bill: now on "chasing news". ♪ >> smoking en route 15. that is when it got crazy. >> any advice? >> believe it or not, this fitness expert putting on 69 por months. >> before you judge them coming have a pretty good reason. bill: chasing a story about a police officer who barely escapes with his life. >> just a few days ago on thursday the police department almost lost one of its finest officers in a freak accident. a box truck was disabled and smoking en route 15 southbound. officers arrived on scene to

handle what was a routine call. >> that is when i got crazy. >> you can see a lot of certain remnants from the truck and the path of it, which is crazy. you can see this path down here that leads to exactly where the truck ended up. in a video, it is actually on fire. officers cars were right in this area. you can see where it ended up. it could have been worse. >> the part of the police department, severely bruised

the shoulder. so he set of work. less than several weeks hopefully. >> and eight year military veteran, and even with all that. >> you can see the concern turns in to a teachable moment. the police department, their lives are more, just lucky to be alive. >> and near-death experience , something tragic

like this, it turns into a teachable moment. bill: it also shows that the cops get up in the morning, no idea what they might see on a daily basis. >> on any regular day. >> well, i would say if it happened here vehicle we get as far away from possible and wait for the police to arrive. bill: i'm looking at this video and it's unbelievable. bill: thanks. >> the 6th such attack.

waiting for the q train in harlem return to the men. the nypd. >> hundreds of mourners gathered. the former new york city public school teacher murdered allegedly by his roommate. >> complained. >> dimension mental illness. >> on the run. if you recognize this photo, please call nypd. ♪ >> all your favorites. >> do you still watch them?

>> of course. >> watch football. >> a young man walked into the public library and checked out a book about football, his favorite sport. >> did you remember checking it out? >> vaguely. [laughter] >> shortly after he had to undergo a procedure. somehow it did not happen. the book frank borrowed is 71 years overdue. >> i don't know.

it is due back. >> the book was found when frank's daughter was going through some old possessions it is a fine old read in great shape, but 71 years overdue. >> the policy is what? >> it's actually $0.20 per day. the policy is we it a $10. >> one thing that has not changed his high school yearbook called echoes which remains consistently on file. the football team picture with a brash young quarterback. >> they look so innocent. a happy, productive young man.

for years. >> is 71 years he had it were good years. marriage is gorgeous wife, raised several good-looking, smart children and served as the two-term mayor of bound brook serving as a silent witness. >> a really good book. no wonder you hung onto it for 75 years. >> i get it. and that is all fine since the book is under no real demand, and the library is modernizing. she is inviting frank down to celebrate the occasion since it is rare for a book like to find its way home after such a long time. would you love the book? hit us up on twitter.

♪ >> this is going to get your heart rate up really fast. >> personal trainers are known for their enviable bodies. believe it or not this is the daughter sil. the 6-foot one fitness expert putting on 69 pounds weighing in at 310 pounds. >> at 1st it was fun. >> never really had a chance. like i love pizza. >> back to fit train is gaining a lot of weight to

better understand the struggle. >> i want to be there with you. so i have to gain 60, 70, 80 po. >> his health becoming hazardous, his blood pressure through the roof. only able to drop to about 230 pounds. >> looking good. >> as we can see him he showed me some moves. i was there to cheer him on. >> did he have more sympathy? >> he says that he does. i don't think he understands , but i did not know this, he was spat before.

he was a little chubby and depressed, but you lose that in the gym every day. >> robert de niro did this. actors don't really do it anymore because it is not healthy. someone is going to have a heart attack. >> important to note that his client has kept off the weight. bill: i will keep -- see you in the gym. >> we all remember. the super stylish fiat was just auctioned off for $82,000. >> take a look at this photo.

holding a little girl they found crying in the street. on the way back they saw woman visibly distraught and the adjoining building. >> popping up everywhere. >> is no fascia. >> around 2008, i guy in his mid- 20s started ranting about how he killed all those hookers. >> another day in the life of being a chaser. >> we report the news. but we do it different. it's not just about the but we do it different. it's not just about the story.

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the few things that seem to make any logical sense, the name crazy horse in the phrase too many rules accompanied by some stick figure symbol. we went to the crazy horse cabaret just one town over. i can player -- compared with the skin of the drawings i have on my phone. a view of atlantic city, look across the marsh, very similar where for women working as prostitutes were found strangled murdered command left in a ditch. he had drawn sexually explicit and strange drawings with similarities. >> regardless of his involvement or noninvolvement, this does not tell us.

>> no. in fact, it would suggest he did not because of the symbol was after 2010. ♪ >> we spoke with greg daily the dj. one of the few employees and we immediately show them. >> is this man looks familiar? >> no. >> never seen them before? >> no. >> we asked if he had ever seen anyone drawing pictures of the dancers at the club to some of the pictures contain drawings of women similar to those that look like they would be in the club like this toand to our

surprise he said drawing pictures is not that uncommon. >> overture for years. though he occasionally people who show up. they are not drawing like a nine -year-old. >> and a real shocker. >> around 2008 or so i guy in his mid- 20s was all joint -- drunk here at the heart is a rambling about how he killed all those hookers. we call the cops. they came around and interviewed. >> who was this twentysomething? did not remember the name. >> there is no mistaking him for a twentysomething. so it could not have been

him. as we left the club we stopped at the office to thank the manager for his time. while we were in they're we talked to the doorman. >> anything odd? >> remember him right away. working at a bar called pistol pete. >> just wasn't there. he would come in, stand around the motor drink and then just sit there. it's weird. and it would freak people out. >> in the drawings the antisocial behavior that is evident in the eastbound strangler profile is also contained in his description. in the that fits the time.

in the area around the time of the murder and inching closer to more proof. dennis, however left those pictures, and some and some twentysomething person who made a drunken confession in this bar to the eastbound strangler murders. >> it was for real. ♪

bill: coming up next, jersey lawmakers go rogue. >> so many problems in new jersey. that is where the focus should be.

>> if you saw an object fly across the sky on saturday, you are not seeing things and it was not a hollywood

movie. it was for real. a very bright meteor that was even seen in other parts of the country. bill: that they controversies going around the new circles, i group of new jersey legislatures went down to cuba and dated, as they said, in an unofficial capacity while the trip to cuba has raised the ire of politicians both locally and nationally. we are joined by iliana schirmer, president of the council in hamilton. what do you think these legislators were after? >> my cuban newspaper. the minister of foreign affairs. i called asking if they knew. no.

i called the assembly speaker. i didn't authorize the trip. i knew they were going, but we were not authorized by the assembly. bill: this is personal. >> very. >> i was two years old, but but i remember we were leaving and walking toward the airplane. i have a stuffed monkey with me. i remember the military militia ripping the monkey out of my arm and ripping it open to see if there was money on jewelry. >> i left in 1970. i remember the plane ride them exactly where we sat. we flew to the freedom tower in miami and spent three days getting documentation and shots and clothing. bill: i asked, catching up

with him today and he said, there is a medical development and cuba that we don't have access to. >> the fact that it is being spun as we went they're for assistance, expansion maybe. you know what we need to know, why you went. >> the fact that they came with a lobbyist is interesting, and if they disclose as they are supposed to we will find out who paid for this which will be a big clue why they are

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willie: seymour. i'm here to tell ya i'm returning to scotland and you'll never see me again. but i have hand-picked my replacement. mr. johnny mathis. ♪ chances are ♪ i will give this hedge a trim ♪ ♪ and i will kill the gophers, too ♪ mmm. so beautiful. (mrs. skinner imitating alarm) you're late for school. (english accent): and friday's lunch will be fish sticks, peas... i'll finish those morning announcements. (clears throat) and lime jell-o. pathetic. also, friday night is the school dance. and that's a treat for the, uh, popular children, and a chance for the rest of you to look within yourselves and ask what's wrong. oh, my special little guy's first school dance. (groans) why do i have to go to some stupid dance? it makes just standing around with your friends