since 6:00 this morning. live with this story this morning. >> reporter: all of that unfolding just about 15 minutes ago first we heard rapid gunfire filed by those loud booms coming from right here down the street on staten island where you can see it is still very much an active scene this afternoon. all of this began about 6 hours ago with u.s. martials trying to execute an arrest warrant but it quickly turned into a dangerous and chaotic scene. >> armored vehicles surrounded the court on staten island this afternoon where inside police say 38-year-old garland, a career criminal, and accused gang member is barricaded inside, armed and refusing to surrender. >> we believe him to be armed of course, with at least an assault rifle. investigators say the stand off began shortly before 6:00 this morning when u.s. martials came to the home where his

girlfriend lives, to execute a federal probation warrant but he had his own plans. >> upon making entry into the apartment, we had a smoke- filled situation. saying he was in the basement and allegedly started a fire inside. when firefighters got to the scene, police say he pulled out a gun and began shooting firing about 12 rounds. two of the bullets striking a 50-year-old lieutenant. maria is his neighbor, one of several residents police have evacuated. >> she heard the fire department, heard the shots, which was two shots then she approaching. less than two hours after those initial shots this post on the facebook page were in through his account quote today i die. afraid of that. >> concerned friends now at the scene including this woman who

relatives identify as his girlfriend, inconsolable. earlier seen leaving with investigators, investigators lieutenant is in stable condition. >> it is our hope that this can be resolved you know, peacefly. they are looking to try to convince the young man to come out peacefly. >> began just a short time ago a series of shots and loud explosions coming from the home here where he has been barricaded inside since 6:00 this morning, at this point it is not clear whether he was shot or whether he has surrendered to police, we are still waiting for an update afternoon. cbs 2 news. thank you. we continue with more breaking news this time a tractor trailer over turned on interstate 80 spilling debris on the new jersey transit tracks, jim smith is in chopper

2 with the details, jim. >> what's amazing you can see the bucket portion of that truck came off the truck and it is now sitting across those supports for the over pass, this happened on the eastbound side of route 80 near exit 28, happened around 10:30 this morning, there was a second vehicle that was involved, what's amazing is that both the drivers sustained what is being described as minor injuries crews are on the scene trying to get the truck as well as that bucket removed from the roadway and the over pass, what is underneath there is the new jersey transit tracks, they have been stopped the transit is planning on doing bus service as an alternate as far as the traffic goes you can see the delays about a four to five mile delay on the eastbound side of route 80 again getting into the area of exit 28 where there is only one lane open, also about athree-mile delay on the westbound side passing by the scene. jim smith, cbs 2 news.

all right jim thank you. a small earthquake hit new jersey early this morning the center located in the central new jersey down, shook people in neighboring summerset counties, andrea grimes has this report. in the middle of the night we both looked at each other like what the heck was that? >> they had no idea at first an earthquake woke them up hitting their town in new jersey. >> we thought the bed was going to go through the house, that's what we thought actually. the geological survey reports a quake struck two miles north around 3:30 a.m. >> kind of like a thunder clap more of a rumble, i woke up because the windows. i thought i felt something, she slept through it. >> i didn't realize. i woke up and i felt like the house had cracked and then you know, sitting there like that felt like an earthquake. authorities here in summerset county and in neighboring morris county

saying several residents called police to report rumbles. officials say no one was injured. there was no reports of damage, however about an hour later we did have a transformer fire but we don't know if that was related or not. jersey central power and lights say the issue knocked out power to 40 customers. as for the earthquake, he is glad it wasn't worse. >> i went around, checked my house, i went downstairs, woke fine. >> all though rare earthquakes are not uncommon a few small one happened here back in 2010. reporting in new jersey, andrea grimes, cbs 2 news. the last earthquake much smaller than this oneregistering 1.9 southeast of trenton in december of 2014. the nypd continues a search for a gunman who killed one man and wounded two others in brownsville, police responded to a report of gunfire just

after 8:00 last night on saratoga. one was pronounced dead later at the hospital, we spoke to the mother of one of the other wounded men she did not want to be identified. >> do you know why anybody would come up to them and do in? >> i'm not sure that's what i hope the police can find out, i really just hope that's what they can find out, i don't know what happened. i live around the corner just someone came and told me, my son was one of the victims. the gunfire was reported to police by the new shot spotter detection system. a school bus driverred said the brakes failed, it slammed into a building yesterday morning 11 children, the driver and two other adults were hurt, their injuries nonlife threatening, video shows the bus running a red light hitting the suv and smashing in the corner of a liqueur store. they are investigating the claims that the brakes failed.

two of hillary clinton's high profile aides agreed not to delete any documents, one is congressman. her and an aide are following ab order from a federal judge they preserve as part of the e- mail server clinton used. and the u.s. reopened its embassy in havana, craig boswell reports from washington, there is the attitudes towards cuba here at home. >> not since 1961 has the flag flown over an embassy in havana. that changed today. >> for more than half a century, u.s. cuban relations have been suspended in the amber of cold war politics. secretary of state john kerry says the move makes it easier for the two governments to engage. >> the leaders and the cuban

people should also note that the united states will always remain a champion of democrat principles and reforms. cuban diplomats here at their embassy in washington have their own message for the american government. restricting tourism and business between the two countries. >> there cannot be normalrelations between two countries when there are economic sanctions that damage the cuban people and damage the interest of the american people. >> reiterated the obama administration is in favor of lifting the embargo, only congress can make that action and many oppose it. marking the argument that the embargo hasn't worked in 50 years why shouldn't we try something new? why hasn't he made a similar argument to the castro regime? senator rubio blocked a move as long as cuba continues to impress its people. cbs news, washington. it could be quite some time

before the u.s. sends an ambassador to cuba, planning to block whoever they pick to fill that post. still to come at noon, no apology for gino smith. >> to the jets organization, the fans, a teammates. the former jet who decked the quarterback speaking out on camera for the first time. paparazzi problems, with getting a picture. >> never seen this kind of devastation. environmental mess, the sudden fish kill in a queens park. beautiful blue in view for you, we've got a little bit of heat to deal with we'll serve that up with your full forecast

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700 others injured -- and two screws into smith's jaw yesterday, they released an apology shortly after -- the linebacker picked up by the buffalo billed apologized for the incident yesterday. i want to apologize to the jets organization, the fans, our teammates and the coaches, i apologize for what happened, should have never happened, should have walked away from the situation, it was never my intentions to hurt anybody. the second-year player thanked rex ryan for giving him a second chance, but he still could be disciplined for violations the nfl personal conduct policy. and telling photographers to keep away from prince george.

>> in one of the most robust and strongly worded letters, saying prince george has become the number one target of paparazzi photographerrers, only been seen in in authorized photographs now the palace is fed up. a line has been crossed the letter reads, any further would have a security risk, photographers have gone so far as to monitor the movements of prince george and his nanny around london parks, use other children to draw prince george into view around playgrounds, hide themselves to take photos of him playing with his grandmother. the young couple desired to give their children as normal a childhood as possible without having to keep them behind the palace walls, the palace provided a number of public opportunities for the media to take images of the young family but the prince has been fiercely protective given his

own mother princess' diana with the media, she was hounded by the media until the last moments of her life. >> saying every parent would understand with strangers following them and taking pictures without their permission. very difficult to keep them away, that's for sure. coming up on news an noon, el nino, weather pattern that could mean a rough couple of months what we can expect from the new godzilla. hot humid conditions this weekend john elliot will have your forecast right after the

break. . a disturbing site in flushing in queens they noticed dead and struggling fish wednesday morning the department of recs said it is low on oxygen after heavy rain, they are pumping fresh water which seems to be helping but all the dead fish seems to have people upset. >> they were taking the nets and dragging the fish out and throwing them in the garbage pails. i've been here for 25 years, never seen this kind of devastation. >> park officials say they'll be back at the lake today to

see how the fish are doing. this year's el nino shaping up to be one of the most powerful weather changer in the past 65 years, so big it is being called godzilla el nino the current el nino is already the second strongest on record for this time of year, it is expected to pummell drought- stricken california, it could mean a wet but warmer winter. time for your exclusive cds2 fast, john -- forecast. >> i just checked there is no snow in the forecast. >> just the name is unnerving. you have to have a lot stronger trade winds set up to become godzilla el nino, obviously something we'll be watching but right now, hey are you watching your sunglasses and your sunscreen and maybe a little bit of iced tea? you're going to need something to keep you cool. 81 in plainview, 77, south shore. let's head up north check in

with annie in white planes, i applaud this kind of effort. annie is stuck in the office today, still nice enough to send in her report 81 degrees, she is going to the beach tomorrow, let's see well maybe she could visit fellow weather watcher marine deblasio. let's check out the beach house, a little small, a little cramped but still some nice room. if you look closely it is an optical illusion. >> let's go to the beach, it is going to be nice. pop up shower can't be ruled out, saturday and or sunday, but not going to be widespread. it is a big ridge of high pressure and the jet has retreated to the north, so it is going to be hot in the park right now clear and 84 winds are calm, relative humidity 61%. always somewhat misleading the wind observation out of the park, we have seen more of a south and a west wind set in so we're seeing warmer numbers today. 83 in edison, bell mar, these numbers compared to yesterday, yeah, you're feeling it, it is

a little bit warmer 2, 3, 4, 5 degrees warmer, dew points starting to creep up to the west as well. that means yeah there is a little bit more humidity, there is real feel numbers in excess of 90. 87 today in excess of what you'd expect, sunsets at 7:56. speaking of, make sure you have the sunscreen on all weekend long, burn time, 15 to 25 minutes, quiet right now, there is a front draped over ontario down through the ohio valleyly and further to the west, here is how the models are handling it. parts of sullivan could see a stray thunderstorm tonight pushing into duchess county, that's about it. much of the area high and dry. saturday afternoon could see a pop up shower or storm, and then models are hinting at mid--level moisture on your sunday, we don't really see a lot of activity with this system coming through this weekend, big ridge of high pressure for the most part, it is mostly sunny, hot and humid going to the beach, though, those water temperatures up to 78 degrees.

all right john. >> thank you very much. we're continuing to follow breaking news out on staten island the fire commissioner at richmond university hospital where a firefighter was taken after he was shot during a stand-off on staten island. let's listen in. >> somewhat stunnedded by the fact that a firefighter would be shot in the performance of duty. >> can you provide information about the last time this happened years ago? >> that was quite a bit different was that members were forcing a door and somebody performing security mistook that for a crime and fired their weapon and hit a firefighter in the foot so a little different circumstances. >> so this lieutenant was crawling on the ground under the smoke? >> he had -- he had left his members at the door with the hose line and said i'll call you when i find the victim or the fire, crouched down below the smoke and that's how it occurred. that routine for a

lieutenant to go ahead like that? >> yes it is. our officers are known to lead from the front and that's what he was doing. >> what can you tell us about the fire itself? >> well the fire, whatever, we still don't know what was on fire, he did not, he was not able to find it and the fire self extinguish. whatever that perpetrator set on fire it did not spread throughout the building. >> what number of fire department after the ambush in webster new york put in place for protocols when situations like this happen, did you guys put that in place today? >> we have protocols, we have active shooter protocols, this instance was, until the lieutenant was shot not a known active shooter event. once it occurred certainly our members backed off and law enforcement was on the scene.

>> thank you. >> thank you very much. . you've been listening to the commissioner speaking there outside the hospital where the firefighter was injured shot twice reportedly this morning by this alleged perpetrator in staten island. >> questioning whether this wasan ambush we'll follow this throughout the day for you and

we'll be right back. . we continue to follow breaking news on staten island, a police stand off still unfolding we know the identity of the firefighter shot by an alleged gang member, lieutenant jim haze is a 31-year-old veteran at the suspect's criminal history, what he posted online during the stand off as well. and then at 6:00 a man accused of treating over 100 people but he is not even a doctor. it is all tonight at 5:00. and that's going to do it for us here at noon for john and the entire cbs 2 news team. >> cbs 2 news is back at 5:00, have a good afternoon. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out

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