>> good afternoon janelle. and diane. the fire damage was so extensive from some angles you could see straight through the third floor of this three story building. the chief tells us one of the two people killed was found in a second floor front bedroom. this fire moved so quickly every moment counted in order to get out. >> we ducked down under the smoke and watched our homes burn. >> theresa dazed as she stood just feet from her charred home after a lengthy talk with arson investigators. the 31-year-old stunned by the loss of her neighbors and realizing how close she came to possibly losing her own life. >> i sleep with ear plugs, a sound machine, an eye mask so it took a lot to bake me up and my first--wake me up and the first thought was an intrueder then i saw the flames billowing

>> cell phone video capturing the flames towering in the third floor of the building on richardson street in williamsburg. her neighbors and her escaped wearing only t-shirts. the panic began at 1:30 monday morning with what residents describe as a large bang. >> i heard a massive explosion. it sounded like a bomb went off or something. >> another minute or two and i would have been in serious trouble. >> steve and his wife live in the three story building. >> we put a couple of tiles over head with water in case and that was it. >> fda crews arrived within minute trying to reach the man and woman inside who were unaccounted for. >> heavy fire in the first second and third floor of the building. >> it took 200 firefighters nearly 3.5 hours to get the flames under control. their search for the second person killed continuing well after sunrise.

search through the unstable found. >> she was active, bubbly. i hope the reports are wrong. >> it's very sad for the people who lost their lives. >> the chief says that one minor injuries. so far police have not released the names of the man and woman who were killed. they say about 10 people are now out of their homes and that this building will likely have to be torn down. reporting live this noon from williamsburg, brooklyn janelle burrell cbs 2 news. the father of a new york toddler hit in the face by a stray bullet is demanding action calling for the end for violence. city. >> 18 month old seen in this picture with a bullet lodged in his cheek before emergency surgery to remove it this

observation at jersey center medical center. they want to watch the toddler through the morning and afternoon in order to go home. improvement. >> he was with him and his five- year-old daughter during the shooting on saturday afternoon at the corner of bergen and harrison avenues. they were waiting for the children's mother at the post office when a gunman opened fire and struck the toddler in the face. >> i heard four or five shots. >> police tell us they were not the shooter's intended target and are searching for the gunman. they saw him take off seconds later and heard for cover. >> we heard the glass. >> a scare that's prompting the victim's father to speak out. he's demanding the violence to stop. >> one day my daughter or my son get killed or i have to move from jersey city to another state. >> mayor steven phillip also

incident and released this statement. thankfully the baby will recover but this is a tragedy. gun violence in cities has become a national epidemic. we continue to deploy more officers but the challenge is daunting. a hospital spokesperson tells us later on this afternoon doctors will decide if the toddler can go home today. in jersey city ilana gold cbs 2 news. a massive storm system killed at least 40 people in the dallas area deadly tornadoes left behind a long path of destruction. omar v reports from rowlett. >> many residents are retrieving what they have left. >> compared to our neighbors i think we got pretty lucky. the house is still standing. the walls are standing. >> more than 100 homes in garland were reduced to rubble saturday when an ef4 tornado

hour tore through the area. 61-year-old says it was the scariest night of her life. >> i stayed in my closet all night long shaking like a leaf an ef4 tornado caused significant damage, knocking over this van and behind me ripping the roof off of their home. >> on sunday authorities evacuated residents near this damaged water tower out of fears of flooding. >> at this point we have had an engineer familiar with that water tower assess it. based on the damage that he saw he was concerned enough to ask us to drain the water tower. >> it's blanketing texas, oklahoma and new mexico with heavy snow and leading officials to shut down nearly all of interstate 40 as dozens

forecasters expect up to 15- inches of snow in some areas before the system moves onto the northeast. omar v cbs 2 news. >> that same weather system is we see the beginning of that later tonight. >> elyse finch is in with more on that timeline. >> you are exactly right. moisture at this point. things are dry. in fact a little bit of sunshine but it is this system that is spinning in our direction so as we put the future cast in motion you notice that 1:30 this afternoon clouds start to thicken up. it's not until 8 tonight we start to see a little bit of snow pushing into the northern suburbs but really it's after midnight things look to get interesting where we see the snow sleet and freezing rain in parts of new jersey talking about heavier rain for new york city and points east so things start to get interesting in the overnight hours and a messy commute. i'll talk about that in your full forecast.

>> thanks so much. he was known as the cloud prince of the harlem globetrotters. he died sunday and was the most famous player for the globetrotters from the 50s to the 70s. he was 83 years old and will have much more on his career on cbs 2 news at 5. tensions are running high after another deadly police shooting, an officer accidentally shot 55-year-old betty jones involving a 19-year- old neighbor and his father saturday. police shot and killed the 19- year-old after he was combative while holding a bat. he was an honor student who suffered mental health issues. family and friends mourn for a thorough investigation. chicago's revery much board is currently investigating. a mix up is to blame for a car crashing into a shopper in

a surveillance camera captured it all on video yesterday. you can see the car pulling into the parking spot. everything seems okay and suddenly the car drives through the front of the store knocking down the man inside. >> it sounded like an explosion. it was something i've never heard before. it was a large crash. i felt the gentleman, the car knocked into me and knocked me backward and from that point in time the gentleman was on the floor. >> that gentleman on the floor has a broken ankle. police say the 88-year-old woman behind the wheel miss took the gas pedal for the brake and is not facing charges. coming up peyton manning is on the defense. >> it's completely fabricated and trash. >> his strong denial after the report accused him of using performance enhancing drugs. praying for answers and this church is not the only one.

until someone gets hurt and in this case on hover boards it seems to be the adults most of the time. [laughter]

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it really makes me sick. >> the quarterback is accused of taking human growth hormone in 2011. the heart of the is charlie sly. hgh was quietly sent to manning's wife ashley but when he was there manning was no longer a patient. the search is on for whom ever is stealing from churches in new jersey. the latest incident happened in cliff ton where someone stole a brand new baby jesus statue from the church nativity scene. this is the fourth theft at parishes this holiday season but it's not clear if all incidents are connected. they encourage people to report all incidents to police. kids are getting a head start on new years resolutions. meg baker has more on an early celebration. >> new years is a fresh start with resolutions to get healthier, save money but what

year. >> my birthday is coming up. >> my birthday is january 23. >> isabella and sierra have birthdays at the beginning of the year and since it wasn't a white christmas they are hopeful they'll get some snow. >> we can make a snow man. >> kids celebrate as the museums 2016 new years eve ball dropped. as the glittering ball came down children told us their wish for 2016. >> i hope it's going to be a good year. >> i wish that everybody was really nice. >> be happy. that everybody has clothes. >> with parents by their side to guide them. >> just important to teach your kids about different goals and show them how you set some for yourself if i want to be a neater mom or somebody who is more involved or anything like that if you try to give them an example that helps them out a bit.

their brothers and sister. >> i want to be a brother or sister. --what mommy? >> you want to be a better sister to your brother? >> to be nice to your sister. >> are you going to be nice and do the same. >> yes. >> how are you going to do that? >> kiss her. >> so these little ones got to start the new year off right with fun and creativity because this age. what do we want to say? happy new year. >> on the upper west side meg baker. >> out of the mouth of babes even when they are prompted. >> i think my mother is calling me so i got to go. >> popular hover boards are causing problems. the latest fire department responding to a hover board exploding. and a warning for parents thinking about taking one for a spin.

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a new jersey fire department is warning hover board owners about potential dangers after responding to a call of one catching fire. they posted these pictures on facebook. don't leave them unattended,

charging and be sure to check for recalls. hover boards are one of the hottest gifts this holiday season. >> there's a good reason they were mostly given to kids. ben tracy found out the hard way. >> this is a piece of cake. ah! . >> it's the gift that keeps on giving. especially for kids enjoying seeing their parents hop on their hover boards and finding themselves cruising for a bruising. >> watch your toes. >> the hash tag hover board fails has now gone viral. carlos shared a photo of his arm in a sling tweeting hover board for kids. my daughter got it, i ended up in the er. >> the safety product reported the number of injuries spiked 35% expected to rise dramatically in the post holiday tally and worried some safety experts. >> you have a product that

requirements finding it's way to the u.s. market. >> nathan furnace sells the boards at a los angeles mall. he showed me the proper way to board the board. i thought i got the hang of it pretty quickly until i didn't. his cell phone caught me hovering on the ground and that may be the lesson of this holiday season. something that seems like child's play is probably best left to actual children. ben tracy cbs news on the pavement of a los angeles parking lot. >> of course we got it on tape. >> thankfully they got it on cell phone video. >> now it's time for your explosion exclusive forecast from elyse finch. nothing like that coming our way? >> yes things start to get interesting. let's check in with our weather watchers and see what kind of temperatures we are seeing. it's a different day than

in some locations. today that is not the case 47 one of the warmest temperatures this non from carommen and jackson, 47 degrees for for him. now we are talking about 40 degrees temperatures in plain view. you want winter clothes if you are heading out today and tonight. temperatures hovering just above the freezing mark. mark and jeanine in pleasant valley 33 degrees where they are and they write a seasonal feel in the air today. record warmth today is not the case. temperatures close to where they should be but it's 20 degrees cooler today than what it was yesterday. you are taking a live look at the rink. great for ice skating i would say and finally feeling like winter out there. partly cloudy 42 degrees. 42 still puts us 2 degrees above where we should be for this day of the year. radar showing a little bit of cloud cover. we have seen quite a bit of sunshine.

thicken up and this batch of direction. we start to see it by midnight but winter weather alerts go in effect until 6:00 p.m. tonight others at 8:00 p.m. not until 7 tomorrow evening. ice, sleet, snow becomes an issue for most counties north and west of the city so this is going to be interesting. future cast starting for your morning commute shows the wintery mix to the north and rain event for new york city. long island. that rain is heavy at times so we are talking about soaking rain, flooding rain as well. shortly after lunch time this starts to dry out. that is the good news. so for tonight we are talking about 36 degrees. we are looking at some pretty interesting again with that wintery precipitation and here's a look at your seven day forecast. ladies? >> elyse thanks.

headlines. >> andrea grymes has this year in review. >> fire engulfed a massive apartment complex in edgewater new jersey in january placing 1,000 residents. luckily no one was killed. >> thank god i've got my family and that's what's most important to me. >> a plumber accidentally started the fire. >> caught fire at the front of the train. >> this metro north train went up in flames killing five men on board burg the evening run. >> i heard a very loud bang and a lot of screaming. >> the train crashed into an suv at the rail crossing also killing that driver. an ntsb report found a car partially stopped on the tracks when the rail gates came down. in march a gas explosion rocked the east village destroying four buildings leaving two people dead and dozens homeless.

loss of two of it's own killed in the line of duty. officer brian moore was shot in the head in may. officer randolph holden was shot in the head in october. >> we send you on your way to a new assignment to be a guardian angel at the gates of heaven. >> they were both promoted to detective. two u.s. service members were killed in december in a bombing in afghanistan. joseph lamb of westchester county and louis a suffix county native. >> it speaks of resilience and the ability to percent veer. >> a big milestone in lower manhattan came in may when the observatory finally opened at one world trade center in surrounding areas and was celebrated as another symbol of american resolve after the 9/11

they battled a legionella out break originating in a building cooling tower and was sprayed out in a mist. last but not least one of the biggest stories in the world this year took place right here in our area. pope francis' visit to new york city. >> i came here because i wanted to meet the pope because i believe in a miracle. >> you believe in a miracle. >> and then you saw him. what was that like? >> it was the most precious moment of my life. >> people lined up at the airport on fifth avenue in central park and every place the holy father went on his short trip in september. he's expected to visit the u.s. mexico border coming up in february.

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