she went to brooklyn girls' high school, and she went to catholic church in brooklyn.s a total -- she adored brooklyn. she was a total brooklyn girl. >> i grew up in the '30s and '40s in brooklyn which were great years -- >> yes. >> -- to grow up in brooklyn. thank you very much. >> thank you. any other non-brooklyn questions or -- [laughter] >> i'd like to know what favorite story you have with your mother. >> oh, of my mother? oh, my goodness. that's a difficult question. well, the james bond story is one of them, because she didn't even, like, say hi. she just said you've got to read this book when i walked in the door. so that's one of my favorites. she was a good, a fun mother. we had fun. i mean, i didn't see her all the time, but when i saw her -- which was always on summer vacation, christmas, big holidays -- it was total fun. so that was a good part. yes. >> you come to the microphone? >> the microphone is off, we couldn't hear you. >> it's on now. [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> aside from james bond, what was your mother's favorite rea

teresa's downtown brooklyn with reaction. >> . reporter: there will be a big protest outside the das office. supporters will show up here and the family says they were blindsided by the letter that the da sent to the judge. peter liang was upset when they were not contacted by the da and said they found out on social media. >> this is outrage and it's a slap in the face. gurley. swift and sharp reaction from the family outraged over a letter sent by the brooklyn da to the judge will sentence peter liang . he was accused of killing gurley in the poorly lit staircase in november. >> a jury of his peers convicted him of manslaughter. are you telling me the jury got it wrong? the verdict came after a three-week trial and two days of deliberation . it was thompson who controls the office that secure the conviction. although liang could spend the next 15 years behind bars, thompson is asking the judge for five years probation , 500 hours of community service and six months house arrest. his reasoning is mister liang has no prior history

and let's head to brooklyn. a look at the map, closed in both directions between pennsylvania avenue and rockaway avenue due tie fuel leak. the street parking rules are in effect city-wide. so cindy and mary, back to you. we are off to the races with the traffic, right? >> all right. thank you. >>> in the next half hour, twin sisters missing for nearly a year suddenly found safe. >>> and also this morning, inches from disaster. riders demanding action when the doors on an lirr train open up off the platform on an elevated track. >>> and the new offering that could scare up a box office win. a sneak peek next. looking great and stepping out with confidence includes my newest beauty routine secret starts in the shower. discover the latest innovation from amop\. the new pedi perfect wet & dry. now get effortless hard skin removal on dry or wet skin. plus, it has 2 speeds and it's rechargeable. the easy way for touchably soft feet. suits me and my new shoes. new amop\ pedi perfect wet & dry. amop\. >>> don't open th

northeast near the brooklyn bridge. we have an accident. it's a car that hit a disabled tractor trailer. so that'll be out there for a while. that looks like that'll be a mess if that's not cleared shortly. 280 going westbound. we had an accident there. that accident has been cleared away. minor delays george washington bridge. street cleaning roads are in effect. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a young girl in brooklyn is receiving help after meeting pope francis. >> the 12-year-old was blessed september. for nearly a year, she has battled amiesly illness. since meet -- battled an illness. since she met the pope francis, her life has changed. >> the pope was the most amazing thing that happened to me. >> reporter: for she and her parents, everyday is a gift they think is delivered by the pope himself. >> since the pope's visit, it's been a wonderful blessing. >> reporter: you may remember julia. she was a normal teenage girl from bath beach, a dancer, before she started getting sick last year. >> i was scared for my life. you know, doctors

s office in downtown brooklyn. scott. >> reporter: good morning. this is a case that has truly inflamed passions and the out. >> and this is a slap in the face to girly. his life did not mean anything to the d.a. >> reporter: the family of girly railing against the brooklyn da who is recommending probation instead of prison time for the officer who shot girly taking his life. on november 20th, 2014, officer peter leang and his partnership were performing what is called a vertical patrol inside the pink houses in east new york and leang fired his gun in an unlis stairwell hitting girly, an unarmed man and killing him. a jury convicted him of second- degreemaness and he faced a sentence of up to 15 years. the brooklyn district attorney announcing that justice would be best served if the sentence is five years' probation on the condition he serve six months of home confinement with electronic monitoring and perform 500 hours of community service. d.a. leang was indicted, pros cuted and convicted by a jury because his wreckless actions caused an innoce

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a fast-moving fire rips through brooklyn. rooftops, and battling with windy conditions to get away from the flames. janelle burrell is live in bushwick. >> reporter: firefighters only getting this under control very early this morning you can see the damage done here behind us. 4 buildings gutted in the flames here over night., still on the scene trying to figure out how this all started the good news is everyone made it out safely. >> massive flames jumping building to building. hundreds of firefighters trying to get a handle on the quick- moving fire tearing through four buildings. it began around tuesday night on 427 dekalb avenue. residents forced out of their homes as crews battledded the growing flames. this morning firefighters were able to get the fire under control. update from fire crews on the scene this morning we can tell you that dozens of residents were displaced. 10 people left with minor injuries and again this morning the cause of this fire remains under investigation. reporting live this morning from bushwi

in brooklyn after the detective was shot. this happened after 6:00 last night. one of the suspects was also hit and is in the hospital. specifically, at bellevue hospital manhattan. a third suspect is on loose. police at this point, darlene, not yet release ing the name of the suspects. the detective has 11 years on the force and he's doing pretty well here at the hospital. back to you. >> katherine creag, thank you. >>> two nypd officers went into action when they saw a smoky house fire on long island. suffolk police said they made sure no one was in{ the house and freed seven to eight dogs. one officer was treated for smoke inhalation. the fire department says one. dogs did die. two officers were on the way back to the city when dropping off the surgeon who had treated >>> negotiations on hold as both sides take a breather. union officials representing more than 4200 rail workers will be going over proposals on the key issues made by nj transit. the issues include wages and health care. both sides, though, say the talks hav

rosanna: why not back to brooklyn for ten years.>> i have everyone from brooklyn. brooklyn. greg: why do so many haitians go to brooklyn? >> the entire caribbean, florida, brooklyn, boston, it is a natural migration, usually the families, families, they are migrated to the places and we follow. rosanna: happy you are making new music. yes, carnival 3. i am very excited. it is pouring out and it is beautiful. rosanna: what is it about? >> the album is about love and celebration, and the fact that we can overcome anything we are going through. greg: you seem to be alluded to something. >> we have talked about it before. greg: you break it down on the >> yes. i call it the rise of the phoenix. i was part of the fire, and for me, i don't want to see nothing better for my country than a better haiti tomorrow. rosanna: when was the last time you were ho to haiti? >> i went to haiti to vote. i always exercise the right to vote. i am actually, i went there to vote. greg: your buddy was a ruler there? >> yes, going from devastation of the earthquake and past him, we was i supported a

in 1929 lena left the south and went back to brooklyn permanently where her beloved grandfather took her to museums and to the theater. she was so smitten by fred astaire on broadway that she asked for and received singing and dancing lessons, both leading to starring roles in middle class black brooklyn's young amateur theatrics as well as notice in the black press. everything or changed for lena in 1932, however, when cora horne died and her mother returned from cuba with her husband, now a refugee from the latest revolution who spoke no english. needing money, lena's mother took her out of girls' high school to audition for the chorus of the world famous cotton club, a big, glamorous, mob-run showcase of black talent for all-white audiences in the middle of a black community. lena's father ted was one of the rare blacks allowed in to see the show because his best friend, a former world war i black officer, was now the numbers king of harlem. lena, 16 years old and beautiful whose mother protected her virtue by sitting in the dressing room every night, was also famously protected b

also, the hughes carry brooklyn battery tunnel. two way traffic with the on going construction and queens midtown tunnel, two way traffic until 5:30 in the morning. something you have to deal with for a little bit. we have minor delays, george washington bridge. the holland tunnel has a minor delay. we have alternate street parking rules in effect for today. >>> 5:02, the investigation still very active after a deadly crime spree came to a dramatic end in queens. 23-year-old james patrick dylan is in critical condition after police confronted and shot him following three violent attacks in two separate locations kristin thorn is live with the >> good morning, ken, we have an update for everyone, the two officers who dylan threw an unknown substance at have been treated and released from the hospital. investigators say they're trying to figure out what that chemical. was here at liquor store where dylan allegedly stabbed and killed the owner, the investigation continues this morning, investigators say james dylan entered the limitso

janelle burrell is live in kenston brooklyn. janelle? >> reporter: and chris, many of these victims were frail women and in their 80s and 90s. police are hoping by releasing the new clearer surveillance images, they will be able to find the suspect before he's able to attack again. and they say the new images were captured around the time of the last violent encounter and it shows the man saturday afternoon near the apartment building on ocean parkway near beverly road. the 83-year-old badly bruised suspect suspiciously -- viciously beat her. >> and i guess i got stocked --ing sod. i don't remember very. >> reporter: and the samema know that choked and robbed the 91-year-old earlier this month. >> and -- give me the money. >> it targets women, holding them up at gunpoint, knife point and attempting to rob them. the police believe the man first struck in january and holding up a 76-year-old woman and an 87-year-old man in their home. and he allegedly targeted them near prospect park where the maining three robberies happened in february a

this has to do with who we are here in brooklyn. what do we stand for? >> reporter: liang could face as much as 15 years behind bars. but the d.a. is asking the judge for no jail time, just probation and six months house arrest. thompson writes, quote, the defendant chose to become a police officer and to put his own life on the line there is no evidence the defendant intended to kill or even injure mr. guerrillaly, had the tables been reversed, akai gurley would be in prison. >> reporter: brooklyn borough president eric adams won't say whether or not he agrees with the d.a.'s decision. i asked him to respond to a statement from akai gurley's >> hearing that statement, what is your reaction? >> i'm going to -- i have been duped before. i'm going to speak to the d.a. i don't know where that statement came, and i don't want to be premature. i would like to speak with the district attorneys and the akai gurley family. >> reporter: meanwhile, the police union is responding. they tell news a statement that police officers are human beings and make mistakes, a

brooklyn native scores from outside shooting 6-10 from three point range. and this three pointer here puts the pirates up 58 had-52. and then white head driving layup on the break. he finishes with a career high 33 points seton hall wins 80-66, 22nd win overall and whitehead looking forward to. >> crowd is amazing. you know, atmosphere i don't think it is any better conference -- it was great and looking forwards to it this year. >> earlier providence beat st. johns 90-76 at spring training, it was all about yankees getting look at their yankees top spot -- best 20-year-old shortstop jorge, drilling a solo home run to left field here. joe saying we might see him in the big league club at some point and other prize prospect aaron judge doing what he does best, crushing a three-run bomb to right. this kid is tall. look a basketball player. even better chance we see judge in majors even sooner than that, and by the way, yankees did beat boston 6-4. now, before the game yankees paid their respects to shannon ford a long time member of the mets public relation i

they're following a raging inferno in brooklyn. the massive flames tore through five apartment buildings in bushwick. katherine creag is there. kat, we see the pictures. what a massive fire that firefighters had to deal with. >> reporter: right. it took an emotional toll on so many people. the people now -- broke down in tears when she saw her apartment building up in flames. what firefighters are doing right now, they're looking at the rooftops of the five buildings at least one of them had a partial collapse. the roof caved in. it fell down to the floor beneath it. we want to show you this video. the fire broke out at 10:00 last night. five apartment buildings in all severely damaged. it was after 1:00 in the morning when firefighters finally got everything under control. how large this fire was and how you could see it from afar. some people are coming over to see if they have friends affected by the fire. we talked with them. one woman told us she lost everything she had. >> my house is destroyed. i feel like now i'm really wit

an armed robbery is on the streets of brooklyn. more on who they are looking for coming up in a live report. we are expecting to hear more about the proposal is a to restrict costume characters and the painted ladies in times square, coming up. >>> a new law is changes the way doctors write the new law after this. most weekends only last a couple of days. some last a lifetime. hampton. we go together. book at hampton.com >>> here's how we started for our rainy monday it's a wet start to your week, but will be clearing outer, and traffic and weather on 2s in a moment. >>> and the search is on for the man targeting the elderly. >>> the crackdown in times square, the call to end the harassment from costume characters. >>> spring is hear, and the the weather is warming up, drawing visitors to times square, and the costume characters are preying on the tourists. >> now a push to make sure they cannot. janelle burrell is live. >> reporter: mary, just this past weekend a man dressed as siderman was arrested here for allegedly kicking a to

are up early. >> we have some trouble spots out there, we'll start in brooklyn. wilson avenue with flushing and dekalb avenues due to the officer involved shooting we told you about, avoid this area if you can today. in south brunswick new jersey a jackknife tractor trailer now blocking one lane on the southbound truck lanes of the new jersey turnpike at exit 8a you'll definitely want to stick with the car lanes as your alternate. some subway issues to tell you about the downtown n and qtrains running express only for 57th street to times square to make sure you put that in your reserve so you are not surprised when you get on the train this morning. alternate side parking is in effect city wide. chris and mary back to you. >>> thank you. >>> a popular cooney island attraction is now a historic landmark the b and b carousel has been landed to the historic 50 wooden horses and two chair >>> a classic. >>> this story comes dangerously close to a reporter the experience all caught on camera. >>> also this morning our kids in one new jersey community getting enough t

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. >> the gunfire erupted at troutman street in brooklyn. gus rosendale live with what happened. >> reporter: an undercover operation that took a violent turn tonight. i'm going to step out and get a closer look at the scene. plained clothes officers stopped the minivan with the unmarked vehicle. they approached the vehicle. sudden with three suspects inside backed up and hit the officer's car, they decided to stop them. the police officers opened fire, four shots fired. one believed to be friendly fire, landed a police officer in the hospital. a search from above, a scramble on the ground after a bullet struck an nypd officer tonight. >> police officer shot at chapman street. >> in custody, do we know? >> reporter: a bullet hit an officer in the left shoulder at troutman street and wilson avenue around 6:15. detective and sergeant from the brooklyn narcotics unit were in the middle of an investigation when the shots rang out. >> very kay yots chaotic, very chaotic out here. crazy. looked like a movie to me. >> reporter: two suspects taken i

the brooklyn d.a. says the only evidence against h >>im was one witness. andre and s defense team were never told the witness also pointed the fin r at another suspect. dre was also on crutches at e time and likely couldn't have beaten, dragged and strangled the victim. decades behind bars ended in a moment. andre was 25 when he went to prison. today he's 49. i asked him if he's angry. >> i ain't angry because i know i didn't do it. >> reporter: and andre kept that smile as he reunited with family, children and grandchildren that will now get to know him much better. andre told us what his first act as a freeman would be. man would be. they marched straight to get some barbecue, where after spending half his life behind bars he enjoyed his first taste of freedom. i just want to be with my family and go eat some real food. >> reporter: this is the 19th conviction over turned by the brooklyn d.a.'s office. they tell me they're continuing ton. work with the innocence project and they're looking at >>> coming up as we continue, growing concerns over drinking w

live look outside before the brooklyn bridge. two lanes blocked there with this disabled truck and then once you get past this, we have an accident on the bqe heading eastbound. that's in the left lane. delays building out there. three separate problems all on the same side of the roadway. delays are building. i'll continue to keep you posted on that. >> please do. thank you. >>> 5:56. new york city is on space to install more miles of protected bike lanes this year than in any other. the protected ones have barriers from regular traffic like last year they put down 12 miles of this year 15 miles are projected to be installed. >>> new york water taxi is warning it may be forced out of business by the citywide ferry system expected to launch next year. they won't be able to compete with the new service if the city awards the contract for it to another ferry company. a spokesperson for the city's economic development corporation says the announcement is a surprise since the new citywide system would not be a direct competitor. >>>

as an appointing of the mayor of new york to the brooklyn committee. the war years years were actually core slow years.d son she really became an activist in the 1920s after she got the vote. meanwhile, 1919, she made her granddaughter lena horne, the child of her second son at winona stead, a lifetime member horne of the naacp at the age of two. [laughter] cora was a busy woman and edward horn was a successful mind. but but they had an unhappy marriage.an handsome and debonair he was known to have a lady friend in manhattan. his son, my grandfather ted alsn had an unhappy marriage. both my mother's young parents deserted her before she was too. after make. after make a small killing on the black socks baseball fan -- while lena's mother, member, member of an old black brooklyn family left to pursue an unsuccessful theatrical career.a until she was six years she lived with her parents where her grandmother another verse poked her grandfather except to say good morning. life in your change radically in the 19 twenties. now a voter, cora horn became a re

in downtown brooklyn, tony aiello, cbs 2 news. >> and brooklyn judge danny chung will sentence liang next month. he can accept or reject the no jail recommendation from the d.a. >>> campaign 2016. a fuming ted cruz telling donald trump just a short time ago to lay off his wife! last night trump retweeted a picture from a supporter. melania trump with the name, no need to spill the beans. the images are worth 1,000 words. >> i don't get angry often but you mess with my wife, you mess with my kids, that will do it every time! donald, you're a sniveling coward and leave heidi the hell alone! >> that mention in the name of spilling the beans referred back to a threat that trump fired off yesterday. the billionaire is accusing the cruz campaign of using a naked picture of mrs. trump from a photo shoot. >>> nassau county police have solved a string of robberies carried out over the last two years. and this is the man they say is behind them all. reginald tucker allegedly often used a gun and disguised himself with hats, wigs and dark glasses. >> during the course of his crime pattern, his

it happened two years ago at the pink houses in brooklyn. liang fired a shot after being liang could face as much as 15 years behind bars when he's sentenced next month. but the district attorney released a statement asking the judge for no jail time. probation and six months house arrest. that's what he's recommending. that has enraged the gurley family. >> how can you tell me it's okay to murder, to take an innocent life and not be held accountable? >> we want to show you part of at that statement from the brooklyn d.a. saying the defendant chose to become a police officer and to put his own life on the line. there is no evidence this the defendant intended to kill or even injure mr. gurley. again, the sentencing, kerry, scheduled for next month. the rally planned here outside the d.a.'s office will take place at noontime today. back to you. >> kat, thank you very much. you may notice a difference in security after the the this year's parade celebrations. commissioner bratton met yesterday to discuss how to make among the recommend dapgss,

enjoy one today. >>> a row of buildings destroyed in brooklyn. we have new details on the six- alarm fire that forced dozens of people out of their apartments. >>> a pair of thieves scammed their way into a man's home and then they go on the attack. >>> and he's standing by his man, donald trump comes out strongly in defense of his campaign manager after he's charged with assaulting a reporter. >>> and good morning, i'm lori stokes >> i'm michelle charlesworth in for ken rosato. it is wednesday, march 30th. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and bill evans. >> well, good morning. it's a little on the chilly side. the temperature has dropped one more degree. it's around 37 to start your day. but we do have a calm wind, so that's what clous the temperature to drop off -- allows the temperature to drop

campaign like a brooklyn identity and she represented this state for eight years. chght that was clinton top strategist and they're asking what had did he mean by that in is that some sort of insult in no clarification on that one a possibility looms there might be a debate between sanders and clinton in brooklyn and no straight answer from clinton camp as of yesterday she said she was open to the idea so we'll see. latest from harlem. ben and juliet back to both of you. >> okay teresa thank you very >> joining us from the fox business studio is lauren simonetti good good day on wall street. >> amazing. all because of janet yellen she said fed is watching global economic uncertainty an they'll go slow when it comes to you paying more on your interest, car loan whatever money you're borrowing that was good news. market ran with it. the dow up 3 days in a row up 98 point yesterday. up again this morning futures are sering by 90 points. certainly positive for the year check your 401(k) broader market positive for the year. nasdaq, however, is down 3% this yore. anyway

as you said, over east flatbush brooklyn. this is where a pedestrian was run down by an oncoming vehicle. believe this to be the vehicle toward the center part of your screen. happened outside 4:59 linden boulevard. the victim is described as a female in her 20s. she's suffering from severe head trauma taken to kings county hospital. an accident investigation is currently under way. live in chopper 4. kai simonsen,y,erry and michael, back to you. >> 6:15. time for weather and traffic right now. it's a little colder than we saw at the beginning of the morning. >> we don't shake the chill either. a chill off the water. no 60s or 70 degree temperatures today. that's the main emma sis today. warmer and weft for tomorrow. we dry things out. tree pollen the big one for the allergy sufferers. with the weather so warm so early, there's more to come. 43 tribeca. a across long island, generally low 40s. even northwest new jersey a few upper 30s popping up this morning. there's that wind direction. the arrows indicating the wind out of

eyewitness news. >> josh, thank you. >>> also in brooklyn police looking for the gunman who shot two teen-agers in the crown heights section. the victims are a 14-year-old girl and 18-year-old man. other. both were taken to the hospital and are expected to be okay. >>> turning to the new jersey transit strike threat, both sides plan to resume talks tomorrow, but today's negotiations ended on a sour note. the nation's third largest commuter railroad is making it clear to workers if they strike, existing positions and sick leave compensation will be suspended and insurance benefits discontinued. the union is not reacting well to that notice. >> new jersey transit's notice to the coalition members represents retaliatory action and ma parameter of the co -- harassment of the coalition members. has to put its shoulder here into the effort and be serious about coming to a contract negotiation and averting the strike. >> the clock is ticking. more than 4,000 rail workers authorized the strike to begin at 12:01 a.m. on sunday. >>> now to vote 2016 and tonight the 12th republican presidential

it's not the first case in brooklyn going back 20 years or so. they had incorrect convictions. broken leg with crutches at the time. they felt like it couldn't have even happened. >> it's a fantastic story. those familiar with new york water taxi is not seen for that much longer. we will tell you why when . ben: the federal government is proposing privacy rules for internet and cable companies. they would have to ask you before using and sharing your data. the federal commission wants world on rules on how the ist will tell you if you got hacked. there is only companies that connect to the internet like time warner. not internet companies like amazon or twitter. >> the new york water taxi threatens to shut down by the end of the year. they sent a letter to the two employees saying people and operations unless they award them the new ferry routes for brooklyn and queens. >> it sounds like extortion. >> this is their place but it's also the united states. it's a capitalist country. they said they could not compete with the subsidized service. that'

the alleged gang rape of a young woman in a brooklyn park. coming up, reaction after the >> also, a chilling incident captured on camera. kindergartner. fate. >>> now at 5:00, charges officially dropped against five brooklyn teenagers accused of raping an 18-year-old woman at gunpoint. >> the alleged attack at a playground in brownsville outraged community leaders but the woman recanted her story. eyewitness news reporter kemberly richardson is in downtown brooklyn with more. attorney said this group of five were, quote, anonymous school boys leading anonymous lives. that same lawyer blasted prosecutors in court for not identifying or charging the accuser's father, also for not going after this 18-year-old woman for falsely reporting this incident. >> what are you feeling today? >> relief. relief. >> now that the 14-year-old by her side and four other teenaged boys were hiding their identities have been officially cleared in all charges, in an unsettling case in which an 18-year-old girl claimed the group raped her inside a park she said at g

now, this is the brooklyn battery tunnel going noun. this is the brooklyn battery tunnel going outbound. no major issues here. let's go to the maps and talk to you about another east river crossing and that would be the manhattan bridge. the manhattan bridge going into manhattan the upper level we do have an accident that is in the process of being clear. g and j trains, you have nightly track work. 5:00 a.m. all of our other subways are doing okay. railroad, metro north doing just fine fi point. now, we do have an accident east on 80 going eastbound right near exit 26, westbound at twit 25. so, again, you want to take a lot of extra time, give yourself a lot of extra time if you're traveling this morning. the southern state parkway east the 43 that's an accident that was cleared to the shoulder. this was actually an overturned vehicle, so it has been moved off to the shoulder, but you still can expect some delays. alternate side of the street parking rules are suspended. ken and lori, over to you. >> all right, heather, thank you. >>>

. >>> the manager of a brooklyn store is recovering after he was stand in the neck. the victim was attacked at the family dollar store on atlantic avenue in crown heights. he's expected to recover. one person has been taken in to police custody. >>> two men have been charged with attacking a cab driver in brooklyn. police say it happened about 3:30 this morning. the driver was assaulted and cut white avenue. they face robbery charges among other offenses. police are still looking for a third suspect. >>> contingency plans in place should new jersey transit workers go on strike, 4200 workers that could impact more

a new look at the man wanted for several robberies in brooklyn. many of his victims are elderly. >>> we have good news for commuters in new jersey. governor christie says there will be no fare hike for new jersey transit. the governor says the agency, though, will have to close a $57 million budget gap on its own. morning, it's because of a large fire burning in new jersey. the fire is now contained. >>> today is the final day to bid on one of the fiat 500s used by pope francis during his visit to the united states. there's the holy father. the auction ends at 3:00 this afternoon. right now, the top bid for the car is $250,000. >> and going up, i'm sure. >>> 4:44. we're talking about temperatures going up today and tomorrow. big swings hided our way the next couple of days with these temperatures. warmer this afternoon. friday afternoon 70 or better. rain and thunderstorms moving through, tomorrow especially. the weekend gets windy and colder as we go into saturday night and sunday. much colder, too. we'll talk about it step by step. 52 right now

james cathedral in brooklyn, a stop on the brooklyn bridge and city hall where we are now. peters church in lower manhattan. the way of the cross is a final remembrance of christ's final day before his death. live at city hall steve langford cbs2 news. >> thank you. >>> as we saw the guy was gray as marchers made their way across the brooklyn bridge. how long are the rain and clouds last? john elliott is in the weather center with a look at your forecast. >> good afternoon. we have wet weather marching through the area. i want to set the stage quickly and show you there is warm air in place. there is lift in the atmosphere adding to the instability around the atmosphere. look at the cool air around the lakes waiting to come in and cool us down for the weekend. let's talk specifics and draw your attention to this line. this is light rain. into parts of essex county around livingston through caldwells we are seeing heavy that will continue to move predominantly west to east. notice it is riding in and will affect burrgan county. behind it is cool air. we'll see a break by thi

a pellet gun and a cork screw were discovered at p.s.95 in brooklyn. police officers were called, both potential weapons were confiscated. >>> it is 5:36. there's less than a week to go before a possible new jersey transit strike. no deal with the unions and no governor christie. labor and transit officials met yesterday in newark, but governor christie won't be joining the talks. he's taking a post-presidential campaign vacation for his 30th anniversary. see, the governor says he'll stay in touch by phone because in his words, you know, your 30th wedding anniversary only comes around once. >>> 5:36 on this tuesday morning. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with bill evans and the accuweather forecast >> here we go. let's take a look from our camera 4 times square, looking south, st. louis, great kills bay to sandy hook, new jersey, looking at a pretty morning here. we're also looking at a very corner of the world here at west 66th street and columbus avenue. i see you ken rosato, i see you. here's what's goin

lincoln, holland doing just fine and the brooklyn bound upper level disabled vehicle mass transit is doing okay. we have alternate side of the vote parking rules in effect for today. ken and laurie over to you. >>> heather thank you 6:02. back to our coverage of the brussels terror attacks as we told you, a massive manhunt is under way to find anyone connected. >> eye witness news reporter aj ross begins our team coverage now live from brussels. aj? >> reporter: laurie, ken right now a memorial is overflowing with flowers, cards, candles and all types of mementos as so many have come here to pray and reflect on the lives lost and injured in yesterdays devastating attacks. as you all mentioned there is a travel ban, a europe wide travel ban for americans coming to the continent and one reason for that is this surveillance video of the three suspected airport bombers the two men on the left wearing gloves both died in the blast. belgium news reports say one of them was a brother who was the subway bomber reportedly. police identified them after the cab driver who brought them to the ai

. >> 11 people injured in a late-night fire in bushwick brooklyn. the fire went to destroy five homes.>> trump is in trouble. his campaign manager is charged with battery against a reporter.they say it's been brewing for a while and we will have a live report. i realized later in the headlights off my parking parking garage. >> they do. i did not do that. i still don't understand how you drive down the street from my house and don't realize you have no headlights on. >> i had the daytime running lights. >> the ones on the sides. >> at 2:00 in the morning. when you have a drycleaner hanger? >> it's a poor sad the deck did hanger. you will learn about what happened to it later in the show. >> in the meantime, let's cover things people care about like the weather. you will care about this it's something that can happen to any of you. it's horrifying. i don't have wire hangers in my closet. >> calm down. i will explain. >> will hear about that coming up. we will give you all the out the door. might want to bundle the kids up because it's a bit colder th

manhattan bridge lower level to brooklyn still closed down. it is actually a car fire that is being cleared away. and our street cleaning rules are suspended. lori, ken, over to you. >> heather, thank you. >>> it's 6:25. one of the men who was dancing on the field at the end of last month's super bowl may be ready to show off his moves on the dance floor. >> really? well, various reports say super bowl mvp von miller of the denver broncos will be among the contest abilities on the new season of "dancing with the stars." new cast members being revealed and reports say that miller will be announced next week. >> so cool. >>> stay tuned to "good morning america" coming up at 7:00 to see who will be joining the stars." >>> we're closing in on 6:30. also following breaking news in astoria. one man has been shot inside his suv. we're told that he is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head. coming up. >>> and road cam 7 is keeping an eye on snowy conditions on long island. we could see an inch or more snow in some parts of the area. coverage is s

her son used to spend time in this neighborhood near brooklyn college. he was well liked and had big plans for the future. mom believes he was lured away and murdered. >> just please, just please help me.

. >>> breaking news in brooklyn where a 2-year-old girl has died. first responders rushed to her home last night. they couldn't save her. katherine creag is there with what police are saying. kat. >> reporter: what a tragedy to happen. it's near 6th avenue. there are police officers stationed in front of the family's house. police are telling us the name of the little girl. the child's name is melody fang. only 2 years old. the child has died. as we mentioned, there are police officers at the door of the family's house. there are police vehicles all around here as well. when officers first arrived here to the scene, this was after 8:00 last night, we were told that the father was actively performing cpr. the child appeared to have drowned. how that happened is unknown. an officer with the nypd told me that an autopsy is scheduled to take place a little later today to answer a lot of those questions. then the parents of the little girl, 2-year-old melody fang, the mom and dad are at the 72nd precinct station house being questioned by investigators. b

brooklyns the most unaffordable housing mar cut in america. according to bloomberg, in brooklyn, a resident would devote 98% of the knock afford the priced home of $650,000. there are casualties. not everyone can stay. >> one group is making a flays this placement of long-time residence in places like brooklyn is a human rights violation. ite casing mass suffering and displayment at epidemic levels. no i, they just think that is, we don't agree with that. we reject that. we think that it is a violation of pom's human right. >> he works with right to the city. there are social economic and racial movement trying to keep people in their homes. heel as it a vicious fight. >> you cannot without displacing people. and breaking apart family and breaking apart communities, and, and that process actually requires uprooting people's lives, pom's families. this gentlemen like what's the neighborhood has become, so muchp that he and his wife just moved from manhattan in september. but he noticed something. >> maybe its my see faces, black faces, that i c

the lets start in brooklyn with villanova a facing unc/ashville. all week jay wright has had to hear about his lack of success in the tournament. first half, good start, for nova. miguel bridges with the steel. they lead by seven points. at the end of the first half, how about ryan arcidiacono, beats buzzer, he scores 14. nova wins 86-56. >>> temple/iowa, temple down by three late, quenton decosey awarded three free throws fouled attempting a three pointer. he makes them all to tie the game, a at 53 and send it to overtime. final seconds of the overtime game tied, adam woodbury put back at the buzzer. it counts. temple loses 72-70. jeff skversky is in brooklyn and has reaction from both temple and villanova. >> it is thrill of the victory and agony of defeat all in the same building here in brooklyn. while temple is one and done,ville know of ace moving on. after a dominant second half against u.n./ashville help shot 72 percent. they were up by 30. they believe this is just the beginning. >> we're dangerous. when we defend and rebound we're dangero

this time the weapon was found in a campus in brooklyn. a 14 year old boy was arrested after he was cut with his unloaded .9-millimeter gun in his bag at crown heights. he also had two loaded magazines with nine bullets. less say he told a classmate he brought the gun because he was having a conflict with another student. this is the third gun found on a campus in new york city in the past week. >>> 4:49 a delivery man was attacked with a rubber mall" after a crash in downtown brooklyn that happened and it was all caught on camera. watch as the attacker swings the mallet. this is some of the video that police are using in their investigation. the victim, 23-year-old kevin tolo fought back by kicking frantically. his brother says this started over a minor car accident while he was also delivering groceries on sunday. >> he was making the right and the guy hit him on the back out of the car to take a picture of the front license plate and the guy put the car in drive and ran him over and my brother held on to the front of the hood and just d

. >> the beating and murder of a brooklyn woman in 1999, today the conviction was overturned. prosecutors admitted he never >> eyewitness news reporter jim dolan downtown with this amazing story. >> reporter: andre hatchet was convicted of murder almost 25 years ago. while he was in prison his mother died, his brother died and what should have been the most productive years of his life slowly drained away in a prison cell upstate. it turns out, though, andre hatchet didn't kill anyone. 49-year-old andre hatchet walked outside a free man today smiling now after half his life in prison, half his life gone do with. >> i know i didn't do it. day. dismissed and sealed. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: one day was this day. hatchet it turns out isn't a killer, after all. he's a victim. >> you sat down and looked at there file and just said oh, my god, right? the police screwed up. the job. convicted for the 1991 murder of 38-year-old nita plea carter in a bed-stuy -- mae carter in a bed-stuy park. a man who admitted smoking crack earlier on the day of the murder is believed to

the car crashed into a tree here along new brooklyn aerial road in sicklerville tonight. witnesses were afraid the car would explode after it caught fire, so they pulled that driver, tyrone jr. to safety. he is in critical but stable condition at the hospital tonight. >>> we also have new video of a murder on a philadelphia street. a gunman pulls up on a dirt bike and then peppers a man with bullets. the video so graphic, we just can't show all of it to you. nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal live at temple university hospital where that victim died tonight. randy? >> reporter: and jim, police have taken one man into custody, connected with this shooting. but that surveillance video you mentioned shows two men on the dirt bike, gunning down a young man. >> reporter: detectives comb through evidence scattered in front of this food market in kensington, the scene of a broad daylight drive-by shooting. two suspects on a dirt bike, killing a man standing on the corner. surveillance video obtained by nbc 10 shows the victim outside the store, the dirt bike approaches, one of the suspec

but the whole thing ended in brooklyn. the bodega is still taped off today. the scene of a frightening shooting overnight. police say a 22-year-old man stormed in at about 2:00 a.m. with a gun and started firing. >> i heard gunshots, it woke me up. i looked out the window and seen police all over the place. >> reporter: police say the gunman who they have now identified was intent on shooting a former employee. when he couldn't find that employee, police say he shot two other employees, a 20-year-old and a 23-year-old. >> he got shot in his eye. and my other friend got shot over here. >> reporter: the incident didn't end there. a short time later, police spotted him driving on atlantic avenue in brooklyn. they attempted to pull him over. he had shot h self in the head. he was dead. police say he had driven here from flint, michigan. why he wanted to shoot that former employee is not clear. but folks who live in the ridgewood neighborhood where it all started say they've never had this kind of trouble before. >> i lived here for about 11 years. i never experie

we look up toward the brooklyn bridge. the temperatures are mild as we look across the park to 59th street south. did you see the picture of the post of the youpg lady skating in bryant -- young lady skating in bryant park? it was like she was at the all of the snow is gone. the humidity, 87%. yesterday, a record high at 79 and the pressure has been holding steady at 30. it will continue to rise because of new high pressure ridge is coming in. a brand new air mass. refreshing winds and breeze coming in. normal is 48. we'll be at 63. yesterday, we were at 79, we broke the old record. broke a bunch of records, sun is up, 6:13. a beautiful sunset today. 5:59. we get a call at 6:00. rain departs around 6:30. clearing, cool breeze. temperatures 15 degrees warmer than normal. temperatures near 60 this weekend. clocks spring ahead saturday night. so be ready for that this weekend. couple of other things you should do, too. i'll talk about. kingston, poughkeepsie. these numbers are way warm. 57 belmont. they have been dropping. be

they are going to ride from city hall to transit authority headquarters in downtown brooklyn. the city is unveiling a new plan to put an officer on every subway train at night after the recent surge in slashing attacks. >>> it's 6:37. new this morning royal caribbean's anthem of the seas is back in port after another shortened voyage. let's take a live look now at bayonne, new jersey. this docked just about 45 minutes ago, coming back to new jersey after its second shortened voyage in the past month alone. both were caused by extreme weather conditions in the atlantic. this trip had to be also canceled, if you will, or shortened because a bunch of passengers suffered from the norovirus. there are about 6,000 people aboard. we will get a live report from bayonne later on in this half hour. >>> 6:38. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans. >> hey, let's get up the river with a paddle. we got a barge there. we're looking up the hudson this morning right through the george washington bridge, and you see those mid-level cloud