i'm kristine johnson. >> and i'm maurice dubois. it's the murder mystery that seems just never to end. but is the timing convenient? >> reporter: the discovery of a knife is intriguing. would be, in their words, bogus. the problem is it was discovered almost two decades ago but not turned over to police until just recently. >> we, the jury, in the above entitled action find the defendant not guilty -- >> reporter: it was the acquittal of the double murder of nicole simpson and ron goldman unsolved. >> the weapon was described as a knife. >> reporter: a knife has been handed over to them.

i'm maurice dubois. >> i'm kristine johnson. dana tyler is off tonight. >>> double trouble for a family on long island. in his identical twin brother's foot steps. >> following him to court. accused just like his brother was in a hit-and-run. cbs 2 carolyn gusoff has the story. new at 6:00. >> reporter: investigators had to do a double take, twice, at this west babylon home, they say they found a damaged car, wanted in a hit-and-run. two different crashes. two years apart with. two different drivers. >> two identical twin brothers living in the same household. committing virtually the same crime. the odds are astronomical. >> reporter: first, benedict hit a pedestrian in 2013, and kept driving. 10 days after he pled guilty, twin brother christopher, allegedly did the same thing. fleeing the scene of a crash, after hitting a man, this victim in a wheelchair. 40-year-old michael dora left to die on great east neck road

i am kristine johnson. >> i am maurice dubois. the teens were killed over the weekend and another was critically injured. the driver who lost control should never have been behind it wheel. cbs 2's tracy c is live -- tracy carrasco is live. >> reporter: a few hundred people here now friends and family coming to pay tribute to the two teens killed. we are learning the driver may >> reporter: 23-year-old eric patterson just arraigned on charges. police say on saturday night around 9:15 p.m. he was driving on kennedy boulevard when his car jammed into noel herrera, from cliffside park middle school and brian rodriguez from union city high school. both sighed at the scene. >> the dev station, the worse accident -- devastation, the worse accident i have seen. >> reporter: a third teenager was critically injured and now recovering. >> doctors have been treating him for multiple fractures of his legs and other injuries. he is recovering and his condition is now stable. >> reporter: while friends and classmates mourn. they were like broth

. >> i'm kristine johnson. those stories in just a moment. >>> first we start with the weather. >> a storm rolling in tonight and the threat of snow over the weekend. lonnie quinn is keeping track in the weather office right now. lonnie. >> those are the two stories. the here and the now is what we have out there as of right now. you have showers. we'll show you what to expect for the rest of the night but the other story is going to be the snow that we are forecasting. it's still a possibility. this is not 100% guaranteed but things are coming more in line more of the big models are on board with the fact that we think you could be seeing a pretty heavy wet snow come sunday. so let me show you how the whole thing is working out. first and foremost with the here and the now. we have some wet weather out the only cell right now that's really packing a decent punch with moderate to heavy rain, laguardia airport area. if you are catching heavy rain around great neck, give it five minutes. it's a fast-moving cell.

. >> welcome back to the i'm kristine johnson. let's begin this half-hour with the latest that we know. cbs news has learn the attackers at the airport carried their bombs in their baggage two devices exploded, panicked. belgian leaders say that they are worried or they were worried that an attack was in the works but nothing of this magnitude. three suspects have been arrested in germany after arriving from brussels. >>> experts warn it's not a question of if but when a similar attack will happen here in new york. to learn more, we spoke with former fbi agent manny gomez and deconstructed this. >> reporter: we saw people clutching luggage and phones and continuing to carry a large bouquet of flowered through a darkened metro tunnel. >> in this chaotic situation, clearly these people had no clue. they had no leadership. >> reporter: former fbi agent manny gomez says first and foremost, in any emergency situation, locate an exit. >> these people should have been told leave your luggage, show us your hands, line up in going out this

i'm kristine johnson. the boy's sad story started 25 years ago after he disappeared from a carnival. his body found a year later dumped in an industrial complex. today, his mother is on trial for the killing. cbs 2's meg baker was in the courtroom. >> reporter: the 48-year-old sat in court fidgeting as opening states were given in her trial. >> who, who would do this to timmy? members of the jury, the the very person who brought him into this world took him out. >> reporter: the woman is charged with killing her 5- year-old son timmy in 1991. she says he disappeared at a carnival and then later said he was abducted. his skull was found a year later a few miles away in a creek in raritan center. the case was reopened in 2011. the mother was arrested in 2014 in florida where she was living and brought back to new jersey. the prosecutor will bring in witnesses that say a blanket that was found near the creek was from the woman's apartment. >> you're going to hear from jennifer blair that she recognized there

good evening, i'm kristine johnson. >> welcome back. i'm dick brennan. a brooklyn resident is left unnerved by a bold credit card scam. he was hit with thousands of dollars in charges and the thief even used his address to have merchandise delivered. cbs 2's dave carlin has this exclusive video. >> reporter: a charge this large on a credit card is a shocker. alexander says his heart nearly stopped seeing and his statement a purchase of 13 gift cards for $500 each. he knows he did not make it. >> how did this happen? $6,567. such a brazen crime. >> reporter: not just brazen enough to steal his american express card number and use it but also to stand in front of the victim's apartment building and wait for u.p.s. the slender pale skinned thief is seen on this surveillance him. he walks up to the truck and gets the 13 gift cards. >> he did have a fake identification with my name on >> reporter: the cards were immediately used at various apple stores in the city. his wife says she feels invaded. >> the fact that the driver just allowed this person to get th

i'm kristine johnson. police say those under arrest liked to drag race and they say the murder of michael nolan was a revenge killing. cbs 2's lou young has the story from yonkers. >> mike just loved to have fun. that's his little brothers playing. these guys -- his brothers, we're all heartbroken. [ crying ] >> reporter: still awash in grief, jimmy stood in the yonkers police department showing us a photo album with pictures of his murdering son the once promising professional baseball prospects four months since michael nolan was killed in a suspect under arrest. it was a drag-racing beef and fight between two groups hours earlier that led to the attack. >> we can say that michael nolan was present during the dispute that occurred on tuckahoe road as i said earlier. >> reporter: but you don't know if he was a target? >> no, i cannot say that. >> reporter: cops say 17-year- old nashaun hunter of the bronx was the shooter firing from the back seat of a car. 22-year-old garth cole was the alleged wheel man,

good evening, i'm kristine johnson. >> welcome back, i'm maurice dubois. a stranger approached two jewish students outside of a local store. >> and now a community is coming together. cbs 2's magdalena doris reports from washington heights with their message for the perpetrator. >> we live in a world where we know there are haters out there. >> reporter: members of yeshiva university and local leaders are standing right outside of the dunkin' donuts storefront on audubon avenue and west 185th street to confront the hatred spewed inside monday afternoon. >> the students were inside enjoying a break. take off their head coverings. >> reporter: police say the man angered by the two yeshiva students' mere presence were shouting at them, screaming things like -- >> take off your yarmulke. you're a liar. you're religion is a lie. >> reporter: they saw it's an attack on their most basic beliefs. >> a yarmulke actually means for to us have the fear of god to recognize that there's something above us. >> reporter: yeshiva university's security says it has dedicated

good evening, i'm maurice dubois. >> i'm kristine johnson. dana tyler is off tonight. >>> that strike deadline is just 30 hours away. and this may be the final weekday riders will stream into penn station heading home to new jersey. 160,000 people ride nj transit every weekday. to new york city. the northeast corridor is the busiest route. cbs 2's lou young is live in newark where both sides are trying to hammer out an agreement. >> reporter: the clock ticks, the talks continue here and your monday morning commute hangs in the balance. take a look. >> no comment. >> reporter: union leaders have been tight-lipped today during what management says should be the final negotiation session to avoid a rail strike. 4,000 nj transit rail workers have authorized a strike beginning sunday morning if the two sides can't make a deal. at issue pay hike for workers who make 6-figure salaries with overtime and who right now don't have to contribute to health insurance premiums. they haven't had a contract since 2011. nj transit says the two sides are close

good evening everyone, i'm kristine johnson. >> we have breaking news in manhattan. sources say there's been a suspicious mailing to donald trump's son. the fbi, nypd are investigating the letter addressed to eric trump postmarked from massachusetts and threatened his children if his father didn't drop out of the race. the younger trump lives at the luxury condominium on central park south. >>> now to the plane struck by lightning by the skies over the city. it landed safely. on the pilot's quick response. that passengers least expected to hear. >> there was a flash of light outside the window. then a tremendous bang. it just lit up blue inside the plane. >> reporter: the flight was detoured to jfk after lightning struck the flight from raleigh- durham international airport in north carolina. the lightning hit the plane somewhere over manhattan. >> reporter: we were up in the front and we knew immediately what it was. >> yeah, don't let us do that again. >> reporter: the plane carrying 55 passengers and four crew members on board landed safely after 6:00. >> reporter

good evening, i'm kristine johnson. >> i'm maurice dubois. dana tyler is off tonight. >> a disaster, that's how commuters describe the mess inside a brand new hudson yard subway stop on the west side. take a look at the pictures, water on the floor. equipment malfunctioning. bath rooms out of order. the station cost billions of dollars to build, and open two years behind schedule. >> cbs 2ilana gold saw the problem firsthand and is >> when you head into the brand new hudson yard subway stop on 34th street, between 10th and 11th avenues, you can't ignore the fan with flood water in the hallway. we saw train commuters walking through it. >> terrible. everything i get off the station, something is closed or something is leaking. >> that leaking, impossible to miss above the escalators in the six-month-old station. water is dripping from the ceiling and puddling by the handrails. >> constantly wet. you slip on the escalator or slip off. >> reporter: that's why the mta shut down two of the escalators in both directions leading to serious congestio

. >> they have vanessa murdock and andrea grymes and janelle burrell and kristine johnson, and chris wragge, taking part in the national cycle for survival movement. the event funds innovative research, led by the memorial >> raised tens of millions of dollars again this year. 10-year anniversary of the event. it started as just one soul cycle class. one cycling class, rather. and now it has grown. it has blossomed into this nationwide movement. it is really great. >> yes. harder than the others. was. >> hey, it looks like you were >> well done. that's it for us at noon. for john and the entire cbs 2 us. i'm mary calvi. >> i'm chris wragge. cbs 2 news is back at 5:00. we will see you tomorrow morning at 4:30. have a great afternoon. i'm just kidding. [ laughter ] t os0 g hhe teetndho r uraschceo t$2 bk. >> natalie: where's billy? >> jack: good morning to you, too. have you seen him? because i know where he's not. i tried to catch him at home, but victoria just reamed me. >> jack: yeah, secrets and lies have a way of destroying an engagement. >> natalie: i feel sorry for billy, but wh

. >> welcome back to the broadcast implement i'm kristine johnson. traffic around new york city is almost always a challenge. >> hundreds of thousands of drivers are getting caught every single day in the long delay construction, on the van wyck. cbs 2, in mobile 2 with brian trying to figure out what is taking so long. >> reporter: bumper to bumper traffic in the middle of a but the weather is not -- monday afternoon. but the weather is not the problem. the ongoing construction on the van wyck and kew gardens queens. after 5 1/2 years, drivers have had enough. >> terrible. horrible. it is a big problem. >> van wyck, forget about it. >> sharon says the traffic shifts and narrow lanes and confusing signs are dangerous and does all she can to avoid the area. >> hurry up and fix it. it is taking too long. >> reporter: the state department of transportation is spending $300 million to fix six decaying overpasses and widening the van wyck to improve traffic flow and one of the projects since 2010 is now 21 months behind schedule and more than $9 million o

good evening, i'm kristine johnson. >> welcome back. i'm maurice dubois. the women are still on the run tonight after police say they simply took off after enjoying a sushi buffet on easter sunday. >> cbs 2's meg baker shows us the whole thing was caught on camera. >> reporter: all activities monitored by video camera. there are 8 cameras inside and outside of this business on teaneck road. >> times are tough. however, it's tough all over. and it's insulting when somebody comes in and they think they can do that to us. >> reporter: he calls this personal. police say these three women dined and dashed on easter sunday. the three women were seated at this booth one with the all you can eat buffet and the other ones saying to look at the menu. >> the first one got enough for an army. she said the price is per person, the server said. she said, okay. we'll pay for three. >> reporter: then it seems plan b kicked in. surveillance video shows one of the ladies get up and leave. >> as we come to find out, looking at the video, she went and got the getaway car read

good evening, i'm kristine johnson. >> i'm maurice dubois. dana tyler is off tonight. >>> staffers scrambled for shelter. visitors feared for their lives. chaotic scene on capitol hill today. >> one bystander and the suspect were hurt. we are learning some new information right now, cbs 2's jessica schneider is live in the newsroom with more on the suspect. jessica? >> reporter: christine and maurice, cbs news learning the suspect is 66-year-old larry caused problems at the capitol before. this time, capitol police say he was going through security at the visitor's center when he flashed a weapon and police fired. the 6-year-old even has -- 66- year-old even has a case currently pending in court for disrupting a session of congress in 2015. >> the chair notes a disturbance. >> this is c-span video reportedly documenting 66-year- old larry dawson's disturbances inside the capitol before. monday afternoon, he set off another panic, when he allegedly flashed his gun at capitol police. armored trucks and police raced to capitol hill. when officer

i'm kristine johnson. maurice is off tonight. this video was taken by a taxi driver and it captures the screams of many who were trapped in the terminal. [ screaming ] once the cameras move outside, you see survivors trying to help those were hurt. and now we're learning more for that we go to jonathan vigliotti live in brussels tonight with the very latest on the investigation. jonathan, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, kristine. police carried out more raids on wednesday as they continue to connect the dots on what appears to be a growing terror network. authorities say dna from one of the suspected brussels bombers matches evidence found in at least one of the suicide vests used in the november paris attacks. it's believed that she was a short how we -- he and brahim el bakraoui blew themselves up at the airport but his younger brother, khalid el bakraoui , died after he detonated his explosives about our lady. they were not on the radar of counterterrorism investigators until last week. the manhunt goes on for the sus

. >> i'm kristine johnson. the latest on the breaking news, police responded to a car explosion at roberts avenue in the pelham bay section. they say to devices, one with a detonator, were found under the wheel well of a car. one of those devices went off deploying the car's airbag and then blowing out the back tires. the time but no one was hurt. >>> cbs2 exclusive investigation, a dangerous free- for-all in the middle of the city streets. >> pedestrians risking their lives in a mad dash to make it home. now we are demanding answers from the city on this expanding problem. dave carlin live along seventh avenue where this has turned into a daily occurrence. >> reporter: what a scene. seventh avenue mobbed with people right out on the streets. we are demanding answers on what's causing this and why it's happening. what's going on here? king kong chasing these people? overdressed marathon? no. just a weekday evening on seventh avenue. >> you can't walk. it's crazy. >> nothing normal. >> reporter: people walking a

. >> and i'm kristine johnson. live pictures show gusts so camera around. they are not expected to die down anytime soon. on manhattan's west side, lonnie quinn is monitoring high winds with the mobile weather lab live for us. lonnie? >> reporter: yeah. the winds are whipping at a pretty good clip as of right now, you can't tell by the picture of me and my crummy hairdo. take a look at the american flag on the corner of 57th and 11th, on the west side of manhattan. what i want to do is bring this picture backed up here, let's go to the mobile weather lab on the corner, the saving grace is it is not biting cold, 51.4 degrees, so the wind is heavy but it doesn't feel all that cold. it will in the morning. take a look at this, wind gusts as of late on the corner, around 31 miles per hour. so we've got a wind advisory in effect for every single county in our area until 6:00 p.m. now you tack on the temperatures dropping, look at this, by 6:00 in the morning, temperatures in the 30s and 40s, 40 for new york city, winds also blowing in the 30s and 40s with potent

and they broke a sweat at the same time. [ music ] [ shouting and laughing ] >> chris, kristine johnson, and more joins for the cycle for survival movement. money goes to cancer research. >>> elise finch is here with another check on your workweek forecast. >> yeah! definitely not what we've had. >> beautiful days. really mild. and this one won't be mild. the local be a little chilly. the local be windy. and, of course, the local be so outside, things looking good. a few rain drops out there. still at 52 degrees, though, at 11:37 at night. temps, upper 30s low 40s for much the tristate area. 51 for jfk and bay bridge. 51 for white plains, greenwich, babylon and edison. so still mild. 47 for the hamptons. however, we will see things cool down. what you can expect is this light rain we're seeing now. that really fills in tomorrow. a heavier rain is what we're expecting for tomorrow. a lot of it is light. but we'll have pockets of heavy to moderate rain. the local be windy and chilly as well. so it's really just a terrible combination of things, especially for a monday. it's still damp but

kristin johnson was convicted of snapping a photo of an unconscious patient's private parts and then texting it. johnson agreed to surrender her license after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unlawful surveillance photos. she was ordered to serve three years of probation. >>> a los angeles police captain is suing elton john. he claims he was groped over and over while working on the singer's private security detail during off duty hours. an attorney for elton john denied the actions and calls him a disgruntled security officer who's looking to cash in. >> speaking of elton john, he's one of many celebrities who performed carpool karaoke with james cordon. >> holding hands and skimming stones. >> earlier tonight, cordon went prime time here wusa9 with carpool karaoke that was full of mirth and mayhem. >> and that's how you ride in style. you can catch the late late show following the late show with steven colbert. >>> and there's more carpool karaoke on our 9news app. leslie and i were thinking about doing one. we haven't settled on it yet. >> we missed the opportunity. >> c

. >> i'm kristine johnson. tracee carrasco is live in union city wear that vigil for the victims was held tonight. >> reporter: even at this hour police are still gathering -- people are gathering at the memorial steps away from the devastating crash site. driver who lost control never should have been driving in the first place. the mother of 16-year-old noel herrera overcome with grief, taken away on a stretcher from the site where her son died. >> [ yelling ] >> reporter: and the mother of 17-year-old brian rodriguez inconsolable as she arrived at the vigil. the two best friends killed and a third teen critically injured when a car jumped the curb on john f. kennedy boulevard. a scene victor sanchez says will haunt him forever. >> i've never seen anything like this before in my life. i'm traumatized. when i close my eyes, i can see these kids. >> reporter: debris still scattered along the sidewalk. next to where hundreds gathered for this afternoon's vigil. balloons with messages to the victims let go into t

. >> and i'm kristine johnson. the deal is averted for now. and lou is live in newark with what both sides are saying. lou? >> reporter: and a relief here at the nj transit. the deal has to be approved by but the good news, for now, a strike is averted; we have reached a tentative agreement. we're going home to our families. [applause] >> thank you. >> reporter: little on the way of information. 11 unions working without a contract for five years now have a possible deal that will carry them through the rest of the decade, averting the new jersey trances sit strike that will be authorized for this coming sunday. but at what cost? chris christie wouldn't talk about it. >> reporter: the price tag on this. it was estimated at one at one point the union proposal would cost $830 million. do you know what will could cost? >> i do and i'm not telling you. >> why not? >> because the unions and i have made an agreement that the financial specifics of this deal will not be put out by the government until they've had an opportunity to present it to their

. >> i'm kristine johnson. here is the very latest out of brussels. 34 are dead, at least 214 are hurt. tonight dozens remain missing including a brother and sister from our area. >> we have team coverage on the with cbs2's tony aiello with new information about the victims and the very latest on the investigation. >> reporter: a manhunt tonight in the capital of belgium, police tracking a terrorist who apparently survived the attack at the airport. tonight the radical jihadist group isis is claiming credit for sending belgian into morning. tuesday night in belgium candles cast a glow on faces struggling with sadness and fear in a nation that's been on the edge for months. >> not a big surprise. it was expected. but it's terrible. [ sirens ] >> several exits closed off. all the luggage stays here. >> reporter: at least four terrorists hit two targets. first the main departure whole where two explosions killed at least 20. dozens more suffered gruesome injuries. panicked passengers ran for their lives. >> i was

i'm kristine johnson. >> and i'm maurice dubois. it's the murder mystery that seems just never to end. but is the timing convenient? >> reporter: the discovery of a knife is intriguing. would be, in their words, bogus. the problem is it was discovered almost two decades ago but not turned over to police until just recently. >> we, the jury, in the above entitled action find the defendant not guilty -- >> reporter: it was the acquittal of the double murder of nicole simpson and ron goldman unsolved. >> the weapon was described as a knife. >> reporter: a knife has been handed over to them. it was allegedly found during the demolition of o.j. simpson's estate in 1998. they say a construction worker found the knife and gave it to a policeman nearby. >> the knife we received it from was a retired lapd officer that retired back in the late '90s. >> reporter: the retired cop reportedly kept the knife and didn't tell authorities until a month ago. that lengthy time lapse is whether the finding is legit and it has anything to do with o.j. si

. >> i'm kristine johnson. lonnie quinn is live with the mobile weather lab. lonnie? >> we're out here with the mobile weather lab, keeping our eye on the storm. storm, just the fact it could have slick spots in the morning. all of my equipment on the top of mobile weather lab, not being put to the test with the exception of the thermometer up there. we're bringing in a temperature reading of 36.3. that's right here on 57th. the park is at 34, 33. what's happening? right to the winter weather advisory that have been issued by the national weather service. only for ocean county, that started at 10:00 p.m. tonight. we'll go into 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. the radar picture shows you snow falling. areas like wayne over into portions of bergen county, then from toms river, over to trenton, a little slice of snow shower activity coming through. not talking big totals. we're looking at a trace to two inches or so, most likely to find that 2 range. tomorrow afternoon, this is long gone but still cold tomorrow. we are live with the mobile weather lab on the west side. let's go back

. >> and i'm kristine johnson. cbs2's tony aiello is in the newsroom with the latest from the campaign trail. tony? >> croak trump quickly corrected himself and supporters say he simply misspoke but even pro-life leaders are calling him out for saying if abortion were banned, women seeking them should be punished. critics say this is more proof trump fails to think deeply about important issues. >> people misspeak all the time. but with him, everybody wants to make a big deal over it. i get it. >> reporter: chris christie came to defense after a contentious exchange on msnbc. >> do you believe in punishment for abortion? >> the answer is that there has to be some form of punishment. >> for the woman? >> reporter:-news.com called trump's comment inept. and march for life said in a statement, mr. trump's comment is completely out of touch with the pro-life movement. punish a woman who has chosen abortion. the trump campaign later said in a statement that if abortion were outlawed, the doctor or any other person perfo

. >> i'm kristine johnson. five states go to the polls tomorrow. the results could make or break several campaigns. cbs2 political reporter marcia kramer is in the battleground state of florida. >> reporter: marco rubio is here making his final argument to florida voters but the real question is whether there's a final argument of his entire campaign. make sure no one stays home. we don't know how close this is going to be. >> reporter: marco rubio giving it his all hoping he can somehow win his home state of florida, quite simply if rubio can't win tomorrow, there will be intense pressure on him to drop out. doesn't look good for the florida senator in the state where the winner takes all. a new cbs battleground tracker poll has trump at 44, ted cruz 24, rubio 21, kasich 9. for the republicans, ohio is another big contest. governor john kasich hoping to win his home state as part of an effort to stop donald trump from winning enough delegates to avoid a convention floor fight. cbs battleground tracker has kasich and company dead heat. every little

i'm kristine johnson. >> on maurice dubois. that emotional confrontation between a mother and police officers in broken. >> the man accused is under arrest but the woman says she answers. cbs2's brian conybeare live at for us. >> reporter: that woman's son boulevard. a hasidic man walking home minding his own business is suddenly attacked, stabbed in now police say the same suspect slashed two joggers in prospect park last night. >> it was a hate crime. he is a [null]. that's why -- >> reporter: the only reason her son yehuda brickman was stabbed in the back last month was his religion. she also had tough questions for police during a packed community meeting at the jewish children's museum on eastern parkway in crown heights brooklyn. >> how am i going to be sure that it's an? i need a follow-up. >> reporter: the meeting came hours after the arrest of 26- year-old kenny rosalynn, the suspect who lives in a homeless shelter is charged with assault and robbery. prospect park at 11:30 wednesday night, one victim stabbed in the st

i'm kristine johnson. >> i'm maurice dubois. valerie castro following this right now. valerie? >> reporter: maurice, we learned within the last few minutes that the victim of that stabbing is now dead, he was pronounced dead at the hospital. police are still trying to sort out exactly what happened. we know the victim was stabbed somewhere else, got on the number 2 train and rode it one- and station at 110th street. paramedics brought up the victim on a stretcher out of the subway and into a waiting ambulance. there they performed cpr on the man before rushing to mount sinai st. luke's hospital in serious condition. >> he was shaking. >> reporter: rebecca could see the emergency from her apartment. >> they were carrying him. i was at the window. they were just carrying him on the stretcher. >> reporter: police shut down the central park north street -- train station while they began their investigation into what happened. police say around 9:00 they received a report of a person collapsed on the number 2 train. the victim they say was stabbed on the street at 116th. then went d

. >> i'm kristine johnson. valerie castro is life from the scene in west new york. valerie? >> reporter: less than 24 hours after this crime, police had two suspects in custody. that comes as a relief to the community but brings little solace to the girl's family. there daughter's death has brought a lot of people to the street corner to pay their respects. a mother still in shock from daughter sheila, killed when the two were hit by an suv as they walked to school. in obvious pain as she left the hospital tuesday night after being admitted a second time for injuries caused by the collision. the accident happened monday morning. the surveillance video caught the driver getting out of the car after the impact looking at what he did and then leaving the scene. police announced the arrest of fabian rodriguez calles and his girlfriend joanna rosas- alvarez earlier today. >> we were able to impound the car. we had enough evidence to place them under arrest. >> reporter: not long after, alvarez reported her car stolen but police believe it was a cover-up and found the car around m

i'm kristine johnson. >> i maurice dubois. cbs2 news valerie castro following this and has the very latest. valerie? >> reporter: tonight that officer is at the hospital recovering and is expected to be okay. right now police believe he was another officer's gun during a heroin bust. nypd officers flooded the streets of bushwick on a manhunt after an officer was shot during a narcotics osberg -- operation near troutman street. >> i hear gunshots. i'm like, what is that? >> reporter: this picture shows the officer on the ground, exclusive cell phone video captures the arrest of one of three suspects. a second suspect was shot multiple times. a third ran from the scene and a full-scale search was underway. >> we have an outstanding purpose this time. -- perpetrator at this time. >> reporter: teams of officers marched down the street and checked the nearby subway station. chopper 2 was overhead as officers searched surrounding buildings. the officer was in plainclothes as the upper -- undercover drug buy went down. and tried to d

good evening, i'm kristine johnson. >> i'm maurice dubois. dana tyler is off tonight. >>> no remorse from the veteran cop who gunned down his ex-wife the mother of their nine children. in fact, even as phillip seidel pleaded guilty he seemed anxious to bad mouth the victim. tony aiello was in court with today's developments. >> if the prosecution has its way, seidle will die in prison or be about 80 before he walks free. the long-time neptune new jersey cop chased his ex- wife's car into asbury park last june with his 7-year-old daughter riding in his suv. tamara seidle crashed. times killing the mother of their nine children. thursday the prosecutor agreed to a lesser charge of aggravated manslaughter in order to spare the children from testifying. a move supported by the oldest seidle child. >> to avoid further tram ma to our family we have thoughtfully accepted this guilty plea. my family and i will not be answering any questions. >> reporter: in court, her father had a lot to say hinting he was driven to act because he was outraged his wi

. >> i'm kristine johnson. more of those stories in a moment. first, it's the middle of march but it looks and feels more like summer outside. record temperatures today and now everyone is wondering, how long will this last? vanessa murdock has more on the record warmth, live in columbus circle with the mobile weather lab. >> reporter: right now, temperature is just about 70 degrees from the mobile weather lab out here. that is seven degrees from where we topped out this afternoon. it was a new record set in cancel -- central park, 77 degrees. the previous record, 69 in 2000. it wasn't just central park. we set records almost across the entire board. the hotspot today was newark at 82. that was a new record. also a record at islip, the previous record was 64. today topping at 68. wonderful warmth today, in fact how warm? 82 degrees in newark, it's the earliest it's ever reached 80 or above. so very impressive warmth today as far as what's happening right now. right about 70 degrees, close to central park but only 51 in the hamptons, that's becau

i'm kristine johnson. >> and i'm maurice dubois. we'll have more in mode first tonight breaking news as we speak, fire terry through several apartment buildings on dekalb avenue in bushwick, brooklyn. right now flames leaping from rooftops, smoke spilling into the night sky, fire began about an hour ago in a three-story apartment building that spread to at least four other structures. more firefighters are now racing to the scene as the fire grows, so far no reports of injuries, no word yet on how the fire started. >>> now to campaign 2016, a very important week in wisconsin. >> cbs2's jessica schneider is here now with the latest from the campaign trail. >> reporter: 42 delegates up for grabs in wisconsin's primary next tuesday. it is not a winner take all contest so delegates will likely once again be divided. wisconsin's governor scott walker has endorsed ted cruz but tonight it was another war of words. first, vowing to fight to the finish to keep donald trump from being the republican nominee. >> donald is not going to be the n

. >> i'm kristine johnson. tonight, police are searching for that driver. cbs2 news valerie castro was following this developing story come alive in west new york at the scene of that accident. >> reporter: police are as to where that driver could be but the family of that little girl killed, they are making funeral arrangements. behind me you can see the memorial that has been created by friends and family members. even the classmates have come by to pay their respects. heartbroken friends gather on the street corner in west new york where monday morning seven- year-old shayla pichardo was killed as she walked to school with her mother jamie. the scene still clear in the minds of those who witnessed it. >> her book bag and sweater and all the blood. >> reporter: this is surveillance video of the suv turning left into the path of the mother and daughter. we are pausing the video just before impact. jamie is tossed on the ground several yards away. her daughter caught under the wheels. the video picks back up as you see the mother holding her child . the dri

kristine johnson of our new york station wcbs is with us. welcome. >>> the republican race has a different tone. the republicans held a debate last night that made news for its substance instead of the four men on the stage criticized each other's moves lightly. major garrett, it was also so civilized. good morning to you! >> reporter: good morning. ben carson will endorse donald trump in a couple of hours here at trump's club. he believes trump brings two things to the table. it gives him new access to the african-american vote. as for last night's debate, well, it was very civil and from a volume perspective, while everyone played it safe, they also played it very, very soft. >> i cannot believe how civil it's been up here. >> reporter: in the most subdued and substantive debate of the game e campaign, they dug into policies. >> it will require go to change. >> playing to his hometown miami the relations with cuba. >> i would want to make a strong, solid good deal. we don't want to be sued after the deal is made. >> i don't know where cuba

i am kristine johnson. >> i am maurice dubois. stealing buses and trains and now hollywood has come knocking. cbs 2's emily smith has more. >> reporter: video cameras in the courtroom recorded darius mccollum facing a judge. another day in court for a string of arrests for stealing buses and trains almost 30 times. his attorney requesting his case be sent to mental health court instead of facing a jury. >> he is on the autism spectrum. >> reporter: his story has attracted hollywood. it has been announced julia in the movie trainman and that is where the mta comes in, fighting darius mccollum. they plan to pursue the movie money. it restricts criminals from profiting off their crimes. >> there is a script in hollywood and yeah it is terrific but that doesn't mean he will make a lot of money. >> reporter: last november police say darius mccollum stole this bus from the port authority terminal and headed to brooklyn. officers found him driving the bus at third avenue and union street, no passengers on board. he racked up multiple arr

king and kristine johnson of wcbs in new york. norah is on assignment. >>> the republican presidential race is calming down this morning. last night's debate was more subdued and meaningful than previous clashes. >> in the last meeting before tuesday's contest, the contest was sharp at times, but always civil. >> you told cnn, quote, islam hates us. did you mean all 1.6 billion muslims? >> i mean a lot of them! i mean a lot of them. there is tremendous hatred and i will stick with exactly what i said. >> i know that a lot of people find appeal and the things that donald says because he says what people wish they could say. the problem is presidents can't say anything they want. it has consequences. >> you can say what you want and be politically correct if you want. i don't want to be so politically correct. i like to solve problems. >> i'm not interested in being politically correct but i'm interested in being correct. >> seven years we faced terrorist attack and president obama lectures americans on islam phobia. that is maddeni

good evening, i'm mary calvi in for kristine johnson. >> i'm maurice dubois. first at 5:00 tonight, winter is not over yet. the weather could make a mess of the second half of your weekend. >> this sunday, march 20th, is actually the first day of spring but it's not going to feel that way. a storm in the midwest is threatening to bring snow, slush and rain to most of our area. we have team coverage of the spring snow. lonnie quinn has been tracking the storm. >> mary, it's been tough to track because last night the 11:00 news if you folks were with me, we had some pretty good consensus out there. three of the four big models were right on board with this storm coming up the eastern seaboard to that 70/40 benchmark and giving us a snowstorm. not the case now. right now it wants to move more to the east. the further east it goes, you if that's going to be the case. right now, we see the cold air setting up. you have snow to the north of sullivan and ulster county. the bigger picture will show you it's associated with that cold front. now, this cold front is defi

good evening, i'm kristine johnson i'm maurice dubois. dana tyler is off tonight. >>> we begin with that frightening ordeal for a westchester county family. they were watching television when a bullet flew through their window. cbs 2's lou young has the story new at 6:00. >> you know nothing happens here. >> reporter: until it does. >> until it does! right. >> reporter: and it has. in lovely low key larchmont, a shooting overnight. this purple lexus drilled from behind as it sat parked in a condo complex just blocks from the village center and a stray bullet veering off into a cluster of expensive homes and through one of them. >> the bullet came with enough power to make damage. >> reporter: the family was liquor cabinet seemed to explode. >> i was watching the tv and just the first i heard was the impact and i heard the -- the -- the glass broken. >> reporter: then they saw the hole in the front of the house and heard additional shots. residents at the carleton house condo complex where the lexus was parked began calling 911. suspects w

good evening, i'm kristine johnson. >> i'm maurice dubois. dana tyler is off tonight. >>> no remorse from the veteran cop who gunned down his ex-wife the mother of their nine children. in fact, even as phillip seidel pleaded guilty he seemed anxious to bad mouth the victim. tony aiello was in court with today's developments. >> if the prosecution has its way, seidle will die in prison or be about 80 before he walks free. the long-time neptune new jersey cop chased his ex- wife's car into asbury park last june with his 7-year-old daughter riding in his suv. tamara seidle crashed.