people help. marcia kramer joins us with that story here at noon. >> there are currently upwards of 4,000 homeless on the streets, more worry some and more contentious with each passing month. the mayor admits it won't be easy. >> every single street, homeless person had their own path to the street. if we do our job right, every single one of them will have their own path away from the street. >> mayor dib la zio announceth a plan to get hundreds of the top movers and shakers off the streets who's businesses have been impacted and have to walk by them to get to their homes or restaurants or subways. >> they all got there somehow. our job is to find the path back home. >> it hasn't been easy to get the mayor to find the right

for months cbs 2 has shown pictures like this homeless man bathing in this circle or this woman and her pets. >> i'd like to show you and the police commissioner a picture that was taken on saturday night on broadway and 68th street and i'm wondering why nobody's done anything about it. >> the plan announced today by the mayor would have rapid response teams from every block every day. responding within one hour to reports of homeless encampments made to 311 and 100 cops to illegal activity and the response teams. william bratton says he's hopeful it will finally make a difference. >> very optimistic about it. they are service resistent people. >> you talked about noticing an up surge in the homeless as you walk the streets in the neighborhood where you live. do you think this is going to make a difference. >> i think it definitely will.

attention we'll be focusing on the behavioral issues the mayor toked about and the illegal activities that we don't want to see. >> the mayor wants the cops to make more arrests for our nateing in public and setting up encampments. meanwhile the administration will be introducing new laws in january to make it easier to get the homeless off the streets, laws they hope will pass. mary, chris. >> marsha thank you. the drug company ceo raised outrage by raising the price of medication by 5,000% is under arrest for security fraud. new at noon live at the federal court in downtown. sonya.

back in september the ceo of a pharmaceutical company. the charges being announced have to do with a hedge fund he started and another biotech company that forced him out and sued him accusing him of major financial wrong doing. >> martin was arrested on security fraud charges. the allegations deal with a biotech firm he founded who's board drove him out as ceo over serious concerns about his conduct. a lawsuit accuses him of financial mismanagement using a hedge fund that lost millions of dollars. the federal charges are reportedly related to that case but he made headlines for raising the cost of a company drug to $750 a tablet, a move he defended in an interview with don. >> it depends on how you define drastically because the drug was unprofitable so any company

money and at this price it's a reasonable profit, not excessive at all. >> critics on all sides beg to differ with experts calling it price gouging. donald trump called him a spoiled brat and when hillary clinton said he should lower the price he responded on twitter with lol. we are just moments away from the announcement on the charges from brooklyn federal prosecutors. he was raised here in brooklyn, the son of croatian immigrants. now he's facing very serious charges that could meantime in prison. another attorney who worked with him is charged in this case. no comment from either of their lawyers. live outside the federal court sonya cbs 2 news. police are still searching for a man who slashed a teenage

there's additional security where she goes to school and janel joins us with more. >> the 16-year-old is beginning recovery at the scene we have seen several detectives canvassing the area. what makes this thing so difficult is the attacker's face was partially covered when he made his move. a watchful nypd officer escorting students into white stone academy where the 16-year- old chinese exchange student was walking to wednesday morning when she was attacked. >> no one would have thought it would happen in white stone because nothing happens here. >> many of the victim's classmates are also exchange students, many who also walk to school, some alone as she had been when investigators say this man walked up to her from behind wearing a surgical mask and gloves and slashed her twice with a box cutter at 127th street and 13th avenue just a block from her home. >> shock because this doesn't

we all look out for each other. if someone is sick like that i think a neighbor or somebody would have known. >> a home security camera showing the man running away from the scene. the frightened teen who has only been in the u.s. for eight months ran off as well. she was cut from her throat to another part of her face. the principal at the school on a same block as white stone academy. >> it's an extremely friendly area to pedestrians with schools around. >> detectives searching for clues hoping to find additional evidence that will lead to an arrest. >> we are all outraged and we hope that he's caught and brought to justice and this never happens again. >> now police tell us that box cutter used during the attack was recovered here at the scene yesterday. obviously a key piece of

as the search for that attacker continues. reporting live from the white stone section of queens, janel burrell cbs 2 news. a disturbing crime right before christmas. police are searching for the person who broke into and vandalsized a shrine. andrea grymes spoke with parishonners. >> people are stunned their st. jude shrine has become part of a police investigation, white cardboard in the window and a destroyed statue inside are just part of the damage from a burglary earlier this week. >> to do things like that for no reason, who has a reason to bust up a shrine and things like that? >> hate crime detectives are investigating the break in that happened around 5:30 tuesday morning. these pictures show the broken

displays and statues. the crime comes just days before christmas. bruce is deputy mayor in this area. >> especially at this time of year it's more heinous. it's a beautiful shrine and a lot of people come here to find solace and peace and pray at the shrine. >> the small building is separate from the main church. st. jude the saint of causes is popular with catholics. of their parish. that shrine. so it's just sad. it really is. >> suffix county crimestoppers are offering a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information case. in mastic beach long island andrea grymes cbs 2 news.

of a campaign to based money to build a new shrine. more threats against schools in miami, north lauderdale and houston who received similar threats that were deemed less than credible and schools were open today. los angeles opened it's schools on thursday after receiving the threat. new york schools have remained open throughout. prosecutors are meeting today about a possible retrail in the case of a police officer charged in the death of freddie gray. case yesterday. last night there was a prayer and unity session where he was killed. william porter did not secure him in the back of the police van and did not call for medical help when gray asked but a jury could not reach the verdict. gray's family called for calm after the mistrial. >> we are not at all upset with them and neither should the public be upset.

must have respect for the outcome of the judicial process. >> the officer was the first of six to be prosecuted. still much more ahead on cbs 2 news at noon. another e-mail controversy, ash carter reveals he sent messages using his private e-mail. in the season of giving the community is reaching tout to help an ill girl who met the pope during his visit. and what was found discovered in an army kettle in a crumpled bill. rain, snow and record heat all in the same forecast. we've got a lot to talk about. that forecast is coming up. hi we are the gibson family. i'm in a base in japan. i want to give a season greetings to my family and friends back in the states. >> we miss you.

>> we hope to see you guys soon. a long island man is accused in a craig's list rental scam. joseph accepted cash deposits from three people for the same property. they answered ads to craig's list. the 39-year-old even completed written rental agreements and

bank owned the unoccupied property. he was charged with scheme to defraud and petty larceny. defense secretary ash carter is in iraq today but he faces tough questions at home after he admitted he used his private e-mail to conduct government business. >> in an exclusive interview with cbs news ash carter admitted he should never have used his personal e-mail for work. >> what i did that i shouldn't have been doing until a few months ago was occasionally use my iphone to send administrative messages. >> administrative messages that carter claims never contained classified information. >> even that i shouldn't have been doing and when i realized that i stopped. but this is--i have to hold myself to absolutely strict standards in terms of cyber security and doing things that are appropriate.

it's a mistake and it's entirely my own. >> carter's admission comes as the new york times obtained 72 work related e-mails he sent or received back in april. the e-mails were sent two months after he began his tenure as secretary of defense. they continued even after hillary clinton came under fire for using personal e-mail as secretary of state. jonathan cbs news london. >> the pentagon officials declined to say whether he violated the e-mail policy. >> the salvation army received a donations with lots of sparkle. a diamond ring worth $3,000 in a $20 bill and left a voice message alerting officials about the share the. salvation army officials say it's not the first time this woman had such generosity. she donates an emerald and

to a handful of other donations. >> very generous. >> sure. >> coming up a popular trader joe soda recalled. what you need to know. >> we are in for a soaking rain.

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trader joe's issues a specialty recall for soda that shatters or burst. the recall calls for people to carefully dispose of the container. serious health challenges. >> thank you, holy father. you made me so happy. thank you. >> that was 12-year-old julie who was blessed by pope francis when he arrived in new york on september 24. she has lyme disease and has not walked in a year. the family is having trouble getting insurance to cover. >> it's a struggle and battle every day. i have to conquer obstacles but

it and there's going to be something waiting for me at the end of my journey. >> she's hopeful that one day she will walk again. we are rooting for you julie. >> that's one of the most memorable moments of the papal visit. there. for sure. >> taking the good with the bad almost 11-inches below normal so we do need the rain and it's not a weekend day and you are ready for it because you watch channel 2 and are up to speed. cooler readings into parts of the hudson valley but all of these numbers are above normal. i do appreciate this from mark and jeanine. there's enough moisture in the fire. i would like to watch the news with mark and jeanine. notice in and around the city hovering in the mid to upper 50s, 58 here. this is little leo and i couldn't help myself.

this is great, a surfing santa with a wet suit. so here's what we are surfing through outside. it is murky. even jennifer jones on the floor saying it's so dark out there and a lot of cloud cover. days. hasn't moved. wind out of the south at 6 miles per hour keeping the numbers high and most in and around the mid to upper 50s for the city to long island. warmer you can't really enjoy it. you got to make sure you are ready for it. 58 likely where we stay, well record. sunsets at 4:30. more rain between now and sunset stretching from suffix county into parts of fairfield and duchess, westchester, bergen county the soaking rain, more of the same in staten island and a lot more where

potential for over an inch of rain so it's a long term event. it's through the afternoon into the evening. you get a sense of the brighter colors indicating the heavier rain, busy commute time, after school pick up is going to be slow and wet but 8 or 9 you start to get a break. we are going to skip ahead friday morning looking better. friday start to cool down and then you see that chris? look at the top of the screen. it's a little--it's going to be cold enough for snow saturday with wind chills in the teens and 20s north and west and we turn things around and see record heat again next week. >> sullivan county be on the look out. >> look out for that. >> thank you johnny. to track the rain and find out the weather any time download the cbs 2 news weather app. send us your weather pictures and video. it's free and available in the itunes store. >> and when we come back.

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special tribute nelson's column was turned into a giant light saber. it's opening in the u.s. canada and europe for a record box office. some screenings take place at 7:00 tonight, some here in the city that's for sure. 33 years later the thrill isn't over. [ music ] >> that's right, michael jackson's thriller just broke a new record making that album the first and him the first artist to reach multi platinum status 30 times, 30 million copies of thriller have sold in the u.s., 100 million copies have sold worldwide since it's release back in 1982. >> coming up on cbs 2 news tonight at 5 odd cravings during pregnancy may not be unusual but wanting to eat dirt or couch cushions.

these strange desires. and taking a man to court over his ideas for naming new addresses. we'll have much more tonight on cbs 2 news beginning at 5. iconic movie memorabilia is up for grabs. rocky will be auctioned off. also rambo's army jacket from first blood. bidding starts friday at heritage auctions in los angeles. some of the proceeds will go to charity. >> some could fetch a pretty penny too. that's it for us at noon. thanks for joining us. >> cbs 2 news is back at 5:00.