tony aiello ors on the tune -- aiellos reports on the funeral for officer holder. >> you are relieved of your duty as a new york city police officer, guardian at the gates of new york city, and we send you on your way to your new assignment to be a guardian angel at the gates of heaven. >>> many guardians waiting outside with somber faces and a ribbons on their badges from connecticut to california. >> when someone passes away in the line of duty, there's a little bit of each one of us that passes with them. >> it's painful and heartfelt for the community. >> we know he didn't die in vain because of the all the lines he touched and all the good he did. >> reporter: mayor de blasio one of several speakers who praised holder's lifelong desire to follow his father he was an active cop with many accommodations, and his fiancee spoke briefly, praising all who serve and protect. >> to simply wear the uniform of an officer is an act of courage. you chosen to be a bold target and hero it could be argued that to be the loved one of an officer, we choose the same fate. >> reporter: his fiancee

. >> the case went to tom aiello. they knocked on doors and collecting evidence. the sun rose the next morning some of those cops turned their attention to another murder, another bloody crime scene. this is the video police recorded of that second murder scene. it was seemingly unrelated, but just a half mile away in the same precinct. this was a busy night for the murder business in the bronx. >> time now is approximately 7:15 a.m. on january 19, 1995. >> this time a livery cab driver named baithe diop was found slumped over his steering wheel shot momentum timmultiple times. >> the investigation of the driver was headed by mike donnelly who worked alongside aiello. the two detectives ended up putting their heads and their cases together concluding the same group of several people committed both murders. >> did you know the other people? >> i knew two of them. >> from the neighborhood. >> from the neighborhood. >> these are good friends of yours. >> acquaintances. >> just guys you saw around. >> it's february 4, 1995. >> one of those guys was 19-year-old michael

aiello says they found the acacal spot where the photo was taken in chavez county, n n mexico. we fou the old lumber underneath. we found those exact rock piers are still there. this iconic picture of billy the kid dates back to 1880. the picture randy bought is believed to have been taken two years earlier. wow. this is really real. followhe facts and the clues and it was thegreatest treasure hunt. like don kagin said, it's the holy grail of not just western photography. it's the holy grail of photography. it is the rarest photograph in the world and it was found in a fresno junkshop. jessica rae: scott: jessica and scott are chatting about "the holy grail of photography." jessica and scott are chatting about "theheoly grail of photography." jessica a d scott are chchting about "the holy grail of scott:good morning siouxland. photography." jessica and scott are chatting about "the holy grail of photography." jessica and scott are chatting about "the holy grail of photography." scott:good morning siouxland. photography." jessica and scott are chatting about "the holy grail of p

tony aiello, cbs 2 news. >>> thank you very much, tony. an update now on the fiery tanker truck crash on the new jersey turnpike. state police now say the tanker truck was carrying 8500 gallons of gasoline when it crashed into a guardrail yesterday in kearny. the driver was killed. this is new dashcam video from a witness showing what happened moments before and you see the flames there. mattresses and box springs on top of a cargo van fell on to the highway. the truck driver apparently losing control trying to avoid them. >> a black car maybe sort of kind of weaved the lane a little bit to try to avoid the mattress and was hitting the brake. that was, you know, i'm sure what the other truck driver saw. >> the medical examiner is working to confirm the truck driver's identity. >>> there's pushback in westchester county as muslims there try to establish a mosque in a residential neighborhoods. cbs 2's lou young with the story from yonkers. >> reporter: mansion or mosque? that's the question in north yonkers as muslims seeks to turn this run

tony aiello with the story new at 11. >> reporter: he was a great guy, and he had a lot of friends here. >> i don't understand how he could go to the bathroom and not be heard from again. >> reporter: the search for answers brought thomas eiuco to montefiore hospital in the bronx. anthony was an operating room technician and reportedly went to the e.r. on thursday after injuring his finger, but when the nurse called his name, he was gone. the family reported him missing friday, and they visited the hospital monday morning. >> it wasn't until we went to the hospital and made a commotion to figure out what was going on when they decided to do something. >> reporter: around 4:00 monday afternoon hospital staff found him dead inside a locked third floor bathroom. his family can only wonder how 4 days could pass without anyone noticing. >> reporter: what's going through your mind tonight? >> why this could happen, why no one cares to check on their own employees or patients in the hospital. >> reporter: we e-mailed a number of questions to the hospital, and a spokeswoman expressed sympathy t

tony aiello, cbs 2 news. >>> thank you, tony. in other headlines tonight, a shocking attack on an elderly woman caught on camera. the ground and seriously hurt. valerie castro spoke to the woman's basketball in this exclusive report. >> reporter: surveillance video showing the 96-year-old woman being violently pushed to the ground. her son says she is suffering from a broken hip and needs surgery. he says she's not doing well. the push happened september 28th near nagel avenue, and in the video you can see virginia gus walk to the front door with her cane and step just outside. she says something to 24-year- old hanzel ramirez. he tries to come inside, but she raises her cane to stop him. it's unclear why. she tries to shut the door on ramirez who blocks it with her foot. she pokes him with her cane, and then he pushes her to the ground. her son quickly runs to the building and tells ramirez he's going to call the police. >> reporter: juana martinez is wearing the orange pants, and she holds the door as the paramedics push her ou

. >> tony aiello is live at yankee stadium with more on the wild card matchup. tony? >> reporter: against the houston astros, this is the first ever wild card game in the yankees' glorious postseason history, really a perfect night for baseball, and an enthusiastic capacity crowd, but the yankees are not giving them much to cheer about. >> let's go yankees! >> reporter: 1,187 days since the last postseason game at yankee stadium. fans were pumped but maybe a little nervous as game time approached. >> reporter: nervous at all? >> a little it will be intense. >> against the astros? really? we are good. we got this game! >> reporter: it's one game, anything can happen, right? >> it's one game, a whole season, and now it comes down to one game. >> reporter: the yankee faithful did their part on their feet in the first inning with tanaka striking out 2, but then later gave up two solo home runs, and the yankee offense never ignited. >> nothing was there tonight. it's a shame. last game. pack it in boys. >> i don't know what happened, but it wasn't pretty. >> you can't win

he called cbs 2, and tony aiello set out to find out whose bright idea is this? >> reporter: it's a sidewalk summer. the mysterious moving of this -- stumper. the mysterious moving of this street light. >> my oil company called me up and said i can't put oil in your tank. running dry because the street light was moved on top of the cap like this that covers the oil tank filler pipe. the landlord's daughter-in-law says calls to 311 over several days got them nowhere. >> they gave us the wrong work order number, and we called a third time, still nothing. >> it's upsetting, but that's the city. >> reporter: the d.o.t. say it's not clear who moved the street light, but after hearing from cbs 2, the department moved quickly to fix the problem. monday night a crane lifted the one-ton street light, freeing the fuel oil filler pipe from its concrete confines. the oil cap is pretty noticeable, and you have to wonder why whoever moved the street light didn't see it. >> reporter: now you can see how you couldn't have missed it. i don't know where the problem was, but i'm ha

tony aiello reports. >> reporter: the app is called find my phone. and it helped yonkers police find a level three sex offender paroled just last year. there is relief in a neighborhood where he allegedly struck again. >> that's great news that he was caught. i just hope he doesn't come out. >> we're able to remove a dangerous predator from our streets. >> reporter: the commissioner said blunt stole a smartphone from a woman on september 23 in the parking lot of the cross county mall. investigators used the "find my phone" app to track the stolen unit to the other side of town where patrol cops spotted blunt suddenly drop a back containing the stolen phone. >> anytime we have an opportunity to use technology helpful. this case. police linked blunt to two additional september crimes. the robbery of a 37-year-old woman on bronx river road, and the sexual assault and robbery of a 57-year-old woman not far from the yonkers raceway. i spoke briefly to the son of the woman who was sexually assaulted and robbed. he said she is still recovering and she is gr

cbs 2's tony aiello reports. >> reporter: it happens thousands of times a year. nypd officers using force in the course of doing their jobs. soon, they will be required to fill out a form to document every time they take down or subdue someone every use of a baton or pepper spray. >> it is a very, very significant change as you can appreciate. >> reporter: commissioner bratton also ordering officers to take action if they witness a fellow cop acting inappropriately. >> officers at the scene will be disciplined for their failure to report as well as going forward to intervene. >> reporter: bratton is also dedicating more resources to investigate the use of force and track which cops may be using it too often. so what does the patrol officers union think about all these changes? not a whole lot according to the pba chief. with continual second-guessing of officers' actions is a formula for disaster. it is a call for police officers to disengage themselves from the very pro- active policing that brought this city from the brink of disaster." but an agency keeping an

cbs 2's tony aiello reports. >>> reporter: an ambulance dell view after his three-hour ordeal trapped under tons of rubble in the basement of 27 west 38th street. >> he was in pain. he wasn't 100% lucid towards the end but he started to come back as we started to get him out. >> reporter: there were 19 workers inside when several floors collapsed into the basement killing one and trapping his coworker from maspeth. first responders had a full complement of hand tools and power tools. but ultimately they decided not to use the power tools. they were concerned about carbon monoxide levels and that tight confined space and also the noise interfering with communication with the trapped victim. >> reporter: they worked to lift the collapsed debris an inch at a time with little margin for error. >> at one point, we didn't want the debris to shift at another point where it was locate on the victim. but we had about a half dozen guys that were right in under the collapse. >> reporter: the rush of the emergency equipment shut down 38th street keeping hundreds of workers from their offices. >>

cbs 2's tony aiello live now in fresh meadows. tony. >> maurice, cunningham park one of the largest in queens. there are tennis and bocce courts lots of different ballfields. police say this park is virtually crime free but a mug-goer struck here this afternoon targeting a 15-year veteran of the nypd. it was a routine day at cunningham park. guys playing bocce and a woman walking her dog. suddenly, that woman started screaming for help after a would-be mugger slashed her in the throat. the victim, an off-duty police officer. terry brown took this video of her receiving aid for her injuries. >> i saw all the bocce players running over there helping a woman that was screaming. her throat had been cut. and they put her on the bench and her throat was bleeding. and they started to administer first aid to her. and then before i know it i was surrounded by cops. i didn't even know what had happened. she was distressed. >> we saw the cop. she was coming out of the bathroom with the -- holding her throat. she was on the phone with 911 ale

to help unscramble what these two leaders are really saying, i turn to danny aiello in, the israel's deputy foreign minister and israel's ambassador to the united states from 2002-2006. i asked him to explain what exactly he learned from what abbas and netanyahu said. >> well, thank you, ali, it is always good to be with you. i would say that we have to split hairs here. if you read carefully, or if you heard carefully what mr. abbas, president abbas said was that the agreement will be on hold if the palestinians decide in sometime in the future that israel did not live up to the agreement. it was a very convoluted sentence. i can tell you here that he was, he did intend to say that the palestinians walked away from the agreement, but under extreme pressure from both the united states and also jordan and egypt, he took it back and put it on a conditional way. at the same time mr. netanyahu was also in a way, i wouldn't say conciliatory, but he reiterated his speech from 2009 where he talked about a two-state solution for two people. so in a way i think that there is enough here for t

tony aiello, cbs 2 news. >> yes, he was. >>> if you ride new jersey transit, you had better mind your manners, and it just launched a new customer courtesy campaign to remind customers to stay out of the rude zone. things like talking loudly, using foul language, and carrying too much baggage and this 6-week campaign uses posters, digital displays, and encourages people to posttheir transgressions on social media with #rudezone. >>> an overpopulation problem in rye. residents say the town is overrun with deer in many cases it appears they roam on to the streets for the marshlands conservancy. homeowners have put up fences to protect their plants, and others are more creative. >> there's 8-10 deer on my property on a daily basis. >> i put up the gnome, and if you pass by he talks to you. darn deer don't. [ laughter ] >> one option would be to allow bow hunting of the deer, but so far the county has said no to that. >> yes! >> did that gnome just talk? >> are you talking to me? >> where is that coming from? >>> if you're looking to add fall fashions to your wardrobe, you may find cash t

for now, live in the garment district, tony aiello cbs-2 news. >>> the mets trailing in the world series down two games to none. being home will be the charm. we have cbs2 coverage. >> reporter: no team in the makes throws more than 95 miles per hour fast balls. this is going to be the highest velocity pitching match up in world series history. the mets putting their world series hopes on the line and in the hands of young flame thrower noah syndergaard, whose average fast ball is 97 .1 miles per hour. his counterpart is right behind him at 96.3 miles per hour. down 0-26789 it is a tough spot for the mets. but they have been in this situation before. no team has had as many comebacks since the trading deadline, 18, as the mets. that is something i asked terry collins about at yesterday's press conference. >> you talked about overcoming challenges this year. what do you draw from those experiences this year? and why is this team so good in the tough spots? >> well, you draw the fact that and again, it all goes back to conif i dense. we can do this. we've done it. if you haven't overachiev

tony aiello, cbs 2 news. >>> the coast guard has ended the search for the crew of a cargo ship that sank last week. the families of the 33 missing after the coast guard told them the news it went down during hurricane joaquin. >>> a city program that literally gives free rent money to the homeless has landlords battling tenants. >> i'm hurt, very hurt. destroyed. >> reporter: yolanda and mil wiliford have been pounding the pavement for 4 months now, but they are still living in the homeless shelter. >> we just want someone on the phone to tell us yes. >> they're got this voucher for $1,268. it's part of the program where the city guarantees landlords this monthly payment, but they can't convince even one landlord to rent to them, and they are not alone. a piece of paper that is worthless. >> reporter: this woman works over 40 hours a week as a home health aid, but she can't even find housing. >> $2,000 or $3,000 a month is low income. that's not low income for me. low income is $600 or $700. i still have to eat. >> reporter: landlords cannot discriminate based on income, but landlords de

vans being used by the nypd, but tonight there's concerns about privacy and health, and cbs 2's tony aiello reports on a city under surveillance. >> reporter: when human eyes are not enough, the nypd has an x-ray option to keep the city safe. >> they look like vans, but they can peer under your clothing and so into vehicles to spot explosives and contraband. >> the nypd rightly so is up on the latest technology. >>> donna lieberman is concerned enough to join the lawsuit forcing them to answer basic questions about the x-ray vans including what safe guards public from the radiation they emit? >> reporter: are there health risks to us from the use of the x-ray vans? are they getting a warrant when they use them? there's a lot of unanswered questions. >>> another question, how long does the nypd keep the images inside of the van. >> reporter: commissioner bratton said they are never employed to bat street-level crime, but beyond that, no comment. >> security andtown counterterrorism activity we engage in. we will see in court. >> reporter: in court because the nypd will continue to appeal cer

officers confronted the suspect, and tony aiello is on the ground right now with the latest. >> reporter: maurice, you can seat police officers behind me on the northern-bound lanes of the fdr. they are looking for any shards of evidence they can find on the scene. the officer is assigned to anticrime duties at ps5, located a short distance from here. utility workers here at a school at 120th street heard the gunfire erupt about 2 hours ago. >> we were working here, and next thing you know, you hear several shots, at least seven or eight. >> reporter: did you duck for cover? >> i stood here, and cops were here within seconds. >> reporter: the gunfire erupted around 9:00 p.m. a confrontation with a cop and a suspect. the officer was shot in the head and rushed to harlem hospital where commissioner bratton joined major de blasio. the violence began with reports of shots fired at 102nd street, and the gunman was fleeing on a bicycle, and then more violence at 120th street, the scene of the shooting of the police officer at the fdr drive. passengers and drivers going nowhere, taking to socia

tony aiello has more. >> i thought it was a terrorist. i didn't know what was happening. people were going crazy. >> reporter: mark curry was on the southwest flight from l.a. to san francisco, forced to turn around after an inflight altercation. the star of the 1990s sitcom is now a radio host. >> woman said you choked me! and she wouldn't get up. the dude was just sitting there. >> reporter: passengers said the man seen in video here taken during the flight began to choke a female passenger after she reclined her seat. you can see the woman in the video clip as the flight attendants urged her to press charges. >> but what do i do? i'm going to stay here all night? >> when cabin attendants reported the incident to the around and return to l.a. >> we are declaring an emergency. we have two passengers who have had an altercation. >> man was taken off the flight by fbi agents. he is not facing charges. the 136 remains passengers got to san francisco early this morning, 5 hours late. >>> thank you, tony. >>> oscar pistorius is back home after being released from prison in so

cbs 2's tony aiello is here now with more on this. tony. >> reporter: the vatican press office seemed to struggle with a response to the controversy over this meeting. first, confirming it by refusing to deny it. and saying there would be no further comment. now, further comment clearly aimed at disclosure and "damage" control. >> the vatican messed up in a very slow tepid response. >> reporter: cathy r. nna a catholic professional who works on lgbt issues felt let down when kim davis announced she had met privately with the pope in washington. >> i think his goal was to bring a message of hope and building bridges and meeting with someone who is that divisive and who has been that has style towards the lgbt community was really very, um, really disappointing. >> reporter: with the vatican's initial reluctance to comment, davis shaped impressions of the meeting. >> he told me before he left he said, stay strong. that was a great encouragement. >> just knowing that the pope is -- is on track, you know, with what we're doing and agreein

and tonight at 6:00, tony aiello joins us with sweeping new changes for the nypd. how force is documented. >> for years, decades really, police have to document every time they fire their weapon in the line of duty. now they will have to document every use of force, physical force to take a suspect down, use of baton, use of pepper spray, and there's also new requirements for officers who witness these incidents. >> thank you. at 6:00. across america, people like basketball hall of famer dominique wilkins... ...are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes... ...with non-insulin victoza . for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar. but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza . he said victoza works differently than pills. and comes in a pen. victoza is proven to lower blood sugar and a1c. it's taken once a day, any time. victoza is not for weight loss, but it may help you lose some weight. victoza is an injectable prescription medicine that may improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. it is no

cbs 2's tony aiello continues our team coverage. >> reporter: they came by the thousands, somber faces in their dress uniforms, from east hartford, connecticut, to brea, california. >> i came here for officer wenjian liu's funeral. there's nothing more important than to support our brothers. >> reporter: a proud turnout from the new jersey state police neighbors who deeply >> 33 years old, certainly had a lot left for the city and community. my heart goes out to him and the family and the police department. >> reporter: what are your thoughts for officer holder's family? >> i can't imagine what they are going through. but i know they have a lot people backing then and they are going to support them for many, many years to come. >> reporter: also in the crowd members of the community still shaken by the murder of a man working to keep our streets safe. >> i think it's tragic how another officer has lost his life doing his job. trying to defend people. >> reporter: people from guyana also on hand showing pride in their homeland and its heroic native son. >> number one, i feel sad. and th

tony aiello reports. >> reporter: the app is called find my phone. it found akeam blunt, a level 3 sex offender paroled last year. >> that is great news that he was caught. i hope he doesn't come out. >> we were able to remove a dangerous sexual predator. >> reporter: commissioner charles gardner says blunt stole a smartphone from a woman on september 23rd in the parking lot of the -- cross county mall. investigators used find my phone to find him. >> anytime we have an opportunity to utilize technology no locating devices, it is helpful. >> reporter: especially so in this case. police were able to link blunt to two additional september crimes, the on robbery of a 37- assault and robbery of a 57- year-old woman not far from the yonkers race way. i spoke briefly to the son of the woman who was sexually assaulted and robbed. she is still recovering and is greatly relieved that there has been an arrest. blunt faces 16 charges, and police are working to connect him to additional crimes. for now, you can located him in the county jail. news. >> the suspec

tony aiello has more. >> reporter: attorney mario which i, raises an intriguing defense for a one time police officer, pedro abad. he may have been drugged prior to a march wreck that killed two friends. >> if he was drugged he is not responsible for the amount of alcohol he drank and he couldn't be responsible for the actual deaths. >> reporter: he is basing his claim on a recent case involving scores. two adult entertainers busted for drugging rich men and running up huge charges on their credit cards. in a bad's case he had two prior charges. dash cam video shows him barely able to talk or walk. on the night of the wreck he posted an instagram of generous whiskey shots at a new jersey pub. still, he says he was not impaired before arriving with his three friends. scores gets millionaires, we get blue collar guys. no one is spiking their drinks here. period. >> just a theory. >> reporter: but which i has experts who say it is worth exploring. thursday a court agreed he could have access to samples of abad's blood the night of the accident to test for ghb and other date rape drugs. >>