mayor de blasio, bill de blasio, has plans to re-zone parts of the city to build more affordable housing. those plans have met some level. nonetheless, the mayor insists the plans and the re-zoning are necessary. and joining us this morning, vicki been, the commissioner of the department of housing development and preservation, and hector figueroa, president of the service employees union 32bj. gracias. thank you both for being here with us this morning. let me summarize it quickly. tell me if i got it right, and we'll launch from there. ambitious proposal, right? 200,000 units of affordable housing over the next 10 years, the two zoning proposals, you're looking for community input so that the neighborhoods can take control of their futures and not so much the developers. my question, and the question of many, and we'll jump right into it -- i don't think anyone would argue that the city needs more affordable housing. city's borough boards have voted to oppose the plans... is that all the community input you need? >> no, it's not all we need. >> okay. all right. >> it's not all the comm

mayor de blasio ordering his department of education to dispatch 150 extra school buses to thousands of homeless children who were denied a ride to school, until the i-team got involved. >>> here in the tri-state, we're on our way to one more record high before we close out the year 2015. we're going to challenge records throughout the tri-state today, but then a big plummet in temperatures is coming up. hundreds of people being told to leave their homes after weeks of heavy rainfall continues to cause massive flooding. police in york, which is just north of london, advised more than 300 people to relocate because of rising river waters. >> unbelievable. rescue crews are using boats to help people evacuate. hundreds of flood warnings and alerts remaining in place right now in parts of england and over into wales. >> wow. >> a whole stretch of that island having difficulty this morning. as are many of us here in the states. >> i was going to say, it's not just here in america. destructive weather in other parts of the world as well. right now we're lucking out where we just have the g

. >> year 2015 coming to aban end it can't get here quick enough for de blasio i gave him a d for his midterm grade, on public education the mayor did not do anything to improve failing schools. a report by a group proved this bloomberg strategy of closing failing schools was working and de blasio made the wrong choice. on homeless problem their are a lot of things he did not doing first not admitting there was a crisis refusing to take action. >> on horse carriage issue, de blasio did not take the hint after promising to ban then on day one it has been two years, he insists on propose one lame proposal after the another, he should just admit defeat. >> on his desire to curb uber, de blasio did not see if coming kate upton pointed out it was progressive on upper east side dump the mayor did not stop it despite concerns over air call quality, flooding and save they, he did not make peace with governor cuomo, and he remains divisive by 100% progressive and not consider other points of view, what did de blasio acome blue arkansas a-- accomplish? >> he received security, i00ed on social m

joining us this morning, phil walzak, a senior adviser to mayor de blasio. phil, welcome here. >> thanks very much. >> it sounds easy. you know, everyone says, "oh, just solve this problem." why is it so difficult? >> well, it's a complex problem. there are many different levels to the issue. you have families facing economic hardship that find themselves out of housing and needing to live in a shelter system. you have people who are suffering from mental illness or then you have folks who are living on the streets 24/7. each of those situations contributes to the homelessness population. but they all require unique and different policy approaches to solve them, and that's what we're working on now at city hall. >> what's different about this approach that the mayor announced this week than the strategy of your administration, your boss's administration, in the last two years? >> well, this is a new tool to address specifically street homelessness. we have initiated a number of reforms over the past two years to deal with -- either to prevent homelessness an

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mayor de blasio now opening a top to bottom reorganization of the agency. with quality of life complaints growing, record numbers of homeless in shelters, and without the help the mayor says he needs from the state, de blasio has poured billions of tax dollars into supportive housing, special teams that can help the homeless on the street, job training, even rental subsidies. apparently that's not working quick kl enough. mayor de blasio sat down to discuss his plans. >> i know people should know when it's time to try something different. the last 20 years i got 22,000 better housing, but we need to do that. >> now, the mayor says because homelessness is increasingly being caused by economics these days, he's examining ways to streamline the two agencies, homeless services and the city's welfare agency that deals with poverty. it's not necessarily his intention to merge the two services back together like they used to be. he just hopes better coordination between the two agencies will prevent homelessness, and once they do become homeless, get them into a s

mayor de blasio is spending millions of dollars on it, all because he watched melissa russo's i-team report. >> if they need special school bus service, we will provide it. >> reporter: scores of school buses are on the way. it's mayor bill de blasio's response to our i-team report last month, which exposed vulnerable homeless children facing long, exhausting commutes between their shelters and their schools. >> when i saw it, it really said to me, we've got to find a different solution. >> reporter: de blasio tells the i-team he wanted to take quick action after seeing what homeless families were going through. >> i come from one borough to the next. >> it's a little crowded. >> it's like chaos. >> it's hard. it's far. >> i feel like my mom is being committed to all these challenges. >> reporter: with homelessness at crisis proportions, shelter space is limited. we learned the city has been placing families far away from their schools. then denying them school buses. >> we take the train. >> reporter: one train? >> three. >> reporter: three trains? we interviewed children taking thr

again, mayor bill de blasio saying that the threat is not credible. they are cooperating with the fbi to figure out the source of the e-mail, and many invdicatios that it came from overseas, and from frankfurt, germany. and it is a piece of writing that the mayor called outlandish, and bill bratton, the commish commissioner in new york said that it was sent out to other location, and we are working to find out where those might b and it is not a credible terror threat, and you nknow he mentioned misspellings and the word "allah" was not capitalized which leads you the believe it is not a serious jihadist, and the person who wrote it is potentially a "homeland" fan and someone who may have watched recent episodes as well. now, keep in mind, they have said that they are investigating it as hoax, and it is not the usual prank. obvious obviously, l.a. is taking this very seriously, and bill bratton saying that it appears that the l.a. school officials were not coordinating with the school officials in the issuing of the closure, and e expected to hear fro

. >> reporter: the restructuring of homeless services comes as de blasio is under increasing scrutiny for the rising number of homeless new yorkers. back in august, the mayor blamed the media and political extremists for inflating the problem. when i asked him about those accusations today? >> i'm just not going to respond to that with deepest respect because those conversations are never productive. >> reporter: so 58,000 people about 23,000 children, are living in the city's shelters. 3,000 more are living on the streets. a troubling picture de blasio admits he hasn't been adequate in communicating. >> i wish i had explain to the people of the city earlier and better of the shape of the problem. but, um, you can't for a moment miss the fact that of shelters. can't for a moment miss the fact that the city is making major new investments to address the problem. >> reporter: last month the housing and social and health services for the homeless. >> it will be a long battle, but we believe with hard work, we will increasingly turn the tide. >> the review of the department of homeless se

de blasio's spokesman said she doesn't agree with the are sure the advocates would not agree. we certainly do not. but cuomo still intends to unveil his own homeless policy for new york city on january 13. >> not too far from now. >> no. >> thank you. >>> a bill guaranteeing healthcare funding for 9/11 first responders is expected to pass in congress next week. the zadroga act expired last month but has enough funding to last another year. the legislation provides medical monitoring and treatment for those who responded to the attacks in 2001. police commissioner bill bratton joining both new york senators in washington today calling for a permanent extension of the law. >> this country has an obligation and a debt to those who went toward the danger and stayed in danger. >> 23 nypd officers died on 9/11. 115 more have succumbed to illnesses related to their work on the pile at ground zero. the zadroga act will be part of a comprehensive spending bill that will come up for a vote next week. >>> a major document from the vatican instructing catholics not to try to convert jews.

also, mayor de blasio will be here in the amp. although, later an commissioner brad son's scheduled event with reporters. we expect to also hear from mayor de blasio about what president obama said. >> kat, thanks very much. >>> other politician r s krit criticize criticizing the president's spaech. we spoke by phone to peter king, who described president obama's address as a, quote, total failure of leadership. >> he just comes up with these phony arguments and refuses to make any changes at all. his policy clearly is not working. >> well, the "today" show will have much more reaction and an ice of the president's speech. >>> today, thousands of san bernardino county employees are time sinept a deadly attack at a holiday party. restaurant inspector syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik killed 14 of his co-workers wednesday. investigators are looking into whether the mother of farook knew about the attack plot. >> at this point, we do not have any evidence thatter. part of a larger group or a cell or planning anything else. that

so what did bill de blasio bill de blasio accompanist his ear? in october he finally received security clearance or he could be briefed on classified information regarding terror threats to new york city and improved his -- i hinted on social media that my grade would be a d and some of you wonder why was the f. truthfully the mayor did one more thing to avoid a total fail and that was to cancel his planned of an equality form and i was. d equal. >> for here in new york city we certainly deserve a mayor who is the grade. dunkin's new sweet black pepper bacon sandwich, with double the slices of caramelized crispy pepper bacon. it's the bacon experience you've been waiting for. bacon up. america runs on dunkin'. ok, we're here. here's dad. mom. the twins. aunt alice... you didn't tell me aunt alice was coming. of course. don't forget grandpa. can the test drive be over now? maybe just head back to the dealership? don't you want to meet my family? yep, totally. but we still need your signature. the volkswagen sign then drive event. r zero due at sig

mayor de blasio announcing a new initiative today to help prevent overdose deaths. the plan will make a medication that reverses certain overdoses available at city pharmacies, and you won't need a prescription to get them. the effort is part of a larger plan announced last month that aims to help new yorkers fighting addiction and mental health disorders. >>> the justice department is opening an investigation into the shooting death of laquan former officer jason van dyke charged with mcdonald's murder after video was released last month. >>> and former president jimmy carter sharing some amazing news from his doctors. >> when i went this week, they didn't find any cancer at all. so i have good news. >> that was former president jimmy carter at his sunday school class in georgia. he says he will continue with his chemotherapy. it was just back in august he first announced the melanoma he had. it spread to his brain. >>> stars are no strangers to new york. they're among the latest kennedy center honorees. honored last night in washington, "star wars" kree create or

on his desire to curb -- de blasio didn't see coming with supermodel kate captain and person by pointing out that by helping underserved progressive. on the upper east side stuff the mayor didn't act to stop it air quality, flooding and safety. on leadership he did make peace with governor cuomo and continues to get outmaneuvered. he remains divisive for taking his election as a mandate to be 100% progressive and not what did bill de blasio accomplish this year? in october he finally received his security clearance so he could be briefed by classified information regarding terror threats to new york city and he improved his on-time performance predicated on social media and some may wonder why it was not an f or truthfully the mayor did one more thing to avoid a total fail and that was his plan inequality forum and i was. here in new york city we certainly deserve a mayor who is the grade. >> a holiday wish come true for 20 survived cancer. jennifer: group shemtov it up with them and help them cook an amazing holiday meal. reporter: the holidays are a time to show gratitude and today we

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. >> reporter: announcing the resignation of gilbert taylor, mayor de blasio is calling for a 90-day review of the city's efforts which will be headed by steve banks and deputy mayor anthony shores. >> some of the new tools are working but we have to improve upon them, look for new solutions to figure out the best organizational structures to make it all work. >> the mayor and his administration have been cried sizeed for the -- criticize the for the handling of the problem. his previous deputy mayor resigned and he must find a new services. >> we are highly committed. >> reporter: the mayor points out the need for restructuring because it has been in place 20 years and does not meet the current needs. reporting live, tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> tim, thank you. >>> we are following breaking news right now. two big problems for long island railroad commuters. westbound service is temporarily suspended on the babylon branch because of signal problems in freeport. on the ronkonkoma branch, a truck hit a vehicle near the bethpage station there. commuters should expect di

mayor de blasio called the threat outlandish. students in los angeles will be back in class tomorrow. one day after their parents received this message. >> we are closing all district campuses today due to a threat that has come. >> reporter: that threat came as an email last night to board members of the los angeles unified school district, and threatened an attack with assault rifles on every school. new york city schools received a similar email, but unlike los angeles, mayor de blasio and police commissioner bratton said the threat was a hoax. >> it was so generic, so outlandish, and posed to numerous school systems simultaneously. >> it appears the school district acted on their own. >> reporter: new york city schools chancellor said the nypd was contacted immediately >> the mayor bratton and myself made a decision to keep schools open. safety is my first priority under all circumstances. we felt very confident that this was the right thing to do. >> reporter: given the terrorist attack less than two weeks ago, in nearby san

for months mayor de blasio has been under pressure to fix the city's homeless problem. finally ousting the commissioner and announcing a new plan to improve things. today the first interview with the man now in charge of degree something about this. cbs 2 political reporter marcia kramer with this exclusive story. >> i ride the subway to work every morning and i see what people see. and i'm as troubled as anybody when i see suffering on the streets. >> reporter: meet steven banks the man selected by mayor de blasio to deal with the york city huge numbers of homeless living on the street, begging and making many question whether the quality of life has deteriorated. >> the problem of homelessness in new york city is not a one size fits all problem, not a one size fits all solution. >> reporter: banks may sleep softly but no one doubts his conviction to fix the lives of the poor. ask the six governors and mayors he sued as a lawyer. he want new yorkers to know two things about the street homeless. he is on it and outreach takes time. >> it takes many efforts to get people

. >> mayor bill de blasio back tracked who told me last week that job training would be required for as many as half of shelter residents who are able to work. prompting concern from some homeless advocates. under the city's new plan, the homeless will learn to write resumes, cook with organic vegetables and as mayor de blasio told me today, stay off the streets. >> what were they going to do during the day? >> sit on the sidewalk. >> that's not what anyone wants for them or for our communities. >> reporter: so the goal is to keep people in shelters busy during the day, but what if the homeless person doesn't want to pick kale or chop potatoes. watch as we try to get a yes or no answer last week from homeless deputy commissioner jody jody is it optional. >> we're going to work to engage, aggressively engage and encourage clients to participate. >> what does that mean? does that mean it is a requirement or it's not? >> we're going to work with them to encourage them to participate. >> but if they don't want to, they don't have to? >> officials say the homeless would agree to job train

another shakeup on the de blasio administration. this time the man in charge of homeless services stepped down amid one of the biggest homeless crises in new york history. good evening at 6:00 i'm liz cho. >> i'm bill ritter. the man in charge of homeless services in new york city stepping down three months after his boss resigned frustrated about the way the city is growing homeless population. >> mayor de blasio insisted he is fully involved in trying to solve the homeless issue. tim fleischer is at city hall with the lead story. tim? >> reporter: the mayor making the announcements this afternoon. the first the regular signature nation of the homeless service commissioner and second a reorganization plan the mayor is hoping to put in place to deal with the troubling issue. >> a profound challenge and it will be for years to come. >> reporter: in the next three months mayor de blasio is hoping to review and reorganize the city's response to a changing face of mom less necessary with what he believes

. >>> mayor de blasio is going to visit a mosque in queens to ensure the muslim citizens that

. >> mayor bill de blasio is going under the knife. good morning, i'm shirleen allicot in for lori stokes. >> and thank you for joining us, i'm ken rosato. it is friday, december 11th. you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> good morning everybody, ken, shirleen good morning to you. heather good morning to you. wake up! we take a look outside. we have skies that are clear. partly cloudy to clear, 53 to start your day. 53 to start your day. normal average afternoon high temperature is 44. 36 around hanover, hackettstown is 43, teaneck and over towards ten fly 46. we're going to be 20 degrees warmer than normal for this time of year. low 60s today, and it only gets warmer. some record warmth. it's weather then heather every 7 minutes. you look like you're ready to go. >> i'm ready to go home and enjoy the weekend. first i'll do this. let's go over to our mass transit chart. it looks like new jersey transit, metro north, long island railroad doing just fine. subway service is

ever since uber liberal mayor de blasio was elected, things have gone to hell.f that is the incredible traffic mess. we sent watters out to take a look. ♪ [ horns honking ] >> ever seen traffic this bad out here if >> yeah, every day it's bad out here. >> what's going on out sneer >> new york. >> whose fault is all this traffic? >> new york. >> that's so insane, it kind of makes sense. >> i can pin a lot of stuff on depl de blasio. >> de blasio is make thing like los angeles. >> he's making us worse than los angeles. >> this traffic situation is chaos. who do you blame? >> the christians. it's the tree. it's radio city. >> oh, well, that explains it. >> anything you want to tell the mayor? >> not doing a good job, that's for sure. >> he's not? >> no. >> very good. i'm glad you thought it out. >> got to keep it moving. you can't stay here. let's go. let me help you out a little bit. come on! let's go! [ horns honking ] got to turn it around. don't hit me, bruh. i won't give you a ticket if you give me this box of wine. >> can't do that. >> get out of here. you're

today's announcement comes as mayor de blasio faces sharp homelessness. cbs 2's hazel sanchez live at hazel. >> reporter: maurice, mayor de blasio says tackling homelessness in new york city is an urgent priority. and that is why the city is reviewing the department of homeless services keeping what works and getting rid of what doesn't. this is a department of homeless services commissioner -- as he steps down. it's a homeless service department overhaul mayor de blasio announcing the resignation of the agency's commissioner of only two years gilbert taylor and a 90-day review of the department's programs and services. >> we recognize that as the homelessness situation persists, as the challenge persists that we have to evaluate whether the current structures make sense and what kind of changes we can make to streamline and improve the

mayor de blasio is firing back at the leading republican presidential candidate. here is what donald trump said at a candidate forum saturday. >> i believe the iran deal, we are negotiators like you folks. renegotiate deals in this room. >> he didn't think trump was invoking stereotypes. mayor de blasio said as with other shameful outbusts he had about ethnic groups they are nothing short of dangerous. we should demand from our presidential candidates a standard that in no way echos the voice of a george wallace or george mccarthy. >>> 9/11 first responders are calling on congress to pass the zadroga act which provides medical coverage for first responders and those that became ill after the 9/11 attacks. congress allowed the program to expire. they said the act should be added to a bill that must pass by the end of the week before holidays. holiday season. how can we celebrate if we are not taking care of the health care of our first responders. >> i remember clearly when the head of the epa was telling people the air is safe to breathe, when the first responders

. >> commission is evaluating salaries of top city officials say mayor de blasio deserves raise. may or your currently earns $225,000 a year. >> historic moment at cape canaveral a vertical landing lanched satellite into space a exploration cheaper. i'm liz dahlem. >> i'm kerry drew ben simmoneau and juliet huddy are off u today. 6:00 on this tuesday morning. thanks so much for being with us. >> just a couple days till christmas eve. three till christmas. everybody is talking about the weather that's the big headline this morning. audrey you are the girl morning. but i'm talking about the weather always. unusually mild as we start off this first week of the winter season. that is going to feel more like spring across the tristate area. we're having that already this morning with temperatures mostly in 50s and we have some rain to contend with here on our radar. light rain shower. patchy drizzle picked up north of the city and northern new jersey. and temperatures warm enough for rain and not snow. 56 in central park. 53s islip. same in bridgeport this morning. good morning belmar

mayor de blasio has ordered a 90-day review of homeless services agencies and programs. currently there are nearly 58,000 people living in homeless shelters. more than 22,000 of them are children. another 3000 people live on the streets and the mayor forecast the number of homeless will increase by 200 next year. so far homelessness under de blasio has increased by about 4000 people. >> we have tools that work but it will take time for those tools to have the full effect. reporter: the mayor has been sharply criticized for the surge in homelessness and what his critics say was a failure to deal with the issue early on. kevin mcdonald is with manhattan institute, conservative think tank. >> i think he has continued the fallacy of the advocates of a housing issue. homelessness is not a housing issue. straight homelessness and street vagrancy is a mental health issue. reporter: councilman steven levin is the chair of the general welfare committee. he says the homeless problem worsened under former mayor bloomberg when the city and state cut funding. >> when we look we look

. >> reporter: mayor de blasio and the commissioner said it was a hoax. >> we certainly don't want to raise levels of fear. certainly raise awareness. >> it's not important to overreact in situations like this. >> school officials received a different e-mail. it didn't say a speck name but. some parents believe mayor de blasio and commissioner brat ks ton shu played it safe. >> if there's any doubt, i think >> but the subcommittee tant hat wants to keep it open. >> i don't want to live in fear, so i'm fully okay with them staying open. >> we're live in chelsea, michael george, news4 new york. >>> two in's. that's coming up at kf 30 tonight. >>> a targeted shooting in a nj nrj police hope the fbi will find this person. >>> what cops are calling the grandma scam. what you should watch out for. >>> also ahead. zds she told meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and we're always looking for ways to enjoy more. so we called time warner cable and got even more than we expected. more speed, like 300 meg. more tv shows and movies on demand. more places to make more unlimited calls. they ev

so what did bill de blasio accomplish this year? well, in october he finally received his security clearance so he could be briefed on classified information regarding terror threats to new york city. and he improved his on time performance. i hinted on social media my grade would be a d. some of you wondered why it's not an f. truthfully, the mayor did one more thing to avoid a total fail. that was to cancel his planned inequality forum in iowa. there's a saying, d equals p. here in new york city, we deserve a mayor who's doing better than barely making the jennifer: in fox 5 health news, genetic testing could be coming to your office. some experts say it's an employee perk. others say it could be looked at as an invasion of privacy. steve: joining us, dr. michael smith, chief medical editor for web md. i'm not looking at this as a perk at work. this seems to me to be really invasive. during the break jen mentioned the reality is it's not expensive to run the tests. >> not what it used to be. there's do it yourself genetic testing,

s/ mayor bill de blasio / new york "talk about giving back to this city, and serving this city, it does not get better than the favale family." s/ deputy inspector anthony favale / nypd 1:17 - 1:24 "to get that type of recognitionn from the mayor r n such detail, i was embarrasssd. i was so unnerneath my seat." now the brothers join a class of more than 11-hundred graduates and will soon join precincts across the city. but first, they will work detail at the times square ball drop... welcoming in the new year and a new career. s/ stephen favale / nypd graduate 1:37 - 1:44 "first time ever. i never saw the ball drop before, and i'm a horrible new yorker. that i've been here for so long. so i've gotta try to be a police officer and not a tourist in that moment." together... brothers in blood, and now brothers in the nypd. >> we'll be right back after an amazing rescue: two women jump for their lives after an apartment fire in northwest, iowa. the sheriff's deputy some call a hero today. keeping dangerous drivers off the roads. ktiv's tiffany lane rides along with a specialized unit of the

he's putting points on the board policy wise. >> this is the maddening thing for de blasio fans.red pre-k to 60,000 of kids and you care about squeegymen. how do you balance these two things. if you're the mayor it's a question of theat rirch cs versus policy. >> that's the 2013 campaign. he got 75% of the vote in the general election, won the democratic primary in a romp and now here he is with these pretty low poll numbers. next year, 2017, you mentioned david dinkens the last mayor that made it only one term. what's next? >> if you talk to de blasio's advisers they are rather no pun intended blase about being defeated in a democratic primary. they think they still have a pretty reliable base of support. and they really have no challenger who has yet emerged in any kind of convincing way to take them on. that said 55% number saying that city is moving in the wrong zraeks pretty troublesome for any politician. >> this is an exhaustive and frankly if you care about politics at all, you don't have to live in new york, it's fascinating to look at as you call at any time disconnect

mayor de blasio went on to call the threat "generic" and "outlandish. the new york police department and f-b-i are now working to track down the person who sent the threat. the des moines school district has lock-downs from time to time... but nothing like what took place in los angeles today... in the case of threats... the district tells us, "if we were to have any doubt about the safety and well- being of our students, we would contact law enforcement, put the situation in their capable hands and follow their lead." the des moines police department is prepared for a variety of threats... and they're getting a run through tonight... channel 13's mike dasilva joins us live from the des moines airport... mike... the bomb squad is at work tonight. rollcue to pkg: even though we've been fortunate here in des moines and the school district hasn't had to close schools due to a threat like the one they had in los angeles this morning....should a threat like that arise, the police department says they're ready and able to handle it...earlier today, they expla

all of this, of course a sore spot for the de blasio administration, which is trying to use the police crime statistics to fight the perception that the city has grown more dangerous under de blasio's watch. >> tony, thank you. >>> the nypd says it's prepared to keep the new year's eve major security will be in place, and streets could close as early as 4:00 a.m. in the area. this year marks the debut for the critical response command. in all, over 5,000 officers will be assigned in times square, and people be will screened as they enter the 65 large spectator pens. >> there will be hundreds of traffic agents, plus additional mobile cameras, chemical, and radiation detectors. specially trained police dogs, cops on horsebacks. police helicopters, and police boats. >> reporter: the nypd says there are no threats against any new year's eve events in the city. >>> a strange accident outside the lincoln tunnel, where a bus passenger was thrown from the windshield right onto the street. the charter bus was on jfk boulevard in weehawken this morning. police say edward meerholz was light. the

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. >> reporter: some parents believe mayor de blasio and commissioner bratton should have played it safe. >> if there's any doubt, i think you go with closing down the schools. >> reporter: but schools can't close down for every threat, especially when one, police say, isn't credible. >> i don't think we should live in fear, so i'm totally in favor of keeping the schools open. >> reporter: another thing we heard from city officials concerned that the reaction in los angeles, the decision to copycats. we're live right now in chelsea. michael george, news4, new york. >> michael, thank you. >>> so how does a nearly identical e-mail lead to completely different reactions in two major cities. 4 investigates has been digging down to just a few words. chief investigative reporter here. >> how could someone claiming to be a senior in high school and that he was bullied in los angeles and new york at the same time? so the decision to close schools or not? officials had just a few hours overnight to make that call. nypd and fbi officials had doubts early on. the police commissioner said as much du

mayor de blasio held a meeting today at city hall to review his major accomplishments. among other things, he says the city's economy is on the upswing with more new yorkers working than ever before and an unemployment rate under 5 percent. >> all time high for thecity, the number of jobs, whave 4.2 million in new york city. mo we've ever had. and just under 200,000 of those jobs have been added since i took office. communicate more and admitted that's been a short coming. he said he plans to attend more wn hall meetings. >>> we are here now with eric, the assistant managing editor. crane's. your general takeaway from the mayor. he was talking about the economy and how well he thinks. >> it took him a couple of years to talk abo i shod start talking about the economy. that's the one thing that's doing well. but the thing is it's hard to point to one de blasio strategy that has had athg to do with the economic gains that we've had. what he can say is that the things that im doing haven't messed up the ecom he's mostly tried to help people who are on the bottom rungs of t

. >>> mayor de blasio unfailed a new homeless program. tonight, we found more people in desperate need of help. they sleep on the floor, and bathe in public bathrooms, and they've been doing it for a lot longer than you might think. cbs 2's meg baker thinks people are living at laguardia airport. >> reporter: it's the busy travel season, and if you go to laguardia airport, you may be surprised to see this under the christmas tree. homeless people living at the airport. this is 2:00 a.m. you see a person asleep in a wheelchair with plastic bags full of belongings. even people bathing themselves in the public bathrooms. homeless. old man began talking to me near baggage claim in terminal b. he points out security cameras. >> much safer here than in a shelter, because i can get have bedbugs on me, lice. i'm 68 years old, i don't need the hassle. i sit and watch cnn all night. >> reporter: he says others that are here have been here just as long. >> a lot of people upstairs. >> how many people do you think >> maybe 100. >> reporter: at 2:00 a

today mayor de blasio and christine quinn held an event together. >> the two of them teaming up to help the homeless. they were both here this afternoon, the mayor and christine -- >> reporter: smiling children receiving hugs from a team that may cause some to do a double take. mayor de blasio and christine quinn who said their friendship and passion to help the homeless transcends past political >> since i took this job seven weeks ago, i want to be clear and thank the mayor. i've been given nothing but the highest level of access to every person that i need to talk to. >> reporter: quinn who is now ceo of women in need, says teaming up with the mayor makes sense, especially when it comes to combatting the new phenomenon of the working homeless. >> there are a lot of people who share the value that we need to help people. particularly folks who have done everything right and find the economic reality not working for them anymore. >> reporter: the mayor today also saying he's doing more than just giving out presents. he's also implemented a new program for his folks will be working one-

. >>> halfway through his term, how is mayor de blasio doing. giving us his own report card and would you agree with his self-assessment? those stories and a lot more. >> we'll see you then, kerry, thank you. >>> in belgium they released five people who were detain would the paris terrorist attacks. the five picked up in brussels yesterday and today as investigators searched two separate residences. officials say the investigators were looking for explosives, but did not find anything. >>> well, tonight police in new hampshire are continuing their investigation into a threat that forced the closure of an entire school district. police say a school administrator received an e-mail last night threatening two high schools. schools in the city closed as a precaution. investigators describe the e-mail as containing a detail threat to students and faculty at two schools. of course, this all comes less than a week after an e-mail threat shut down schools in los angeles. and a similar threat was received here in new york, but it was deemed a hoax and di

mayor bill de blasio did his share, scooping out mac and cheese alongside his daughter and the reverend al sharpton. but the mayor also got served a healthy dose of skepticism. longer approve of his job performance. >> he haven't kept his promises. >> what specific promise would you like him to keep? >> there's so many. the homeless thing he said he did not know there was so many homeless. how could you not know. >> that's where sharpton proved invaluable to the mayor today. >> thank god that we have better than we were. >> telling a huge crowd, including the sons of eric garner, the city is better off under some of the mayor's signature changes, universal pre-k and reduce stop and frisk. >> after 20 years of going backward within we've turned the boat around to the right direction. >> a message the mayor quickly echoed. >> we're moving the city guard together. count your blessings that change does come when people demand it. >> and so the mayor turned his attention to children, his own daughter -- >> here's one of my most wonderful blessings right here. and homeless families. this 11-y

mayor de blasio's vision zero traffic safety program has reduced fatalities. this new legislation would raise the penalties imposed against hit and run drivers. >>> french prosecutors say two people have been arrested on suspicion of helping to provide guns to the man who attacked that kosher supermarket in paris in january. the attacker killed -- and separately a policewoman before dying in a shootout with police. prosecutors say the suspects are an accused arms trafficker and his partner. >>> now to vote 2016, the spotlight shifts tonight as the republicans get ready to battle it out in las vegas. the stage, this as texas senator ted cruz is moving up in the polls taking some attention from donald trump who's still doing phenomenally well among his party. a they're all coming after me. so far everyone that's attacked me has gone right down the tubes. >> hours before the big showdown donald trump telling supporters at a rally he's ready. the front runner will be center stage again in las vegas, but this time standing next to a new rival who is cutting his lea

mayor de blasio says that pre-k enrollment is up to 60,000 here in the city and the process for next fall will begin on jan 25th. families will get acceptance letters in the beginning of may. mayor bill de blasio says the program is growing with 3,000 more children enrolled today >>> chrysler is recalling nearly 56,000 of its 2015 and 2016 models worldwide. the companies cites a water leak. two complaints led to the recall but no one has within hurt. no fires reported. the jeeps were manufactured between january 15th and september 10 and dealers are going to inspect and replace the parts. >>> the food and drug administration is moving to ban anyone under the age of 18 from using indoor tanning beds. under the proposal, adults would have to sign a waiver every six months acknowledging the risk of skin cancer linked to the devices. this is the first time that the fda has recommended a ban for children and teens. >> and now we commonly see women in their 20s with mel no ma and the one factor they're doing differently is almost every one of those young women has spent >> the fda would be

. >>> the second shake-up in the de blasio administration's homeless strategy in the past three months, the mayor announcing the commissioner of homeless services, gilbert taylor, resigning. the entire department will be restructured. taylor's boss quit in late summer, frustrated with the homeless problem. now mr. de blasio insists he is fully engaged in reducing homelessness. >> we recognize as the home that we have to evaluate whether the current structures make sense and what changes we can make to improve the work of these agencies. >> to that tend mayor sheas ordered a comprehensive review of the homeless programs. >>> police in virginia tonight trying to figure out how a homeless man kept his underground home under wraps right under the noses of police. the 25-year-old was arrested in fairfax after digging an underground cave and turning it into his home. it was discovered in a wooded area behind the fairfax police station. >>> the united nations will song be -- the united nations will soon be looking for a new secretary. next year companies will have the chance to openly intervi

now mayor de blasio is coming out swinging in defense of commissioner bratton. during an interview, former nypd commissioner ray kelly was questioned by the host about a sense some have that the city is not as safe as it once was. with the numbers being hut out. i think there's some redefinition going on as to what amounts to a shooting. that sort of thing. >> reporter: during a q and a after an event where mayor de blasio gave out toys to kids in a homeless shelter, he responded to the comments. >> i don't know why he's saying it. i just don't. look, commissioner bratton has, once again -- i emphasize the words once again -- shown he can drive down crime anywhere he goes. two years running. last year, lowest number of murders in 50 years in the city. this year, fewer shootings than down. >> reporter: kelly disagrees. >> i can tell you people don't feel safer in the city. time. perception is reality. >> i would think the response to be to say thank you, commissioner bratton. we're using the exact same metrics system that commissioner the fact is shootings are do

coming up on "today in new mayor de blasio ordering his department of education to dispatch 150 extra school buses to thousands of homeless children who were denied rides >>> now to an i-team exclusive, a gift of sorts for thousands of homeless children. >> and it's a gift that comes with wheels. mayor de blasio spending millions of dollars on it all russo's i-team report. >> if they need special school bus service, we will provide it. >> reporter: scores of school buses are on the way. it's mayor bill de blasio's response to our i-team report last month, which exposed vulnerable homeless children facing long, exhausting commutes between their shelters and their schools. >> when i saw it, it really said to me, we've got to find a different solution. we've got to find a different way. >> reporter: de blasio tells the i-team he wanted to take quick action after seeing what homeless families were going through. >> it's a little crowded. >> it's, like, chaos. >> it's hard. it's far. >> we always have to stand. >> i feel like my mom is being committed to all these challenges. >> reporter:

. >>> mayor de blasio says the municipal id cards will continue to be free next year. now the museum of modern art and the guggenheim aring offering a card as well. partnerships with city museums and theaters have made the cards appealing to many residents. >>> this was mayor de blasio's first day back on the job since undergoing surgery last week for a double hernia. de blasio says he's in a bit of pain but is working through it. >>> happening tomorrow, the debate of 2015. nine candidates on the main stage at the venetian in las vegas. by chance, that's not far from front runner donald trump's trump hotel. he's now exchanging barbs with challenger ted cruz. >>> several blocks of hollywood boulevard shut down for the premier of star wars "the force awakens." >> it's showing in three theaters. >> on the red carpet, alex michaelson with our sister station in los angeles. >> reporter: welcome to the biggest premier in the history of hollywood this premier going for four blocks in three different theaters for 5,000 people. we spoke to some of the biggest stars from the new

bill de blasio is the loser of the year. >> my winner, some good news about the culture.cal hamilton and its writer lead performer lynn manuel miranda wrote it. it's play to sold out audiences on broadway. it's inventive and instructive. our culture has degraded in many ways but i recommend you go see this. bring your teenagers. they might learn something. thanks to my panel and all of you for watching. i'm paul gigot. happy new year. we hope to see you right here next week as we look ahead to 2016. >>> trail of destruction across the south. alabama, the latest state to get hit in a week of severe storm systems. this, as unreasonably warm temperatures continue in the east. janice dean has the latest from the fox news extreme weather center. >>> isis playing defense. iraqi troops making major gains in a city under islamic state control since spring. so what does this all mean? general bob scales joins us. >> and we're weeks away from the first primary and caucus votes. could the race for the gop nomination be narrowing down? we're going to ask our political panel coming up

. >>> mayor de blasio says the municipal id cards will continue to be free next year. and now the guggenheim is offering a free year of membership. it was offered with hopes of giving piece of identification. but partnerships with museums and that's right have made the cards more appealing to many city residents. >>> this was mayor de blasio's first day back on the job since undergoing surgery last week for a double hernia. the surgery was originally for a single hernia. de blasio said he is in a bit of pain but is working through >>> a quick check on wall street. natural gas prices sinking to their lowest levels in 14 years thanks primarily to the unusually warm weather. last week the market suffered significant losses. today stocks regained some ground even as investors waited for word about an interest rate hike, a possible one expected later this weak. the dow up 103 points, the nasdaq up 18, and the s & p climbing nine points. >> boy was it gorgeous this weekend. >>> actually, i turned on the ac just this morning to dry things out a little bit. it got a little hum