>> just heard the sound, boom, boom, boom, boom. >> reporter: people nearby describing the scene as a tense stand-off. >> you hear the police, get down and they yelling. and then just more shot, boom, boom, boom, boom. >> the middle of the night, you hear about five or six gunshots loudly. >> reporter: investigators say newark officers had been patrolling the area when they confronted the suspect, one of them pointing a gun at the officers the. the officers then fired at the suspects but none of the suspects was hit. >> in a routine patrol. and they did come up with individuals. right now, weapons are recovered. and individuals apprehended. >> and you seen some kids on the ground in cust day. >> there were police everywhere and -- in custody. >> there were police everywhere. >> reporter: the incident happening just hours after president barack obama was in newark promoting rehabilitation programs and reducing crime across the country. a problem residents here have long dealt with.

>> reporter: no police officers were hurt during the incident. the prosecutor's office telling us that one of the suspects has been charged with assault against a police officer. both are facing charges of weapon possession. reporting from newark, janelle burrell, cbs 2 news. >> investigators initially thought one of the suspects was injured in the shooting but they confirm no one was hurt. more bad news for mayor de blasio. a new poll gives him his lowest job approval rating ever as new yorkers express dismay as what they see as a drop in quality of life. here's more. >> reporter: file this under more bad news for mayor de blasio, enough to wipe the smile off his face. new yorkers not only don't like the job he's doing as mayor, his approval rating has sunk to the lowest ever but a majority think that the city is headed in the wrong direction, chalk it up to the increasing numbers of the homeless on the street, the the feeling that the mayor doesn't have a handle on crime and the quality of life is

down. a startling 55% a new wall street journal poll say that the city is headed in the wrong direction, the highest number since 2004. >> we had a terrible homeless problem. we resolved it. and now we're going back and we have a homeless problem spreading again. >> reporter: so it's no wonder that governor cuomo is saying he needs to help save the city, come up with state solutions to make new york city more livable. >> we had a terrible violence problem. and we restored order. and now you're seeing police officers assaulted. >> reporter: the mayor's approval rating has sunk to just 38%, his lowest and pollsters say he's losing support among black and latino voter, his base. and on crime, a key issue for voter, 38% approval, 54% disapprove. and 49% say he doesn't deserve a second term. and 42% say he does. and that hasn't stopped him from raising money for another

>> it's an informal beginning. obviously people who weren't me started the discussion over the last few months so we wanted to let them know that i was residence lawsuit about coming back. >> reporter: the mayor has had a difficult few months, criticized for his national focus and he has been engaged in a war with governor cuomo. cbs 2 news. police are releed new video of a deadly robbery in a deli. it shows two men entering last tuesday. one stood by the dispore the other pulled a gun and demand money from the clerk. a customer buying a soda said something to the gunman who shot him. so far, there have been no arrests. opening statementing are expected to begin today in the corruption trial of the former state assembly speaking. he is accused of taking nearly $4 million in pay-offs and kick- backs disguised as legal fees. his lawyers say that

prosecutors are unfairly going after him for practices long sanctioned in albany. a woman is struck and killed by an mta bus in brooklyn. a twisted walker left at the scene after awoke was hit crossing the -- after a woman was hit crossing the street. the bus was making a turn and did not stop. the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. a child fall us this gap in the sub -- falls through the gap in the subway and survives and it's thanks to a good samaritan. >> all i seen was my granddaughter laying down. and i'm trying my best. >> reporter: pamela ferrell is still shaken up. >> i lost my mind. >> reporter: she says she was getting off the train at the times square station. she says the gap between the

wide to cross on her own so a stranger tried to help her by grabbing the front wheels of the stroller. >> he grabbed the stroller like this. and i had stuff at the bottom and everything tilted over. >> reporter: the stranger took off after she fell through the gap, plummeting about five feet to the tracks but a passenger jumped into action. >> i went to the fattest end of the platform, you know, next to the train and i climbed down and crawled maybe three or four feet and grabbed the baby and yelled to make sure that the train wasn't going to move. and once they said the train is not going to move, i passed the baby up. >> reporter: he risked it all to save the baby who suffered only a bruise to her forehead and was smiling on the platform just minutes later. she says he never left her side, even after paramedics arrived and she is grateful. >> thank you so much. so much. >> inches from killing myself and didn't even know it. >> reporter: wow. and now how do you feel? >> i feel great. i feel great. i feel like a hero.

at home with her mother in north carolina and is doing great. he says he's had a rocky past and has been on a journey to turn his life around so doing something good for someone outside himself he says is redemption. cbs 2 news. a developing story now. a missing marathoner from italy has been found safe. police say an off-duty police officer recognized him on the number two train after seeing his picture in the newspaper. the 30-year-old went missing after running sunday's marathon. he ran with residents of an addiction rehabilitation center. he is being evaluated at a hospital. it's election day. voters will make their choice in hotly contested races. one race to watch is on staten island as the democrat and the republican face off to see who will succeed republican daniel donnavan.

it comes a year after donnavan impaneled a grand jury that did not indict a police officer in the death of eric garner. on long island, the republican kate murray and the democrat are in a fierce race to succeed cathleen rice as the nassau county district attorney. murray who is also a lawyer has a reputation as an honest town supervisor who delivers on promises. >> in new york, the polls opened at 6:00 this morning and close at 9:00 p.m. in new jersey, you can cast ballots until 9:00 p.m. and connecticut polls are open 6:00 a.m. till 8:00 p.m. tonight. and voters in ohio today will decide whether to legalize both medical and recreational marijuana. but it's not without controversy. it would only allow 10 farms that financially backed the plan. the investigation of what brought down a russian airliner in egypt will focus on the plane's black boxes.

investigators hope to figure out the cause by analyzing the voice and data recorders. it comes after the satellite dethe tacketted a flash of heat at the same the airline broke apart over the peninsula on saturday. the crash killed all 224 people onboard. there is much more ahead here on cbs 2 news at noon. scandal at the vatican. two people are under arrest and a new book claims to uncover a battle for power. and some people in law enforcement are calling for a boycott of a new movie. what the award-winning director did to outrage police. indian summer, yes or no and is what can you see when you look up tonight?

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new developments in scandal dubbed vati-leaks. two people are under arrest accused of leaking the evidence. a controversial book due out this week. >> reporter: the book is titled merchants in the temple. where he says the pope's men are lined up on one side while on the other are his enemies, the defenders of the status quo, adverse to any and all change.

after pope francis was elected. he set up a special commission to examine the vatican's finances. it claims that the investigation found numerous shortcomings and area where is there was no accounting for how money was spent. and he talks about how the rituals are tainted by money like the procedures for canonization, a marketplace in which millions of dollars change hand vatican's response has been two-fold. first a statement attacking them as the fruit of a grave betrayal of the pope's trust. commission. one a priest and the other a expert. they are accused of leaking the information on the commission, including actual recordings of the pope at private meetings. the second book details a lavish life style, like a $26,000 helicopter ride for the

fired by the pope whose efforts at reform may be helped by the revelations. >> there must be a clean-up of finances. so in a way, pope francis comes out looking really good. >> reporter: cbs 2 news, london. >> other graces include that alleged corruption was one of the main reasons pope benedict resigned. it's no secret we keep anything but normal hours around here. my alarm goes after at 2:00 a.m. for a broadcast that starts at 4:30 in the morning. i found this, this is a low- risk legal way to give yourself a jolt. it's a blast of electricity that goes straight to the brain. i got a firsthand look and feel for one of the device. >> it won't hurt. not going to hurt, i promise. >> open your eyes and everything is great and close them, boom. >> tonight at 11:00, would you do it? and see how you can shock yourself happy and how it really affected me. i know it sounds difficult,

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don't forget to follow us on facebook and twitter at h, @cbsnewyork. a new study says teenagers spent much of their waking hours looking at a screen. the survey finds they spend almost six hours a day on entertainment media. for teenager, the number jumps to almost nine hours. the study found 58% ofkies say they watch tv every day while 45% say they use social media daily. law enforcement groups are calling for a boycott of the upcoming film. >> i am a human being with a conscious. and when i see murder, i cannot stand by. >> he referred to the recent deaths of unarmed african- americans at the hands of police during a rally last weekend. the comments came just days

after randolph holder was killed in the line of duty. and several police departments including the nypd are calling it an irresponsible speech that makes police officers even bigger targets. >> a lot of the national police organizations are now getting onboard on the idea about attemping to boycott the film, the next film that's coming out. >> it's unclear if the backlash will impact his new film "the hateful eight" which opens on christmas day. now let's bring in john elliott. unseasonably warm but it's great. >> feels like september. a few more days of this and after a cool weekend, mild again next week. so let's see what the weather watchers are watching and loving on this -- are watching and loving on this election day. just great comfortable numbers. some folks in the 70s. beautiful in riverhead had. we've got gorgeous color around the area. and love that from adam, daniel beautiful fall colors. love this from bruce.

somebody just snaking through the leaves. you see that? snaking through the leaves. it's interesting because tony asks this question, he says, hey, john, it's 64 degrees, should i hold off on my winter clothes? yeah, for a while, you need a coat in the morning and then looks great in the afternoon. and another question for you, and this is from gregory with 70 right now, feels like indian summer outside. just a great day. so let's talk about indian summer. or isn't it? normally you think late september through middle november, check. we've got that. and let's see now, you need sunny, clear and above normal temperature, check. the other thing you need technically to be indian summer is a killing frost. well, that hasn't happened in the city so for the city, it's not an indian summer. but yeah, gregory for many of your neighbor, it. and it's the second one. i mean, here we are again, it's the middle of the day, and it's

and winds are calm and relative humidity at 42ers p. nice numbers and cooler reading at 62. and across the board, you're warmer, either warmer or a lot warmer. and six degrees warmer than it was this time yesterday. so yesterday got stuck at 63. let's shoot for 71. well above the normal of 58. and not a record. still nice. sadly though, sun setting at 10 minutes to 5:00. big ridge of high pressure. what's that mean? more rain for the southeast but we're high and dry. and jet stream relaxes, and stays to the north, 10 to 15 degrees above normal for temperatures. and going to cool down this weekend. but then it's back to at or above normal readings for next week. and 71, sunny skies and warmer. whoa, look at the skies there. and now we have electronically enhanced it but there's a chance to see the northern lights tonight. clear skies and 54 overnight tonight. and then for your day tomorrow, chris asked for it, a repeat.

thursday not that bad. a chance of a shower north and west. and better chance friday. friday could be the warmest of the week. and maybe it's more than just a coat. it's going to be cooler saturday into sunday. >> all right. this is great. >> yeah, can't ask for better than that. thank you very much. to the find out the weather any time, download the cbs 2 weather app and send your pictures and video. it's free and available in the itunes store. feels like summer but it's fall. and apple season is here. here are stephanie tantillo and tony tantillo with a refreshing apple salad. >> reporter: you know what apple i love, a golden delicious apples. >> i eat these every day. >> reporter: they are great. they have been around for a longtime. and then the other apples started. goldens take a backseat but to me, they're front. i love them. >> and they're great. and great in salads. that's what they're going to

and pair that sweetness with a nice peppery arrugala. store nit the fridge. >> very important. and i like that. between the sweetness and the pepper going together. >> it's a great mixture. >> toss that in? >> all of them? >> as much as you want. >> all right. going to put that much in. >> yeah, a lot of work cutting the apples in giant chunks and. then some slivered beets. these beets are raw but i like the texture because it's similar to the texture of the apples and very hydrating. >> olive oil? >> yep. >> binding here. that good? >> just for the dressing. >> nice. mix this around for a while. >> and if you want to roast these in sugar, it's great but i think just a little bit of flavor, nice, also for the texture. this. >> and the beets will bleed their color on everything. >> and look at that. gorgeous.

>> it's nice. >> thank you. >> thanks, dad. >> beautiful. >> looks delicious. when we come back, why four curious bear cubs piled into a jeep. the the story after this. behave for uncle pete. bye, see you guys later. [boys screaming]

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charlotte police are arresting how protesters smuggled ropes into last night's nfl game. they unfurled the protest banner during the. the protesters dangled well into the 4th quarter. a total of four people were arrested. tonight on cbs 2 news at 5:00, adults behaving badly. lessons in dishonesty as candy vanishes on halloween. why police are involved in at least one case. and at 6:00, fallout over a fence. a hampton's couple under fire for building a fence on a sacred burial site. beginning at 5:00. a bunch of bears with a on camera. a contractor says he could not believe his eyes when he saw the bear cubs climbing on and in his coworker's jeep. experts say they were likely food. one worker says it sounded like the bears were fighting and the only thing in there, ketchup

packs in the backseat. >> and of course the leather seats probably tasted good too. >> oh, no. >> holy cow. keep those doors locked. >> not in good shape after. >> good pictures though. that's going to do it for us here at noon. for el expel the entire cbs 2 news team, thank you so much for joining us. i am chris wragge. >> and i am mary calvi. cbs 2 news is back here at 5:00. and we will see you back here