. >> montclair new jersey. not happy that some people are scamming the system.e paid as much is 15,000 for his animals. his artistic a year old son social skills. >> workplace and soccer. soccer. >> you can see the amazing bond. but he has been with the family for just a year. documented, and in that time they have gone from talking and whispers to having full on conversations. >> you think that makes them comfortable. video games. >> emotional support. >> every thanksgiving i am emotionally supported by the turkey at those tables. emotional support snakes mentioned. know what's going on. there is a distinction between a service dog and emotional support dog. >> there are two different things. >> the service and was supposed to help people with a physical disability. depression, anxiety. people are scamming the system so much the veterans are taking a lot of issue. bill: it's how the situation the matter how you look at it. ♪ bill: "high speed chase",. >> wanted for stabbing a 13-year-olda 13 -year-old boy. approximately 5-foot five, 130 pounds. give crimestoppe

you can see all the damage done here at the back of the montclair, new jersey animal hospital. it is simply amazing that no humans or animals were seriously hurt. >> when i pulled up, i saw black smoke pouring out of the >> reporter: montclair animal shelter volunteers describe the chaotic scene on sunday. >> there's a fire, fire! get the animals out! they called 911 and he started pulling animals out of the building. >> reporter: thankfully, volunteers were already at the shelter to walk the dogs and care for the cats. you can see the damage done to the building, the flames so intense they even spread to one shelter worker's car parked behind the building on north willow street in downtown montclair. >> could have been deadly. if it was in the middle of the night, it would have been gone. all the animals would have died. >> reporter: instead, 70 cats and dogs were saved and work. >> the volunteers lined up like a traveling line, started pulling animal after animal. every single animal got out. >> reporter: all 70 of those animals have now been placed in foster homes or at other

in montclair, new jersey, meg baker, cbs 2 news. >> the state recess bill goes to the senate education committee on may 2. >>> our weather picture starting to come more into focus. it's starting to actually look like spring out there. >> can't believe it. lonnie quinn has our exclusive cbs 2 forecast. >> we are adding a click or two every day today on the thermometer. now of 62 with sunny skies. so looks a lot like spring, i agree with maurice. picture for tomorrow is going to be a perfect one. picture-perfect, 63. it will be warmer tomorrow. it's the warmer where there will be an issue with the temperatures. no freeze warnings tomorrow but we have a frost advisory for a good chunk of new jersey and your temperatures could drop down to the mid- to low- 30s and there could be frost on the windshield or on the blades of grass out there. so in the city, you wake up and there's still a chill in manhattan, as well. starting off around 42 degrees in the city. we'll warm up to that 63 degrees tomorrow so it's going to be another good-looking one but i have already hinted at the fact that we a

i' m hillary clinton and i approve >> a restaurant in upper montclair, new jersey, is sticking to its hometown roots. >> in this edition of the dish, carrie drew introduces us to tutor and the wolf. -- turtle and the wolf. >> for chef lauren, opening his first restaurant, turtle and the wolf, in his hometown of montclair last fall was like coming home. >> it's nice to have that familiarity and say, like, i've come full circle, and this is where it started, and this is where i'm at now. >> it was an idea lauren and his best friend and co-owner came up with years ago when they were cooking in college. >> i don't know if we necessarily knew at the time that, you know, we'd end up opening a restaurant. it was definitely the start of over a beer a couple of years ago he was like, hey, we talked about this a long time ago, and he was, like, let's start really considering, like, doing it. and we kind of stumbled upon this space and went for it. >> everything about the place celebrates upper montclair from the name which references the history of the town to the art on the wall. >> this is a

new jersey transit commuters, delays on the lines. essex and montclair bhutan, because of weekend track work. we'll take a live look at the roadways outside. here's the george washington br-sge. things are moving nicely on both levels. the holland tunnel in great shape. overall, roads, no problems out there. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. of >>> lauren, thank you very much. it's 4:48. yonkers, a fast-moving fire destroyed two homes. the flames started at 53 harriet street. spread to buildings on either side. the firefighters were able to save one of those buildings. the fire gutted the home where that fire started and a home next door is a total loss. fire chief says -- the cause of the fire. >> it's definitely being investigated. i don't have any -- right now, i don't have any information as to we'll be investigating further. >>> residents inside the building were able to he is escape without getting hurt. some firrfighters sustained minor injuries. >>> a bizarre bar fight. being held

new jersey. we close into a few locations and we check with prime book . montclair at 550 and paralysis checking in with 43. hoboken is in the mid-40s. the winds are nice and light. clear skies are out there with plenty of sunshine as we go through friday. much of the noise northeast is experiencing the weather pattern. that will keep us nice and quiet. highs in the 60s today and tomorrow and we go into the 70s as we go into sunday. that's a check at the weather. let's see how it looks. >> ines is here with a traffic update. >> happy friday. we will start out with 684 looking great. northbound and southbound are in great shape. let's take a look at the southern state parkway. smooth sailing both ways. trains are running on or close to schedule. >> thank you very much. very excited today.sparks flew in brooklyn between hillary clinton bernie sanders during the >> it was contentious at times . they attacked each other on several different fonts. robert joins us live from the newsroom to tell us all about its return this was the . robert: this was the ninth democratic

a patterson and montclair moving off to the north and the east and move into new york city by 6:30 or so into jersey city at 6:28 union city at 6:28 as well. then there are some downpours, new castle, over to north salem with the showers moving through northern fairfield with even more down to the south. area of rain, which will move up along the front tomorrow morning and keep us in the rain tomorrow morning through early afternoon. the next system will push that out, but it does not look impressive now with the snow out in front of it. behind it these powerful damaging winds that will be developing across the area. watch out for the storms, they will move away for a little while. we will be back in the 50s a lot cooler, but not too cold tomorrow with showers in the afternoon with clearing north and west with the change. look at this future cast here the area of snow even the coatings. up to 59 where it will be damp clearing to come through the afternoon, especially north and west. 37 feels like the 20s and the teens for sunday. the winds could be damaging over 50 miles per hour during the day with

across new jersey, we are in the 40s and 50s and 470 and pinebrook . 510 in westfield. it's the same number we find in montclair and hoboken at 52. winds are nice and light we expect quiet conditions. high pressure is in control and the northeast and he continues to bring us the great weather that we have we'll have sunny skies and temperatures are not right high temperatures in the 70s. we drop it down into the 60s it's a little bit breezy tomorrow and wednesday. we are nice and dry for the majority of the week. on friday we see the nace nice next chance of rain. let's check the weather. here's a look at the roads. >> starting this monday morning with a pretty good commute. not much going on on the staten island expressway. both directions, no issues in new jersey. it's a long 78 and 287. let's look at our cameras in westchester by palin parkway. both directions are very quiet. trains are running on or close to schedule citywide. >> think you. weekend. we the presidential candidates are reaching out to voters. >> clinton is holding lead. jerry drew has the latest on the democratic race. >> days before the prim

new jersey we are in the 30s. forty-four in pinebrook and 49 in montclair. hoboken is in the low 50s. everyone should see readings in the 70s today. mainly clear skies at the moment. the area of high pressure will bring beautiful weather from new england to the mid atlantic and extended westward toward the great lake. were in store for us sun filled day. we will be in the 70s by lunch time. a day where you may want to be outdoors. seventy-seven for the high-end central park. sixty-seven tomorrow with a breeze. breezy on wednesday but try through thursday. our next chance of rain arrives late thursday and that will bring us out wet friday with highs in the low seventies. let's take a look at the roads. >> ines: while we have our hotspots this morning. watch out for an accident avenue. there's a lane blocked causing delays. in orange county eastbound earlier this morning. two lanes are closed but is slowing down a lot to people. let's take a look on long island. the l ie by 106, 107 the traffic is moving fine. the george washington bridge upper fine. the george washington bridge upper l

new jersey. chopper 7 is over a hours fire on mountain avenue in montclair. right now firefighters are trying to douse the flames. we see white smoke at this point. this is now a three-alarm fire. so they continue to work on the scene. of course, we will bring you more updates as soon as we get more information here, on air, and online. abc7ny. >> an emotional support dog is meant to be comforting. one veteran says she has flown a half dozen times with her service animal. it was never a problem until her last flight from denver to houston when she got kings off a flight. >> this is my certificate. >> reporter: jennae fowler says she goes everywhere with her emotional support doing ziggy marlie. >> he relaxes me. he calls me down. he makes me feel everything's gonna be okay. and her boyfriend went to colorado to visit some of her old army friends. >> the flight out was great. i mean, spirit was good to us all the way out to denver. >> reporter: when she tried to board the return flight a flight attendant changed things up. >> she said, hell no. i said what's w

some places in north and west in new jersey could see frost conditions there's a frost advisor posted there until 8:00 this evening. 46 in montclair as well as paramus with a partly cloudy sky with a mixed sky in the tristate region. southwest heading into tristate region these along that frontal boundary going to bring us myrrh clouds and eventually showers too. right now future cast wants to bring become at least sol lighter showers into northern new jersey into western new jersey by evening commute. only a little bit of that makings it metro area but we're looking at possibility of showers out there especially late today into tomorrow. in fact, tomorrow in evening this time stamp is 9:00 that is coming down for pretty good for a little bit. and we have wet weather to come over next 36 to 48 hours. most of it today isn't until later on this evening. high temps up to 48 degrees today. patchy showers especially in evening and then drier day for you saturday but rain makes comeback sunday into monday . okay let's bring in ines and see if we have any big backups with our roads and so on. good morning to you. suspended for religious

new jersey. the building is destroyed, but now the community is coming together to help displaced pets. cbs 2 has the story from montclair. >> when i pulled up, i saw black smoke pouring out of the back of the building. >> reporter: erin brennan describes the chaotic scene. her brother spotted the fire. >> there's a fire, fire, call 911! he started pulling animals out of the building. >> reporter: thankfully, volunteers were already at the shelter caring for the animals. you can see the damage done to the building. flames so intense, they even spread to one shelter worker's car parked behind the street on willow street in downtown montclair. >> it could have been deadly. cats and dogs were saved by shelter workers and neighbors who rushed in to help. >> the volunteers all lined up, like a traveling line starting pulling animal after animal. >> all 70 pets have already been placed in foster homes or other shelters. no word on what started the fire, but there are plans to rebuild with a fund-raiser set for next sunday. >>> well, the calendar says spring, but it feels more like winter. people woke up to ice and snow this mo

new jersey. >> the community is coming together to help the displaced pets. we have the story from montclair. >> when i pulled up, i saw black smoke out of the back of >> reporter: erin brennan describes the chaotic scene. her brother, randy, was the first to spot the flames and alerted everyone. >> there's a fire, fire, get the animals out. he started pulling animals out of the building. >> reporter: volunteers were already at the shelter to walk the dogs and care for the california you can see the damage done to the building. the flames so intense, they spread to one shelter worker's car parked behind the building on north willow street in downtown montclair. >> it could have been deadly. in the middle of the night, it would have been gone. all the animals would have died. >> reporter: 70 cats and dogs were saved. >> the volunteers all just lined up and like a traveling line starting pulling animal after animal. every single anle got out. >> all 70 pets have been placed in foster homes and other shelters. there is a fundraiser set for sunday. >> good news there. they got all the animals ou

i' m hillary clinton and i approve >> a restaurant in upper montclair, new jersey, is sticking to its hometown roots. >> in this edition of the dish, carrie drew introduces us to tutor and the wolf. -- turtle and the wolf.