(s/ mayor bill deblasio / new rk city) "thank god, it was not worse." mayor de blasio credits hat crew with saving lives on a york city :52 - :54) equipment owned by bay crane .. inclement weather .. new york officials are taking no chances. (s/ mayor bill deblasio / new york city 1:04 - 1:09) "whatever is the most secure position for them in a wind condition, they've all been ordered secured immeditely." monitor any ossible gas leaks in the area .. the investigation into collapse .. is underway. mark barger. nbc news. authorities say the area may not be opened to traffic until monday the water crisis in flint michigan cooinuing -- anddnow eastern iowans are lending a hand. the tap water was contaminated with lead after the source switched from detroit to the flint river inin2014... a cost-cutting move made while the city was under state financial management. the organization resources unite in dubuqueeis collectitig bottled water people in flint. a number of people from the tri-stte area getting involved with this effort -- like local businesses and sc

greg: bill deblasio please. can you connect us to de eblasio's room. your hotel. >> nope. >> might be under mcgray. rosanna: he's a tall guy and wearing blue jeans and a blue sweater. >> no one by that name either. greg: check mccree. >> nobody by that name. greg: tell the guy come back to new york and you have a job to do. are you sick of the candidates coming through the hotel. try the holiday inn express at drake university. rosanna: got it. speaker. oh, here it is. greg: so great if we get put through. >> thank you for calling, how can i help you? >> we are looking for bill deblasio. we are on the air. let me see here. rosanna: we are from "good day new york." >> what is the last name? >> deblasio. rosanna: he's a tall guy, grayish hair and blue jeans and a blue sweater. greg: he's probably telling people what to do. how are things in iowa? >> things are going pretty decent. rosanna: are you going to caucus caucuses tonight? greg: good for you. is he staying at your hotel? >> i am not finding it. >> mccray?

stuart: mayor bill deblasio saying all cranes will be put into a secure position.e doing with this crane when it toppled over. the arm of this thing came down covering one person killed two others seriously injured. >> it came down to a half hours ago. tell us how this went down. what happened? >> actually, as i came to work today, just wondering how safe it is. person a car in front of the building, had a strange feeling about the crane itself, should i park in front of the building. i don't know why i did, but i did give much in my office, sat at my desk and a half hour or so heard a loud rumble. and as soon as it happened, i realized it's probably what happened at the crane came down. me and two of my coworkers ran outside. a major study to assess the situation and get a look around. found a person stuck in the car. found a lady standing on the streets. she was hit with some shrapnel. we found a gentleman laying in the street unconscious. stuart: can you explain -- i don't think you can, but can you explain how you had a strange feeling before the crane came dow

. >> mayor bill deblasio was elected in 2013 on a promise to reverse new york's growing economic inequality>> the city has for decades let developers write their rules with housing and it's taking a approach. >> reporter: vowed to create and preserve 200,000 affordable units and his plan relies on tax . >> if you are a developer, if you set aside 20% of those units for low-income folks, the city will give you tax property. >> reporter: robert robinson is an advocate who was formally homeless. >> i would challenge deblasia and say it's no different than bloomberg, 80 per market rate and the more you create housing like that you are saturating the market with market-rate housing. developers in the city want to profit as much as they can and their heart is not into building houses for poor people, that is not their goal, their goal is to get market-rate rents. >> reporter: new york's largest existing stock of affordable housing is the one million apartments that are rent regulated under state law. but the trend is clear, since the early 80s nearly 20% of these have been converted to market rat

all of this went down not far from the location where mayor bill deblasio was in the middle of his state of the city speech. as part of his speech he cited numbers showing violent crime is way down in that city. >>> the resentencing hearing for michael hernandez, the south florida man who is acsed of stabbing his best friend to death at school, is expected to wrap up today. himself took thestand yesterday. he testified and even gave a tearful apology. the 26-year-old expressing remorse for theurder of his friend jamie gough when both were only 14. >> i had to learn for years how wrong it was and what i did, and how much pain i caused you. i'm sorry. >> he later defended himself, the prosecution presented evidence of prison recordings, recordings they believe prove he should stay where he is. >>> police are pretty confident right nowhat speed most likely played a key role in a deadly accidedt that happened in kendall. it was breaking news for you yesterday morning. we were showing you some of these devastating pictures as part of that coverage. incredible. a car smashed ishlt a box truck.

it went down not far from the location where mayor bill deblasio was in the middle of his state of the state speech. in the speech he was reporting how violent crime in the city was way down. meteorologist ryan phillips. >>> we've been watching the cloud cover. we're going to take a look at the rain because it's movingn through first thing this morning. we'll get the showers out of here as wee progress through the early morning hours. live first alert dopplewith most of the shower activity moving offshore at this point. let's take the sky cam look here into downtown miami and see what's going on. we are into a period now where the low clouds willbe laying in around this morning. the active participation will be mighty fine, as in we're not really going to contend with that. we've got wet roadways this morning. we'll get through this. the main thing is the temperatures are going to fall, not warm up. northwest winds now sweeping in quickly behind the front. our wind speeds will be coming up briefly at about ten to 20 miles per hour. sustained winds in the northwest of opa-locka. on the

mayor bill deblasio says the crane just passed an inspection yesterday. he says crews worked to get people out of the way. >> those construction workers who, in the normal course of their work, as they were lowering the crane, were in fact keeping people away from the site and keeping traffic from proceeding down west broadway, part of why this situation was not even worse. >> the mayor also says nearby streets could be closed for days. >> new developments on ucf's push for a downtown orlando campus. >> school leaders say they plan once good again to convince state leaders to improve the campus. we have renderings of what the previous plans to make their pitch were cancelled in november and in january. earlier this week, the city of orlando said it is pledging $75 campus. >> some harsh exchanges between rival presidential candidates. sparks flew during a debate between the two remaining democratic candidates. >> it was their first one-on-one showdown. hillary clinton and vermont senator bernie sanders took the stage last night in new hampshire. it was the

mayor bill deblasio said the trues were in the process of securing the crane when it fell. >>> authorities in new england urge people to stay off the roads so crews could keep -- keep up with a midday snowstorm. many schools in massachusetts, new hampshire, and rhode island, all closed for the day. more than 150,000 customers have lost power. >>> here in our area, we're talking about the possibility of accumulating snow near the beginning of next week. >> that's right. chief meteorologist topper shutt is on the terrace. and topper, what do we know for sure at this point? >> well, we know it's a time frame. we know it's a different system. here's what we know. looking ahead. snow is possible monday night into tuesday afternoon. all right? limited moisture with this. because it's coming from the north. has a lot of upper air support. but not drawing from the gulf of mexico or the atlantic ocean just yet. and good news, temperatures will be above freezing at the onset of the precipitation, which makes us not so concerned about the monday night commute. so the impact is going to be the tuesday

mayor bill deblasio says he got in touch with companies all over the city -- telling them to secure their cranes. s/ mayor bill de blasio, new york city :18 "we're instructing right now all 376 crawler cranes to be be secured. whatever is the most secure position for them... in a wind condition they have all been ordered to be secured immediately. cranes, the larger cranes in the city, have all been ordered to go into a secure position immediately." the crash also caused at least one gas leak in the area. the mayor says he will be working to make sure this doesn't happen again. a local attraction plans to advertise to millions of americans. see the super bowl spot -- days before it debuts. an update on the progress of two new babies at the zoo. see how the malayan tiger tonight: mainly clear. patchy ice on the roads. lows: low-30s. winds: n 5-15 mph. saturday: mostly sunny. not as windy, but chilly. light ne. sunday: ..mostly cloudy with a chance of scattered showers in nc. highs: upper-40s. winds: n 5-15 mph. tonight: mainly clear. patchy ice on the roads. lows: low-30s. winds: n 5-15 mp

the new york city mayor bill deblasio respects the jury's decision finding peter lang guilil of malaughter. ikea gurlie was killed when the rookie officer shot him while patrolling in the stairwell. prosecutors argued that the actions were reckless. his lawyer vowed 4hey will be appealing. they killed a man accused of tacking several people with a machete. the man walked into a restaurant and attacked 59 least three people when he was shot and killed by police. two victims were taken to the hospital in critical condition. >> he came into the front door and started systematically started hitting peopl -- you with a machete. i saw him starting to hit people, ran out, but i kept falling, but i got away. >> constance: why he attacked is unclea. >>> return to the theatre where hundreds of people were killed in ris. the owners of the bataclan athlete we are islmic extremists killed 89 people say they are hopethey are hoping to open the historic venue later this year. this venue was built in 1864 and considered one of the cityand considered one of the city's top concert sites. >>> george clooney

mayor bill deblasio is there. investigators are trying to figure out what went wrong and make sure everyone else is okay. back to you. >> here's the latest on storm team 4 radar. tracking areas of light rain and snow sinking south through the area. this is impacting anne arundel, prince george's, charles, fairfax and prince william counties. this activity will wind down within the next hour. winds continue to pick up, and the sun continues to make an appearance. in fact, later today we could have mostly sunny skies. right now mainly cloudy, temperature around 39. it's going to be a cold day today, especially when you factor in the winds. a high of 43. with breezy conditions for the afternoon and early evening hours, this will make temperatures feel like they're in the 30s. heading out today, definitely bundle up. by 8:00 p.m., the winds not an issue but chilly. >> as you showed us, old man winter is proving he's not done with us yet. this morning's wintry mix put a snarl in the commute across the region. molette g

mayor bill deblasio warning new yorkers to take heed to the cold weather warning. whether you're here or away, you can stay ahead of any weather event with the first alert weather app. go to the app store or google play. download it now for first alert doppler xp to get hour by hour forecast. anthony: an elderly woman seriously hurt after a drive-by shooting in durham county. new details about that coming in over night. it happened after 10:00 in the 3000 block of forester street. the 72-year-old woman was inside with two relatives at the time. she was taken to the hospital. her injuries, we are told, are life threatening. the other two people were not hurt and investigators are asking for help from the public as they try to identify potential suspects in the shooting. in raleigh this morning, police shooting that happened on krij cricket ridge road. he was taken to lake med and expected to recover. police are searching for three men who were seen running away from the area. caitlin: two more suspects have been arrested in a string of jewelry store robberies that t

there was a third officer but it happened miles away from where mayor bill deblasio was giving the state of the city address. >> it's another example of what our officers confront every single day, keeping us safe. not only in the streets of new york city but in the stairwells and hallways of our public housing development. >>> a semiautomatic firearm and shotgun were recovered, one suspect was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted wound two virginia tech students planned to kill nicole lovell and hide her body. body.investigators say david >>> cbs 2 has learned more details about the murder of a 13-year-old girl in virginia. two virginia tech students planned to kill nicole lovell and tighter body. investigators say david eisenhauer had an inappropriate relationship with the seventh confessed to her part in the plot.funeral services for lovell were yesterday. a follow up now in orange county, california, where the sheriff's department has started a new investigation into how three violent inmates broke out of jail. jail.they were on the run for about a week. they broke out by cutting

shooting happened just miles from our new york city mayor bill deblasio was giving his state of the city address. we're trying to gather more details for you. as soon as we get them we will bring them to you. >>> today crews began removing the old bay bridge. caltrans workers are separating a 500-foot-long truss from the two towers that support it. the work is slow and methodical. that truss weighs about 2500 tons. and it's more than 500 feet in the air right now. tomorrow caltrans workers will begin low, the steel structure on the two barges. you see some animation here. this is just the first of 19 truckses that will be removed. all of the work will take at least another two years. >>> well, the deadline has come and gone and no one is the winner of the $63 million superlotto jackpot in california. someone bought the ticket at a 7-11 in chatsworth a few months ago. he had until 5:00 p.m. to come forward to claim the prize. one man claimed he had the winning ticket but lottery officials rejected it last month saying it was too damaged to tell if it was the winning ticket. he is now suin

. >> and new york city mayor bill deblasio is in iowa, clinton. the mayor tweeted that this photo, and this emergency, saying he and his wife -- and this message, saying he and his wife are ready for another day of canvassing. yesterday they showed photos of their iowa trek and the mayor has not appeared with clinton at any rallies. >> political reporter dave evans is in iowa covering the caucuses. you can see his reports later this afternoon, on eyewitness news, be sure to follow dave, on twitter, at dave evans abc 7. he is posting behind the des moines. >>> the iowa caucuses are not your typical vote at the polls. we put together a guide to help you understand how the process works, and head to abc 7n learn more. >>> in brooklyn, an nypd lieutenant was stabbed in the arm in the prospect heights section and taken to king's county hospital in stable condition. the circumstances surrounding the stabbing is still unclear. we have a crew on the way and wile bring you any new information as soon as we get. it. >>> meanwhile, the guardian angels say th

new york it i mayor bill deblasio praised the judge's order, and says that safety shouldn't be second to profit. >> these companies whether they mean to or not are unfortunately making it easier for terrorist to do their devilish acts. the it must be stopped. >> reporter: former assistant secretary in the department of home land security, says that this is about more than just one phone. he says this case is escalating the debate about privacy verse security, and it could be headed to the supreme court. >> right now, both parties have dug in and both parties have a incentive to bring this case forward. >> reporter: apple has five days to appeal the judge's ruling. new york senator schumer says congress must address the issue so that there is not litigation every time law enforcement needs to access an individual's smart phone. a former fbi agent talks to our walt hunter about this hot button issue protecting your private thecy verse protecting the country. why he says, that this case, could be a game changer for investigators. >>> is there a certain element of risk when it comes to us

know where it started with the murder of the two police men in brooklyn i think it was, where bill deblasio, the current mayor had a difficult time with his relationship with the police force and services and that type of thing. my question is the inert he is doing anything to improve his relationship with the police force? has he made any progress? >> you read the book, right? windows two officers were killed a lot was made, i actually wrote an op-ed for the new york times. in the emergency room the cops turn their back on the mayor when he went into the emergency room to see the officers. people were upset about it but i don't think -- it wasn't a well calculated plan. they turned their backs on but mayor. everybody knew he had no use for cops. that is what he campaigned on, tailored two cities, the oppressive police department, everybody knew and all the cops felt he had no use for cops and that night when it happens and he is walking into that room where there are two dead beloved brothers in the other room, i think they just felt -- i wasn't there but i think they just felt that he was

rosanna: we should come up a way to talk to bill deblasio in iowa at 9:00. greg: we are going to call him. he's probably sleeping. rosanna: he is on vacation. greg: mike, what's up? mike: oh you are going to crank call him? rosanna: no. we are going to call him. mike: it looks nice and warm out there. 40s in central park. 49 montauk. the temps are mild. 4 we have a mix of the clouds and the sun. probably more clouds than the sun and showers are approaching us and making the approach and making up, familiaring apart, not making it to the tri state region. a couple of cold fronts are nosing in our direction and bringing in a chance of showers, especially in the afternoon and the evening. around 5:00 the showers are try og appear in the city. not everybody is going to get it. we have rain for a short period of time. tomorrow dry and mix of clouds and sun. on wednesday a day with showers in the area. that looks to be a little more impressive and rain coming through for the majority of the day. today a few evening showers. up to 54 degrees. 48 degrees then and ye

new york city mayor bill deblasio says the victim was tting in a parked car at the time of the accident. workers were in the process of lowering the crane because of high winds. that's when it collapsed. a witness described the terrifying scene. >> i saw the crane coming down. when it came down it made a loud noise.it hit. we all ran to see if we could help out. >> the aftermath left bricks scattered everywhere. a piece of equipment came crashing thriewt roof of one building. >> new england is digging out thisthis morning after the big snowfall of the season. forecasters say yet another winter storm could be on its way. than a foot of snow across the region and left 80,000 people without power. six-year-old girl's family says they were shovelling and outside playing in the snow when a limb snapped. her brother and dad ran to her side to try and help her and called 9-1-1. the girl was taken to the hospital where she later died. a look at our medical center camera, and a lot of cloud cover. a lot of low hanging clouds out there. you know what? jennifer says get used to. they're going to b

while running for mayor, bill deblasio made a promise to ban all carriage horses. just trying to placate the people that gave him a lot of money. basically, this is a land grab. >> you probably want to give this one up. >> you do not have the city council behind you on this one. greg: who knows. anything is possible. rosanna: what are you saying, good day is coming right back. when we go to the store, i find my box of honey bunches of oats and i' m checking to see if i packaged it. best cereal in the world right there. we built our factories here because of a huge natural resource. not the land. the water. or power sources. it' s the people. american workers. they build world-class products. and that builds communities. and a better future. for all of us. because making something in america means so much, to so many. weathertech. rosanna: melancholy this morning greg: sadness there, of course. rosanna: it is beautiful. greg: it is her birthday today. happy birthday to carole king. way. rosanna: maybe we should go find good time charlie in florida. rosanna: the logi

mayor bill dib deblasio says workers were trying to secure the crane because of highcran winds.enly crashed to the ground. the crane smashed intoane smashed int surrounding buildings andnd severalin cars parked along the the street.st >> this type of crane isf cne called a hauler crane.ler cra it was being moved into a secure position because the -- --- by the manufacturer's instructions as winds toppedinds 20 miles an hour this particular company thertic instructions were that the crane should be put in ashouldput secure position.io >> initial reports said theal person killed was sitting intting one of the parked cars but itthe pa turns out the victim wasm w walking on the street. no workers were hurt thankfully. >>> and the california coastnia co guard says two small planes p collided over the ocean just outside the port los angeles. there are no signs right now signsht of any survivors.virs the midair collision happenedap friday afternoon.ay a officials say both pilots were experienced. one witness says he saw a plane nose dive into the waterdiveo and divers have searching fo

here to explain all of this is the mayor of bill deblasio's counsel.of people wonder about altice's plan to save $900 million. you expressed reservations what are they based on? >> our reservations are based on part on that. the city is responsible for ensuring cable providers are able to have the financial wherewithal, the managerial wherewithal and the technological wherewithal to deliver the services their supposed to deliver to residents. in this case, 900 million in synergies suggests to us that there may be issues with whether they can meet those obligations, and we need to look under the hood of that used car. >> and have you been able to do that? >> we requested information from altice, we have not received it, quite frankly. we're not in position as i stand here before you today to say whether or not we can recommend approval of this transaction in the absence of receiving any assurances along those lines. >> to this overall question as to whether you have a role to play here in saying yes or no, altice seems to be indicating and perhaps by it

no more fumbling for a change or credit card, soon you'll be able to use your cell phone, mayor bill deblasio wants pay by parking by the end the mayor will announce the details tomorrow in his state of the city address. 7:26 we check your commute. >>> we will check our subway status, qtrains at 39th avenue you can expect uptown delays as a result. we have a problem on the cross bronx as you go on the westbound side on the bronx river park way, more problems as you travel going north 149th street that is another collision cleared away going through on the garden state park way northbound we have this tremendous delay on 123. two separate accidents the other accident in the local lanes a jam packed ride. midtown manhattan transformer fire on 49th between sixth and seventh avenues 49th street still closed down the m-50 may experience a detour, street cleaning rules are in effect for today. >>> time to check the >>> we have clouds and rain and need your rain gear showers moving across the area now, temperature 46 degrees. 45 around white stone queens long island, 45 coastal connecticuit, and ahe

. >> mayor deblasio made history. billsting that of context, look back at the cops with a solution with the giuliani took office. they went from thousands to hundreds. you can jog through central park today. the money the city paid, did that solve it? >> absolutely not. i mentioned is my state of mind. the values family more than friends. he has been on an incredible journey. >> driving down the road in new jersey. ♪ ♪ trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, drive to your local car buying center. and three, walk out with your check in as little as 30 minutes ! so don't wait...get your free online valuation now at webuyanycar.com. ♪find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar.com♪ ♪ bill: coming up next, a mom and her daughter patrolling the most dangerous city in america. >> police and firefighters back in the hudson river monday. the video is taken by megan hunter this photo. driving down the road ov

t new york city mayor bill deblasio has warned new yorkers to take extremes to precautions over the weekendon our local forecast for this morning and today, too.odat >> very cold, very windy. windy we have some snow that camehat through very quickly and veryer aggressively over the past the p hour and i would echo the same sentiments of what they're o saying in new york, use extreme caution. this is cold that we're not accustomed to here inre i it is very cold especially today with the bitter windwi chill.th try to avoid being outdoors asns much as you can. here's the last of our snow o s squalls bringing flurries across much of the district. we have the sun back out. back some of you waking up top apop coating as you take a look outdoors. that's from that very quick q moving snow squall that came through has now since passed.as wind chill advisory that's outs for the whole area. a this is until 6:00 a.m.il:00 a tomorrow morning for those negative to single digit wind d chills. so, the air temperature is one thing. th it's 20 degrees in washington, baltimore, 16 in gaithersburg,er 19 in win

. >> mayor deblasio made history. bill: what is interesting that of contex look back at the cops with a solution with the giuliani took office. they went from thousands to hundreds. you can jog through central park today. that solve it? >> absolutely not. i mentioned is my state of mind. the values family more than friends. he has been on an incredible journey. >> driving down the road in bill: coming up next, a mom and her daughter patrolling the most dangerous city in america. i always heard fios was a lot faster. but, i thought it would be a hassle to switch. turns out it wasn't. they showed up when i asked and they set up wi-fi on my laptop, my tablet and stuff. it's true. it is better. i'm here to mow the lawn. it's february, curtis. maybe i should change some other things around here. only fios has the fastest internet available with uploads up to 5x faster than cable. get 100 meg upload and download speeds. plus tv and phone for just $69.99 a month online with no annual contract. switch to better. switch to fios. li

. >> was bill deblasio back from staten island? >> winter is! >> you ready? i got you. that is one.re organized than the iowa caucus. >> he e here ye hear ye, the second day of february 2016, the 130th annual punxsutawney groundhog club, up punxsutawney phil, prognosticator of all prognosticator, the cheers of his thousands of faithful followers. he directed the president and inner circle to the predictions scroll which translated reads the inner circle grows to great ends to keep me abreast of the latest trends. john in my borough i never get bored riding on my overboard. and i sure have fun flying my drones but the weather forecasting is my comfort zone. is this current warming trend more than a trend? para chance this winter has come to an end. there is no shadow to be cast. my forecast. >> the ibm watson guy who used to work at the weather. maria: bring on spring the. >> we don't get six more weeks of winter. that is that we are a strange nation. we caucus in iowa and look to a ground hog to tell us if winter is over and we loved every moment of the ceremony. >> at least we didn

. >> the city of new york, the deblasio administration, in particular, is trying to foreclose on our property over a damn water billhave you been paying your water bill? >> we're tax exempt. we're a church. churches do not pay water bills or any other kind of tax for that matter. >> jessica: that's bullship. after a long legal battle, the court rules the church was not eligible tore the exemption so that and a long list of other offensens against the church prompted their closing. >> the sodomites lost the campaign to silence my voice in this community. >> jessica: who are these sodomites? >> many have moved from other parts of the city and country and moved up here to this particular community. going up town to harlem. going to let my hair down in harlem. >> jessica: i'm going to harlem. >> and have a good time. >> jessica: and have a good old time. >> i have to say this, i don't know in the audience can handle it. >> jessica: what do you have to say? >> a lot came looking for black meat. >> jessica: what? black meat. >> jessica: what is black meat? >> sex with black men. >> jessica: oh, my god. why do you say stu