eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer talking to a father whose daughter was killed by a school bus and wants sensors on buses. >> reporter: there sits a potential life saver. with this detection center, bob o'sullivan knows when he pulls up to wicroft elementary school he knows when and where students are around his bus. >> it tells us to stop, pause, and look. >> reporter: eyewitness news got an exclusive look at the sds, a series of these sensors placed strategically around the bus, detecting any movement within 10 feet. mike is with the controls that manufacturers the sensors. >> this is the critical site because this is where the children are getting on and off. the backside here to pick up obstacles. this is probably the most critical area right here. this is a microwave-based technology. works in snow, sleet, inclement weather. >> reporter: the system is being closely followed as new jersey lawmakers consider abigail's law that would require all new buses to be equipped with censors. the proposed law is named after 18 month abigail who was killed by a bus in 2003. her father

tim fleischer at central park with details. >> a deal has not been officially announced concerning the carriage horses but there's certainly plenty of buzz about what is being discussed. >> reporter: the fate of new york city's carriage horses and the livelihood of their owners and drivers could be decided soon according to published reports. the associated press's that the number of horses would be substantially reduced and that they would be given a permanent home somewhere in central park. >> it's illegal to give away public park land and then on top of that they want the public to pay for this facility. >> reporter: a joint statement by the de blasio administration, and teamsters joint council 216 who represent the carriage drivers to witness news says we continue to have productive discussions to reach an equitable outcome for all parties involved. we've not yet reached an agreement. >> having them work in a park that's not car-free, that's not free of pedestrians or cyclists is not going to change the fact that they're still being put in danger. >> reporter: she believes it's inh

tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> we've got breaking news right now. a building that houses senior citizens in upper manhattan without heat or hot water on this freezing night. emergency crews and con ed are responding to marshall plaza in washington heights that's home to 180 seniors. the building has been without heat and hot water for at least 90 minutes. >>> five people hurt tonight by a fire in an apartment building in the allerton section. cell viewers. a six-story building. that was put out within 30 minutes. but the building suffered extensive damage. two residents were firefighters suffered minor injuries. >>> right now one lane of the bronx river parkway in yonkers remains closed after icy conditions caused a 14-car pileup. the vehicles collided near the palmer road bridge late last night. minor injuries. the left southbound lane is closed from palmer road to spring brook to the guard rail. >>> new at 11:00, he needed 150 stitches to his face, the latest city. this time in manhattan. the young man tonight talking to us about his horrific orde

new york calling this the safest place to be, as tim fleischer ways to observe and patrol by police, he is spending this new year's eve with the nypd in midtown. >> reporter: bill, 6,000 officers, nypd's man power on this night is very, very strong and more ready at staging areas like this one. tonight eyewitness news got a television exclusive, a look at several operations we don't normally see. >> you might hear the nypd's aviation unit and even camp a glimpse hovering over a million rel-loves but eyewitness news-- revelers but eyewitness news saw how they will handle it. officer charles is the tactical flight officer planning the overhead patrol. >> patrolling different boroughs. >> they will pay close attention to sensitive sights like the george washington bridge like staten island. they have a greater perspective. place, anything that doesn't belong. >> they also will fly the better part of the night, they are patrolling over times square allows them a tactical advantage in the event of trouble. one unit you will not see are the officers with emergency services, they keep an ey

here's eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer. >> reporter: their dedication their work. the lives of olivia erhardt, daniella moffson, and abigail flanagan were remembered in a candlelight vigil. >> our community has been diminished by their loss. >> reporter: hundreds huddled against the biting cold on columbia's campus. their families members also attending. >> brave and caring individuals who were engaged in extending themselves in order to help others very much in need. >> reporter: the three were leaving honduras where they spent their winter break helping the poor in the school's medical brigade program. their bus veered off a cliff, killing the students. others were injured. as they now grieve, ben swanson >> someone who was excited about academics but also everyday life. someone who cared about her friends with an intensity i've never seen. someone who so many of us loved very much. >> reporter: daniella moffson. >> daniella is and will always be a role model to humankind. she did what was right and never wavered. >> reporter: and abigail flanagan. >> humbled for

reporter tim fleischer is at the scene in clifton. tim? >> reporter: neighbors tell me that this house went up in look behind me, you can see it has been destroyed by this fire, now boarded up but it is also the focus of an investigation after a disturbing discovery inside. >> called the fire department. the house was fully engulfed. >> reporter: mike hurried to his neighbor's house only to find it fully engulfed in flames. it took just a matter of moments. >> sounded like something exploded in there. like a propane tank or something went off. but as far as we knew, i didn't know if there was anyone in there or not. >> reporter: litton firefighters were quick to arrive at the home. they began working to knock down the fire which neighbors say had moved up to engulfed the second floor. >> it was just unbelievable to see how the flames worked so fast. it was really scary to watch that. >> reporter: the fire began shortly before 2:00 in the afternoon on new year's day and to the attention of a number of neighbors who are now hearing fire. >>

reporting live on seventh avenue, tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, tim. >>> we go in breaking news to sports news. the giants have a new head coach. he is ben mcadoo, the 38-year- old one of the internal favorites to replace tom coughlin. coordinator under coughlin for the past two seasons. rob powers has more. >> he's going to be introduced as the next head coach tomorrow morning. ben mcadoo officially handed the keys to the giants' big office this afternoon. mcadoo officially the choice to replace tom coughlin who left big blue after 12 seasons last week. this is his first head coaching job. mcadoo, the offensive coordinator the last two years. the team hopes he's going to give the giants stability in this transition while still providing much needed change. the playoffs have been nothing but a memory for a while now. the quarterback likes the move. eli manning in a statement earlier today, i enjoy this offense, i enjoy working with coach mcadoo, i'm excited about that staying the same. the big introduction tomorrow, then the big job starts getting the giants

eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer has the details. >> called fire department. came outside ask the house was pretty much fully involved. >> reporter: mike living just two doors away hurried to his it in flames. it took he says just a matter of moments. >> it sounded like it might have been something exploded in there before also. a propane tank or something went off but as far as we knew, i didn't know if there was anyone in there or not. clifton firefighters arrived at the home on pershing road and began working to knock down the fire which neighbors said engulfed the second floor. fast. scary to watch that. >> reporter: the fire began shortly before 2:00 in the afternoon on new year's day. and drew the attention of a number of neighbors who are now hearing that someone perished in the fire. but you're hearing that someone >> yeah, a shame. >> reporter: clifton police say that during the investigation of the fire, human remains of an individual were discovered inside. tore not rereel -- they are not revealing the age of gender of the person and the cause and o

eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer at the scene. he's in flushing. tim. >> reporter: and bill, neighbors to say the least tonight are left stunned by this news. this is the house here on 196th street where investigators say those children were held captive as slaves. >> shocking. i couldn't believe it. i neighbor was just telling me what happened, and i'm like, what? as a mother and parent, lillian is shocked by what she's hearing of the arrest of neighbors and startling charging that she kept two korean children, a 14-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl against their will and forcing them into long hours of labor, some of it here in this 196th street. it's a quiet, nice neighborhood. >> park has been charged with labor trafficking, assault, and endangering the welfare of a child in a case investigators period. the children were brought here investigators say from korea when the girl was 10 years old, the boy 8 years old. their passports were taken from them and forced into long hours of labor cleaning this house where park lived with her husband and tw

eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer is at the police headquarters in lower manhattan with the very latest. >> manhattan detectives making what amounts to a very quick arrest in this east village slashing. they were here at police headquarters making that announcement a short time ago. you will recall that anthony christopher-smith, he's a social worker from newark, was the victim. he was slashed across his face, requiring 150 stitches. nypd officials say they say this was a random attack, at least that's what they've been able to determine so far. they also point out that salud was arrested and out on $30,000 bond after a similar slashing back in october. comparing those two cases, also the physical characteristics of the suspects, detective nancy yewell was able to put old fashion police practices to work. >> after interviewing several individuals, we were able to identify francis salud. he's a 28-year-old asian originally from queens and currently living on lower manhattan. he has a number of prior arrests for assault and criminal possession of a weapon. >> again, detectives were

eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer takes a closer look at the numbers. >> reporter: the giant new year's eve celebration closing out 2015 without historic incident to tens of thousands of people enjoying a safe thanksgiving day parade, the nypd is also now revealing a noticeable drop in most areas of crime. >> the overall trend in all of our crime categories continues to go down. >> reporter: while overall crime was down 1.7% compared to last year, police officials reveal since january of 2014 crime is down 5.8% overall. still though there are problems. >> murder, which was the 4.5% increase. rain which was up about 6%. and robbery which is up about 2%. >> reporter: shootings too were up and still occur, police say, by individuals who had criminal histories. >> gun arrests had gone up almost 10% compared to the year >> reporter: two of five boroughs though, manhattan and the bronx, saw a slight increase in crime. >> concern to us is some of the robbery conditions, particularly on the midnight in and around clubs. >> reporter: 2015 saw the introduction of new technology enabling of

eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer with the latest. he's on the scene for us. >> let me set the scene for you. that shooting took place here at the hampton inn. this hotel is one of several here along the parkway just right across for jfk. that shooting took place up where those vans are. those are crime scene vans. mother and daughter were approached by two men. one of the men pistol whipped the daughter and took an undetermined amount of jewelry. then the mother tries to intervene, come to the aid of her daughter and that's when she is shot. we don't know how many shots were fired, how many times she was hit but she was shot in the torso. the two men then fled the scene. her mother has been taken to a nearby hospital. we understand she's in critical condition at this hour. we do not know if the daughter suffered any injuries. police are on the scene, dozens of police officers and investigators are here. they've set up crime scene outside the hotel collecting evidence. they're trying to find out and determine if this mother and daught

here's eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer. >> reporter: woodson holds her daughter a lot closer now having lived through a parent's nightmare. >> mad. i started crying. had to calm down. have got kidnapped, snatched up? >> reporter: early tuesday morning here at their home, bus. the daycare. >> last time i seen her was when she got on the bus. >> reporter: it wasn't until she took a break at work and saw on her voicemail 30 messages trying to reach her. >> her school calling me. and i just started busting out in tears. >> reporter: she says the new driver took her to the wrong school, north star academy, here about 12 to 15 blocks from their home, and left her on that bitterly cold day. >> he put her on the sidewalk and drove off. >> reporter: she says there's video from security cameras showing rakia being dropped off. fortunately school officials noticed her. >> took her in the school, fed her, gave her activities to do until they found who the student was. >> i was scared. who claim their top priority is the safe transportation of students by contract bus vendors also say we are

tim fleischer. >> tim, thank you. >>> a spike in crime and a noticeable police presence in the street tonight. burglaries alone are up more than 50% over last year in soho. a.j. ross is on the scene. a. j. >> reporter: that's right, soho is known for setting trends not being the focal point of a crime trend but with burglaries on the rise, police are setting a very hard stance, committing with this police command center here and extra officers on nearly every corner. fendi louis and now the nypd to attract eyeballs and deter would be thieves from targeting the popular shopping area. >> i noticed them standing outside of each of the major shops, and now this command center is fairly significant. >> reporter: since committing a full time detail and command center in early january. the crime trend has slowed. >> since january 8 when this detail began. we haven't had a single incident at any of these stores. >> i feel it's safe in these trendy stores. >> i feel bad for the businesses. >> there's police at every corner and it does make you feel safer. >> reporter: there's also been an incr

tim fleischer posted this for us. >> uber put that latest cost cuts early this morning. at the same time in doing so they brought out an angry protest from regular taxi drivers. >> reporter: protesting outside of uber's long city office, drivers accuse the for hire >> we call on uber to reinstate their fares. we call on the city council to legislate a minimum fair. >> reporter: uber is cutting fares by 15%. and taxi drivers say they can't compete. >> uber says i'm a millionaire. they're the one who makes the money. >> reporter: uber's base fair goes from $3 to $2.55. the per mile rate goes from $2.15 to $1.75. the minimum fare drops from $8 to $7. a similar price cut 18 months uber officials say prompted this cut. went up in that terms. and from astoria to long island city it will cost $10.29 versus the old fare of $12.09. >> now we're going to get busy. we're going to get more money. >> reporter: mayor deblasio spoke out. >> we want to make sure there's fare competition, that there's accessibility and our drivers are treated properly. >> last two weeks the city council

reporter tim fleischer spoke with neighbors. he is at the scene tonight. tim? >> reporter: within five minutes or so, that house went up in flames. you can see behind me, it has been destroyed. it has been boarded up and is investigation after a disturbing discovery inside. neighbors quickly called the clifton fire department. firefighters arriving on the scene. you can see in these pictures taken by a neighbor that it was moving very quickly through the house. the flames engulfed the entire house at one point on pershing road. police now revealed that the remains of an individual were found inside. they are not revealing the age or identity of the person. nevertheless this comes as you can imagine quite a surprise to neighbors. >> the house was fully involved -- engulfed within five minutes. sounded like something exploded in there. propane tank or something. as far as we knew, i didn't know if there was anyone in there or not. >> reporter: the medical examiner is also expected to coming up tonight on eyewitness news at 6:00. live in clifton, tim fleischer. >>

here's more from tim fleischer. >> reporter: this is certainly the feel-good story of the day. this was quite the dramatic rescue here at the delaware canal last friday. certainly, i can tell you that it took not one but two to come to the rescue of the man. all of this began last friday, as i say. buck had taken his sister's dog for a walk on the told path but he broke for a flock of geese on the ice and broke through the ice into the water. buck then shimmied out to save him. he then fell into the icy water as well. he was able to grab the man and push him back up on the ice again. but then sh us what started bark -- schwartz started barking and was able to alert a neighbor who called first responders. >> i knew i only had so much and sort of threw myself on my back and was gonna float. >> as soon as we get out to him, i grabbed onto him, you could see his poddy went limp. he was doing everything he could to stay above water. >> reporter: boundbrook officer jason, he's a 20-year veteran rescue diver was able to get out to buck and able to save him and pull him to shore. tonig

. >> eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer is live in flushing with the story. tim. >> reporter: and joe, the children were allegedly kept in this house here on 196th 196th street. that's where investigators claim that they were held captives as slaves. i mean, it really is. >> reporter: neighbors like bill and joanne still can't believe what they are hearing of the arrest of their neighborhood, sook yeong park, and startling charges that she kept two korean children, a 14- year-old boy and 16-year-old girl against their will and forcing them into long hours of labor, some of it here in this home on 196th street. >> i feel like i've been blind, you know, like i know the neighbors on either side. >> reporter: heart, who a friend says lives here with a husband and two of her own children has been charged with labor trafficking, assault and endangering the welfare of a child in a case that spanned a 6 year period. >> they never looked up to talk. i always used to smile because there's a lot of neighborhood kids and nothing, they always looked down. >> reporter: and

eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer is in greenwich village with the details. tim. >> reporter: talk to anybody in this neighborhood and many people have not heard of the attack. this is the suspect right here. what troubles many is that he claims to be a neighbor. residents in this neighborhood the suspect. this is the man in his early 20s, about 6 feet tall, who police believe was involved in the sexual assault of a young woman on january 3rd. >> police reveal this picture, too, of the suspect who they say followed the woman for several blocks and into her apartment building. that concerns key anna toliver. >> the main thing everyone should think about when entering and the leave her house. >> looking behind you and seeing who might be following. >> exactly. especially at night. >> then the suspect knocked on the victim's door, claiming to be a neighbor. when he gained entry, police say he slapped and choked the victim and sexually assaulted her. he stole $250 and her cell phone. >> you keep your eyes open and you, if somebody buzzes, you pay attention, and it

tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> take a good look at this man. cops hope you recognize him. he's a murder suspect with a long criminal history who police want to get off the streets. this is video of the suspect in the bronx before he gunned down a man in broad daylight. eyewitness news reporter shirleen allicot is outside police headquarters in lower manhattan. >> as police describe him this is a career criminal who has no problem pulling out a gun in broad daylight and shooting innocent people. he's done this several times and with a rap sheet so long, the question is >> reporter: arrested 23 times, several of those for attempted murder, and each time ruben pizzaro has beat the charge. >> ruben pizzaro is a charismatic guy, a guy you can speak to like when we're speaking right now. when you're looking at him, you're looking at the face of a regular guy you'd talk to on the street every day. >> reporter: -- >> reporter: police are hoping to put him away for good with this video. it shows him in the bronx november 24th where he chases a man who h

eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer just got out of the police news conference in lower manhattan. he has all the new details. >> manhattan detectives had made a very quick arrest in this slashing that occurred on the lower east side. they announced that arrest a short time ago here at police headquarters. you'll recall it was anthony social worker from newark. he was the victim in this unprovoked attack. he was slashed across his face. he suffered 150 stitches to close that wound. nypd officials announced this afternoon that francis salud, 28 years old, was living in an apartment on the lower east side, has been arrested and is the main suspect in this slashing. they do believe at this point it was a random attack. but they also point out, and this is very important, he had been arrested and was out on $30,000 bail following a similar slashing back in october of last year. it was at this point that you compare these two cases, that's when the detective put some old fashion police practices to work. >> she saw a wanted flier and in addition she saw this picture here. she saw he had

reporting live in morningside heights, tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness >>> just ahead on eyewitness news, lee returns with much more on the cold and the potential major winter storm that is heading our way this weekend. >> and the cold giving firefighters quite a night battling this four-alarm fire in it is still out of control although that firefighters hopefully wow. the internet is crazy fast here. i know, right? it's so nice to have everyone over. hi hey. mmm. i just laid an egg. does anybody want it? joey, you want some gasoline? yes, please. mom, guess what? i married a clown and we're having tiny little clown babies. mhm. i just bought a hammer. with internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away. get out of the past. get fios. the common core rollout was a disaster. parents knew it. teachers knew it. state tests don't unfairly count against students. and test scores won't be used in teacher evaluations. less testing. greater focus on learning. that's a start, but there's more to do. let's work together to support sensible and fair learning standa

tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> a year and a half after governor cuomo signed the law authorizing medical marijuana, eight dispensaries have opened their doors. a clinic on 14th street this morning, the facility provides marijuana to patients who have had it prescribed by a doctor. right now it's only available in a pill or oil form. >> no edible products, no leaf. >> as we mentioned, eight dispensaries opened across the to launch later this month. >> a lot of people say there should be a lot more than that. we shall see. >>> just ahead, let's talk weather. you know how lee likes to put graphics in his weather report? if he had a graphic for next week, he'd be riding in a roller coaster. a little bit of wow. the internet is crazy fast here. i know, right? it's so nice to have everyone over. hi hey. mmm. i just laid an egg. does anybody want it? joey, you want some gasoline? yes, please. mom, guess what? i married a clown and we're having tiny little clown babies. mhm. i just bought a hammer. with internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away. get out

eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer is at the protest with more. hey, tim. >> hey, shirleen. the protest just got underway a few minutes ago. a small group of people. people than reporters than protestors. these drivers don't like uber's latest move to lower fares. in an effort to attract more riders, uber is putting in a series of cuts of fares by as much as 15%. this taxi drivers believe will monopolize service and jeopardize jobs. >> it's bad. it's tough. >> reporter: uber fares will go down $15. the base fare to 2.55. per mile 2.15 to 1.75. per minute from 40 cents to 30 cents. the minimum fare from 8 kl to 7 kl. previous fare reductions ruled in more rides and less dime waiting for a ride. >> our job is to make them as efficient as possible and bring uber to as many people as possible making it more affordable. midtown to laguardia will be 37.12. the old fare 43.67. 8.40. it was 9.90. astoria to long island city, 10.29 versus the old fare of 12.09. as i say, the protest just got underway a few minutes ago. i can see that the leaders are speaking at a news conference. we

tim fleischer, channel 7 >> scary stuff. >> late this morning we learned the suspect was taken into custody. >>> vice president joe biden sat down for a candidate interview about his time in the son. he spoke about his close obama and considers the obamas family. he said his son bo's stroke brought him closer to the president. >> he said don't sell that house. promise me you won't sell the house. he will be mad at me saying this. i will give you the money. whatever you need don't, joe, promise me, promise me. >> biden says he misses his son bo every day and calls him his soul and conscious. he is focusing on enjoying time with bo's two children and his wife. >>> several stores are recalling children's cold medicine because of the risk of a potential overdose. the recall covers two different flavors of store branded medicine sold in four ounce bottles. the cold medicine by perigo was sold with a dose cup with incorrect markings. nine stores are recalling the meds including cvs and rite- >> an alert to tell you about for any parents out there. a new phenomenon among teenagers called camouflag

reporting live in greenwich village, tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> a deadly accident in suffolk county is being blamed on black ice. police say an s.u.v. lost control and slammed into a suffolk county transit bus on montauk hay just before 7:00 a.m. the s.u.v. driver was pronounced dead on the scene. no passengers were on the bus. southampton police say this was one of 17 accidents caused by black ice over an eight-hour period. speaking of the conditions, let's talk about the temperature and what could be a rainy weekend for us. we will continue to see the temperature rising from this point on. 45 around j.f.k. 42 teterboro. 43 around newark and 40 white plains. these numbers are warm, warmer than normal. temperatures should be about 35, 36 degrees. again there will be rain and a rain shower could get into cold air along i-84, i-80, 287, the thruway here. that may create icy conditions. this will be late tonight tomorrow. you see on the futurecast that i will show you, that will be coming in overnight from this batch of rain to the west. so, it gets colder air in the

let's get to tim fleischer. he is in the newsroom. >> reporter: the new year is getting off to a rough start with the do i jones falling more than 400 points and that was in the first half hour of trading. as we take a live look at the big board, you can see the dow is down 430 points at 16,995. the s&p and the nasdaq are down more than 2%. this follows an equally ruff day on the foreign markets. forcing an emergency trading suspension. analysts say it was triggered by weak chinese manufacturing data. chinese officials have been working to restore confidence in that country's stocks. there are concerns about china's economic slow down. in reaction, european indexes are down 2 to 4%. and there are mid-eastern concerns adding to the jitters which pushed up oil prices. saudi arabia said it is severing diplomatic relations with iron, a development that could threaten oil supplies. the dow is down 40 points at this noon hour. we will keep you posted throughout the afternoon. dave, shirleen? >> thank you for that. >>>

. >> eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer caught up with the rescuers. he is in sunset park brooklyn this afternoon. tim? >> the latest we are learning is that all three of the victims of this crash were treated and released from nyu lutheran medical center. the one driver firefighters had to extricate, he is lucky to be alive. >> a condition like this where somebody survives? >> reporter: the driver of the red car, as seen from newscopter 7 is trapped as his truck carrying a dumpster that plowed into him. >> the driver was still inside. ladder 109 started with the jaws of life. >> reporter: a frantic but well coordinated effort by firefighters who discovered that the driver in the red car was miraculously alive. they saw his fingers out of a small ref vice crying for help. >> please get me out of here. >> we got the windshield out, able to reach in, talk to him. he said please just get me out of here. >> reporter: firefighters began using the jaws of life and two other powerful cutting tools to cutaway small pieces of the car. >> we relieved the pressure

tim fleischer has the story. hearing some of this about the sexual assault in this neighborhood, many residents in the village area are very surprised but police have a very good sketch of the suspect. >> reporter: this is the suspect, early 20s about 6 feet tall who police believe sexually assaulted a young woman in this grenich village neighborhood after follow her into their apartment building >> they just allow people going in and out of the building. >> reporter: but what's the apartment. he knocked on the door claiming to be a neighbor and saying he smelled smoke. girl. trouble is when they hear the suspect claims to be a concerned neighbor. to offer the door to open help. >> super scary, because you never may know, he could be a neighbor he could not be a neighbor. >> reporter: the area is active with many restaurants and bars. also releasing this picture of the attacker police believe he followed the victim for several blocks. the neighborhood some believe is changes. >> it's become a lot safer but you st

. >> reporter: tim fleischer, eyewitness news. right now. >>> an 86-year-old man said he was taser wood rerred by the -- tasered by the police. but he wasn't the guy they were looking for. >>> i don't know what you expect me to do. go down there with a mop? >> good evening. i'm liz cho. >> i'm bill ritter. >>> we're hearing from a 71- year-old woman who was slashed in the face as she rode a new york subway train. >> police are releasing new video of the man they say attacked her. it shows him stumbling as he tries to get out of the subway station where >> the woman talking to our

reporting live in palisades, tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> tim, thank you. this was so popular on social media. >>> we are going to turn to weather with meteorologist lee goldberg who has more about tomorrow's snow and how much we can expect. lee, back to the sonic boom. did you see the radar on that? >> yeah, you know, we wonder if everybody keeps thinking about aircraft meteorite. let's go ahead and look at this radar with a little spec and i looked at some other parts of the country that have seen sonic booms on radar and they are not necessarily what you would think like waves, they are just more clusters like this. so very possible that this is what the radar was picking up. we will obviously be investigating as we go through the night. fascinating. meanwhile a wonderful looking sunset off to the south. high clouds coming in, we are at 40 degrees right our numbers are above freezing. they will be below freezing north and west later tonight. clouds are increasing, we are nestled in between two storms but we are worried about this clipper to the north, wh

he's a police tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> are you invigorated by this blast of frigid temperatures or are you already sick of winter? maybe it doesn't matter because we don't have much of a choice, do we? the great thing about the weather this season, if you don't like it one day, just wait a day. constant change. lee had an umbrella and now he has ear muffs. and that electric jacket. >> it's only the second time we didn't reach freezing so far this winter. some of us dodged the snow but we've not been able to dodge the bitter blast. that's with us tonight. it's a cold wind that's easing a little bit. beautiful sunset over new york harbor. our temperatures have been below freezing. it feels like we're in the teens. we're watching the winds die down this evening. they go about 6 to 12 miles per hour as we go through the evening hours then things won't be as harsh tomorrow. we're watching an area of snow for the second day in a row. we may have to deal we'll make sure it doesn't sneak up on you. a couple storms to talk about over the weekend. accuweather is just a few mi

eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer shows us how it all played out. >> from calm to chaos, in the time it takes this knife- wielding criminal to jump the counter. >> he said give me money, give me money. i was so scared. i don't know what i'm doing. then i see the guy hit my head with the knife. >> the store's owner under attack with a fist full of cash in one hand he evens the playing field by grabbing his own knife from under the counter and swinging back. >> i think he want to kill me. that's why i do it. it was making me scared. >> the owner doesn't want us to reveal who he is, but he had no problem facing down his masked sunday morning attacker. the two fiercely swinging at one another coming dangerously close but incredibly neither of them gets hit. at one point the attacker loses his knife, throws down a display rack, picks up a can of corn from the shelf and throws it. throw my can in my face. >> the fight continued. eventually moving off camera right next to the front door where the store's owner threw the knife and about $300 at his attacker. >> i am surprised the whole

. >> tim fleischer went to find answers and joins us live from >> reporter: i can certainly tell you if there's one place in this area that can possibly explain the loud booms that we heard today, it is here at the lamont doherty earth station part of columbia university. they were able to show us how these loud sonic booms of sorts were first detected. the first seismic signal from what is thought to be a sonic boom appeared charts at the lamont doherty earth observatory at about 1:25. >> sonic booms from the high speed, you know, aircraft flying over. >> reporter: the strongest signals were picked up by a seismic station p61 just outside of philadelphia on the ground in lacey township, ed richardson felt it. >> consistent for probably 10, 15 seconds and i literally thought the house was going to come down, the front of the house so i looked out the window because thought something must have crashed in front of the house. >> reporter: others felt it too

. >> with more on how they're doing and what they're facing, here's eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer. >> we're extremely grateful to be here. >> here in america where m a, rad and ola can feel secure, protected and 3-year-old rama and their four other children can receive a good education. the syrian refugees speaking no homeland are the latest to settle here in south paterson along with other syrians. >> and i want to welcome you. >> [ speaking in foreign language ] >> new jersey congressman bill pas cell who wants to expedite refugee resettlement met the family to learn of their year and a half process to live here. . >> we are not doing our part, i don't believe, that's my own opinion , we're not doing our part to help these refugees. >> and marad believes through his interpreter. >> the protection of this country is number one because you have to make sure that people don't come into this country that are trying to destroy it. >> marad and his family fled the city of darah in southern syria in 2012 crossing the border into jordan where they say they were smuggled to safety. >> yo

fleischer says manning welcomes the leagueue investigation. thisarks the second straight year there has been some sort of approached. last year this tim we were talking about deflated otballs. >> that's right. craig, thank you. >>> now to a big announcement from oprah winfrey, the weight watchers investor tweeted about her new weight loss success. guess what the company's stock soared. natalie is here with more on the oprah effect. >> for weight watchers, oprah's endorsement appears to be the best thihg since slid bread, which is what she proudly admits to eating every day on her latest mission to lose weight. >> this is the joy for me. >> reporter: oprah winfrey's carb confession -- >> i love brbrd. >> reporter: -- posted on her twitter feed tuesday to her 30 million followers. with 10% stake, oprah's investment and partnership with weight watchers announced back in october, caused shares in the company to rise more than 20%. >> i lost 26 pounds and i have eaten bread every single day. causing the company's market value to rise by nearly $150 million. >> starting the day off. for me that's a healthy, sexy breakfast. that's a seven-mi