u.s., china stocks are down 20% from recent high. and the price of oil sank below $30 a barrel. that's the lowest since 2003. crude selling over $100 a barrel cut the profits of energy companies the holiday weekend won't help matters either. they don't want to hold a position in the market. the u.s. stock market is closed for the martin luther king jr. holiday, gives investigators one more reason to cash out today. many new yorkers including governor cuomo are fighting back today against republican presidential candidate ted cruz, taking comments about the empire state in last night's debate. andrea grimes has news on his reaction. true american values come from new york. tough talking new yorkers had lots to say about ted cruz in south carolina. where the big apple became a big topic. >> i think most people know exactly what new york values are.

asked to explain what he meant when he said donald trump embodies new york values. there are many, many wonderful, wonderful working men and women in the state of new york. but everyone understands that the values in new york city are socially liberal, proabortion or pro gay marriage focus around money and the media. that was a very insulting statement that ted made. >> trump was quick to defend his home state. has great people. when the world trade center came down, i saw something that no place on earth could have handled more beautifully, more 2, 100. >> today, many new yorkers are standing with trump on this. >> i think his comments were highly offensive to new

highly offensive to all americans. he was antigay, and his comments were anti-woman. cruz does have big apple defenders. >> i don't like the way that they turn things around, it is like they make themselves sound like new yorkers are horrible people. renee from the upper west side said the texas senator was just stating the facts about the empire state. of course new york was most democrats they are values, like the way it is, not a good of a bad statement. political director and face the nation says he does not think cruz took a risk by taking on trump this way. >> when ted cruz talks about new york values he the is talking to the evangelicals who were voting iowa saying he is not one of you. that's quite effect to soe those kind of seeds of doubt. peter king also took issue with cruz's comments he tweeted him quote new york values are

who fight terror and the people you ask for campaign money go back under iraq, end quote. mary? very much. ahead of last night's debate a poll shows donald trump with some of the strongest support yet. the survey by the wall street journal says he is favored by 33% of republican voters nationwide ted cruz stands at 20%, chris christy has 5%. reports that a deal has been reached over the fate of forces in new york city are being reigned in city hall and the union says there is still a lot on the table. janelle burrell is live in central park with tdevelopments, janelle. there have been a lot of reports in recent days suggesting that a deal had been reached that would allow the horses to only be driven inside central park, they are speaking

close to an agreement. >> new york city will trot on for now. >> steven malone representing the carriage drivers shooting down reports that they had reached an agreement with city leaders that would cut a third of the city's roughly 200 carriage horses and take the remaining off the streets allowing them only in central park. >> all rumors and innuendo, it would be crippling to lose any horse. we are fighting tooth and nail to make sure every horse every job and driver is preserves to the maximum proportion. >> there was ongoing discussion. eliminating the carriages was a campaign promise of mayor deblasio. calling the practice inhumane, but critics ark critic -- argue it was appeasing his donors to be in the prime real estate taken up by the tables

>> as soon as we have something we'll announce it. peter wilson has been driving carriages for 10 years eager and anxious for a resolution. if the horses go, he fears his job will go with them. >> my son is going to school, i have grandkids, this is what i do this is my livelihood. i don't want it to be taken away, not by me, not by anybody else. now that representative from the teamsters told me that he feels that animal activists are trying to negotiate this deal in the media, i asked whether he feels as though they are making any progress on the matter he told me his phone is always on. reporting live this afternoon in central park, cbs 2 news. four officers hurt in a high speed crash being treated for minor injuries happened in the belmont section of the bronx. investigators say they tried to stop a speeding car, it slammed into two police cruisers,

taken into custody charges are pending the officers are condition. a search for survivors is underway in hawaii after marine helicopters collided. each of the helicopters known as sea stallions has six crew members on board, they reported the crash before midnight coast guard searchers arrived within minutes they discovered a debris field with fire on the water and one empty life raft. no sign of the 12 people on board the helicopters. the giants have a new man in charge on the sideline and he has giant shoes to fill. ottis livingston joins us to tell us about big blue's new head coach, ottis. >> reporter: it took them a little over a week to make a choice, but he was already in the building right under their nose. giant's co-owner said today he liked all the six candidates that they interviewed but felt

was ben macado because of the relationships he has built in a second year with if giants so he becomes the head coach for the first time at any level. >> this is the capitol of the world and this is the football capitol of the world. with that comes a certain amount of pressure, pressure that i look forward to, so it is official. ben the is the 17th head coach football giant es history. who is the 38-year-old from western pennsylvania? the offensive coordinator for the last two years before that sent six years with green bay. the first taste as the nfl was an offensive assistant quality control coach in new orleans, 12 years isn't a long time when it comes to coaching in the nfl. begs a question is he ready? >> i'm a right man for the job, battle tested and groomed for this opportunity by super bowl winning coaches, players and organizations. last year eli manning

completions with manning turning 35 earlier this month, he is officially on the downside of his career. keeping the qb and the coach together seems to make perfect sense. >> when you broaden out and have an opportunity to get in front of an offense you're the head coach now i have a chance to get my chance on the whole team and i look forward to it. after 12 combine wins in the last two year and no play offs in the last four, this was supposed to be an off-season of change for the giants in reality there is one change in the coaching staff makes you the roster. >> our theme will be evolution not revolution, we'll have a chance to carry some things over some things we won't. his influence still remains all the way down to the clock because he said when he first got here that tom said, don't ever mess with the clock, they'll remain 5 minutes early. we'll have much more coming up

meadow lands, back to you in the studio. thank you so much. no one has stepped forward to claim the power ball prize the mystery has people playing detective and this morning we may have our best lead yet. lottery officials say winning tickets result in three states including this grocery store in tennessee. the buzz has the spotlightpointed to this man from the mayor to the mother has called. everybody thinks it is you. >> i've got a lot of phone calls it is just a rumor and you know, i don't know where to go to get it stopped. when asked if he would admit if it was in fact the winning ticket he had he replied, no. two other tickets were sold in california and florida. there is still much more ahead here on cbs 2 news, a drug trial goes terribly wrong leaving several people in critical condition, what happened. a link between your risk of glaucoma and your diet what you need to know.

about his controversial interview with mexican drug lord joaquin el chapo guzman. we are fine tuning and tweaking the weekend forecast could see more significant rainfall we'll walk you through

seven days coming up. . five other patients in the hospital after an accident during a drug trial. jonathan has more.

volunteers to this hospital in western france after they became violently ill while taking part in a drug study. prosecutors launched an investigation. >> the french health minister says 90 people took part in the experimental testing that involved varying doses of a painkiller. the hospital says one person is brain dead and three others have damage that may not be reversible. health officials say it is rare for people to get sick when testing new drugs because researchers start with the lowest possible dose after extensive testing on animals the botched drug test happened at the laboratory in the city of renn the company specialized in studies the website says it has 25 years of experience with clinical trials the french company also has officers in london and newark new jersey. cbs news. you can lower your risk of

to your diet a new study published in the journal of american medical association says eating spinach kale and broccoli may lower your risk by 30%. leafy greens lower the chronic damage, it can help blood circulation. joaquin guzman captured after his interview with sean penn. >> are you fearful for your life? what the actor is saying about his controversial meeting with the notorious drug lord.

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. closed captioning on cbs 2 news is brought to you by california walnuts. weather on the go. download the new cbs new york weather app, now. sean penn sits down with charlie rose to talk about the actor's rolling stone interview with wanted drug lord joaquin el chapo guzman, penn spoke at length with rose for sunday's edition of 60 minutes . >> reporter: there is this myth about the visit that we made. sean pen tells 60 minutes charlie rose that he does not believe his october interview with joaquin el chapo guzman

>> as far as you know you had nothing to do and your visit recapture? the mexican government, they were clearly very humiliated by the notion that did. they did. we didn't, we're not smarter than the dea, or the mexican intelligence. we had a contact upon which we were able to facilitate an invitation. guzman escaped one of mexico's maximum security prisons last july by crawling through a hole in a shower and a mile long tunnel 30 feet under ground. guzman is believed to be responsible for 34,000 deaths officials say his cartel is the number one supplier of heroin u.s. do you believe the mexican government released this in part because they wanted to see you blamed and to put you at

cartel to put you in their crosshairs? yes. >> are you fearful for your life? >> no. >> penn says the focus on his meeting with guzman and recapture means that the article which was supposed to bring attention to the war on drugs has failed. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. you with catch the interview sunday night at 8:00 on the news after football. let's get a check of your forecast for today and the weekend as well. we had nice warm temperatures today, john? >> very mild. it is the middle of january, wouldn't know it. stepping outside good afternoon, thanks for stopping by lunchtime, let's see what our weather watchers are munching on we have 40 to 49 there is your spread right there, this is 47 from kathy i do like this little picture, she says somebody do want to have their picture taken like hey, i look pretty good.

a little bit of sun there and just once again mike hits it out of the park, 48 mild degrees in brookhaven, just shot. mike on camera two, big fan, he loves long island. says, yeah. just beautiful. and you know we're talked about that mix of sun and clouds, that's what we're dealing with right now isn't the city. it looks a little gray but it is pretty mild with 46. 46 degrees, winds are variable at 3, humidity at 55%. around the area, 39 to 50 your temperatures spread we were talking about that on am with 880 with pat mentioning that we could see some 50, 52 degree reading for the south shore or the jersey shore, across the board it was warmer than yesterday, anywhere from 10 to 15 plus degrees up to 49 this afternoon over 10 degrees above normal. sunsets at 4:52. just remember monday into tuesday it is a clipper system

in the teens so there is a big change in just a few days. scanning the skies it is quiet here, we're watching this system, an organized area of low pressure coming on board, models are varying a bit now, getting it out of here by lunchtime tomorrow. but the potential is there for some appreciable totals out of this maybe an inch to an inch and a half, possibly 2 inches well east of the city, but even the city, there is the potential for half an inch to almost an inch of rain. let's time it out for you, most of your friday evening activities will be fine, but by midnight, we start to see some rain in the area north and west watch this little spot, could be mixing slippery spots there brighter colors indicating heavier rain that's why the potential is there for more significant totals then you see it comb by saturday afternoon but by sunday here comes that clipper a little bit of snow north and west but look at these numbers, you go from 50

30 monday and tuesday. a little bit of snow possible late sunday and the wind chills just in the teens. enjoy it while it lasts. when we come back a taste of the island's dining deal we talk about the menu after this. i drive a golf ball. i drive to the hoop. i drive a racecar. i have a driver. his name is carl. but that's not what we all have in common. we talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto .

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xarelto is the number one prescribed blood thinner in its class. well that calls for a round of kevin nealons. make mine an arnold palmer. same here. with xarelto there is no regular blood monitoring and no known dietary restrictions. treatment with xarelto was the right move for us. ask your doctor about xarelto . .

spot with flavors from around the world, tony is sampling it all at off the hook for this week's dining deal. for the last two and a half years off the hook has been quietly woing customers with the scope and quality of the menu. >> we've been bringing an array of dishes that are mostly inspirational. beautiful looking dishes, i love the place by the way, very comforting. this has an inviting feel to it, here it is about the food. i saw the chef your partner cooked so much passion. so much variety in the dishes they served. caribbean, american and go to jamaica. >> tell me about the chicken, it is a chicken marinated. >> tender and full of flavor at the price at $17. this oyster dish is flavored with rum and baked with cheese for a fondue-like experience. these may get a great shared

looking shrimp dish was also very tempting. >> this is our shrimp, it is a caribbean dish basically a mesh, we throw in some dates to give it sweet. >> i love all those flavors going on in the shrimp. >> this is $18. >> that's a good value. also a traditional main lobster roll served in a warm bun with coleslaw priced right at $17. meatballs. they are alligator meatballs from louisiana. >> i have to try this. these were served over kale over a home made biscuit. and fresh off the boat thank you so much. and off the hook is located at 280 34th street.

ice, watch as rescuers race to get a dog in danger out of it he was almost drowning. at 6:00, casino controversy strong opposition over the future of the belmont racetrack we take a closer look at the pros and cons those stories much more tonight beginning at 5:00. that is it for us at noon for john and the entire cbs 2 news team thanks for joining us i'm mary calvi have a great weekend.

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