going from williamsburg to bushwick is approximately 16 dollars in a yellow cab and $10 in an uber. >> reporter: yeah. taking uber x is now cheaper customers are rejoice ing. but cab drivers and even some uber drivers are worried that slashing prices will affect their bottom line. riders like nicole did a double take. a 15% price drop on its uber x fares. >> i'm really excited. >> reporter: uber is slashing prices in new york city to boost ridership. an uber ride from midtown to la guardia will now runabout $37 instead of $43. astoria to long island city will now be just $10. ride. >> i've taken cabs long enough in new york city that i know how much it's going to cost me. and i feel like with uber sometimes i don't know how much it's going to cost me. >> reporter: some drivers are worried they'll lose business. today taxi drivers protests >> i make almost $2,000 a week. >> how much do you think you'll make now? >> reporter: maybe 1500, 1600. >> reporter: a spokesman for uber disagrees. >> when we cut prices a year and a half ago, driver earnings went up because that idle time between

he allegedly attacked the child at a home in bushwick back in orkt. the assault was so violent that she needed surgery. he was charged with rape and assault. >>> tonight new jersey police are asking for you help to find a car involved in a deadly hit and run accident. they've released these photos showing pieces of the car that was involved in last wednesday's accident on highway 346. troopers found a pedestrian, 52-year-old emmett myers jr. lie in the roadway. he died a short time later. if you have information on the car involved, please call police. >>> nine protesters pleaded not guilty to blocking the construction of the gas pipeline in westchester county. news4 was there when they were arrested in november after rallying against the expansion the activists say they're worried that it can harm the environment and their health. >>> folks in free port today got a gift from the new year, free smoke detect ter ordetectors. it's part of an initiative to remind people of the common mistake that they make for their own safety. gerg cergol has more. >> a

for now we're live in bushwick, kemberly richardson, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> from a frightening story we go to a shocking story. a father accused of killing his pregnant woman missing since sunday. this morning her strangled and beaten body discovered in the crawl space of the house she lived in with her dad. >> the victim, 39-year-old andrea caruth ran a daycare center there. her father >> darla miles in the bronx. >> police believe 39-year-old andrea caruth was possibly beaten to death in the head with a hammer by her own father. they believe they had an ongoing dispute about a second mortgage he had taken out on the house. >> [ inaudible ] she told me she was pregnant. she was so nice. >> reporter: it was just a month ago when andrea caruth told her next door neighbor she was pregnant. now both mother and child are gone. >> i feel so bad for her, she died like that. oh, god. i am so sorry. somebody shouldn't die like that. >> reporter: 61-year-old william caruth is now charged in the death of his daughter and unborn grandchild. the body found stuffed underneath plywood in a b

they say he raped a little girl in a home in bushwick. members of the fugitive apprehension team tracked down the suspect on monday in st. paul, minnesota. he's now waiting extradition. >>> a night in court for the fifth suspect in the alleged gang rain at a park in brooklyn. 17-year-old travis beckford now forcibly compulgz -- compulsion and sex abuse. he's accused of raipg -- in raping her. >>> were gangs involve in a deadly shooting? new york cops trying to piece all that together. near the thomas jefferson educational campus, an 18-year-old former student was killed. a source says he's a known gang member. a 17-year-old current student was shot in the arm. he's in stable condition. three people now in custody. >>> the fbi now treating the ambush shooting of a philadelphia police officer as a terror attack. officer jesse hartnett survived getting shot three times as he sat last week in his patrol car. investigators say the confessed shooter, edward archer, told them he was acting in the name of islam and had pledged allegiance to isis.

cbs 2's tracee carrasco joins us live from bushwick brooklyn. >> reporter: christine, as that woman left her home, headed to chelsea for work, she says it's a day she thought would never happen. randomly slashed in the face. police are looking for that suspect, hoping to catch him strike again. the 24-year-old victim posted these pictures on facebook, bloodied and bruised, showing the deep wounds to her face, the result of an attack in chelsea around 6:00 a.m. this morning as she went to work. the suspect seen casually walking on west 23rd street. the victim past her, and then without a word, he lunges at her. the victim turned to the nearest diner where workers stepped in to help. >> she was bleeding a lot. she was crying. she walked in and she said that somebody slash her in the face. we tried to help her a little bit. she went to the bathroom, to wash her face. after that, the blood didn't stop. >> reporter: the victim said was attack, i was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, and put in an unfortunate situation. the victim says she's never seen her attacker before, but i did

at night, wicker street and bushwick. the men ran up behind the woman, attack her and steal her purse. they got away with about $600. >>> the federal railroad administration is proposing amtrak's very congested northeast corridor and one little known proposal calls for an all new route right through the heart of long island. cbs 2's carolyn gusoff with the exclusive story. >> reporter: by 2040 rail travel on long island could look a lot different. amtrak passenger trains could be barreling through. this study by the federal railroad administration says the nation's northeast corridor must improve. >> much of it is over 100 years old. so we're building infrastructure for our future. >> reporter: the options? maintain, grow or transform the route from washington to new england and one option traverses the heart of long island. extending amtrak's high speed rail line from floral park east and then north through port jefferson continuing through a new long island sound rail tunnel linking long island to boston. would require

>>reporter: you can see in this surveillance video it was a wet, rainy night in bushwick, brooklyn. a woman carrying her groceries home on bleaker street towards irving avenue jumped from behind by two men. >> down the corner from here. [ indiscernable ] two skinny guys. i don't know. >>reporter: we spoke to the woman's neighbor who saw her right after the attack that took place on sunday, december 27th around 7:00 p.m. he says she was shaken but luckily unharmed. he can't believe this happened only steps from their apartment building. throw the 45-year-old woman to the ground, stealing her bag with $600 in it. the men ran off towards irving avenue. police say the suspects not only grabbed for her purse, but grabbed at her neck, looking to rip off any jewelry she was wearing. >> a couple of weeks ago there was a shooting right here on nickelback avenue, so, just gotta be careful. >>reporter: miguel who lives in the neighborhood says he is always cautious around here. >> just don't walk at night. if you walk by night, walk with with somebody else. >>reporter: colin mallory lives a fe

they say he raped the girl in a home in bushwick. members of the nypd fugitive apprehension team tracked down the suspect on monday in st. paul. >>> a fugitive is under arrest after texting while driving in the holland tunnel. authorities say he was fiddling with his cell phone and crossing lanes in the tunnel driving a rental van tuesday. police pulled thompson over in jersey city. he handed them an expired pennsylvania driver's license. he faces fugitive from justice charges. >>> a big break in a murder mystery overseas. police have made an arrest in woman in italy. ashley olsen was found beaten and strangled saturday. marci gonzales has more on how authorities tracked down the suspect. >> reporter: italian investigators say they know who killed american ashley olsen in her apartment in florence arresting a suspect and what they believe lead to the 35- year-old's violent death. >> this case is rich in evidence with dna, probably fingerprints, surveillance cameras and i think witnesses. >> reporter: investigators say early friday mo

nypd had been searching for 24-year-old edwin caizaguano they say he raped the girl in a home in bushwick. he was tracked down monday in st. paul. >>> the suspect accused of ambushing a philadelphia police officer says that at the was acting in the name of islam. now the fbi is calling the shooting a terror attack. officer jesse harnett was hurt when he was shot three times inside his patrol car last week. investigators say edwin archer conferenced -- confessed to the shooting. his mother said he was hearing voices and felt targeted by police. >>> let's go back over to bill. >> we look outside and we got cloudy skies, flurries around. this will last for a few more hours as we get past down and up to about 8:00. you can see the steam off the buildings and power planting straight up. virtually a calm wind this morning to the east side. thank you for joining us. 24 degrees. flurries and a light west wind as the flurries come across this morning. they will last another hour or so. along 95, goes l.i.e. coating the roadways. heather was showing me it on her traffic camera. we will see it go aw

surveillance video shows the pair attacking a 45-year-old woman on bleecker street in bushwick. this happened december 27th just after 7:00 at night. police say the men threw the victim to the ground and took off with her bag which had $600 inside. >>> the mother of the so-called affluenza teen will be heading back to texas. tonya couch was in court and she and her son are accused of fleeing to mexico. he was given probation after killing four people in a drunk driving accident in texas when he was 16. >>> the public uproar over the netflix series making a murder. now the prosecutor in the case is fighting back. search i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, it could save yo

. >> reporter: it is a lifeline for williamsburg around bushwick and carries 225,000 people a day into manhattan. what happens when it's out? >> it will crush the neighborhood if they shut down the train. >> reporter: riders, like this it noting it's one of the biggest perks for living in the neighbor. he would consider moving. >> it's better to say more on the same in another neighborhood where i can get to work in 20 minutes instead of an hour and a half. >> reporter: there's no way around closing it it after damage from hurricane sandy. >> it's a big challenge getting them on the m train and increased capacity on the m train would be an obvious way to get more people to go north to queens to change. >> reporter: riders in williamsburg wonder if think you will have to bike, ferry or spend twice as long on other lines. >> j is long, l is straight into the middle of new york to take the four, five or six. >> i think it will be chaos. >> reporter: how much time are we talking? >> probably add about 25, 30 minutes for me. like a extra hour and a half. >> reporter: the straphangers campai

. >> reporter: you can see in this surveillance video it was a wet rainy night in bushwick, brooklyn. a woman carrying her groceries home on bleaker street towards irving avenue jumped from behind by two men. >> she told me the other day around the corner from here two skinny guys, i don't know. >> reporter: we spoke to the woman's neighbor who saw her right after the attack that 27th, around 7 p.m. he says she was shaken but luckily unharmed. he can't believe this happened only steps from their apartment building. the video shows the two men throw the 45-year-old woman to the ground stealing her bag with $600 in it. the men ran off towards irving avenue. police say the suspects not only grabbed for her purse, but grabbed at her neck looking to rim off any jewelry she was wear -- rip off any jewelry she was wearing. >> a couple weeks ago there was a shooting right here on nickerbacher avenue. you just got to be careful. if you're walking at night, walk with somebody else. >> reporter: collin mallory says he sees nypd circling the area a lot. >> with the police presence you would think

she's live in bushwick. >> several stitches above her lip and many more below. tonight amanda is here, home in brooklyn resting. but this morning she was walking to work when she tells man acting oddly. her instinct side of west 23rd street in chelsea but she admits she didn't want to offend that man. seconds later that very same man attacked her. >> i just have a bit of a headache. i kind of feel like i got hit in the face with a baseball. >> reporter: without warning, amanda never saw it coming. this surveillance captures the chilling moments as a complete stranger slashes the 24-year-old across her face. tonight she's swollen, has a huge gash above and below her lip. >> i went to turn around to look at him. he had already turned away. i never once saw his face. i saw his hand hit me and that was about it. >> reporter: cameras first saw the suspect crossing west 23rd at about 5:30 this morning. he's heading eastbound wearing a very distinct bright red jacket. then he reappears. amanda tells me he was walking in front of her, slowed down. her gut told her somet

. >> reporter: dinner with your menu at syndicated in bushwick, brooklyn. we're doing just that. i just combined two things that i love. i love going to the movies. i'm an avid moviegoer. i love eating out, good food, and i thought why not put the two together? >> reporter: tim introduced his new concept called syndicateded, a full service restaurant and bar and a movie theatre featuring delectable bites served during the movie. >> you can watch an old movie, a cult classic or movie you've never seen on the big screen and you get to imbibe and enjoy delicious food. handmade food that doesn't come out of a microwave. >> reporter: i'm kind of hungry. why don't we order some snacks. as we sat there enjoying x files, the executive chef was in snacks that went beyond raisinettes and popcorn. >> knife and fork is out. everything has to be handheld, easy, baskets. >> reporter: we're talking about butter bacon meatballs, oysters, and even fresh lobster quesadillas. all enjoyed from the comfort of our theatre seats. look at this. lobster and oysters while we're watching a movie. >> beer a

they say he raped the girl in a home in bushwick. members of the nypd's fugitive apprehension team tracked down the suspect on monday in st. paul, minnesota. he is a waiting extradition. >>> the fbi says the ambush shooting of a philadelphia police officer was a terror attack. the officer survived after being shot three times as he sat in his patrol car last week. the horrifying moments captured on camera. investigators say the man who confessed to the shooting, acting in the name of islam and pledged allegiance to isis. >> amazing that cop survived. >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and bill evans. >> good morning, everybody. we are marching to astoria. that's where we are this morning looking southward here down the east river. nice look to the morning with clear to partly cloudy skies. winds died down a bit. 23 degrees. clouds and flurries popping up in central northern new jersey. cold air and lake effects from the west making it down to the catskills. north and west of the city you will run

if i was in bushwick, they would facial hair. >> you have to keep them fresh. >> in georgia they celebrate the new year. >> dropping a massive 800-pound. beginning to fall. the largest new year's eve celebration. january 1. 2016. how else do you think he gets around so fast? take the reins this holiday and get the mercedes-benz you've always wanted during the winter event. hurry, offers end january 4th! after trying brookside crunchy clusters, @carlybeyar tweeted: at this point, i should just be a brookside chocolate ambassador. well, i am sorry, carly... it' s something you earn. brookside. ben: we are back. i was accused of being crotchety this morning. liz: no, i don't. do you? a lot more goes into making my hair look okay. >> your hair what they put no matter what. a sad story this morning. after wayne rogers has died. he passed away yesterday after pneumonia. he also starred in the nbc detective city of angels. he was 82 years old. george lucas is apologizing for comments he made about disney. he referred to the star wars film. he said he was very intimately involved. >> i sold them t

as you guys mentioned, williamsburg, bushwick, those neighborhoods in brook run have boomed in -- in brooklyn have boomed in the last 5-10 years. most people use this train, it's the only link into the 14th street corridor of manhattan. there are options. you could take the j and the z, you could take the g to the m to way to get around this should it happen. here's what some riders had to say. >> everyone takes the train. what are we supposed to do? pay $20, $30 cabs every day? >> i have to take the l train to to get to school every week. >> it takes five minutes. that's the only train i can take to go from where i'm at, the l train. >> here is the statement, quote: full closure is something we did successfully on the r train tunnel between brooklyn and map hat tan a few years ago. we have done sandy repairs on nights and weekends, so we have to decide which of those options we'll pursue for the l. once we do, we'll have a better idea when it'll be scheduled, but it won't be anytime soon. >> doing the work on nights and weekends, that would not be a great option either, or closing o

surveillance video shows two men attacking 45-year-old woman on bleecker street in bushwick. police say the victim was thrown to the grown and they took other bag with $600 in it. >>> when will the of a influence even zoo teen comb home? ice ice baby >>> we want to show you some beautiful pictures. welcome back to "gma." that is one of the most memorable locations from "star wars." can't give anything away but if you've seen the movie you know what we're talking about. >>> a real tourist destination now and this morning we're going to take you to another one of the spectacular spots. look who's there, amy robach is there. and that's where part of the blockbuster film was filmed. >> she's all bundled up but that could be here this morning. >> that's true. >> green screen in times square. >>> also right now former president bill clinton officially hitting the campaign trail for hillary taking on that anger unleashed by donald trump. and overnight the st. louis rams, san diego chargers, oakland raiders all submit applications to relocate to los angeles. nfl owners are meeting ne

two men run behind the woman and attack her as she carried her groceries home on bleaker street in bushwick late last month. the video later shows the men throwing the 45-year-old woman to the ground. with $600 inside. neighbors say the robbery is just another reason to be cautious in that area. >> a couple of weeks ago there was a shooting right here on nickelback avenue. you know, you just gotta be careful. >> don't walk at night. if walk at night, walk with somebody else. >> a neighbor who saw the woman right after the attack says she was visibly shaken but unharmed. >>> happening today governor cuomo will be at penn station to report an overhaul of the nation's busiest train station. the wall street journal is reporting that he will announce long-delayed plans to move some terminals across the street to the post office. the plan is reportedly similar to the one first proposed in the 1980s when cuomo's father was the governor. >>> it's now 8:26. let's get a check on your weather for today. here's meteorologist john elliot. >> thank you, mary. hi, everybody. so we still have chilly number