. horrible tragedy, that sandy hook school will be a place of laughter, of love, and learning. >> reporter: it too is a work of special meanings. a special learning environment. >> where art and nature are infused throughout, in every room, in every space, in every experience, to nourish the human spirit that we see so dear in our children. >> reporter: reporting from sandy hook, tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> a rebirth for that community. wow. >> they need it.

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an unlicensed driver who police say caused a deadly car accident in suffolk county is facing charges. 33-year-old wilson nieves slammed into a car backing out of a driveway in brent. 52-year-old maria alfara was killed. another passenger was treated for nonlife threatening injuries. six workers are facing criminal charges over the flint water crisis. michigan's attorney general charged the workers with misconduct and other crimes stemming from the lead contaminated water crisis. the employees are accused of hiding information and manipulating reports that would have indicated lead levels were unsafe. also, new sketches have been released of two men who pulled off a jewelry heist in new jersey.

a gun to the co-owner's head before tieing her up. they made off with about 200 to 300 pieces of jewelry. the owners say the stolen items are worth tens of thousands of dollars. emergency crews came to the rescue of a man who fell off his jet see. police say the 21-year-old man was in rariton bay when his jet see capsized and he was wearing a life vest and had his cell phone. 911 for help. he guided the air and sea rescue helicopter to his location. rescue crews lowered a basket and dispatched two divers to pull the man to safety. he was taken to the hospital for observation. we'll hear the live 911 call for help coming up at six. they sued the nypd after a police officer did not perform cpr and their daughter died after having an asthma attack. the new decision from the

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a mother sharing her heart ache, grieving her young daughter who died after having an asthma attack. tonight she got more painful news. a judge threw out a lawsuit the family had filed against the city after an nypd officer did not give that 11-year-old girl

her child's life. eyewitness news reporter, mallory hoff is live with what the family hopes to have happen next. mallory. >> rob, that mother was pulled over in this area back in 2010. she says at that point, her 11- year-old daughter was clinging to life when she saw that officer she said she hoped that help had arrived. >> she was a brilliant child. she was an honor roll student. >> reporter: brianna ohada was after having an asthma attack. her mother was attempt to go rush her from a playground to the hospital when she was stopped were driving the wrong way on a one way street. at that time she says nypd officer alfonso mendez did not provide cpr. >> he said to me, i don't do cpr. i don't know cpr, and i don't do cpr, so at that moment, it was like so what do you know. he told me to call 911. i mean, you are 911, you're

two blocks away that i can see. >> ultimately he drove behind her to the hospital, almost six years later, a lawsuit filed by the family against both the city and the officer has been dismissed. court documents state the officer said in a deposition i didn't feel safe putting my hands on someone without actually knowing what i was doing. the family's attorney says the decision by a brooklyn judge was based on the fact that there is not an nypd policy >> her case has provided strong evidence that the nypd has failed to provide officers with the training necessary to ensure that officers can protect and serve all new yorkers. >> reporter: the nypd says all members are trained on cpr while in the police academy, and year to date, over 5000 members of the nypd have been trained in blast, basic life support and trauma treatment which includes cpr, and the family attorney tells me he's

he says there is a possibility of an appeal. mallory hoff channel 7 eyewitness news. thank you. new at five, a guilty plea following a deadly stabbing in sleepy hollow. marinza pleaded guilty to first- degree manslaughter. taj robinson was killed. police say maranta and others headed to the park to hurt robinson. in prison. three people were arrested in a counterfeiting bust in rockland county. 277 pieces of clothing, handbags, jewelry, even sunglasses with fake labels worth more than 50,000 bucks was seized in raids on three locations. the crack down was a multiagency operation that included the department of homeland security. >> there are items in this country, and there's a nexus

terrorist organizations so they'll sell the items in america, and the money goes back to those countries. >> three people are now charged with trademark counterfeiting. the one is accused of illegally selling fireworks. investigators exclusive on the tappan zee bridge train collapse. governor cuomo promised a speedy investigation into what happened. the crime -- crane's block box could provide answers. why does the lead agency not after the collapse. jim hoffer is in our newsroom. what have you learned. >> exactly. ten days since a massive crane came crashing down on the tappan zee bridge, and the two lead agencies have yet to get the critical black box data. >> hours after the boom came crashing down. governor cuomo promised an expea dieted investigation into -- expedited investigation into what went wrong. >> we want the answer as soon

operating multiple cranes on this project. so the faster we know what it is to make sure this never happens again, that's exactly what we want. >> reporter: and numerous experts on crane mishappens say the key to finding out what went wrong is in the crane's black box. similar to the ones on planes, the crane's data logger is loaded with a wealth of details about the crane's movement at the exact time it collapsed. >>he otra vez,will tell you but the big thing is the angle and how much he was picking. it was very important to know. >> while everyone agrees the black box is vital to the investigation, it appears the two lead agencies investigating the crane accident have yet to receive the data. ten days after the crane collapsed. the regional federal labor department, osha in terrytown tells us they don't have the

labor has refused to answer repeated inquiries, e-mails and phone calls as to whether they have the data from the crane's black box. >> i don't know why they don't have it. i know in accidents that i have been involved in, within a matter of hours after we get there, someone will be there from the manufacturer, you know, could be another manufacturer. and they're taking that information off the black box. >> governor's office and to answer our calls about the whereabouts of the crane's black box data. osha has inspected the crane and done extensive interviews with the crane operator who has 30 years of experience. >> thank you. the nypd is hoping newly released surveillance video will help them identify the suspects wanted for an armed robbery in brooklyn. the man in the video appears to

williamsburg at 5:40 last night. he and an police are accused of pistol whipping somebody. a 60-year-old owner. and tieing up the teenage secretary. >> i saw the guys running out. we went to the door, we heard some screams. we went to the door, and tried to open the door. the door was locked. we broke open the door and we saw the guy bleeding. >> police say the perpetrators got away with a thousand dollars in cash. the business owner got stitches to close a head he's expected to be okay. the secretary was treated for trauma. the new jersey senate took another big step toward hiking that state's gas tax. today, the budget committee approved a proposal that would in fact raise it. the money would be used to pay for road and bridge work. that measure is similar to one passed by the assembly raising the gas tax by 23 cents and

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baby girl 30 years ago. his father had delivered the mother in the 1950s, and now dr. sherwin's daughter delivered that same woman's son at a hospital. >> so we're very very proud, and i think it's something that's never been done before with three generations of doctors, i've delivered three generations of a patient's family, and hopefully will be around for the fourth generation. >> today the families gathered at winthrop university hospital in mineola special doctor patient relationship that spans three generations. >> very cool. now to my brother from another mother, lee goldberg with a look at the forecast. what's up dude. >> i knew you felt that way, too too. >> we're both going to the beach tomorrow, right, rob. look how beautiful it is on the jersey shore. a light little chop. 2-foot waves. our temperatures are working through the lower 80s. just scattered clouds around the area right now.

there with us right now. a northeast wind at 8 miles per hour. here's your weekend get away. now, saturday is definitely the sunnier part of the weekend. there can be thunderstorms in the afternoon, in the cat skills, probably reaching the jersey shore late in the day. get an early start. the hamptons actually look dry. you can have a scattered shower tomorrow night. now, sunday is a mostly cloudy day. most of the rain is in the morning, widely scattered in the afternoon. that's not the prettiest day is a lot of overcast skies. tomorrow morning. the isolated shower. the late day storm especially west. good for the mets game tonight, no rain threat in queens, rockies are in town. 82 degrees first pitch. there's the showers working into sussex county, weakening showers over orange. this is going to go into passaic, west millford, randolph, new jersey, and roxbury. the sea showers which will sink through morris county and the weaker part of it, which would

new york city with a brief shower. we'll be watching that. future cast has an isolated shower early, a warm and humid evening, going down into the low 80s and upper 70s overnight. tomorrow morning, little patchy fog. remember, sunniest part of the day would be through early afternoon. and clouds will gather. probably a filtered sun during the afternoon hours, and here come thunderstorms, especially in the western suburbs, during the afternoon and early evening hours. we're at risk for a shower and thunderstorm tomorrow night. still the best chance is west, and sunday mo repeat of what we saw this morning, a little lesser degree, but certainly could have downpours and a gusty thunderstorm that leaves the scene, and mostly cloudy and a widely scattered storm in the afternoon hours. the morning could be dicey. water temperatures, mid-and upper 70s. rip current is low, 82 tomorrow, the late day storms, sunday we have a lot of clouds around. there can be a shower as we go through late day. on monday, it's 82. mixture of sunshine and clouds,

a little stronger than tuesday. tuesday is just an isolated storm at 82. mid-and upper 80s. maybe even 90 by late next week. not quite as crazy hot as it was. >> not at all. this saturday not a full washout. there's some salvaging. >> perfect. >> parents may be starting to think about back to school shopping. it's just july. but it's not the only thing you time of year. 7 on your side's nina pineda is here. >> stock up on all things, sandals, shorts and for tech and appliance deals, even you're not shopping for a student, this is a fantastic month to take advantage of back- to-school door busters, but you have to know when to buy. >> saving on tech is all about timing according to ben glazer of dealnews.com.

september, and every single year we see prices drop on devices immediately. >> not at the apple store. buy from resellers instead. >> stores like best buy are much more competitive. >> reporter: big box stores always have ways to save even more. look for the open box section in the back. >> you can save $60, $120. >> often as good as new, under warranty. >> used is great. refurbished is great. these are things to look into, especially b for younger kids. >> which is why you don't need to spend a fortune on the college bound laptop. >> we don't think students need to spend more than $500 if that on a laptop. >> laptops are a best buy for august. you won't see prices this cheap until black friday. >> if you have a home office, buy your supplies for the year now. these are going for cents on the dollar. >> printers wireless for under 60 bucks and it will get

are door busters at this point. >> reporter: gamers can rejoice, a new xbox means the old one will be deeply discounted. >> send your kid off to school a gaming system. >> reporter: maybe not but they will need small appliances like fans and fridges. >> this is a great month to buy anything that goes in a dorm room. >> and mattress sets and patio furniture, and save a bundle by stocking up on summer clothing at all the early labor day sales. >> look for sales up to 60% nice light fabrics like this. swim wear. >> reporter: labor day is september 5th, but look for sales to creep in by the last weekend in august. patio furniture is going to be 40 to 60% off. buy it and have it in time for your end of summer barbecue, but if you're looking to upgrade your grill, really september is going to be your best bet to save the most because that's when gas and charcoal grills because they're

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from team usa to the junior olympics, three young sisters who live in a homeless shelter have managed to race their way into the competition which is underway in houston. they hope it will put them on the path to a better life. bye. come on, get away. >> reporter: five days a week, rain or shine, the shepherd sisters lace up their spines and hit the track. they have only been running for a year and a half, but they already are competing in the junior olympics. where they're going is even more remarkable considering where they come from. >> well, i live in a shelter. it's horrible. it's infested. it's unsanitary.

everywhere we looked. >> reporter: life hasn't been easy for the shepherds, three years ago, a half brother was murdered. last september, they lost their apartment when their mom couldn't keep up with the rising rent. >> this is our bed. it's two beds combined because when we first came our mom didn't like the other room because it was dirty. >> reporter: the family sticks together even when they sleep. the rest of the apartment the medals and trophies proudly on display. >> i want it to be where when i'm ready and i have an apartment, i'm just gone. >> reporter: their mom, tonya handy, all hope lies in a new job. for her girls, athletic scholarships may be their way out, and the junior olympics are just a step along the way. >> they're about to tear that up. because last year they were right at home. i'm telling you, when these girls hit the big stage, they show off.

as the girls get ready to board a plane for the first time with their coach, mom will be staying behind, between the restrictions of living in a shelter and underemployment, she simply can't afford it. instead she'll be watching the live stream, cheering her girls onto the finish line and perhaps to a new beginning. >> those young women, so amazing. amid all that they're going through. >> keep running. keep running. still much more ahead. starts right now. this is new york's number one news, channel 7 eyewitness news. with bill -- bill ritter, and liz cho, lee goldberg with the exclusive accuweather forecast. now, eyewitness news at six. tonight, the exclusive 911 call made by a man who fell off

and was all by himself until an nypd helicopter swooped in and rescued him. and a man beaten and left in a coma after a fender bender. >> i'm liz cho. bill is off tonight. the victim is a 68-year-old man who tonight is in critical condition. his sister a school safety agent who has been suspended for allegedly lying about what happened. eyewitness news reporter cefaan kim is at the hospital on the west se. at the hospital where he has been in a coma for a week. at best his family says if he survives this, he will be paralyzed. this started with a fender bender turned into road rage, and the alleged assailant's sister, an nypd safety officer accused of trying to cover it up.

with a fractured skull and bleeding brain. >> he's going to be in a vegetable state where he's not going to be able to speak or talk or make sense of the world. >> reporter: his son wants to remain anonymous, fearing retaliation. prosecutors say the man who put his father in the hospital, 44- year-old clayman anderson. this is dash cam video. it didn't capture the assault. it captured the moment of the argument. it happened around noon last friday on calledden street in plusing. he was on the ground bleeding and unconscious when cops arrived. anderson has previous arrests for drugs, grand larceny and robbery. his sister, robin anderson scott, an nypd safety officer who was in the car when the incident occurred has been suspended by the nypd for trying to cover up the she and her brother told cops he accidentally fell and hit his head on the ground.