this time we got one going our way. >> you're not fit to be in the rough streets of new york or brooklyn or east new york, wherever you're at that you got to command post at, then you shouldn't be a cop, you know? >> outrage sparked the black lives matter movement. liang is the first new york city officer to be convicted in one >>> mayor de blasio also made a statement. we hope today's outcome brings some closure to the gurley family after this painful event. >> and we are continuing to following the conviction of the officer peter liang. you can continue to watch the verdict being read on nbc new york.com. >>> the fight continues against a fire in new jersey. crews battling flames in brutal cold for nearly eight hours now. that fire erupted just after 3:00 this afternoon in an industrial park in hills breaux borough hillsborough. >> reporter: i want to get right out of the way, because you have got to see the snoek that still is continuing to fill this air tonight. people living downwind from this smoke are being told to stay indoors. the air quality being tested in their neighborhoods and as you s

goodif if you've not had pesto sauce, you have to try ith pa and this year than this is made in brooklyn new new york. very good they also make other specialty items like cheesero ravioli unfortunately there and a box you can see it with this item, but here is a beef ravioli also made r in brooklyn, new york. they are very, very good. we also some fresh frozen pastas from italy like this brand right here. alfredo and they also have ravioli's as well. >> anything goes with any type of middle as long as you like itou h it's not a big deal i think there are some exceptions if you want a white sauce on that instead of having red and green on the plateed i would have the cream sauce and this is the real deal here it is very get it takes a lot of a gradient ingredients to make a very good. we have lasagna to go and our meat lasagna this is most then that one piece and we have all the others as well meatballs and chocolate peppers and all the above. >> my favorite thing about pasta it is very satisfying ten - - $15 another is pretty a happy and pretty full. and that is not too far from chagrin falls we soug

new york city police officer. >> the jury spent about an hour deliberating today. they'll be back at it tomorrow morning at 9:45. live outside of criminal court in downtown brooklyn. andrew siff, news 4 new york. >> a winter weather advisory has gone into effect for a good portion of the area. >> coastal areas could face more flooding. this is the scene this morning. janice huff is here with more on that. >> the snow will come in chunks. this system is not that organized, to our west. it's pretty broad too. scattered back from buffalo, cleveland, cincinnati, parts of the great lakes. we're seeing the moisture slide to the coast. changing over to light snow around philadelphia, tom's river and up into central new jersey. raritan seeing some light snow. we'll start to see it accumulate until the overnight period. you're seeing that light snow now across western new jersey. it will move toward the city and coastal new jersey by 8:00, and we're talking light snow and flurries. across parts of long island by 10:00 this evening is when it will arrive. it's expected to start to accumulate before the sun comes up, and we'll have some of those snow squalls, patchy areas of heavy snow that w

new jersey, tracie strahan, news 4, new york. >>> happening now, day three in the trial of the rookie nypd officer who shot and killed an unarmed man in brooklyn. peter lang can face up to 15 years in prison. michael george is in downtown brooklyn, is the jury making any progress? >> we just finished the tenth hour of deliberations with no verdict. the information that the jury requested to see again is they're going over every second when officer liang killed todd gurley. he is facing manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for the death of 28-year-old gurley. project in november 2014 when he stepped into a dark stairwell. he was startled by the sound of a gun -- excuse me, he was startled by a sound and the gun went off accidentally killing gurley who was unarmed. the defense called it a tragic accident and liang was reckless and should never have drawn his gun. they tried to convince the jury that it was criminal negligence. they requested that the account of the shooting be read again. >> when you removed the weapon from the holster, where was your trigger finger? it was along the side of the weapon, along the frame. >> how do you k

news. >>> new details tonight in what cops say might be a hate crime in brooklyn. new york police releasing a new image of the suspect that stabbed an jew in the back. dressed in full garb when attacked. the award doubled to catch the attacker. >>> and a scream to cut corners cost live, and now the five people behind the illegal rigging of a gas line are under arrest. prosecutors say they engineered an illegal gas delivery system that caused an explosion and killed two people. it's the building owner, her plumbers. the father of one of the victims says the indictments bring some relief. their 23-year-old son was killed while on a date at a restaurant. >> i do want justice, want him the to go to jail for what they did to my son. i miss him dearly. he was my oldest son, and without him being here, you know, it's killing us. >> nicholas' family still lights a family in his memory in their home. >>> an intense man hunt but without success in finding the girlfriend and her two children on staten island. he was seen at a deli an hour before he killed the woman ask daughter. survi

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looking for the two women they say murdered 71-year-old michael shaw in live in downtown brooklyn, rob schmitt news 4 new york. >>> police have arrested a man they say raped and robbed a woman inside an office building. maurice scott was taken into custody this morning. he's accused of attacking that 44-year-old victim in the building just before she left work. he stole her jewelry, phone and cash before taking off. scott has nine prior arrests. >>> the feud between our mayor and governor is heating up again. the city officials today accrues accruesed of cuomo administration of trying to make mayor de blasio look bad by spreading a rumor about a rape in a homeless shelter. >> convincing the homeless to come indoors is no easy task. >> i don't trust the shelter system, there's rapes and murders. >> already this year there have but if the city's homeless are feeling extra jittery these days about coming indoors. the cuomo administration could be partly to blame. late friday, cuomo officials leaked this story demanding a probe into allegations of a gang rape here at the bellevue men's shelter, where residents to

new recyclables. >> we have to sell it for less. >> reporter: tom outerbridge is general manager of sims municipal recycling in brooklyn, new york, candles 18,000 tons of recyclables a moh. he says it is harder to find plastic buyers now, especially for low-grade items like plastic bags. >> what happens if you can't find a market for this stuff? >> plastic bags we tend to landfill if we don't have a home for them. >> reporter: environmental consultant, wayne defoe says that it is costing recycling companies around the country billions of dollars but says everyone should keep recycling. >> were environmentally is better, and long-term economically it's better. >> reporter: he points out that oil prices will eventually go up and when they d so will the value of recyclables. diane messito, cbs news, brooklyn, new york. >>> winter weather costing problems for other drivers in parts of the state. >> in greensboro, emergency crews responded to a crush late last night in all of that snow. look at that, my goodness. tow trucks involved vehicles involved in the crash. word on whether either driver was hurt. coming in today and getting in on all that rain, i kept saying to myself, what about that was really snow? if it was cold enough in the atmosphere. >> officially at the airport, it was 0.3 inches of liquid. about 3 inches of snow. >> they are going to wash the way and we can have a compliance. >> i'm telling you what, the rain tomorrow might, definitely a client. we have the potential for downpours, maybe an inch, 1.5 inches of rain. facing a different kind of commute tomorrow morning, not with different skies, but with heavy rain and wind and pounding on the roads, could be just as nasty. let's go up north and take a look at dc. presidents' day storm. dc got covered. the couple is

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that's the very latest live from downtown brooklyn, tracie strahan, news 4, new york. >> thank you, tracie. >>> an argument inside a deli turns violent. police are asking for your help to catch the culprits. the nypd released these photos and you see four men, possibly teenagers who are wanted for beating a 50-year-old man inside a deli. the group was causing some type of disturbance when the victim intervened and asked them to stop. the suspects yelled back at him and then punched him several times and then left the store. >>> and also in brooklyn, this video shows a trio of men robbing one of the few stores that managed to stay open during last month's blizzard. you see the one man there pulling the gun. they entered the pioneer grocery bedford stuyvesant. they took mono free the cash register and walked right out of the store. >>> happening now, police investigating another subway attack. a woman says a man poked her in the shoulder with a sharp object at the 7th avenue 49th street station and this comes as police release the sketch of a man wanted for two other subway incidents in manh

rallying with hundreds of new yorkers in east new york in brooklyn. people here are demanding half of the newouses built here are affordable to them. >> push them out because the rent is so high they can't afford it. the mayor michael bloomberg the city lost a third of apartments families. >> what we see now are effects of 20 years of housing policy, 20 years of people little by little being pushed out. no attempt to house these human beings. >> and homelessness, the number is rising everyday. >> homelessness right here. >> they are getting pushed out of state. >> new york city under the bloomberg administration eliminated entirely the permanent housing programs which were designed to help homeless families and children leave the shelter system. >> under bloomberg the number of people in homeless shelters each 54,000. >> essentially what we have it was a massive social experiment that if you take away permanent housing assistance from the needy children and families in the city what will happen? >> no good jobs. >> everyday in this city people are losing their homes, if we do not act, new yor

new york city. the casinos would ideally attract gamblers heading home >>> massive new tower could soon be built in brooklyn. the "new york times" reporting two developers have submitted plans for a new sky scraper in downtown brooklyn. the building would be 73 stories tall, the highest in the borough. it would be almost twice as tall as anything near it on dekalb avenue. it calls for the building to house stores and nearly 500 rental apartments. >>> making an aggressive move and the team has barred fans from using print at home tickets. it is a blow for those who buy from stub hub as they get them via pdf file. the mobile version scan and old school tickets work. pitchers and catchers report for spring training today. >>> an e-mail attachment may leave hurt feelings at an elementary. the hurt feelings report. it was mistakenly attached to a mailing whose purpose was to assist whiners in hurt feelings. a district spokesperson called it an embarrassing mistake. >>> an 18-year-old accused of being a fake doctor sitting down with abc news just hours after his release from jail. the teen cut the interview >>> k

news out of brooklyn, new york this morning. nearly 150 firefighters battled a massive fire at a multistory home overnight. you can see the residential building engulfed in flames. fdny tweeted just before 1:30 that the fire is under control. the cause is under investigation, but we're told no one was injured in the blaze. back to you. >>> police in upper marlboro are killed a convicted bank thief who was found shot to death inside a pickup truck on armstrong lane in upper marlboro yesterday. he served time in prison for defrauding $53 million from banks to fund his lavish lifestyle. his family reported him missing several days ago. >>> we're relearning more about scary car crash. a 21-year-old man was driving this mangled viper and an 18-year-old woman was also in the car. the car swerved before hitting a concrete wall sunday afternoon. the woman was air lifted to a baltimore hospital. she's being treated for serious injuries. the driver is also in the hospital but is expected to be okay. >>> plus aolice are investigati crash where the driver was going the wrong way down branch avenue and hit another car head did, on. police don't know why the driver was going the wrong way. the driver of the to be cut out but was not hurt. >>> happening today, a push to get legislation that would require maryland colleges to adopt an affirmative sexual consent policy. it's a verbal agreement about how and when people are comfortable engaging in sexual acts. now, according to the bill, consent cannot be given if someone is intoxicated, under coercion or while someone is unconscious. more than 100 maryland college students plan to hold a rally this evening. the yes means yes bill would change how schools define sexual assault. >>> a family definite investigatidevastated by a fire is getting help from strangers. the story moved a news 4 viewer to help. and they collected swellings donate clothing and school supplies ultimately helping the family settle in their new apartment in silver springs. >> we give back and we help each other in need. >> she came just like an angel. goo god sent her to us. >> the red cross helped about 100 people displaced. and a go fund me page has been set up to help the family pay their represent for a year. search working for you in our app. >>> happening today, frpresiden obama will meet with several leaders as the u.s. steps up efforts to counter china's growth. secretary of state john kerry will participate. security trade and climate change are all on the day's agenda. >>> anthony brown says his democratic congressional campaign is not authorized to use the naacp as the "washington post" reports, the logo appeared in a message that staff members sent last week invoking the national civil rights organization. brown said the message titled happy anniversary naacp was not an endorsement

new plastic from oil instead of recyclables. (sot-tom outerbridge/gm, sims municipal recycling)"we have to sell it for less" tom outerbridge is general manager of sims municipal recycling in brooklyn, new york. which handles 18-thousand tons of recyclables a month.he says it's harder to find plastic buyers especially for lowe grade items.. like plastic bags. (sot)(diane)"and so what happens if you can't find a market for this stuff."(tom outerbridge)"plastic bags will we send to a landfill if we can't find a home." environmental consultant wayne defeo says the price drop is costing recycling centers dollars. but he says everyone should keep recycling. (sot-wayne defeo/defeo associates)"environmentally it is better, in the long term economically it is better." defeo points out that oil prices will eventually go up and when they do so will the value of recyclables.diane macedo, for cbs news, brooklyn, new york. 3 a virginia man celebrated president's day by saluting his collection of presidents heads. this was in his backyard in williamsburg virginia.howard hankinsnsas a collection of 43 president head sculptures sitting in his backyard. they weigh about 800 - thousand pounds... *each.* 3 hankins said he was hired to crush the sculptures after a theme park closed... but he says he couldn't do it and decided to take them to his concrete recycling business. 3 3 3 "the normal heart" is an extraordinary show coming to shot in the dark! we'll tell you why you can't miss this one. in "talk of the town." meteorologist cat taylor"3 3 3 3 3 the normal heart is starting soon at the shot in the dark theatre. we're talkin' with adam sving and tony garcia about that here on "talk of morning!3 3 3 3 3 polar opposites on the bench... justices (an - ton - in) antonin (scuh - lee - uh) scalia and ruth bader (ginns - berg) ginsburg had a long... deep... and unexpected friendship. we'll ta

you to meet gabrielle graves, a student here in new hampshire, she's an independent voter, but she's supporting you. >> hi. so i'm from brooklyn, new york, like you are, and my question is that i've experienced and i've witnessed a lot of police brutality and racial unjustice. and i want to know, like, i think and i do believe that it is neighborhoods primarily of people of color, low-income neighborhoods that are disproportionately affected by unjust policing. and i want to know if you are to be elected as president of the united states, what would you do to enact change and combat this racial injustice? >> gabrielle, you have asked an important question that is on the minds of millions of people, not just african-americans, but all people. here's what i would do. for a start. and i speak as a former mayor. i was mayor of burlington, vermont, a many know, who worked very closely with our police department, and believe that the vast majority of police officers in this country are hard-working, are honest, and are trying to do their best doing very, very difficult work. but if a police officer breaks the law, like any other public offici

new one-itis. i'll get her to fingerhut.com for brand names like samsung and keurig. and for low monthly payments, stat. fingerhut.com. >>> live, this is news 4 new york now. >> live over the brooklyn bridge, east river right now. 10:27 on this friday, february gargiulo. emergency crews at the scene of an explosion in orange county, new york state. happened this morning in middletown at 49 brookline avenue. police have not released many details on the explosion. they do believe one person is being treated at this point for a leg injury. let's look at the weather, though, sun giving way to clouds, high of 27 tonight. flurries possible, 17 tomorrow, windy, cold, 18 for the high. sunday sunny, but bitterly cold. in fact, a new record could be set in the morning if the temperature is below 2 degrees. nice rebound on monday, 34. even warmer on tuesday, 50, but rain. up next on the "today" show, outfits and accessories you can put together in 30 seconds or >>> oh, yes. meredith vieria is in for kathy. we are going to steam things up dplp whether you're spend being the night in a hot tub with your you. >> and we have two p our wine experts, "wine for women" author. >> i just want to point

new york app on the app store now. >>> we have new information tonight on a deadly shooting in brooklyn. police sources tell us that a 16-year-old boy killed in an east new york apartment was accidentally shot in the head. the teen amg ager was one of three playing video games last night. someone had done pretty well in the game. gun went off. that man is now in police custody. >>> four teenagers in custody tonight accused of beating a mailman in the bronx. that violence came early this month after police say they got 50-year-old postal worker inside a fort green deli. >>> decision 2016 now, republican hopefuls are descending on south carolina as voters in the state prepare to make their choice known just one week in tomorrow. jeb bush courted evangelicals in greenville, also attended by ben carson, marco rubio and ted cruz. john kasich is trying to capitalize on his surprise second place finish in new hampshire. >> i'm glad i'm the second choice now. i think a couple weeks ago they count have even know how to pronounce my name. speak at the annual humphrey mondale dinner. >>> the relieve

new thing for her. she grew up in a penthouse in new york. rosanna: you are a brooklyn girl? >> yes, red hook. so nice to be back i new york. rosanna: where'd you go to school? >>ps in carol gardens andew icesn pk slopend movie and had to leave in the middle of 6th grade. rosanna: is ur family here? >> we all moved to california. we come back all of the time. greg: wow, you are 17. >> you are poised, smart, most of the 17-year-olds, well, like us, not in a good place. >> my friends are all in good places. kids are growing up faster. i feel like everyone is so mature now. >> do you live with you parents? >> yes. >> you have a twin brother? >> yes. he was on bunked last week. so fun. >> what's the deal with bunked? >> it is taking place at summer camp. the parents met there when younger and send their kids there and my character emma and robby call go to summer camp and my character needs a new best friend and a lover interest. >> there is still butter left. do you know what this means, they snuck into town. >> i am so in tune with the campers. why would they do that. >> to buy a new comic book and the head phones. >> yep. >>

new york. secretary clinton doesn't want to debate in new york. is there something wrong with new york? does she not want to debate in brooklyn? don't know what's going on. >> she said she agreed with those proposed debates. >> well, we have to -- we'll have to have that conversation, because today she noted she didn't want to debate in new york. >> she never said that. >> what this -- she did say it. she said it talking to chris matthews. you better look at your talking points before you get over here. what we're really talking about is candidates being responsible to the american people. from the beginning, senator sanders has been more than willing to stand up and talk about the hard issues. he wants to talk about criminal justice reform. he'll talk about raising the minimum wage. we want to talk about economic inequality. >> we want to know if they're going to debate. are they going to debate thursday or not? >> let me just say this -- >> senator sanders is more than willing to debate. >> here's the thing, we shouldn't even be having this debate about the debate. the dnc made a horrible mistake, and you have to blame the d

new yorkers and we have f r new yorkers in this primary system, of course, bernie sanders, born and raised in brooklyn, hillary clinton the former senator from n york, donald trump the reality star and mogul and of course chris christie from new jersey, anyway in the new york area as gd!ernor of new jersey. two of them are leading in the polls, two are scrambling to keep up. crisscrossing new hampshire like ere is no tomorrow, and for bench s that's their fate. >> i believe we'll do very well. >> reporter: phone banks have bern going like crazhy. ask these wo clinton supporters. >> starting from dinner time to 9:00. >> you ever not want to answer the phone >> many times. >> do ysu ever not answer the phones? >> absolutely. >> reporter: yet they endure four to five calls a night. >> people in new hampshire care about this so we go through it. >> and feel it's important. >> very important. >> reporter: retail politics here is an art form. and it's a proving ground. >> voters are making this election who is best prepared to be commander-in-chief. >> reporte . a time to see just how strongly people believe about the issues of the day. >> it's got to be raised to a living wage, 15 bucks an hour. rorm former new york senator and se

brooklyn later this month. reporting from columbus circle, news 4, new york. >>> and new tonight four days after sonic boom hook parts of new jers the.e wer more shaking today. on t rsday sonic booms were heard and felt likely caused by navy test flights in the area. a pokeswoman says there were mor test flights today and they could have caused that shaking. >> and new york is stepping up efforts to battle the zika virus as the world health organization declares the disease an international emergency. the state is offering free testing for those who have countries. right now there are nine confirmed cases in new york. it's believed ton linked to serious birth defects. there could be as many as 4 million cases of zika in the americas in the next year. >> all agree on the urgent need to coordinate international efforts. to investigate and understand is relationship better. >> the cdc says it is actively participating in the global response to zika w corking around the clock to learn more and it's launched a hot line for new yorkers to learn more about the virus. the number is posted on our website. >> a> coming u

new york," i'm john chandler. >>> and next at 6:30 on "today in new york," we continue to follow the breaking news out of brooklyn where two police officers have been shot. >> reporter: the mayor and commissioner at kings county hospital after two officers were shot. i'm rail villeda with the latest on this investigation. >>> and we're tracking some very light showers on this saturday morning but it's all about the mild weather later on this afternoon. since 1961, pearle vision has provided the neighborhood with expert eye care. vision and we still proudly carry on his legacy. today, doctors like lisa hamilton perform eye exams that can help detect diabetes. because we care for you... and your eyes. this is genuine eye care, in your neighborhood. >>> welcome back to "today in new york" on this saturday. it's gum rosendale. >> and i'm pat battle. we want to take you back to the hospital where two police officers are after being shot this morning. >> reporter: gus and pat, this morning the mayor and commissioner are here at kings county hospital after as you mentioned the two save officers were shot. you'll see a s

new york. >> shoot downtown, weekends are walking their dogs versus five of the dogs. >> you see fancy dogs, brooklyn has a lot of pitbulls. new york is a dog town. >> even if you don't have dogs, you're fascinated by them, and they're so darn cute. >> most interesting thing about him, he has no dog. >> well, why would you need one? right. you get to go out and play with everybody else's dogs. >> dogs made me less lonely. >>> the fellas over at dude perfect are back at it and i love what they've got going on. this time, it's their first competition of 2016, it's the mountaintop snow battle. we have to do this. no, we have to do this. before i see what happens, we have to do this. the competition consists of three different events. first up a -- >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the first competition. the snow board football tosser. mountain, worth five points apiece, third ring, 20. >> oh, nice. as he was falling down too -- >> that's really good. >> he's got quite the arm. >> after the first event, let's see how they did, there's a pretty big gap in between the first and the last. >> let's not forget to mention that snow bo

new york city. >> who were the two candidates? it was as new york as anybody could get. bernie sanders from brighton beach. anyone from brooklyn bernie sanders he whipped hillary clinton. that was her surrogate. donald trump from jamaica estates. everyone is born with a silver spoon. is the trade balance between japan and the united states. it's a victory for new york city values. it's new york city attitude in new york city with profane remarks. >> were you surprised in new hampshire? >> this is a union where everyone is angry . that's why they would vote for donald trump and bernie sanders. he got smacked around by shampoo and he finished fifth. we have to ask about a couple. jeb bush? fourth-place? he dragged his mother through the snow. what kind of is that ? go back to florida jeb . it will not be a bush 45. i laugh at chris christie. come back and do your job! knock off this nonsense. >> he is just about out because he says he is back in new jersey and he will take a breath. >> he is going to have a big mac or some kind of a sandwich. >> hillary clinton she barely , if you can call it a win, seeks out whatever it is with

new be native new yorkers. >> you are or you are not. rosanna: when i lived in brooklyn, well, i am a native new yorker. but manhattan is considered new york. greg: this ise7th time we have brought up your brooklyn roots. rosanna: come on. once yesterday, once today. greg: rosanna is from brooklyn, by the way. rosanna: as if you can't tell by the accent. we are listening to the music, shall we? rosanna: searching for greg: something or someone. rosanna: mike is not a native new yorker. but we should try to indock nate him in a way. >> greg: half of everybody in new york is from some place else. rosanna: good for them. mike: and you are from brooklyn any ways. rosanna: people from brooklyn know what i am talking about. long island, nassau county. thank you. you a california y. mike: we need the cheer around here. people say you are so nice, you are not from around here. all right, good morning, everyone. hey, up and running and out the door. it is looking cold outside but we have the sunshine too. over the weekend things are high up to 36 degrees. hard to say that is the high. that is the high. the average high 42. 66 is the record high. no

think of new york city, you think of the sights and the sounds, the excitement, not necessarily the smells. one would come in brooklyn is trying to make us forget about the unpleasant smells of new york york. steve: kerry drew shows us this new line of skin care products. >> reporter: you know what brooklyn smells like? here at brooklyn flavors, each neighborhood has a different scent. >> brooklyn has so much flavor to it. we have cultures, color. >> reporter: this long time resident sophia sylvester launched brooklyn flavors, soy based >> i started to do research of the neighborhoods so i can try to capture the flavor of each neighborhood. that's how we came up with the flavors. >> reporter: she started online and opened up this storefront on washington avenue. there were over a dozen scents or flavors. everything from kensington to bed-stuy to red hook. >> a little goes a long way. just rub that in. >> reporter: the best selling scents are prospect heights and church avenue. >> church avenue is a mango papaya jasmine mix because there are a lot of people from the west indy ies in that neighborhood. i decided to use the brooklyn botanical garden. it'scherry, jasmine. >> reporte

news overnight out of new york. some residents in brooklyn battling frigid temperatures as well as flames. we're told the blaze is now under control, more than 145 firefighters, that's how many it took and they are at the scene trying to tame the flames and four people including two injuries. all buildings having to be demolished now, and police trying to figure out what caused >>> and then filling a void left by the president that was barred by the constitution left office a week ago without a newly elected leader in place. deep public suspicions about vote rigging there. a winner will be installed sometime in may. >>> some of the kids, all public schools will be closed today and so will miami-dade and browar countyty offices today. the malls and the courts will be open, and for commuters that do work today, broward transit will be running on schedule, and your news is on as well. thank you to everybody that showed up. we are sponsors of the event, and more than 380 artists out there from all overrhe weurld. it's a rare glimpse into something that not a whole lot of people get to see. there's a lot of@ local food and you can listen to nice music performed by local bands as well. that's through the weekend and on through today. gates are going to open at 10:00, and close at 6:00. as i mentioned, nbc 6 is a proud sponsor of this festival once again and we have everybeen at that event all weekend long. stop by and let us snap a selfie with you so we can post it on our facebook page. 2:00. >>> let's go outside, and somewhere not far from here -- actually, very far from here. north carolina, a much different picture and on the vrginia border is where we are looking at. a large wint storm making things difficult for the morning commute there. >> in that part of the country, when a little snow fas, it shuts down the city. >> it shuts things dodo. ryan p

brooklyn at nearly the same time. i'm tracie strahan live in bushwick with more on search for suspects. >>> about to head out the door, take us with you. keep watching "today in new york." download the "news 4 new york" app on your mobile device right charges in the fatal fire that claimed the life of a toddler. >>> two separate slashings in brooklyn. one attack happening on the subway train sgriefrjts plus, a growing battle against uber that could impact your next trip to newark liberty airport. >>> 6:30 a.m. on this wednesday, it's february 24th. i'm michael gargiulo. >>> i'm darlene rodriguez. let's check in with chris cimino looking at the we dher today. good morning. >> good morning. starting out drizzly, the rain is fairly light. if you're heading out and planning to be out all day and coming back later, i would not take the lightweight umbrella because the rain and wind will increase. drizzle drizzle, light rain during the commute. towards the city as well. by noontime, through the afternoon, waves of heavier rain. the eefrng commute, wet and windy. thunder and dangerous wind gusts perhaps over 50 miles an hour. we have a wind advisory in effect. big storm system right now. heavies

new york. we have three brooklyn area teens or young adults traveling back-and-forth between new york and fayetteville where they have family in the sand hills. they have essentially carried out an elaborate fraud scheme that began with this woman. she describes how she was held at gunpoint in her home in september. she would be the first of several victims to be robbed. to make a long story short they were tied to surveillance videos and financial transactions. check cashing from fayetteville to durham in new york, and here >> therefore checks for rent. they had new amounts put on them . they were depositing their accounts. reporter: they have face charges in other areas including dunne/ . brady, anthony barr, and emanuel jordan are believed to be in new york now but have lived in the barrington place apartment complex. if you know the area you know those apartments are backed up to these neighborhoods. investigators say they are being located and extradited as we speak. charges include robbery and fraud charges. fayetteville detectives say once they have them in custody they are certain they can tie

. >>> good evening, from the strip here in sin city, we're on a replica of the brooklyn bridge, in front of new york new york. 5:00 p.m. in the east. we are coming to you live outside that new york new york hotel and casino. when you thought this race couldn't get any crazier, donald trump takes on the pope. after the pope slams trump saying, quote a person who thinks only about building walls wherever they may be and not building bridges is not christian. trump fired back -- >> if and when the vatican is attacked by isis, which as everyone knows is isis' ultimate trophy, i can promise you that the pope would have only wished and prayed that donald trump would have been president because -- it's true, it's tr true -- because this would not have happened. >> every time you think this campaign cab get crazier, it does. but, first, we're here in vegas, hours from msnbc's town hall with hillary clinton and bernie sanders. it's live tonight, 9:00 p.m. from the kma center, a few miles down the road, it iffing locate for a democratic race as strange and bizarre as this is becoming. joined by my colleague, jose

new york in brooklyn, confusion over the conviction of rookie cop. protests across the country. estimated 5,000. while he needs to be held scapegoated. >> we're angry for the system november 2014 shooting in new york. he fired his weapon while performing patrol in a darkened stairwell. it struck him in the chest. >> there was some mistakes after the shooting, obviously, we do agree with that. >> supporters held a moment of silence, expressing deep sorrow for his family. the former cop says he wishes the bullet struck him instead. cantoneese. meanwhile, tensions flaring across the street. the two sides happen to be celebrated by police. >> i think it's disgusting. we've been fighting for accountability for all cops that kill people. >> he admitted, admitted under oath to going past him in the darkened stairwell, not offering cpr or checking his pulse or breathing. >> he's facing a sentence of anywhere from probation to 15 years in prison. his supporters are asking for leniency. channel 7, eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> supreme court justice antonin scalia was laid to rest today in a private burial following a mass. the mass at the basilica national shrine immaculate conception. scalia's so

news across the country, fire raging in a home in brooklyn, new york last night. more than 140 fire fighters battled these flames. you can see totally engulfing the fire. the cause is still under investigation. >> anchor: police in california are serving for the person or people responsible for attacking two pedestrians with blow darts. the two victims were struck last friday. police say both blow darts are about four inches long. they say it happened on san francisco's golden gate bridge. vet or are working to figure out whether any video of that crime exists . >> anchor: a dramatic cliff rescue along the california coast on sunday. lifeguards used a crane to save a man swept off a reef. you can see the 19-year-old stuck in the cove after a wave swept him off the reef. lifeguards swam through some really rough waves to get to that victim. he said the whole thing was pretty terrifying. >>> oh god. i thought i would drown. there was a point like where i was hanging on the rock over there and i thought i was going to down. very scary experience. >> anchor: for the if thely he only suffered minor injuries but a very busy weekend for lifeguards there on saturday. alone they responded to more than 12 rescues . >> anchor: a massive earthquake bling new zealand's coast on amateur video captured a cliff collapsing into the sea below after a 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck in the south island of of dust spreading a cross the sea. police say there are no serious injuries or damage. next week marks five years since the deadly quake that killed almost 200 people there. >> anchor: a lawmakers in kentucky filed a little blue pill that could make viagra, has filed a bill that is that could make viagra harder to get. the viagra bill says that men cannot receive a trip for the mail enhancement drugs unless they submit i written letter letter from their wives to visit a doctor two times and swear on married. the lawmakers says it is a response to a bull that requires women to consult a doctor before getting an abortion. she admits the bill has no chance of passing. >> anchor: ahead on 7 caught on camera, crooks use a sledgehammer to break into a store and some think this could . >> anchor: we continue to follow breaking news at this hour. conta

new team, the miami heat. the former brooklyn guard's first game will be in new york! the knicks host the heat tomorrow at the garden. >>> meanwhile, rutgers' basketball season has been anything but memorable but they're now approaching the knights are on the doorstep to become the first team to go winless in the big ten 16 seasons. that belonged to northwestern which shot 17-28 downtown. beating northwestern on the road, probably a tough task. but how about the effort from the free throw line? know. been that kind of season for the knight knights. 98-59. >>> american pharoah gave the sport of horseracing a long awaited shot of vitality last year. now he'll be a daddy. we're set to see our first mini pharoah. >>> we're three months away from the first leg of the triple crown. the no. 6 horse, mo hay men is predicted to be the favorite. today the fountain of youth stakes one of the prep races leading up to the roses on may mo handled it well. not the jazziest of names when it comes to name value. but he wins, remaining undefeated in five races so far. >>> finally, you're not going to believe what happened in the rangers game tonight. keep an eye on no. 5. dan jerardi. he gets hid with a puck in the face and it sticks in his -- a stick in his eye! >> oh! >> oh! >> and he's laughing! the visier's existence is to protect him from flying pucks. you had one job, visier! and you couldn't do it! -- visor! and you couldn't do it! >> whoa! >> i think he's a cyborg. i think it proves he's half term nay to. >> you're right! that's exactly! >> there's too much blood and stuff in the hockey games. [ laughter ] that. .... taking control of your health isn't easy. but cigna is there for you. literally. just download our free coach by cigna app. for personalized programs from a team of health coaches to help you achieve your wellness goals. cigna. >>> don't forget to follow cbs 2 news on facebook. you can find us at facebook.com/cbsnew york. that does it for cbs 2 at 11:00. from the entire cbs 2 news team, thank sos much for have a great night. e u ti lkyhas? this is court-ordered mediation. it's not opt-out mediation or i-don't-feel-like-it mediation. we know that, but what can we do? we can't negotiate with a stone. s, but you can lower your ask. given the set of facts i'm looking at, well, it's way too high. and the law is far from clear as to... then let's go to court. ye look, the judge doesn't want to clutter up his docket. that's why he empowered me to keep you here as long as i want to reach a compromise. and i will. so show me some movement. our client wanted to sue for $38 million in punitive. we got her down to 14. that is movement. but where is theirs? think about a new ask.