. ♪ it's old car city, old car city usa ♪ ♪ >>> hello.state tv is saying that the islamic state of iraq and the levant has abducted as many as 300 people near the syrian capitol. it says those kidnapped were cement workers and contractors. the latest on this, let's go to jamal live in beirut for us. what were the circumstances of this kidnapping? >> reporter: well, lauren, it preesty unclear. we are getting different reports from different sources as you mentioned the syrian government is saying that roughly 300 factory workers were kidnapped by isil. however sources if damascus have also said that one of the rebel groups, the armed groups fighting the regime were able to free many of those who were held captive. they said that isil beheaded ten initially. and that there was less than a hundred who remain in the hands of isil. obviously -- like i say it is done flikting reports, and as with a lot of things in syria, we think is kind of stacked up, depending on where you hear it from. in that goes to show that not only is that lack of clar

. >> reporter: i'm in old car city georgia. this used to be nothing more than a ginormous car yard but now it is a museum. [ ♪ ] [ ♪ ] >>> welcome back. a recap of the headlines here. greek authorities are returning more migrants to turkey, two boats have arrived in lesbos with pakistani men on board. the e.u. turkey deal came into effect on monday with the aim of halting the influx of people into europe. hundreds of protesters are demanding the resignation of argentina's president who has been implicated in the scandal. the public prosecutor will investigate macri to his connection to offshore accounts. people will vote in a presidential election to replace the current president in peru >>> diplomatic measures are being stepped up to help protect the delegate ceasefire between separatists and azerbaijani forces in the region of nagorno-karabakh. the truce is into its fourth day but both sides are accusing each other of violations. >> reporter: a flurry of diplomacy has followed recent fighting in nagorno-karabakh. at a trilate

old car city is gaining a global reputation.over the place to see the graveyard that deals in memories, not spare parts. here is andy gallagher. >> reporter: for more than 80 years it has been the final resting place for cars that are no longer wanted. as these woods began to fill with rusting heaps of metal, the reputation of old car city grew. the owner played amongst the wrecks as a child. now he says it's the visitors who take away the best memories. >> that's what i heard more than anything. amazing. and i'll be back. and some people stay for two, three, and four days. i'm making a lot of smiles across the world. >> reporter: even pouring rain can't keep photographers away. i was advice given long ago which a stranger with a camera who ensured the survival of this wonderland in the woodings. >> he has a camera with him, he comes back and said i took some incredible photographs, you should start charging people to take photographs. and my dad's reply was, great, i'll start with you. how much would you like to pay? >> reporte

residents in the largest city sleep in their cars. some have lost their jobs because they had to cue for fuel instead of going to work. the refineries are blamed for the shortages. >>> still ahead, this used to be nothing more than a huge junk yard. now it's one of america's most open air car museums. we'll give you a tour. take it away. ♪ old car city, u.s.a. >>> in the sports news, a hong kong female snooker player makes news. >>> welcome back. you're watching the al jazeera news hour. just to get you up to date what we're hearing, these are the geneva talks about syria, scheduled to happen or kick off again, they're into another round of discussions this coming monday. the u.s. special envoy to syria being quoted by reuters saying there is a slight delay to that process. they will kick off instead two days later, wednesday at u.n. headquarters in geneva instead of monday. more on that for you throughout the coming hours here on al jazeera. >>> country music legend merle haggard died at the age of 79. ♪ >>> his music celebrated work

. >> i'm andy gallagher in old car city, georgia. this used to be a ginormous junkyard. we'll give you a tour. [ singing ] >>> in sports find out if this female snooker player can make world championship history. ip history. cars are given a new lease in life after a junkyard owner created a museum in the u.s. andy gallagher has more. >> reporter: for more than 80 years it's the final resting place for cars no longer wanted. however, as these woods began to fill with rusting heaps of metal, the reputation of what's now known as old car city grew. >> 1931 they started it off. >> owner dean played amongst the wreck as a child. now the visitors take away the best memories. >> that's why we're here more than anything, amazing. i'll be back. some people stay for two, three and four days. i'm making a lot of smiles across the world. >> even pouring rain don't keep photographers away from the classic junkyard. it was advice given long ago who ensured this survival of the wonderland in the woods. >> he looks with a camera and comes back and said, i took incredible photographs. y

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a distinction for a friend to make this son >> old car city, u.s. a. >> reporter: old car city, georgia. [ ♪ ] >>> [ ♪ ] >>> >>> on target tonight, child sex trafficking. it's a huge problem that many people think only happens somewhere else, but they're wrong. it's happening right here in the united states where child prostitution thrives online. all week long al jazeera america is showcasing a selection of your stories. they include some of the most important issues we've covered on this channel for you. one of the most difficult stories that i've cover odd this program is that of young natalie. it's not her real name. she's a former teenage run-away pulled into the underworld of child sex trafficking. she was sold online for sex by his pimp who placed advertise ams of natalie in the escort section of the ad website backpage.com. she was ultimately rescued from her ordeal and reunited with her family, but since then they waged a legal battle against backpage arguing that it enabled her pimp to traffic children like her into the sex trade. backpage

officials are hoping you can bike or take mass transit instead of driving your car. citi bike making it easy to leave your car at home. it is offering free bike rides in honor of earth day. you have to go online to sign up and take advantage of that deal at locations across the city. >>> 4:41 right now. a local neighborhood on edge after two dog attacks. >>> and a woman taken to the hospital after a really close call in brooklyn. when shots rang out while she was waiting for the bus. >>> chris is tracking our chances for an afternoon storm. a live look there at the hamilton bridge. >>> four things to know this friday morning. in brooklyn and harlem prince fans gathered to remember the musician. he died yesterday at the age of 57. an autopsy is scheduled for today. >>> right now president obama and the first lady are in london in a couple of hours, they'll be having lunch with queen elizabeth. >>> passover begins tonight at sundown. the nypd is increasing security around synagogues around the city. >>> and the mtv music awards will take place at madison square garden. radi

car-free day. so some parts of the city banning cars. traffic on broadway from the flatiron building to union square. streets around washington square park and wadsworth avenue in the bronx. officials are hoping you can bike or take mass transit instead of driving your car. citi bike is helping out as well offering free rides in honor of earth day. you have to go online to sign up to take part. hopefully a good day. >> rain may be later, but in the morning it should be okay. >> for several hours, it shouldn't be a problem. what happened to walking? nobody wants to walk anywhere. a couple showers later. a few sprinkles to the north of the first several hours of this day will be rain-free. some sunny breaks, warming up, close to 80. watch for showers and an isolated thunderstorm. the weekend should start to clear out. may take a while tomorrow. but sunday certainly a brilliantly sunny day. partly to mostly cloudy, 63 in the city. right now, 74 by noon. 77 by 3:00. a warm and muggy afternoon. the rest of the seven-day forecast on the fours.

. >>> many new york city drivers are ditching their cars and hitting the streets on foot or bike. the city is blocking car traffic on broadway from the flat iron building to union square. and, again, around washington square park, and uptown, between 173rd and 177th. katherine creag is in the flat iron district with the pros and cons of the earth day push. >> reporter: people who live and work around here tell us it is a pretty good idea, pedestrians have all sorts of room to move over there along broadway. you can see there is so much congestion all around us. pollution, emission, fumes. what might be great for others not so pleasant for some. on this earth day, you'll see more pedestrians in certain areas where drivers would normally be. >> we like to go to the green great to be able to continue up and walk in the middle of the street. >> we're focused on making the city greener, more focused on alternative modes of transportation, also continuing to make this city safer. >> the transportation department shut down several roadways in the bronx, also in manhattan including broadwa

other city cars remain relatively the same. >>> new information on uber's $10 million deal with the city of newark. hitch in that plan. last week the mayor announced a proposal that would see uber pay $100,000 a year to operate at liberty airport for the next decade. but the authority who operates the airport says it has concerns and has plans to discuss them with new york city officials. >>> experts are working to fix issues with computers at metro. they had asked them at 3:00 a.m. to add more resources to fix the problem, including registrations. so far they have not found the source of the issue. the dmv plans to cut ties with 3-m once the glitches are fixed. >>> we have news about a scam that could save you thousands. >>> the aftershocks haven't stopped after that powerful earthquake in eduador. buildings flattened, hundreds dead. up next, we'll hear firsthand from someone who witnessed that devastation. >>> some stormy weather heading through the area. >> we do have some showers and will remain the focus of the story. today was our second day in the 80s so far this month. will we ha

city. a massive tree crashed across the road crushing four cars. the city is expecting to see snow and rain. >>> new on "action news," a split second decision led to an officer involved shooting in wisconsin. the clair deputy stopped a vehicle because he had warrants out for his arrest. the situation escalated as the man became confrontational and the man went for a taser, the officer pulled out a gun and struck the person, the police department is investigating. >>> a judge is on it is wrong side of the law after ordering a charles sheriff deputy to administer an electrical shock in the courtroom. he dropped to the ground when a 50,000-volt shock was administered through a cuff attached to his ankle. >>> abbeych failed a breathalyzer test and she said on facebook, i will do whatever it takes to make sure my horrible mistake is never repeated. >>> phillies home opener is april 11th against the san diego padres. the flyers were in pittsburgh for the penguins home game of the season. they won 6-2. the flyers hold a final playoff spot in the eastern co

all of those electric cars will be made in fremont as tonight city leaders see the car as an economic boom. >> abc 7 news reporter is live in fremont with the story. >> 232,000 ortders have been placed. city officials say they have a great partnership with tesla and the bigger the company gets, the better. >> tesla 3 presales are through the roof and it' muse into the ears of city leaders in fremont, home of the tesla factory. we look look forward to meeting their needs in fremont. >> reporter: for every tesla sold, more than two manufacturing jobs are created. >> supply logistics and manufacturing companies. almost 80 companies in the 30 mile radius that can support tesla and this area. >> the fremont location is making up for lost time. a plant owned by general motors closed in 2010. >> 4700 people lost their jobs. 20,000 regionally. so this is a great shot in the arm for the whole economy. >> city council member suzanne lee chan is a tesla owner herself. in fremont in the 9439 zip code, we have the most tesla owners per capita in the entire country. so we are reallyommitted to our

all of those electric cars will be made in fremont as tonight city leaders see the car as an economic boom. >> abc 7 news reporter is live in fremont with the story. >> 232,000 ortders have been placed. city officials say they have a great partnership with tesla and the bigger the company gets, the better. >> tesla 3 presales are through the roof and it' muse into the ears of city leaders in fremont, home of the tesla factory. we look look forward to meeting their needs in fremont. >> reporter: for every tesla sold, more than two manufacturing jobs are created. >> supply logistics and manufacturing companies. almost 80 companies in the 30 mile radius that can support tesla and this area. >> the fremont location is making up for lost time. a plant owned by general motors closed in 2010. >> 4700 people lost their jobs. 20,000 regionally. so this is a great shot in the arm for the whole economy. >> city council member suzanne lee chan is a tesla owner herself. in fremont in the 9439 zip code, we have the most tesla owners per capita in the entire country. so we are really committed to ou

. >>> no cars allowed. the city that it banning driving one day a month. >>> i'm meteorologist drew tuma. sunshine this afternoon. temperatures feeling like spring, but shortly we'll get a preview of summer. the rising numbers ahead in the accuweatherforecast. >>> a small plane crashed into a car on the freeway in san diego county, killing one person, happened this morning on interstate 15 near fallbrook. a woman in the car died, five other victims taken to the hospital. no word on what caused the plane too crash. >>> in china two people died in more than 30 were hurt in massive highway pileup. take a look at all the mangled vehicles. two trucks collided and overturned which caused the crash of three buss and 20 cars. withs say it was raining heavily and the road was slippery when the accident happened. >>> mexico city take innovative measures to fight the worst pollution in the world. all cars are now banned from the road once a month. starting next week vehicles must be idle one saturday a month through june. offi

city. this massive tree came crashing down across the road crushing four cars. city is expecting to see snow and rain. >>> retired world cup soccer champ abbey wambach is talking about her arrest for dui. police pulled her over after she ran through a red light. she failed a field sobriety test and breathalyzer at the police station. she i should an apology on facebook. she said i will do whatever it takes to insure that my horrible mistake is never repeated. >>> delaware valley is hoping this day will end with a villanova championship. >>> it could be a dicey commute for amtrak riders as we take a live look into 30th street station. it's been affected by the deadly train derailment in delaware county. karen rogers has the latest when we come right back. sip up a delicious deal at dunkin' for 99 cents. get your afternoon boost with a medium freshly brewed iced tea or iced coffee for 99 cents from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. america runs on dunkin'. let's dance it's sesame street live like you've never experienced it before leeeeeeet's dance! sesame street live let's dance

. >>> the new york city council hears from uber and lyft drivers and executives from the car services. >>> the city want it is drives to pay hefty fees to serve new york and penn stations. janelle burrell has more from the airport. >> reporter: this is one of the places the city wanted to ban uber and lyft drivers. they are allowing them to operate as long as they are willing to pay. >> the offer customers convenience, but officials say uber and lyft drivers need to pay up if they want to pick up at the city's busiest hubs. expected to hear testimony today about a proposal that would require uber and lyft to pay a fee of $1,000 a year in the city to transport passengers to and from newark airport and penn station after a contested back and fourth by the city first banning the drivers from the airport and rail station all together, then lifting the ban then ordering it once again. having drivers ticketed and towed if caught violating the ordnance. newark's mayer argued that uber and lyft should be suggested to the same regulations and fees as taxi drives. they are planning to protest s

city. if you are thinking about celebrating by leaving your car at home and biking to work you are in luck. city bike is offering free rides for every new yorker tomorrow. all you have to do is sign up online and you will receive a at any city bike station. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news, a mom from new jersey >>> it is coming up on 4:30, and recapping our top story. pop music icon prince was found dead inside his home in minnesota. prince was found unconscious and if the elevator. first responders were unable to resuscitate him with cpr. >> reaction continues to pour in. his music is playing right now in front of the apollo theater and in times square purple rain is playing followed by rest in peace. >>> in just a few minutes we are going to talk about >>> our other top story this half hour. a new jersey mother spent months trying to replace her son's driving permit. >> reporter: you know the governor has had his monthly radio program if a little more than seven years now. people calling in, and praising government, some complaining. but he says with some problems a little personal pus

. >>> big announcement today about fake car inspections in the city. new york attorney general says have been convicted of felony charges for issuing more than 13he,000 fraudulent inspection tickets. they gave cars passing marks without conducting safety and emissions tests. >>> after just a flood of complaints about the over flowing car flow flowing garbage cans, the trash will now be picked up stwies a twice a day. that area is home to several subway stations and houses several big box store. >>> the city's nonemergency phone center will get a 21st century makeover. the call center will be upgraded with new technology, more staff and expanded hours. >>> we have a warning tonight about a donation scam that could fool you. lookout for. >>> also a restaurant customer furious for getting billed for what he calls hidden entertainment fees. >> you take money from me and i have not consented to it. that's stealing from me to some degree in my mind. >> what's behind the fee and what you need to look out for, next. >>> dave price has your warmer forecast. >> y

city. we have diagrams [inaudible] currently in phase 1 where we are today, a lot of cars on the streets [inaudible] taxi and transit, but mostly a congested experience for everybody. recently we had the increase in the different tnc services which are creating more capacity for on demand trips but still not a real change in the transportation system. we believe that if we expand the sharing economy in the transportation system to have more car and bike sharing and the different carpooling services that is when we will see travel demands in the city and should be able to repurpsh spots for [inaudible] and things we care about in the city as well. when we get to shared and connected system where the vehicles are connected and communicating they can move much closer to each other and aware of the traffic conditions and safety issues that is when we'll see positive reductions in meeting the vision zero goals and reducing emissions and so forth. [inaudible] we can start repurposing the street space to open space and things we care about as a city. ultimately the vision is that in the automated version

five people are in the hospital this morning after a car crash in university city at 38th and walnut streets. two cars slided just before 4:00 this morning. we're working to find out more on the conditions of the victims and what led this accident. >>> a man who served 33 years for a crime he did not commit is now free. former sailor keith harwood walked out of a virginia prison yesterday. the state supreme court agreed dna evidence proved he's innocent of a 1982 rape and killing. >> i had to keep my head up, keep going. i could give up. i could get depressed. i could be medicated. i didn't choose to do that. i knew i was right. >> the dna match proved harwood's ship mate was responsible for the crime. he died in prison ten years ago. >>> doctors said a fitbit helped save a new jersey man's life. the man was recently taken to the emergency room at our lady of lourdes medical center in camden after having a share. he had a regular heart beat so his doctors used his fitbit to help determine the correct way to treat him. >>> it may sound like a dream come true getting paid to sleep. one

how will driverless cars integrate and shape our cities? will it lead to more traffic? e all share the cars, does that mean we'll needless parking? what's going to happen to public transportation? from audi to vw nearly every major car manufacturer has launched and autonomous vehicle research team in the bay area. google is the biggest player in the space. and after 1.5 million test miles driven, google's self- driving car finally caused an accident in mountain view in february. when the computer was pulling back into the lane and a city bus came up from behind and sideswiped it. the industry now bracing for when a self-driving car might cause a more serious crash resulting in injuries or death. the dmv still working to iron out the laws. today's discussion is entitled preparing for driverless cars. it is sponsored by microsoft. the talk will be led by people from stanford and gsp one of the largest engineering firms in the world. it's at 12:30 p.m. at spur office in san jose. ten bucks for nonmembers and members are free. live in downtown san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. >>>

three months an encouragement program to get employees throughout the city whether or not they use city cars and city vehicles to watch the video. we really are trying to act on one of the communication goal that is we have identified before to use the tens of thousands of city employees that we have as best practice citizens, etc., so this video joins the large vehicle video which is available in english and translated online in chinese and spanish and the taxi vehicle, we are currently working on a version of this video that is specific to paratransit drivers who are large vehicle drivers that have many of the same passenger loading and unloading issues that taxis are and it's been requested by our paratransit programs, so we're working with them to develop that program we hope sometime this sum tore have that available and the paratransit operators are excite and had have already agreed to provide that. we are working in discussions with the mayor's office on disability looking at opportunities for developing some specific training materials about driving safely around seniors and people

like we're in charge. >> reporter: on this earth day, new york city promised to reduce its carbon emissions by 80 percent before 2050. cars and trucks produce a quarter of the emissions today. new york is more vulnerable to the rising sea levels of climate change than other major cities. >> this is for my daughters, three years old, nine years old. >> reporter: closing 20 blocks for half a day won't save new york from global warming. car-free new york's organizers see it as progress towards reduced emissions, citizens in better physical health and streets free of traffic jams. >> the worst. gridlock every time. especially when they have a concert. takes me two, three hours to get parked. >> to walk around, check out the neighborhood and the businesses at your own pace without being rushed. >> reporter: between may and october, there will be another 50 car-free events in new york city on 26 miles of city streets. i'm mac king, fox 5 news. steve: all right. thanks. a hospital is the first in the city to get a green ambulance. lenox hill showed off the vehicle on this earth day. regular ambulances have to idle to keep medica

. >> translation: i think it would be good if they did trips within the city so we could car pool. that would be a big help. >> reporter: in the meantime, there is even more anger on the streets of mexico city than usual, adding to the backlash is uncertainy about what happens after this three-month program ends. right now government officials are not saying >>> the instant messaging service what's app says it will be impossible for hackers or governments to read messages or intercept voice calls. [ music ] >> they have the resources that often african-american communities tonight have. >> if i can't figure out a way toes

city. you see cars stuck underneath overpasses. that is just a small piece of the overall puzzle here. it has proved to be a deadly event. at least five people died from what the city is calling historic flooding. some in houston are calling it the most devastating flooding that city has seen in more than a decade. it's been raining nonstop since the weekend. more than a thousand people had to be rescued. >> that area of low pressure is still stuck thereç and looks le it will continue to rain over the houston area through thursday. that's really bad news. starting out this morning, i guess a little bit of a break for them. let's head back home. we had warm temperatures yesterday. we have several high temperature records set in san francisco. we have the record set back in the 1940s. richmond got up to 82 beating the old record by three. oakland, one degree above the old record. three degrees setting a record and san jose was up to 91. now it's coming back down to the 50s. won't be as hot today. let's break it down as we will have low 50s this morning. a few clouds mixing in through 9:0

it is about to get more expensive to drive a lyft or uber car in san francisco. city officals have sent letters to 37,000 lyft and uber drivers. letting them know, as independent contractors they must register as a business. for most, that will cost 91 bucks a year. taxi drivers already pay this fee. city officials say, drivers have 15 days to register for the coming fiscal year. those who drive for both uber and lyft will only have to pay the fee once. >> reporter: birdie supporters are getting off work coming to huntington park starting to gather it will have a pot luck and march about 3 mi. from here for the fund-raiser is set to take place. >> reporter: chouette washington street home of venture-capital list sherman events hosted by george and wife on the protest cluny a fund-raiser casebook page as to just to give for two costs of $300,000. the call to arms is to " show hillary do not accept this kind of corruption carried. >> reporter: explain why it's important to be in the? protest the "but we are here to do is come together the show will to look upon for deca

car? >> i think it's a good idea. >> reporter: the first hearing was at city hall monday with a council member saying we need it for electric cars of all makes and models. >> if i would decide to get into an electric vehicle, what is the guarantee i have that i will have electric chargers? >> reporter: some chargers allow drivers to go 150 miles on 20 minute charge. >> we are trying to work the price down. >> reporter: a spokesperson says once that happens next year, people from all over the country will be looking to charge up when traveling to new york city. there are currently about 280 public charging sites in new york city including three in this garage in brooklyn but folks say they get used less than once a month. but those are inside parking garages and for customers only. if the bill goes through, there streets in every burough. it hasn't been decided how much it will cost to use. >> yes. >> do you find it hard to find >> yes. >> reporter: like it or not with the lower priced plug in cars plus rebates and tax incentives totaling $9500 it is likely you will see electric charging statio

. >> parts of the city when car free for earth day. organizers of the event say they wanted to raise awareness for what city streets might look like in a more eco-friendly future future. >> when you try to cross the street you realize those locking on their own 2 feet often feel like were in charge. >> city officials also promised to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. right. right now cars and trucks account for about one quarter of the missions throughout the city. >> pretty soon those plastic partitions in taxis will be gone. those will be an optional partition. here's what drivers and riders have to say about it. >> reporter: the partitions have been around for over 20 years but now you may start to see more taxis without them. were installed in 1994 to protect cabbies from being held up. starting next week all drivers will have the option to remove it and if so they can have an ink -- in vehicle camera instead >> you would rather have the partition? >> yes. >> i think a camera system is good. >> why? >> it's 6 inches more space

sending a huge just huge plume of thick black smoke over the city. 15 cars were engulfed if flames, get this, no one was hurt. about 100 firefighters were called in to bring the fire under control and no word yet on what caused it. >>> bachelorette party in new orleans ends in a bar scuffel with a security guard and the incident is all captured on cell phone video. it started when a group of women from houston, texas were in new orleans, the french quarter there when things got out of hand. one woman put her head down on the bar, she says, and the security guard asked her to leave. rice says she was knocked over -- sh cups and the guard grabbed her and pinned her in the corner. >> the bartender came up to me and started cursing at me stating i could not sit there. he yanked me back into the bar and pinned me up against the bar top. i asked him to loosen his grip. he was hurting me really bad. >> hit me three or four times and like my jaw still hurts, my head is sore, my arms are sore. i was under the barstools and he was still whaling on me. >> he was just teaming up on her. he was lake

city. we have diagrams [inaudible] currently in phase 1 where we are today, a lot of cars on the streets [inaudible] taxi and transit, but mostly a congested experience for everybody. recently we had the increase in the different tnc services which are creating more capacity for on demand trips but still not a real change in the transportation system. we believe that if we expand the sharing economy in the transportation system to have more car and bike sharing and the different carpooling services that is when we will see travel demands in the city and should be able to repurpsh spots for [inaudible] and things we care about in the city as well. when we get to shared and connected system where the vehicles are connected and communicating they can move much closer to each other and aware of the traffic conditions and safety issues that is when we'll see positive reductions in meeting the vision zero goals and reducing emissions and so forth. [inaudible] we can start repurposing the street space to open space and things we care about as a city. ultimately the vision is that in the automated version

car bomb which killed seven police officers in southeast turkey. but the attack did not stop the tourish administer to go ahead with the city. >> a car packed with ex-ploxplosivexplosives. >> my parents were cooking in the kitchen. the kids were in the bathroom. we felt the powerful explosion. we saw something very strong coming on to us. it was like an apocalypse. >> many onlookers stood in disbelief. many more scared. >> we heard the explosions. we thought it was an earthquake. we were worried and scared. >> the car was parked here and detonated bay remote control. the explosion was so powerful it shattered the windows of the surrounding buildings. security officials say they have identified the man in this cctv footage as the main suspect. turkey's prime minister didn't want to disrupt his visit. part of the government's plan is to rebuild the historic part of the city. for months they have been hit by security forces and the outlawed kurdish workers party the pkk. there have been attacks and violence. >> your brothers have come here for the turkish flag would continue to wave. they gave their lives in order for it not to fall into ruin like damascu

public transportation like irvin to get to center city because getting around market street and city hall by car is a challenge. detouring bus service around city hall all day friday and increasing capacity on the line, broad street line and the norristown high speed line with service from villanova. >> we need something big for philly, positive. you know? to help the city out and excited. >> reporter: and this is it. this is where the parade will end. with a rally for the team. reporting live, i'm denise nakano, nbc 10 news. >>> and your tv will be the best seat in the house. nbc 10 bringing you the victory parade live. our coverage starts friday at 1:00 p.m. don't forget the nbc 10 app. going to center city for the parade, we have information about transportation, road closures and parking restrictions. >>> other news now, police in delaware county need your help to find an septa rider to attacked a driver. the man in the hooded jacket got irritated after missing the stop. he asked the driver to let him out mid stop but the driver refused and at the next stop, he punches the driver and takes o

all of those electric cars will be made in fremont. and this morning cityrs see the car as an economic boom. katie has the story now from fremont. >> reporter: tesla 3 pre-sales are through the roof and music to the ears of city leaders in fremont, home of the tesla factory. >> looking forward to partsener with tesla to meet their continues and grow local jobs here in fre monmontfremont. >> reporter: for every tesla sold, more than 2 manufacturing jobs are created. >> they are in this area because of ecosystem of supply and logistics and manufacturing companies, only 80 companies in the immediate 30-mile radius that can support tesla. >> reporter: it is making up for lost time. the previous tenant owned by toyota and general motors closed april 1st, 2010. >> there was 437 people that lost jobs at the factory. 20,000 regionally. this is a great shot in the arm for the whole economy. >> reporter: city council member suzanne lee chan is a tesla owner. >> in fremont, we have the most tesla owners per capita in the entire country. >> we are really committed to o

including finding places to recharge electric cars in congested cities. >> chinese consumers generally live in large apartment complexes. not in standalone homes where they can more easily have a charging solution. so one of the conundrums for a potential liar of an ev is, where do you charge it? >> reporter: not a concern for han, who is part of china's charge to lead the world in electric vehicles. phil lebeau, "nightly business report." >> to read about the push for electric cars in china, head to nbr.c >> v executives despite being embroiled in the emissions cheating scandal are optimistic and believe the automaker is ready to turn the corner. the german company predicts strong financial results despite setting aside $18 billion to fund the recall of millions of dollars and to take care of those legal claims. >>> aetna tops expectations. that's where we begin tonight's "market focus." rising premiums and better than expected enrollment in the health insurer's public exchanges helped lift results. even with the strong growth the company only expects to break even on its affordable c

extinguish the smoke, the person in the car, making sure he's coherent and talking to him to tell him he's going to be okay. >> right place right time. the city council member was not hurt and two people in the car are hospitalized and their conditions not known. >>> san francisco police will meet with the public after officers shot and killed a ho homeless man. today's town hall will happen at noon on 18th street. police shot him on 18th street last thursday. officers say he refused to drop a knife and came towards officers forcing them to open fire. some witnesses are giving them conflicting report that he did not have a knife. >>> good news for those who have to wait a long time expanding services to some of its busiest lines. >> two buses will begin running all night service. the changes are costing $20 milli milli million. with 700,000 trips per day, muni carries more passenger than any other transit agency in the bay area. >>> a fight over bodega county, the city managing that rugged coastline looking to impose new f fees. the daily $8 fee would regulate car traffic. some officials pushi ing back y saying they aren't necessary. the supe

dangerous game of bumper cars on a city street. what's worse is who police say was behind the wheel. >>> love is in the air despite a gunman in the corner. the couple that couldn't pull themselves away each as a holdup was going on. >>> your weather and traffic on follow us on facebook, twitter and instagram. michaelg4ny and darlene4ny. you're watching "today in new >>> it is 4:44. time for a check of your forecast. more of the same coming our way. another sunny afternoon. temperatures gradually on the rise day by day. wait for the real warm stuff. that comes over the weekend. you'll see that in the seven-day forecast. those are nice details ahead. temperatures right now, still on the chilly side in the hudson valley. 39 in rhinebeck. most spots above freezing north of town. as you head to the west, below freezing. we have freeze warnings in effect for most counties across western new jersey. down to 30 in morristown. 32 in bridgewater. now we're looking at 23 degrees at this hour in westhampton. mostly clear, 45 in central park. w

a big problem facing the b area is smog from all the cars on the road. many cities exceed the ozone standard. they suggest people cut down on the amount of time in their cars adding if winter is a great time to cut habit that is pollute the air. >> the more we reduce our wood burning or eliminate it altogether that will be an immediate improvement. >> the bay area as a whole is doing moderately well. pollution is declining but it's a matter of making additional changes so we can all breathe clean air all around. >>> new tonight at 11:00 police are looking for two men suspected of following an 11-year-old girl home. it happened yesterday afternoon. police say a car with two men pulled up behind the girl then one of them got out and started following her. when she reached her home a family member called out and the man turned away. both described as asian males about 30-years old the other 60. the older man wearing a black jacket. the driver was in a white two door car with a blue stripe down the side. >>> tonight 24 hours after the latest bay area freeway shooting no

again, this is one of the new bart cars that has arrived in the bay. sky fox overhead in the city of hay ward. the new cars filled with improvements and a lot of talk about it from bart. 70 feet long and 65,000 pounds and here we are fresh off of its arrival and appears to be involved in an incident. >> it looks to be a side rail. we saw a train go by that means it is not necessarily blocking any future travel but again looking at something perhaps a test run of some sort that went awry. >> in all 775 cars expected to come to the bay area between this year and the year 2021. sky fox will continue to monitor the situation. we have folks in the newsroom going to bart. >> obviously nobody in the train so that is good news. no passengers. >> and we will get back to the picture if we find out more information. great having you on board this friday afternoon. let's go to the weather. started off wet and woke me up at 4:30. >> peeks of sunshine and breezy. take a look at this, rainy view. we do have still sleek roads as we begin the evening dries. the scattered showers continuing for the

you may be able to see behind me this huge bridge that collapsed on to a car, killing a person and injuring another in a coastal city where the hardest-hit areas are very difficult to access. it's been raining for many weeks consecutively. partly because of el nino.

investigators say the victim was forced at gunpoint into a black car near 49 and and lance in the city'sd. witnesses say they heard screams and the screech of a car and saw this clearly traumatized woman running for her life. >> she was like real bloody. she had had duck tape on her and stuff like that. she was half naked. real distraught looking for help. everybody was call 911 for her. >> police say it woman was able to free herself. she could possibly have been dropped off by her assailant. she was assaulted. authorities describe the suspect's black car as a black four-door vehicle with tinted windows and a trash bag covering the year driver's side window. >>> officials say that human remains were found al the banks of the cooper river if pennsauken new jersey. they say volunteers who were part of a spring clean-up program found a human skull and several bones near the 2900 block of admiral wilson boulevard. investigators are now working to identify those remains. >>> right now police are looking for killer who gunned down a man in north philadelphia. investigators say there was a 36-

reporter: a challenge to go car free today and even shutting down busy manhattan's streets to make the plea for walk, biking, and bigger efforts to reduce the emissions for new york city. >> it's a big direction. that it is what they need. >> reporter: and nothing will change them. that everything helps to create a little bit of the momentum. >> reporter: they would stroll where cars are usually backed up. around their car-free zone. >> i would take the subway today. >> incentives like helmets were >> for me this is all about what it is that we're doing to preserve our planes for our children and the future generation. >> reporter: right now 25% of their dangerous emissions come from vehicles. >> and all of those things to help move the city as we are just so close together here. >> offering a free earth day pass as they rides eliminated the tons of emissions. >> if you want to try out for the next 24 hours, then you will have free unlimited rides. >> because people, they were taking the day off. >> exactly. the cruise line will allow on their first trip to cuba in half a century. that is not as clear as it was if your family outing is magical for all the wrong reason

.>>> looking at the morning commute that has a couple of incidents, a car fire on the city streets. and it looks like things are getting better on the freeways. >>> the weather might be getting a little bit better in terms of cooler air, and a gradual cooling trend. >>> welcome back, i'm brian flores. >> i am pam cook.>>> in so we are going to get a cooling down over the weekend.>> good morning. we had this system brushing bike, but falling apart as it moves in, but it will open the door a little bit to a cooler pattern. and still pretty warm yesterday, but today will be more 70s than the 80s. and this system coming in on friday will give us a better opportunity. we have an increase in fog, 40s and 50s on the temperatures, and a half moon bay at 44, and upper 40s and 50s for some. more 40s and 50s. west southwest at 15, and seeing cloud cover. mendocino county partly cloudy, but this system is losing a lot of its energy. another system will drop in late riding. sun and clouds, and a little bit cooler with the breeze picking up occasionally, and some upper 70s to near 80 degrees for

cars... in the georgian cap city of tblisi. fortunately, the man wasn't hurt... but the damage to the cars... another story altogether. it took crews hours to cut the tree and cart it away. security will be ramped up >>> security will be ramped up at the boston marathon following the terror attacks in brussels and paris, it's been three years since bombings rocked the finish line, this year, 5000 officers will join the national guard, state police and dozens of federal agents along the route. there is no credible threat against the marathon, but security will be in full force until the last runner crosses the finish line. >> we're working with the fbi, to make sure we pay taken to who might be a threat, and so we have our eyes on certain people. >> 30,000 people will be running and an estimated 1 million spectators will be cheering them on. backs packs and drones have been banned. >>> thousands of people took part in a run to remember the victims of the mass murder on the virginia tech campus. 32 people lost their limbs nine years ago. and -- lives nine years ago.

syrian troops continue to clear the city of landmines planted by isil fighters after recapturing it on sunday. the kurdistan workers party or the pkk said it was behind a car bombing in the southeastern city where seven police officers died and 27 others were injured. >> the explosion shattered the calm of this residential neighborhood. a car backed with explosives detonated here. the damage is clear. the family is shocked. they survived the attack. >> my parents were cooking in the kitchen. i was in the bathroom. my children were studying in the living room. all of a sudden with the powerful explosion we felt the storm. and saw something very strong coming on to us. it was like an apocalypse. >> many onlockers stood in disbelief. many more scared. >> we heard the explosion. we thought it was an earthquake. we were worried and scared. >> the car was parked here and detonated by a remote control. ththe explosion was so powerful it shattered the windows of the surrounding buildings. security officials say they have identified the man in this cctv footage as the main suspect. they're increasingly being targeted. last month a suicide attack carried out by an i

car in full control. now test driving in four cities. >> the self-driving car project is in the middle of a graduating from. and this is sort of the gradual process. >> reporter: so do we really need self-flying vehicles to deliver packages to our door? here at x, they believe it's inevitable. >> what if you actually can put anything, anywhere, just in the moment you wanted it, essentially for free. >> reporter: plenty here remains under wraps, but we did get a peek into the design kitchen where prototypes are made. and by the way, not everyone here is a rocket scientist. >> there's many brilliant scientists and engineers here, but there are also a lot of other people working here. designers, business people, marketers, et cetera. >> reporter: astro teller is not ashamed of projects that have fallen short, including google glass. which disappointed early testers. >> instead of being excited about the prototype that they had, and were exploring with us, they ended up frustrated because they were expecting it to be a finished product when it really wasn't. >> one of these things is going to work. >> that's r

the suspect crashed in to several other parked cars in front of the jersey city south district precinct. the driver ran out of the car when engine caught fire and he was later caught. one officer was hurt and expected to be okay. >>> search is on for two men involved in a shooting and robbery in brooklyn. it happened inside a deli on new lots avenue and east new york. one of the suspects grabbed cash from the register , the other threatened a worker with the gun. when the worker tried to grab the weapon, the man opened fire hitting him in the hip and grazing his hand. the victim is in the hospital. we will have a live report ahead on eye witness news at 6:00 a.m. >>> police are investigating a restaurant in brooklyn, it happened saturday night. punched kicked and stabbed, of a 26-year-old victim. the victim suffered cuts to his chest, shoulder and arm and taken to elm hurst, police are looking for the suspects. >>> weeks of campaigning have come down to this, we are now one day away from the new york presidential primary, the candidates will spend the final 24 hours trying to drum up la