most violent scene happened behind me at the astoria liquor off astoria boulevard. according to police the bloody crime spree begun 11:30 yesterday morning and ended sunset 5:40. they say this is the man responsible, james patrick dylan man who has a extensive criminal history and was known to police. according to police, dylan slashed his neighbor in the face and neck around 11:30 yesterday morning and showed up to the liquor store with a brief encounter and allegedly sprayed him and shop own we are some sort of chemical accelerant and set a homeless man on fire and stapped shop owner killing him. he was pronounced dead at mowngt sigh nigh hospital and tried to break into a nearby apartment that is when he encountered police with a bottle in another hand. here's the assistant chief was nypd explaining what happened next. he refused it -- the suspect then sprayed the two officers with the lick liquid burning their hands and face. weapons shooting the suspect. >> you can hear the shots going off. that's what our cameras picked up as police were opening fire. dylan is

on astoria boulevard and steinway street. one regular customer at the store tells us he spoke with george, the owner, just last night. bothering him and one guy's leaving town and this other guy was bothering him. >> reporter: police were combing the hill off the nearby grand central parkway looking for the weapon used in the attack. neighbors say the store owner would go out of his way to help anyone and may have been protecting a friend from the taker. >> he would defend someone. that's george. >> reporter: right now firefighters are decontaminating one nypd officer who had some kind of chemical thrown in his face, allegedly by the suspect. again that suspect 23-year-old james patrick dillion is in custody tonight. he has been taken to elmhurst hospital. by police gunfire or possibly injured himself with the knife. that weapon has now been recovered. the woman who was slashed in the face at about 11:30 this morning, that happened on 36th me. that's where the suspect lived. in critical condition at the hospital tonight. we w

it happened in astoria queens. that's where teresa is live this morning with the story. >> this is completely quiet and peaceful part of astoria. it's a bloodied crimes unit covered neighborhoods. it's ultimately involving four serious attacks in the most gruesome one accused here. one man went off the medication. reporter: as a t.v. cameras rolled , shots rang out in a peaceful section of queens. police are sent scrambling in the shootout is only described as an incredible chaotic and frightening day. >> this is been a very unusual day. the unusual day involves four violent crimes. according to police, it began here around 11:30 a.m. on sunday when this man , james patrick dylan, slashed his 39-year-old neighbor in the face . don't emerged for his neighborhood liquor store on astoria boulevard. chemical accelerant on that demand in the store owner. the neighborhood went into lockdown. they found dylan around 5:40 am on 42nd st. and historian. in his hand was this green knife and a bottle.the officers demanded that

it happened in astoria overnight. tracie? >> reporter: let's start with major updates in this case. police confirmed to news4 that the four passengers inside of that vehicle when the driver was shot are all b ng questioned at was not to be a cab driver. the major question that remains is who pulled e trigger. thisismashed suv is at the epicenter of a shooting investigation that has officers and detectives stationed at seurveral corners in astoria. police say the 37-year-old behind the wheel was hit by crash. now, the search is on for witnesses and a gunman. >> very loud. >> reporter: the crash woke him out of his sleep. the suv that police say was a livery crab crashed near the paper factory hotel. the driver had just dropped off four passengers. a fight started soon afterwards. when all four passengers dashed ck inside of the cab, shots rang out, one of them striking the driver in the head. residents heard his vliehicle crash down the street moments later. >> my mom's really light when she heard the boom, she woke up. she saw us outside and told my dad and my dad went outside becau

live in astoria, cbs 2 news. live in astoria, cbs 2 news. >>> grief counselors are expected to be on hand at two new jersey schools after two teenage boys were nod down over the weekend. the memorial is growing where police say a car jumped a curb saturday night and killed two friend walking home from a party. 16 year old noel herrera was an eighth grader at cliffside middle school and 17 year old brian rodriguez a sophomore at union city high school. noel herrera's mom spoke with her son just moments before the crash. >> just minutes before face time. >> what did they say? >> mom we love you. >> a third friend was also hit by the car and was taken to the hospital with a broken leg. police have not announced the charges that the driver might face. >>> america is mourning the loss of nancy reagan the former first lady died at her california home yesterday at the age of 94. cbs t reports. >> reporter: a steady stream of mourners stopped at the ronald regan presidential library and museum sunday to leave flower and

a few hours later, he stabbed the owner of astoria liquors and wines to death. george pituis had his neck sliced. and he also attacked a 61-year- old man in the store and set both victims on fire. >> he threatened me. he said if you talk to my parents, i'll kill you. >> reporter: doreen naszer has known dylan, whose nickname in the neighborhood was soda pop since he was a child. she said dylan was always troubled and once attacked her son. >> when he punched my son and knocked him on the floor right in front of me in my living room, i told him that was the last straw. do not come back, and i told my son stay away from him. >> reporter: police confirm that james patrick dylan has a history of psychiatric issues and he was not taking his medication, according to his family. one gunshot wound. the gentleman 61 years old who survived being set on fire inside that liquor store today, he is in critical condition tonight. reporting live from store queens queens, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. >>> fire trucks swarmed bloomingdale's in manhattan tonight after a fire broke out

astoria, kat? >> reporter: darlene and michael, police say this was one of many crime scenes where a store owner was killed. also, a man nearby, according to police, the suspect tried to set him on fire. it was a search-hour crime spree. when police tracked down james dillon, the suspect went after them. he's in the hospital right now in critical condition. one of his victims also darlene and michael was a woman stabbed and slashed in the face and head. police are trying to figure out a motive for the crime spree. but family members of dillon told police, darlene and michael, that he suffers from mental problems. back to you. >> kat, thanks very much. >>> we'll go to tracie strahan in manhattan where officers are easing up on some low-level offenses. >> reporter: michael, starting today, you won't be arrested for those so-called quality of life crimes. instead. we are we're talking about dhings like drinking in public, urination. the manhattan d.a.'s office says not prosecuting these low-level offe

kemberly richardson is in astoria. >> everyone here knew george patouhas. his friend tells me helped fight off the attacker. hospital and will undergo a psychiatric evaluation. >> reporter: utter and total disbelief. herbert rodriguez stood a few feet from where his best friend was brutally stabbed to death. george patouhas tried to fight off his attacker but couldn't. the 55-year-old died here inside his liquor store. >> what do you tell them? what do you tell a wife who just lost a husband? there's nothing that can be said or done. nothing. but i tell you something. my heart is for her. i'm so hurt. >> reporter: george was one person who had the misfortunate of crossing paths with this man. police say james dillon history of mental health issues and eight prior arrests including most recently menacing.

i live in astoria, new york, which is at the queens end of the 59th street bridge or, as nobody in astoriaalls it, the ed koch 59th street bridge. [laughter] so that's gonna be c. ed koch is my final answer. [laughs] >> that is right. [applause] you ready to go for more? >> let's keep going. >> here it is, your $3,000 question. >> all right. >> in the 1960s, the volcanic field at arizona's cinder lake was blasted with dynamite to replicate what place that would soon be encountered? >> okay. >> the mariana trench is the lowest place in the world, but that's not gonna look like arizona at all, so i'm guessing that it's the moon. i'm guessing it's the moon. a, the moon. final answer. let's do it. why not? >> that was more of a question than an answer, but-- but it's right. [applause] >> yeah. yeah, asking questions is kind of my job, so everything i say comes out with a--"is that a thing at the end? the moon? is it the moon?" >> okay, well, here's a statement of fact. you're at $3,000. your next step is that first threshold, $5,000, which means you get this right, you can't leave with anythin

it happened in astoria yesterday. teresa prelim has more . >> shots rang out. police sent scrambling. it can only be described as a chaotic and frightening day. according to police, around 1130 sunday, this man, james patrick dylan slashed his 30 nine-year-old neighbor in the face and neck. at his neighborhood the occurs store on astoria boulevard. after a brief argument, he sprayed some sort of chemical accelerant on the man in the store owner. from there, the neighborhood went into lock down. they found him around 5:40 pm on 42nd st. he was attempting to break into an apartment. in his hand ? this green knife and a bottle. they demanded they dropped the knife and the bottle. he refused and the suspect then sprayed the two officers with the liquid , burning their hands and face. the officers responded with gunfire. his family said he recently stopped taking his medication and his billing minister this area for a ben: it was not as personal as the republican debate but both candidates did go on the attack. bernie sanders is trying to slow down hillary clinton.

i worry about the kids out in bush in bushwick and astoria. >> it's not over. it's just harder. >> reporter: one last look around. >> it's called the magic shop but it really is a magical place. try to keep the place. sorry. yeah. so you know i did everything i could. >> sad to see it go. >> yeah, sad. >>> in new jersey tonight several homeowners are suing the state. >> they're upset about a steel wall built to protect their property. these photos taken just over the weekend. now several homeowners in brick say they can't even use the beach in front of their homes because of severe erosion. they also argue they were never compensated for the loss of their property. >>> some updates on where those thunderstorms stand. >> they're advancing closer to the city. we've been tracking these storms it is stormy in the hudson valley. we have seen some rain off to the south across staten island. it's been dry in manhattan for now. as we head you could see this is our look at orange county. spring like warmth. this is the line that we're tracking. showers, lots of lightnin

reporter: all day we've been following police as they trace this series of violent assaults across astoria, that have left one dead and five injured, including two police officers, but that ended a few hours ago gunshots. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: bullets fly in an astoria neighborhood sunday yach noon. bystanders run for cover to avoid the gunfire. >> lots of running, shooting. >> reporter: james dillon was shot military ultiple times. he slashed a woman, stabbed another and caught them on fire. dillon is her neighbor and he became furious when he thought she was staring at him. he grabbed my jacket, i saw him immediately, he started stabbing my neck. i fought back. i didn't even know i was being cut. but it didn't end there. investigators say hours later he got into an argument at this liquor store, stabbed the owner, set him on fire using an unknown chemical that he also doused on another man. >> i'm shocked. i don't know what to say. >> reporter: police launched a massive manhunt for the suspect and finally found him when someone reported dillon trying to break into a home. we there as

one of the neighborhoods along with astoria queens with large muslim populations that cruz indicated should get more cops looking for terrorists. >> i know for a fact that the best way to help address any issues or concerns is through partnership with the community, working with people that you serve. >> look we're all in this together against bad guys. but we're not going to try to secretly surveil communities in our nation. >> reporter: congressman peter king has long proposed surveillance at new york mosques, said more needs to be done. >> not a heavy presence. not over bearing or intimidating people. but a type of surveillance i think is essential. >> reporter: commissioner bratton told us today that surveillance based on one religion or one neighborhood simply doesn't work. the nypd has disbanded its controversial demographics unit. life in astoria queens tonight, andrew siff. >>> mass transit advocates fear fare hikes could come in funding promised to the mta. they're calling on the state to fulfill its commitment to fund the mta's capital plan. so far they say the governor has

i live in astoria, new york, which is at the queens end of the 59th street bridge or, as nobody in astoria calls it, the ed koch 59th street bridge. [laughter] so that's gonna be c. ed koch is my final answer. [laughs] >> that is right. [applause] you ready to go for more? >> let's keep going. >> here it is, your $3,000 question. >> all right. >> in the 1960s, the volcanic field at arizona's cinder lake was blasted with dynamite to replicate what place that would soon be encountered? >> the mariana trench is the lowest place in the world, but that's not gonna look like arizona at all, so i'm guessing that it's the moon. i'm guessing it's the moon. a, the moon. final answer. let's do it. why not? >> that was more of a question than an answer, but-- but it's right. [applause] >> yeah. yeah, asking questions is kind of my job, so everything i say comes out with a--"is that a thing at the end? the moon? is it the moon?" >> okay, well, here's a statement of fact. you're at $3,000. your next step is that first threshold, $5,000, which means you get this right, you can't leave with anything less

. >>> terrifying shooting spree in astoria, queens. the suspect stopped taking his medication. when it was over one person was dead and four were injured, including two officers. >> reporter: police shot, wounded and arrested 23-year- old james patrick dillon after they say he tore through astoria, queens on a rampage that spand six hours sunday afternoon. his first victim, has a cash after being slashed a few feet away from home. she was walking to church. >> he was a -- what you looking at, cursing her. >> reporter: when she saw him pick up the rock she decided to cross the street and avoid him. he followed her and showed a knife. the same one he would use hour later to kill a man. the worse of her injuries a gash at the back of her skull. >> she saw the blood. he saw the blood at the same time he ran away. >> reporter: police say after 3:00 p.m. sunday who was not taking his medication, he slashed the neck of 55-year-old shop orner who later died. -- owner who later died and then he doused a homelessman and set him on fire. she expected to be okay. he tried to break into a h

katherine creag is in astoria where it all happened. kat? >> reporter: what an ordeal to for the victims and the police department. we want to show you what's going on right here. this is one of the crime scenes. you see investigators right there. they're still gathering evidence. this is where police say the suspect fatally stapd bbed a store owner. the area closed off by police tape. the capture of the suspect ended in gunfire. police tracked down the suspect in his house where he lives with his parents in queens. they shot james dylan several times. he's in the hospital in critical he went on april violent seven-hour crime spree. at 11:30 in the morning, she was walking to church with her children when she was slashed in the face and stabbed in the head. later on police say he got into an argument with an owner of a liquor store on astoria boulevard. he stabbed that person. that victim died. he also tried to set on fire a man nearby. he's in the hospital now. the first victim the woman slashed, told us this. >> translator: grabbed my jack

thousands of sea lions have returned to the docks in astoria.ay, officials took a new approach to keep them away. core harlin of coin reports. >> reporter: the sea lions are back to eat more migrating salmon and means. that means standing room only for the sea lions. they wait to regain control of one of its big docks on the columbia river. the port has entertained some pretty wacky ideas to get their dock back. remember last spring in that huge fake orca whale that was supposed to scare the sea lions? it wound up sinking instead under its own weight. the port has flown tethered beach balls and streamers to scare the sea lions away, but so far, nothing has worked. they unveiled something that looks a lot more promising. inflatable air dancers. check out what happens when they turned them on for the first time. your initial assessment of this for all intents and purposes looks like it may have worked a% little bit? >> it's about as anticipated. we know that there would be an initial surprise. the random movement and bright colors, we know actuall

37-year-old robert castillo struggling to recover after emergency surgery following a shooting in astoria queens. a neighbor recorded the chaotic aftermath outside the strip club on 34th street. he was here to pick up four men, the group got into an argument, and gunfire erupted. police tell us when the four men got into the vehicle, a bullet struck the cab and hit castillo in the head he was the >> they were going around the corner over here to people that were leaving that's it got serious. >>> detectives say he tried to drive off while bad by bleeding and slammed into park cars and a utility poll on 35th street and 37th avenue. >> i was like, how does this happen in my neighborhood? pretty scary. >>> we're hoping he is going to pull through, we don't know at this point. >> fernando, a spokesperson for many of the drivers in the city, says castillo made his living at a driver but not licensed and suv was not registered. >> if it would have been in a licenseed, he would have been in the same condition. >> now they are tracking down receipts to track down whoever open fire. this morning t

at 35th street and 37th avenue in astoria. the unidentified victim in his 40s was picking up passengers at a nearby club. police believe someone began firing at a group of party instead. >> last night i counted eight separate fights out there. there, horns blowing, 3:00 in the morning. >>reporter: randy gunser owns a business in the neighborhood. he said he heard numerous altercations in the night, spilling out club purlieu. >>reporter: last night was billed as taxpayer thursday, featuring songs of deejay camilleo. as the cell phone video shows, there were skirmishes outside. at one point the fire department responded to the location. club pur lieu has been the scene of prior incidents. almost a year ago to the day three people were stabbed. today detectives are back. >> there's four schools within two blocks of this place. there's liquor bottles all over the street, in the morning the kids are walking down the street to go to school and are passing this kind of thing and the city does nothing about closing this place down. it

year to save up $9900 and only a few seconds for someone to steal it out of the scouts' account at astoria bank. besides the fact it's a boy scouts account, you stole from someone's account. >> reporter: how was it allowed to come out over the phone? >> i wish i knew. >> reporter: the second shocker, a little known rule. business and charity account holders have one business day to report fraud to their bank. since the scouts didn't report it for weeks, their claim was denied. >> it's such a short amount of time, you couldn't possibly catch it. >> it was money that belongs not just belongs to the boys. >> reporter: the scout masters appealed to the bank but got nowhere. even the sponsor was losing faith. >> so many people put up road blocks and i thought it was kind of a lost cause. >> reporter: 7 on your side asked astoria to reconsider. >> today as of this afternoon, all of our money has been restored. >> reporter: the generous gesture, astoria says, it was a courtesy seen though the bank funds. to do what no one else could do. >> reporter: i am now an honorary you trust that i can get i

yesterday police say he robbed the astoria bank on 30th avenue. last month they say the same, suspect demanded money from a teller at a chase bank. police say he got away with cash in both robberies. >>> now to a news 4 exclusive. police on the lookout for a blowtorch. he scorched several doors before he finally had to resort to kicking in the front door and crawling inside. and then you can see him racing through the shop snatching up devices. persistence and dedication to get into the store. >> he spent nearly an hour trying to cut through the security door and the wall of the nail salon next door. >>> right now here's a live look at the bayonne bridge which is closed for a construction project. going to be closed all day today and early tomorrow morning. reopen sunday at 8:00 in the morning. >>> now to decision 2016. it's another big day for presidential candidates still in the running. five more states will make their picks today for president. in louisiana, both democrats and republicans will vote in the state's primary there. both parties wi

with a slashing of a woman on the street in this neighborhood here in in astoria. a few hours later a slashing at a liquor store. a worker at that liquor store was stabbed. we've learned that employee of the liquor store has died. a homeless person was set on fire, according to police, by they searched this entire later for dillon for several hours. within the last hour they discovered him hire, apparently a report of a burglary that led to a foot pursuit with officers. and ultimately a shooting. we don't know at this time whether or not the suspect was shot but we're told he is in custody. we've been talking with residents all day as they've been witnessing these violent attacks throughout queens. here's what they told us. >> no one likes to feel unsafe in a neighborhood. i live with three female roommates and we come home at all hours of the night. so to know that you're not safe in your own neighborhood isn't fun. >> reporter: and we want to show you the photo of the suspect, james patrick dillon, 23, now in the hospital with injuries to his legs. we want to men

cable just can't. >>> and that breaking news is in astoria. police have several blocks shut down after a man is shot in his suv. we're working to get new information about what happened. >>> exclusive video of a car slamming into a salon and now three nypd officers are in hot water. >>> new jersey transit officials heading to the nation's capital today, hoping days. >>> and we are also watching the weather. where the snow is falling right now across the tri-state area. >> a very good morning to you. i'm ken rosato. >> i'm lori stokes. thanks for starting your morning with us. we have about two dozen school delays this morning. you can see those at the bottom of the screen and also at abc7ny. >> southern new jersey and eastern long island should see the most snow today. this is new video from overnight from deer park in suffolk county. new york city officials issued a snow alert for today, getting salt spreaders and plows ready. some good news, alternate side parking is suspended today. >> and this is a live picture now from road cam 7 on the s

all --., they own the they own the waldorf astoria.nieschinese wanting to have good valuations or have influence across the board? >> it is probably a mix of both. they want to get property assets. their money abroad. slower growth, a bit more volatile. more stable to go abroad. the chinese government is backing that idea. the numbers have shown it francine: regulation is there it -- number section. francine: regulation is there. -- >> a little more lacks we had a discussion this morning, will there be regulatory questions for the hotel acquisition? marriott, starwood, they want to adjust those issues but hotels, you cannot argue that national strategic interest for the u.s., they bought the u.s. -- they bought the waldorf-astoria. muchould not see too predatory push back on this deal. francine: do we know how much money the chinese have? does it not work like that? >> that is a hard thing to find out. they have very good access to cheap financing. they have support of the local banks. if they want a deal, they can do it. is bloomberg'

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the beijing-based company snapping up new york's waldorf astoria last year.trategic hotels and resorts from blackstone for 450 million dollars more than what blackstone paid for the company back in december. if the deal goes through, it would be the biggest you a state -- biggest u.s. real estate fortress -- purchased by china. if you look at how much chinese insurers have spent lying overseas property since 2000 14, that's about $5 billion. this deal is six point $5 billion. anyverseas property system 14, that's about 5 billion dollars trade this deal is $6.5 billion. it has been snapping up properties around the world as well as in the u.s. it bought a property from blackstone, an office block in manhattan on 6th avenue, also buying insurers, including a charge e-groups fidelity in life for $1.6 billion in november. new york has aid lot of investment opportunities. it looks like he could continue to go shopping. that.d: thank you for let's have a look at some other stories. starting off with what has proven historically to be a very volatile number. least f

right here, in astoria. looking south. from astoria, queens, where else would you find a princess, but in queens? as we look down the east river here, clouds, fog, rain, 42 and east wind at makes it nasty and chilly and raw. yesterday's high on easter sunday with sunshine was 55. it was a really nice day. later on today, sunsets at 7:13. it might be pretty light. but we have rains in the morning commute. until early afternoon, and then will get windy, and the wind out of the southwest, and that could warm us up to 60. tomorrow is going to be a chilly wind. good morning. and then we are going to be looking at a warmer end to the weekend, into march. and march is going to go out screaming. but the rain is going to return. and we have a chilly weekend coming up. 42 up in the hudson river valley. 41 to armonk. and 45 down along the jersey shore. the east wind is picking up over the last few hours. mostly out east, as it picks up, and makes it feel kind of chilly and raw and rainy. the visibility down to two miles toward white

. >> reporter: ann believes she got the bogus bill at this astoria bank in brooklyn. she withdrew from the teller when she tried to buy a metro card with one of the hundreds. >> he said it's no good. it's fake. >> reporter: she took the phony back to the same bank teller. she said one of the hundreds kept getting clogged in the counting machine. >> it wouldn't go through? >> yes. >> as you see, there's no watermark there. that would be a clear sign this is a counterfeit note. >> reporter: the head of the of phonies floating around and say even banks can be fooled by these counterfeiting criminals. >> they get away with this? >> they do. all this money is received as being passed. >> reporter: to avoid accepting a fake, first feel it. fake money is thicker and the print is raised higher. next, take a good look. look for color shifting ink on an authentic bill. the liberty bell changes color. on the bogus bill, it stays brown. >> here, it shifts. from a bell to a hundred. >> i didn't know that. >> reporter: and learn to spot the obvious, what do you think is wrong with

and buying new york's waldorf astoria for $2 million last february. they're still on the acquisition trail. >> and a lawsuit claims he sexually, physically and emotionally abused a woman over a period of 13 years. he calls the suit extortion and says he plans to file a cross suit. the lawsuit said he had a sexual partner forge a deck indicate and could not longer tolerate his behavior. after paying her $10 million, he refused to honor the relevant of this agreement. he's seeing for breach of contract. i believe it contains graphic details that he raped the woman. >> yeah, this was an explosive story going across silicon valley. and were something is attacked -- especially hellaciously, people pay attention. >>> let's get to stocks to watch. pfizer abbott taking a hit after people in india pose a ban against codeine-based medicine. chipotle, with a recent filing and activists investigators, opposing a plan to give oscar munoz an additional role as chairman. >>> more stocks to watch, alibaba announcing that logistics's arm is completing a funding round.

right now mainly 30s from ringwood to astoria. 32 in danbury. winds are gusting between 20 and 30 miles per hour. it feels like the teens and 20s out there with the exception of monticello where it's even colder. feels like the single digits already. be prepared to dress for these conditions if you're going out tonight or if you're getting up early in the morning. by 10:00 p.m. it -- for the morning the city down the jersey shore. feels like 2 above in monticello. so the front that came through is long gone now. we just have a few scattered clouds here and there. overall it's clear skies tonight for the tri-state. back to the west, we're tracking the snow-maker. this one is over the northern rockies right now. it will eventually make its way up the coast here on friday morning. in the meantime, breezy conditions, clear, blustery. the temperatures will feel like the teens by then. that light snow starts early friday morning. we're expecting light accumulations. in the meantime, most of the weekend looks to be dry. temperatures in the 40s. maybe e

they are perhaps best known for by new york's waldorf astoria last year.buy hotels and resorts for about $6.5 billion. 16 pieces of about accommodation across the u.s.. for example, the four seasons, the carlton, the essex house in manhattan. that they are willing to pay, is about $450 than what they bought it for just back in december. they had been intending to sell off properties one by one, but they came in with a different offer to buy the entire company. there has been no comment from either about the deal so far. as you mentioned, they are best known for their purchase of the waldorf-astoria earlier last year. but it is also bought other properties. fidelityreed to buy for about $1.4 billion in cash. chairman said only a few months ago that new york has a lot of investment opportunities. it looks like they may be looking for more. yvonne: we have seen a lot of insurance companies up interest in the past couple years. rosalind: their rules have loosened, meaning they could invest overseas, specifically , aboutgh-end properties 50% of their total asse

astoria. he dropped off passengers who were involved inside a fight. he was wounded as he tried to drive away. police still looking into it. schools in northern new jersey following bomb threats. among them, this school in fort lee where students were evacuated. the bergen county sheriff's department says no explosive devices were found and police are investigating who made the threats. steve: apple has a new ally in the fight with the government. the united nations backing apple's refusal to break into the iphone. the fbi has a court order mandating that apple write software to override the phone's pass code. apple is resisting. the u.n.'s top human rights official says the court order will make the security and privacy of millions of people vulnerable to oppressive governments and criminals. >> this is not just about one case and one i.t. company in one country. it will have tremendous ramifications for the future of individual security elsewhere. steve: the fbi says the san bernardino shoot

in -- astoria in new york. when they question spending decisions and executive salaries, their concerns were ignored. we tried to speak with each board member in person, but they declined. >> i believe there needs to be an audit, not a whitewash calling, somebody that we're paying and have them kind of put a rubber stamp on it. reporter: are you done with the project in. mission of trying to see change there. reporter: that was chip read reporting. it's ordered a review by independent auditors. they won't say if the results will be made public. >>> the arnie is recruiting women for combat jobs. back in december, ash carter ordered all combat jobs open to females. this includes the navy seals. up until then, they've been reserved for men. they could begin training as early as this fall. the marine estimate 200 women a year will be move into the combat roles. >>> one of the bars throwed that wrong way crash in orange county is back open tonight after serving a 21-day suspension. he's agreed to pay a $5,000 fine t

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in the low 50s. 51 in astoria. staten island at 55. in the city, 53. lot of 50s in long island, northwest central new jersey as well. even hudson valley, 55. ahead of this cold front spawning shower activity.

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it was at this local store in astoria that 23-year-old james dillon fatally stabbed the owner. before that dillon slashed and stabbed his neighbor. he's also accused of trying to set a homeless man on fire. he was shot by police and taken into custody. >> the guy is a friendly guy. everybody knows him. everybody talked to him. i'm sure he's helped out a lot of people. >> the suspect is in critical condition at elm hurst hus elmhurst hospital. >>> a young woman who survived the boston marathon bombings has she was killed in a car crash in dubai. the details still limited at this point, but officials say it happened as the 23-year-old student was on vacation there with a fellow classmate. her mother says her family is stunned, shocked and heart broken. >> it brought everything so close to home with the bombing. and now to see that this happened, my heart just aches for the family. >> back in 2013 mc she was just five feet away from the bomb when it went off and badly injured her leg. >>> in nashville jurors have apparently reached a decision in the erin andrews civil trial. we're

the chinese insurance firm has for thed its bid waldorf-astoria. the company says it is awaititig another takeover bid. a j japanese firm will expand is business in north america. recoups been looking to some of the 43 billion dollars in debt it has after a data storage provider did a deal valued at $60 billion. facebook is apologizing for a bug in its system after users living as far away as new york and hong kong received a safety check notification after sunday's suicide bombing in pakistan. the feature lets friends and family know a user is safe in the event of a terror attack or natutural disasaster. inflation in yemen is spiraling out of control after currency to bees were found dwindling. >> these factories can no longer produce anything. yemen carried out by the saudi arabia and led coalition have had a disastrous effect on the country's economy. exports of oil and natural gas have trickled to almost nothing. >> foreign-currency reserves have fallen to one billion, $800,000. the inflation rate was about 30% in 2015. it's 40% today. analysts

the expansion will cover astoria and the rockaways in brooklyn. the project is well under way be ready by june of 2017. >>> a joyful reunion between a dog and her owner nearly three years after the dog then just a puppy was stolen from her backyard in the bronx. the white boxer mix named brianna was found last month more than 100 miles away in south jersey. the vorhees animal orphanage says two men brought her in saying she had been dumped on a front lawn. >> she's so happy. >> welcome home. you are a dog lover. you appreciate that story. >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. >>> coming up on "eyewitness news" saturday morning, college-bound students are getting a crack at a key new test this weekend. the big changes they will notice on everyone's favorite part of high school, the s.a.t.s. >> and also ahead, astronaut scott kelly is back on earth, but hear why he's talking about the fact that being back home is so uncomfortable for him >> and meteorologist amy freeze, who aced her s.a.t.s is (maintenance guy) is that a hammock made out of ethernet cables? (it gu

from astoria, new york, please welcome tony hightower. [cheers and applause] what's up, brother?on. right on.

checkey beckford is live in astoria where this all started. >> reporter: the nightclub where it all started is quiet tonight. early this morning when a gunman ran out of the club opening fire, striking that livery driver parked at the curb. and tonight new video showing the driver lose control crashyng into a light pole. >> i felt for his family. you know, i hope everything works out and he pulls through. >> reporter: shot in the head, a married father of two is fighting for his life while investigators search for leads. surveillance video like this one showing the livery driver losing control of his suv and slamming into a light post, no doubt playing a significant role in the search for the person who shot him. >> this might have been an attempt to kill someone that he was driving. >> reporter: the 37-year-old driver was dropping off passengers here at purlueu on friday. police sources say the passengers jumped back into the suv after a gunman ran out of the club opening fire. they say one of the passengers but a single bullet struck the driver instead. st ill he managed to drive two bloc

police have been chasing a suspect they say is responsible for a string of violent attacks across astoria. that all ended a few hours ago when we heard seven distinct gunshots. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: police opened fire on suspect james dillon after a large manhunt. a woman was slashed in the face. a store owner was stabbed and killed. and another man was set on fire, and police believe james dillon was responsible for all of it. they found him at his home and opened fire when they say he wouldn't drop his knife. he's now in critical condition. we spoke exclusively with a woman who says she was slashed by dillon. he grabbed my jacket, i saw him taking the knife out. immediately he started stabbing my neck. i fought back. i didn't even know i was being cut. and two police officers were also burned when they say dillon sprayed them with an unknown chemical substance. we're told they are going to be okay. michael george, news 4 new york. >>> we go now to the life and legacy of former first lady nancy reagan. today the reagan presidential library was closed. but that didn't stop morn er urn

from astoria, new york, please welcome tony hightower. [cheers and applause] what's up, tony? to meet you, pleasure. >> this is great. [sighs] >> 2,000. >> well, this is over the

cbs 2 is live in astoria with that story this morning.

chinese conglomerate which owns the waldorf astoria has made another offer topping marriott's bid for a second time. th is time roughly 15 billion in cash for starwood. so the question now becomes will marriott come back with a third bid. they thought they had a deal twice for starwood. marriott said its most recent offer of just over $14 billion was its best and final offer. we'll see. >>> meantime, the "wall street jetblue and alaska air are preparing takeover offers for virgin america. it said last week it was exploring a sale of the whole company. there are reports also that some asian airlines might also be getting ready to submit bids. they hope to have a deal in place as early as next week. so that is going to happen very quickly. this starwood story is crazy. marriott last november thought it had a deal. marriott struck a second deal. now they're back. we'll see what happens. >> indeed we will. bill, thank you, as always. >>> the city of yonkers testing the drinking water in the wake of the lead contamination in newark. this is being done as a precaution though. >> reporter: h

he dropped four passengers off at a club in astoria. the group entered the club, got into a dispute and ran back out to castillo's suv and someone began shooting. police say he does not have a livery license. case. was shot and i think that's the real deal. licensed or not, whoever was in the pickup would have received the shot. >> he remains in critical condition. doctors removed the bullet. the passengers were not hurt. the gunman is still on the loose. >>> o.j. simpson back in the news decades after being acquitted of murder and detectives are now examining a knife reportedly found years ago buried at his former home. of course, the big question to not is it the knife that was used to kill -- tonight is it the knife that was used to kill nicole simpson and ron goldman? >> right on cue as america watches the 20-year-old o.j. simpson case play out in the tv mini series, a startling new piece of evidence. okay, maybe it's a hoax. maybe it's evidence, maybe it's nothing at all. police are doing a forensic study of the knife rusted and ma

from astoria, new york, please welcome tony hightower. [cheers and applause] what's up, tony? pleasure to meet you, pleasure. >> this is great.

hotel deals led by the same chinese company, fresh off the 2014 purchase of the historic waldorf astoria hotel, they now have their group on the operator of w hotels, westin's and sheratons. now, back in november, marriott had agreed to buy starwood for close to $11 billion to build the world's largest hotel operator but now they are leading a counter bid along with primavera offering more money for starwood. that's on top of a separate deal being negotiated with onbong for close to $6.5 billion. this includes the famous essex hotel here in new york. the current trend of chinese money buying into u.s. real estate is an encouraging sign. >> given the volatility that we see in the global markets and in china in the last couple of months, some commercial real estate investors had a loss of confidence of chinese investors coming to the state. this is a real vote of confidence not only in u.s. real estate but chinese investors coming here as well. >> 2016 is expected to be a record year for chinese mergers and acquisitions outside of china. three months into this year and we're already sittin