>>reporter: shirleen, good morning. he is here at bellevue hospital this morning undergoing psychiatric evaluation. family members tell police he illness, but law enforcement officers say they have no record of that. take a look at this video from yesterday. in it you can see 41-year-old kerry baysmore led away from the 13th precinct. he was wearing a white jumpsuit provided by police. investigators took his clothing which they say held evidence of the chelsea slashing. police say surveillance video shows baysmore slashing a woman's face before running away. a man who saw the video on tv later recognized the man in that red jacket which then led to an arrest. 24-year-old amanda morris was morning when her face was slashed. baysmore now faces charges in that chelsea attack, but he has now been i.d.ed in a new year's day attack in the bronx. if you recall in that situation, a woman was slashed with a razor blade and needed 150 stitches. police say he may be linked to other attacks as well. now, that man has been arrested

. >> i'm shirleen allicot in for ken rosato. nice to be here today. and we thank you for joining us. it's friday, january 15th. >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and bill. >> here we go. a look outside, partly cloudy skies. we have a great start to your friday. and your 6:00 temperature will be 37 degrees. our normal afternoon high in the city and around the five boroughs is 38. 30 to kingston and poe. carmel 27. 32 bridgeport. but they are way above normal. the weekend features rain and then bitter cold. we will talk about that next. weather then heather every seven minutes. >>> we talk subway status. service on or close to schedule. into summit new jersey, morris closed between mountain and sayre street with a water main break near overlook hospital, close to the middle school as well. major construction project starting at midnight, inbound george washington bridge ramp to the southbound side of the harlem river drive will close. this will last for 56 hours until monday at 8:00 a.m. we have alternates for you.

>> reporter: well, good morning, shirleen. usually at this point in the election cycle, all the discussion is about iowa and new hampshire. all of a sudden, new york city found itself in the middle of this presidential discussion after senator ted cruz criticized donald trump for, quote, embodying what new york values. >>> reporter: the simmering tensions between donald trump and ted cruz erupted into a the two leading candidates tore into each other first with trump raising the birr they are issue sure then making fun of cruz. what if he made cruz his vice presidential side kick only to face a legal challenge. >> if he beats the rest of the field, he beats the rest of the field. see, they don't like that. they don't like that. no, they don't like that he beats the rest of the field because they want me. >> reporter: cruz then slammed trump for what he called his new york values. >> not a lot of conservatives come out of manhattan. i'm just saying. but trump fought back. invoking how new yorkers came together after the world t

>> reporter: good afternoon, shirleen. from the very beginning, this has been unlike any other campaign in the hawk eye state. with three days to go before the i way caucuses, some are asking where is donald trump with donald trump boycotting the debate, the new candidate at center stage was under fire. >> the last four questions have been and please attack ted, mark could please attack ted, jeb please attack ted. let me just say this. >> it is a debate, sir? >> gosh, if you guys ask one more mean question, i may have >> after a strong start for ted cruz. >> everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly. now that we have gotten the donald trump portion out of the way. >> reporter: the night got rough. that is the assessment of cruz by the des moines register. >> i don't think ted can have it both ways. >> reporter: the national front- runner held his own event. >> i didn't want to be here. i have to be honest. >> reporter: in iowa, he isn't any more. the only republican candidate to leave the state today, campaigning in n

. >> i'm shirleen allicot. i was looking at the wrong camera this whole time. >> look at this one now. >> you could have tapped me, you know. >> she is doing great. maybe she knows something i don't know. you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. that's likely. you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and here is bill. >> and there will be no wreaking havoc this weekend. >> go ahead. >> we will have a storm system out of texas. there is a front in the great lakes. i will tell you about it. we take a look at the temperature 32 this hour. 34 around laguardia. 23 white plains. these numbers are a little we should be about 28 in the park and 14 to 10 north and west we are at noon. a gorgeous day. we will talk about tomorrow, another nice day and your weekend which will be rainy in the accuweather forecast. it's weather then heather every seven minutes. happy thursday to you. >> happy thursday to you. things aren't happy through the bronx. if you commute by the m

dave, shirleen? >> thank you for that. >>> police in the bronx are looking for the man that fatally stabbed a worker at a mcdonald's earlier this morning. the violence erupting at the fast-food restaurant on broadway and west 236th street. eyewitness news reporter dray clark is live in the kingsbridge section with the details. dray? >> reporter: shirleen, members still inside the going over evidence and trying to piece together what happened here. just on the other side of the mcdonald's is the 50 police precinct. that was no deterrent for the knife wielding suspect that we have been told followed the victim across the mcdonald's parking lot, cornered him then stabbed him repeatedly. >> he worked his way up. that's the one thing that i can tell you. a hard worker who started from the bottom all the way up. >> reporter: the woman that answered the door at 28-year- old adam garr see yao's home spoke briefly but wanted people to know her cousin was a good worker. >> he always worked hard, tried his very

shirleen? >>> david, a family is grieving after a hit and run driver killed a father riding his bike in brooklyn. surveillance video shows the victim next to the truck that hit him. eyewitness news reporter kemberly richardson shared this photo on twitter. she joins us live in sheepshead >> reporter: shirleen, the breed bread winner of this -- bread winner of this family determined to give his wife and family a better life than he had in china. he worked at a lumber he was heading home from work when the truck hit and killed him. the 54-year-old, you can see him in the picture in the upper left hand corner. that's his wife and two kids. he was riding his bike home after 5:00 along avenue u. surveillance video shows him on his bike heading west on the affidavit new right next to a ryder truck. for some reason police say the truck hit him and ran over him. kept going. investigators aren't sure if the driver of the truck knew he hit someone. the victim was lying in the street severely injured. peo

it happened around 5:30 this morning, shirleen. neighbors woke up to see a fireball across the street. one neighbor banged on the door to wake people up. the homeowner and one other person inside the house escaped without injury. the fire comes as a shock to the neighbors and the homeowner. the arson squad, local fire marshal were on the scene all morning. it's being investigated as a crime. presumably unused for several hours do not usually spontaneously catch fire. association the investigation here now well underway. we hope to hear more from the suffolk police later this afternoon. live in ronkonkoma, long island, n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, n.j. >>> we have new details on a fatal police shooting in paris. the incident prompting prosecutors to open a terrorism investigation. officers shot and killed a man carrying a knife and yelling in arabic outside of a police station this morning. investigators say he was wearing a suspicious vest that was a fake bomb. police found a note on his body that had an i

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shirleen, david? >> jeff, thank you for that. >>> our coverage continues now with eyewitness news reporter michelle charlesworth. >> reporter: yeah. we are in rockville centre. everything jeff was saying is true. i am about to be blown over by the wind. it's cold. we stopped on the way out here on the upper east side to see how folks were dealing with this. more people on the streets. we wanted to make sure that we saw all of them. people are bundled up. when i asked how they are feeling or staying warm and describing this, they are calling it brick cold, rude it's extremely cold. that wind makes a difference. but it seems one of the best ways to stay warm is to laugh. >> i'm wearing a feather coat, fabulous, a heavy sweater, long sleeve polo, a scarf, silk underwear. >> i love it. >> reporter: the overshare. a man told me yesterday he was wearing his sister's warm tights. he was a construction guy. all toughness but he was warm. >> it doesn't matter. >> reporter: what are you wearing to stay warm. >>

. >> how about those tourists braving it in open air shirleen allicot is in harlem but we'll begin with meteorologist lee goldberg in he's tracking the possible storm. soon we'll be able to turn our attention to the storm because the frigid blast is waning a little bit. we've actually been through the worst. it's still pretty uncomfortable outside. but the winds will back off lower manhattan under a clear sky is reading around 19. so it was yesterday. still bitterly cold but coming off the lows. 10 degrees the feels-like reading in white plains. still single digit wind chills in the suburbs. the wind gusts which were over 40 miles per hour just starting to back off a little bit but it will take much of the night for the wind to go down to 7 to 14 miles per hour. wind advisory in ulster county will expire in less than an hour. if you look at the futurecast wind chills, bitterly cold this evening. it actually won't feel as bad tomorrow morning with and certainly not as harsh during the afternoon hours. that's when you notice it wednesday afternoon. on to our weekend storm. there's that ar

good morning, i'm ken rosato. >> i'm shirleen allicot in for lori stokes. today is thursday, january 7th. >> you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans with the exclusive forecast. >> whoever bought the coffee, thank you very much. >> you are welcome. >> thank you very much, kenny. here is what is going on this morning. i hope you hit the power ball lottery that way. the coffee keeps flowing. down the jersey shore we have nice weather here. we have a light west wind. that is like a land breeze. so, that is going to be a of little significance. temperature this morning starting out around 33 degrees around the five boroughs. temperatures of 32 now around the park and 31 you see to 33 from whitestone queens, cambria heights. 25, 24 up to the north and west. today we are going to be looking at numbers that are we look down the jersey shore and sunshine. heather is looking at the commute. >>> the earlier stroll in jersey city has been cleared away. let's go to the maps. on the northbound side of routes 1 and

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thank you. [ applause ] >> good afternoon, i'm shirleen allicot. >> i'm david novarro. >>> you heard an emotional and determined president obama announcing actions on gun control. he was unan to fight back tears and frustration. reaction in a few minutes but we begin with the weather. >> it's bone chilling outside. the coldest temperatures of the season but they may not last our coverage begins with meteorologist bill evans in the weather center. bill? >> we are very cold. take a look at these temperatures. it's a pretty picture outside, blue skies, gorgeous, our temperature has been running at 19 to 22 degrees. 22 in the park this hour. that is quite cold. the temperature should be in the mid-30s this hour of the day, this time of the year. 22 poughkeepsie and over to -- around kingston and down around newburgh you see we are in the low 20s, upper teens, armonk 24. 23, 22 down the jersey shore. these numbers are cold. then you tack on the wind out of the north. it has been calming down a little bit. it's still enough when you have a 7, 8, 9, 10, 15 miles per hour wind that it makes

i'm shirleen allicot. >>> developing in manhattan, roads are closed surrounding roosevelt hospital after a man jumped from a nearby building sparking a hazmat situation . the man landed on a liquid oxygen tank, damaging the line feeding into the hospital. a crew from new jersey is on the scene working to fix the leak and restore service. >>> a toddler is safe this morning after a terrifying fall during a wedding rehearsal dinner at a bronx banquet hall. 2-year-old isaiah edwards fell down a shaft at villa barone manor in throgs neck last night. the hall has a glass box that rises from the dance floor for grand entrances, and the little boy was playing when he fell. >>> a correction officer is among three men charged in a series of armored car heists in the bronx. the three robberies happened last august and december. michael santiago who is a corrections officer at a downstate correctional facility in fishkill was arrested yesterday. officials say she used to work as an armored car driver. whncht we come b

>> reporter: shirleen, u.s. officials say the americans were being detained on bogus charges and finally freed following 14 months of negotiations. five americans are free at last. >> we are overjoyed that he is out. >> reporter: a boston university graduate student, matthew is the first to return home arriving in massachusetts after being detained for 40 days in iran. meanwhile, three of the x prisoners are getting much needed medical treatment in germany. the first stop out of iran was geneva, switzerland where "the washington post" reporter met negotiate his release. year and a half on charges of espionage. >> he is doing okay. he was mostly neglected. >> reporter: another spent more than four years in prison. his sister beaming at joy that the news he was freed. >> we are looking forward to meeting him, hopefully soon. we are excited. >> reporter: and a pastor's family is grateful. >> i told my kids, woke them up, i said daddy is released from prison. >> reporter: the 5th american chose to stay in iran. we l

in newark, shirleen allicot, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> political careers sometimes made or broken by snowstorms. you can get the latest information because school closings and delays are just coming in to the eyewitness news room. log on to abc7ny for the latest. >>> wouldn't it be nice to go back to the temperatures a few weeks ago where all the snow would just melt away? >> let's check in with lee. >> here are the post storm problems. basically the idea is and make sure you're cleaning your cars. refreezing at night is an issue this week. fall ing ice and snow off the buildingsism we're above freezing during the day. a lot of folks have left their cars. there will be ice tonight. 35 the next seven hours, dropping close to freezing. there is a storm threat later in the week. everything you need to know in accuweather in just a few minutes. >> i guess no 60s. >>> as we continue with eyewitness news at 6:00, cops desperately searching for the man who randomly slashed a 71-year-old woman on a subway. >> also ahead, more than two dozen people suddenly become sick. is it linked to som

shirleen? >>> we are following some breaking news. police say the 15 accused in a gang rape in brooklyn is in custody. the 17-year-old was taken into custody about an hour ago. he was questioned and no charges have been immediately filed. the other suspects that range from 14 to 17 could appear in court today. they were caught on camera before the attack last thursday in brownsville. police say they threatened a father and his daughter with gun. according to investigators, the teens told the father to leave and that is when they raped the daughter. again police say all five >>> new at noon, a bizarre and scary incident on long island. a naked man has been arrested after being discovered inside a doctor's office. he is the man suspected of trying to take a baby from a woman in woodmere we told you about this morning even following her to a home. eyewitness news reporter lucy yang is in mineola with lucy? >> reporter: michelle, two bizarre and troubling incidents have been connected here in nassau county. one involving an attempted baby

. >> shirleen allicot is at the scene where she just talked to the girlfriend's mother. >> a very sad scene here in far rockaway tooptd. -- tonight. i just got through with talking to the mother of the victim. as you can imagine, she's very devastated. her daughter was killed in this apartment building right behind me. take a look. you can see there's still very much police presence here as the search for a gunman continues. >> reporter: the 29-year-old suspect is tyquan long. police wanted to get this photo out there because they say he's made several threats to others. let's take a look at video from police came here and found two women. a 51-year-old woman shot in the hand and found in the lobby of the building, and a 36-year-old was found inside an apartment. she had a gunshot wound to her torso and was pronounced dead at the scene. we have learned she was long's girlfriend. i spoke to yolanda who said that was her daughter joanne. she said long was very possessive. >> beautiful person, very smart, go to church, very intelligent. she met this guy, he started be possessed over him.

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. >> i'm shirleen allicot. the man's friends said they last saw him leaving a bar. new jersey reporter anthony johnson is live in hoboken with the details on this. anthony? >> reporter: all around this area, shirleen and dave, you will see this flier being posted on many of the utility poles near the bar and behind me. that is located on the corner up the street. you see a pick tougher of the young man inside of that bar. he left out of there on saturday, not long really after the snow stopped falling in this area and friends and family at this penalty in time are -- friends and family at this point in time are still holding out hope that someone will recognize him and call police. the disappearance of matthew genovese is considered to be a mystery. he was seen between 10:30 and pub. he turned east toward washington street heading to his apartment ten minutes away. he left after the snow finally stopped falling but the sidewalks and roads were still covered in snow. police say they are actively involved and they are searching and need the public's help. he was last

. >> reporter: shirleen and diana, we got the video of a story we told you about yesterday. ten u.s. navy sailors taken into custody by the iran revolution nary guard after the boat drifted into iranian water. the video released by iranian authorities clearly shows the nine men and one woman kneeling on the deck with their hands clasped behind their neck. the sailors were held in an iranian base at r.c. iran released them today. >> i want to thank the iranian authorities for their cooperation and quick response. these are always situations which as everybody knows have guided to get out of control. all indications suggest or tell us that our sailors were well taken care of, provided with blankets and food and assisted earlier today. and i think we can all imagine how a similar situation might years ago. >> the timing of all this certainly raised suspicion happening on the very day that president obama delivered his state of the union address. after their release, the sailors left the island aboard the boats that they were detained with. they were picked up by navy aircraft t

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in far rockaway, shirleen allicot, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> a doctor from florida was caught on camera attacking an uber driver. she is apologizing for her bad behavior. she jumped into an uber car in downtown miami but the car wasn't for her. the customer that ordered the car recorded the attack that followed. the doctor says she was drinking that night. she had just broken up with her boyfriend. >> i am ashamed. i am so sorry. i hurt so many people with this, my family, my friends, my job, the uber driver. no one deserves to be treated that way. >> she has been placed on administrative leave from her position as a medical resident. she said she apologized to the driver but her uber account is suspended. >> it's being shown over and over again. >>> we are halfway to the weekend. it's saturday trending brighter. the exclusive forecast is next. >> a testing decision that ignited a firestorm of controversy. we will tell you about the actor hired to play michael jackson. >> plus, what was captured on >>> the bizarre and annoying mystery is driving residents in western

i'm shirleen allicot. topping headlines at this hour, we continue our breaking news out of central new york. crews have rescued eight miners trapped in -- miners trapped inside a salt mine. the rescue is underway in lansing new york. the first miners made it to the surface in the 7:00 hour. nine miners are trapped inside. crews expect the rescue effort to take a few more hours. >>> a homeless man is charged with the murder of a mcdonald's manager in the bronx. rafael gonzalez turned himself to police yesterday. investigators say he stabbed adam garcia outside the kingsbridge mcdonald's mon day. at the morn >>> let's get a check on the commute with heather. >> we were talking about this crazy accident in brooklyn this morning that involved at least four vehicles. this is the scene as it looks right now. here is the gowanus expressway. you can see over here it looks like that was a fuel spill. there still could be one. they are opening one lane and closing all lanes. i will pinpoint where this is. gowanus ex

reporting live from lower manhattan, shirleen allicot, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> a fire in a home upstate where four adults were found dead tonight has been labeled suspicious. firefighters discovered the bodies inside a two-family home in rochester sunday. local papers say homicide investigators and the monroe county district attorney have been on the scene. there's no word yet on how the victims died. their identities have not been released. >>> two window washers trapped on a platform dangling from the 71st floor of a texas sky rise have been rescued. this was at the chase towers in downtown houston. it took firefighters about an hour to rescue the two the chase tower is houston's tallest building at 75 stories and over a thousand feet tall. >>> new yorkers can continue placing their bets online on those fantasy sports sites. a judge ruled the companies draftkings and fanduel can continue operations in the state. the new judge's order allows the businesses to continue until their appeal is heard later in the year. >>> new york city's goal of making half its taxi cabs wheelchair

shirleen hughes says this is setting her back a few hundred dollars but says her customers deserve the best quality of ingredients, and that their health is her priority. the naval medical center in san diego is back open this morning gunshots put the building on lockdown for nearly 6 hours. an employee reported hearing 3 gunshots yesterday morning. but military police who sweeped the building found no signs of a gunman or shooting and confirmed the report was false. now to that urgent manhunt for 3 fugitives from california -- on the run -- after breaking out of jail. officials are studying surveillance video for clues about whether this was an inside job. all three men are considered dangerous. but as abc's kayna whitworth explains-- one of the inmates is being compared to hannibal lecter. tonight investigators taking to the roof again trying to piece together how three alleged violent criminals became escape artists. combing through jail surveillance footage to see when the three formed an alliance the fugitives accused of violent crimes from murder to attempted murder, kidnapping a

we can all hope. >> good afternoon, i'm shirleen allicot. david novarro. >>> mysterious loud noises keeping some residents awake at night. fair lawn police got numerous reports the last few days. >> no one pinpointed the cause of the disturbances. new jersey reporter anthony johnson is in fair lawn with more. anthony? >> reporter: well, certainly this story is getting a lot of traction on social media. authorities here in fair lawn are working night and day over the past week to get to the bottom of what they are calling now, the loud noises are banging taking place during the evening hours unneared of some residents living in close proximity to the passaic river. it started sunday and have been week. but what is it? some report the noise sounds like huge garbage dumpsters banging or loud fireworks. an electrical substation on the paterson side of the passaic river has apparently been ruled the sound. on social media, the alien conspiracy theory is gaining momentum. the mayor is taking it seriously because of security concerns and says polic

. >> shirleen allicot tweeting out a picture of today's ceremony. she has the story. >> a news conference, a proclamation, today all eyes were on ralph johnson. >> i wasn't expecting all of this. >> but when you do what he did, this past labor day right here at the franklin avenue station in crown heights, you deserve all the awards. the 18-year-old mta employee got to work 30 minutes early when he heard a commotion on the platform. >> i heard all this screaming and yelling. i turned around. i run back down the stairs. the guy at the bottom of the stairs says it sounded like a baby had fallen on the tracks is what it sounded like he said. this white material with red, green, and gold dots on it. >> johnson says he didn't think. he just acted. >> i jumped down to the track bed. i see it's a lady. her legs are on the inside track, and the rest of her body is under the platform, so what i did immediately was to go and grab her to get her up. at the point where i leaned over to pick her up i hear the train coming around the corner. >> thankfully for joh

shirleen allicot with the story. >> rachel cronin has filed a lawsuit claiming after using eos lip balm for the first time she had a negative reaction. >> within 48 hours my lips became extremely dry and irritated, they were flaking all around the outside. >> according to the lawsuit, she contacted eos who she says told her to seek medical attention. >> i couldn't fully open my mouth to eat because it would crack, i couldn't smile fully because it would crack and bleed. >> in the suit she claims after posting pictures of her lips on facebook, there were a frenzy of responses from individuals with similar experiences. >> the next step will be to -- we are assembling that as we speak. >> reporter: overnight eos telling abc news we firmly believe this lawsuit is without merit. highest quality ingredients and meet or exceed all safety and quality standards. validated by rigorous testing, the health and well-being of our customers is our top priority. adding that they sold several million lip balms last month in the u.s. and received 40 consumer complaints, a complaint rate of .001%. the sui

eyewitness news reporter shirleen allicot in lower manhattan. >> what a way to start a year. definitely a rough ride on the markets. you'll see red all across the board. the dow was down 276 points, ending at 17,148. nasdaq down 104. s&p 500 down 31 points. thankfully this is nothing like the numbers we saw earlier today. >> reporter: at one point the index fell more than 450 points. this followed an equally rough day on the foreign markets. investors spooked when china's shanghai composite index fell. saudi arabia announcing it's severing diplomatic relations with iran, which could threaten oil supplies. analyst ramirez says the year ahead is not gloom and doom. >> the reality is the u.s. economy is kind of chugging along. it's not in as bad shape as what the market indicated the last few days. i think we should focus on fundamentally what's going on in the u.s. economy, and that outlook i think for 2016 is still a very positive one. >> ramirez says in terms of your investments, like your 401k, she says leave them alone. the key is not to panic and make any knee jerk reactio

in far rockaway, shirleen allicot, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> an incredible act of bravery. a man jumped in to action, saving a 6-year-old boy as that child was being mauled by a crazed raccoon. the child tonight has severe wounds to his face. this attack happened as he and his mom were on their way to school this morning in elmwood park. new jersey reporter anthony johnson with more on what happened and the good samaritan who came to the rescue. >> that little boy was walking with his mother up the sidewalk heading up to the 16th avenue school this morning. this attack was completely a surprise. it was totally unprovoked. the wild animal, the raccoon, ran across the street and jumped on boy. >> there's a woman screaming >> reporter: witnesses heard terrifying screams and called police. a 6-year-old boy walking with his mom near this mailbox was chased and attacked by a raccoon. one man jumped in to action. >> when i kind of drove up maybe about 5 or 6 feet away from her, i seen this huge raccoon on top could see his red jacket. >> reporter: danny walls used a painter's pole

here's shirleen allicot. >> reporter: he came to this country from trinidad 45 years ago. he's the father of six and has another grandchildren than he can count. for the most part, he has lived a peaceful life until october 24th of last year. >> while here -- while in trinidad never experienced. >> reporter: you were cutting an onion and the doorbell rake. he left the door ajar thinking it could be his wife and >> coming up the step. i said what do you want? >> reporter: he said he was extremely confused. he still had the knife and on up-- onion in his hand. >> i put the knife down. >> reporter: he said he was tased on his neck. >> they are running. hit him again. hit me on my leg here and one kicked me in the stomach on the floor. >> reporter: his attorney said he was the wrong guy the whole time. >> a member of the 63rd precinct had called in to another part of the new york city police responding and gave the answer that it was a 23- year-old male that they had to respond to. >> reporter: here's a snippette of the actual 911 call. 23 years old. >> i still have pain in my

sade. >> shirleen, thank you local reaction to the president's plan has been swift. governor cuomo said new york has enacted tougher new laws since sandy hook. for all the progress we have made in new york state on this issue, the lack of federal gun control continues to leave our communities in the line of fire. meanwhile mayor de blasio also released a statement saying new president and those working tirelessly across the country to create real lasting gun control reform. diana. >>> surveillance video of the suspect from a stabbing at a bronx mcdonald's has been released. the nypd wants to talk to the man seen in the video who may be homeless. the victim adam garcia was the manager of the restaurant in the kingsbridge section. detectives say the suspect followed garcia into the parking lot after a dispute and killed garcia. garcia is the father of a young child. >>> nypd officers gathered in the bronx today to pay tribute to one of their own. a special vigil was held today outside the bronx warrant squad for detective joseph lemm. detective lemm was also a member o

shirleen allicot is here with the latest. >> that swift response quickly defusing what could have been an international crisis, this coming days before iran is expected to meet the last summer's nuclear deal. with $100 billion on the line, that may have a lot to do with why this did not escalate. >> reporter: american sailors with their hands up surrounded by iranian soldiers inspecting this video shows the terrifying moments when nine men and one woman were detained after allegedly drifting in to iranian waters. in an interview, apparently taken just before their release, one of the sailors admits to what he calls a mistake. >> it was a misunderstanding. we did not mean to go in to iranian territory water. >> reporter: u.s. officials say the video appears authentic but don't have many details about the circumstances surrounding the interview. the sailors had been traveling from kuwait to bahrain when the iranians say the navigation equipment on one of the boats failed, resulting in what they called an intrusion. today those sailors are safe and back in american custody. >> i'm appreci

shirleen hughes says this is setting her back a few hundred dollars but says her customers deserve the best quality of ingredients, and that their health is her priority. the naval medical center in san diego is back open this morning after reports of gunshots put the building on lockdown for nearly 6 hours. an employee reported hearing 3 gunshots yesterday morning. but military police who sweeped the building found no signs of a gunman or shooting and confirmed the report was false. now to that urgent manhunt for 3 fugitives from california -- on the run -- after breaking out of jail. officials are studying surveillance video for clues about whether this was an inside job. all three men are considered dangerous. but as abc's kayna whitworth explains-- one of the inmates is tonight investigators taking to the roof again trying to piece together how three alleged violent criminals became escape artists. combing through jail surveillance footage to see when the three formed an alliance the fugitives accused of violent crimes from murder to attempted murder, kidnapping and torture. neyeri

. >> i'm shirleen allicot. >>> we begin with new details about a philadelphia police officer ambushed in his cruiser. >> there is an active search for the gunman. abc news obtained images that show the man opening fire on a police car seriously injuring the officer inside. kathryn scott from our sister station in philadelphia has more. >> shots fired. shots fired. i'm bleeding heavily. >> reporter: these still photos obtained by a law enforcement official show the harrowing moments of a gunman pointing a weapon and charging at an officer in west philadelphia. >> we are lucky. that's all i can say. i can't believe that he was >> reporter: from outside penn presbyterian hospital, the police commissioner explains officer jesse hartnett was driving around 11:40 p.m. when the 34-year-old gunman that police sources confirm was wearing muslim gash stepped -- garb stepped off the sidewalk. he unloaded the 9-millimeter as he approached, reaching into the window of the cruiser to fire. >> this is absolutely one of the scariest things i have ever seen. this guy tried to execute the police office

shirleen allicot on the snow-clogged streets of newark. we begin with lauren glassberg in middle village queens, the hardest hit borough in terms of the cleanup. >> earlier today mayor de

shirleen allicot here with the new developments. including the timing. this incident happening during last night's state of the union address. today video was released showing one of the sailors speaking out. >> it was a mistake that was our fault and we apologize for our mistake. >> this interview appears to have happened while 10 navy sailors were being detained at an iranian base on farsi island. >> it was a misunderstanding. we didn't mean to go in to iranian territory water. >> reporter: it comes a few hours after this frightening scene. the sailors with their hands up being taken in to custody after their two small boats allegedly entered iranian waters. today those sailors are safe and back in american custody. secretary of state john kerry applauding the swift response. >> these are always situations which as everybody here knows have an ability if not properly and i'm appreciative for the quick and appropriate response of the iranian authorities. >> reporter: the sailors had been traveling from kuwait to bahrain when the iranians say the navigat

. >> shirleen, here we go. sunshine. temperature of 39. our normal afternoon high temperature is 38. 38 laguardia. 40 j.f.k. and we are looking at 45 out to montauk. a very warm day today with a high of 48 later on, 49 degrees. maybe 50 west of the city. rain in the morning then 50 tomorrow afternoon and back to cold on next week. >> bill, thank you. that is the news for now.