the bronx river parkway. like the parkways of the emerald necklace in boston, which were initially created as a sanitary improvement, the bronx river parkway was an effort to conserve the polluted bronx river in westchester county, new york. and this is a sort of scene, a nice sylvan landscape scene. but much of the bronx river parkway initially looked like this. if we look closely here, we got people's laundry back here, and right there, that images and outhouse. right? so if you think about pollution, we actually have sanitary waste pretty much probably flowing down in to the bronx river down here. so in 1907, the bronx river parkway commission, sort of like a park commission but a parkway commission, an independent agency of the city, was authorized to survey, acquire, design and construct a 16-mile linear parkway along the river. like the muddy river in boston, it was going to be a -- let's clean up the river project. pollution control, sanitary, sewers, roads, park, all combined into one, and the propert

a mostly jamaican community in bronx river in the south bronx.al international headquarters, makers of traditional tonics and herbal remedies -- a bronx institution since the '70s. >> baba: this is -- this is one of the ingredients. this is the mahogany bark. this one is used for any type of bodily weaknesses. >> anthony: baba rashan abdul hakim, or pops baba as he's called, a grass roots bush doctor, healer. he uses recipes passed down from mothers and aunties, blends of roots, spices, herbs, barks, and woods. >> baba: you take the wood root in the morning and a bitter that night. i don't care what is wrong with you, you're going to show improvement. >> anthony: whatever ails, he's got a cure. wood root cure for the blood, the body, the nerves. koromantee, an intestinal cleanser, and traditional african manback. helps you get your manhood back, among other things. >> baba: it was about 1956 when i came to america. so i had to make it in the apartment in bronx river. and back then, when i'm boiling roots, the whole projects smell of these roots.

as officers approached the vehicle which was stopped at 1575 bronx river avenue, the suspect identified as manuel rosales, 35 years old, fired at the officer with a 45 caliber semiautomatic handgun. the suspect. during the exchange of gunfire two uniformed sergeants were shot, the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. both sergeants were immediately transported to jacoby hospital. sergeant paul, a 19 year veteran was later pronounced deceased at the hospital. another sergeanting a nine year veteran was shot in the leg and is currently in stable condition. sergeant tuzulo worked at the 43 precinct tore ten years. a preliminary investigation revealed esstranged husband of a female occupant of the apartment on beach avenue. earlier today the suspect forcibly entered the apartment armed with a gun. at that time prep was his wife, their three-year-old son, another 13-year-old child and a 50-year-old woman who was the original 911 caller. a preliminary review of the suspect's history reveals 17 prior arrests within suffolk county, new york where he is further investigation of his backgrou

. >> as officers approached the vehicle, which was stopped at 1575 bronx river avenue, the suspect, identified as manuel roales, 35 years old, fired at the officers with a .45-calibre semi-automatic handgun. >> john: officers returned fire, hitting the suspect. that suspect was killed as well as the sergeant. the other officer hit is in stable condition at a city hospital. >> the city is in mourning. and the family of the nypd is in mourning, and particularly all the men and women of the 43 precinct are in mourning right now, the loss of a very good man, a devoted man, man who committed his life to protecting all of us. >> john: the sergeant killed was a 19-year veteran of the nypd. he's survived by his wife and three-year-old son. in the newsroom, job cuoco, 7news night team. stabbing in rutgers university in new jersey this afternoon. officials placed school on lockdown after two students were stabbed. the suspected attacker was injured and has been taken into custody. the condition of the victim still unknown at this time. this happening at the business school on rutgers' new brunswick camp

new york city's top cop says two officers found the sp the vehicle, which was stopped at 1575 bronx river avenue, the suspect identified as manuel ross alez, 35-year-old, fired at the officers, with the 45 caliber semi automatic hand gun. >> reporter: officers returned fire. the suspects was killed as well as the sargent. >> the city is in mourning. all the men and the women of the 43 precinct in mourning right now for the loss. very good man, a devoted man. a man who committed his life to protecting all of us. >> reporter: john cuoco 7 news, today in new england. >> nancy: the election countdown standing at just three days and during the time weekend of the race, both candidates are campaigning in key battleground states. on the democratic side hillary clinton had a packed day on friday pennsylvania. florida and michigan while donald trump rallied for support in new hampshire. today they both will be in florida. ryan schulteis has a closer look. ? >> reporter: hillary clinton rolling out the star power in cleveland. power couple beyonce and jay z.putting on a concert to support her. ? >>

it's over here, bronx river avenue and noble avenue, just of this big park here.a robbery gone wrong two new york police sergeants the new york daily news is reporting the local blood bank has reported the officer us might need blood tragedy are trans -- france fusions and there are multiple reports in new york city, including from new york 1, our local news service from time warner cable, and their reporting that the suspect here had multiple guns and that the suspect was shot and killed on the scene. one officer, one sergeant, said to be critical. and the other sergeant we have no word on his condition. we're expecting updates on the two breaking news stories right after a quick commercial break on fox news. busy with the kids to get a repair estimate. i just snapped a photo and got an estimate in 24 hours. my insurance company definitely doesn't have that... you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™ liberty mutual insurance (announcer vo) there's a moment of truth.etes, and now with victoza® a better moment of proof. victoza® lowers my a1c and bl

. >>> asic vehicle we i stopped at 1571 bronx view river avenue. the suspect identified as manuel ross aleasy 55, fired at the officer with a semiautomatic handgun. >> reporter: officered returned fire hitting the suspect. the suspect was killed as well as the sergeant. the other officer hit is in stable condition at a city hospital. >> the city is in mourning, and the family of the nypd is in mourning and particularly all for the loss, a very good man, a devoted man, the man who committed his life to protecting all of us. >> reporter: john cocoa 7 news in today in new england. >>> according to the police the suspect had a long history of 17 arrests. some of them related to domestic disputes. he had also served time in prison for possession of stolen property. >>> turning to the election countdown. just three days left week of race. both candidates fanning over as many key battleground states as possible. hillary clinton making stops in michigan, florida on friday when she heads to new hampshire tomorrow. and we have more on the clinton it looks li

the area the bronx, the van necessary area. the new river avenue. not too far from the bronx zoo which you may be familiar with, but in any case, we are staying on top of this information. the suspect is dead and the officers, two sergeants are injured. >> blair: and also breaking stabbing at the business community in new brunswick. multiple students stabbed. told people to take shelter and an hour ago, someone was in custody. police are investigating this. no reports on injuries in that attack. we are updating the breaking stories behind new the newsroom and as we get more information, we will let you know. >>> new at 4:30, new fallout from harvard's decision to cancel the rest of the season for the university men the players took part in a rating system where they made offensive comments of members of the women's soccer team. >> elizabeth: the allegations not only affect the current team but date back several years. they say the behavior is unaccept. >> we are not sure who started the program or who started the web site; however, it is still embarr

river in honor of the cubbies. >> did you see all the pictures of the two headed sharks been born now? >> i did. i fish in the bronx capital of the world. >> all right. that's nice it's blue. i thought rick was funny. all the people on the train -- >> they stopped ecological conservations. >> don't check your count. >> but the fish are back. >>> let's get back to our jobs panel. aaron, kevin, kate, steve, thanks for joining us today. anything we haven't -- we've got most of the important stuff -- aaron, you have more. >> i think this decline in u6 all the way down to 9.5 % is bi. you've got to ask the question, what are employers doing here when they're hiring all these workers? and they got to be hiring them because they make money. because they produce more output. companies are smart when they're making realtime hiring decisions. as you go down the labor force and you pull in more people, this gets a chance as kate said to really create a sustained consumer rally. and let's view this as optimistic momentum to unleash the american consumer in 2017. >> the one thing i want to throw in is that we were both below co