fire crews working to get control over that brush fire burning near copiague. we'll keep chopper 2 live on the scene for updates. >> also, tackling fires before they start. we go out with local volunteers as they try to >> and a money makeover. but it's not the original plan. which bill is getting a female flavor. >> we feel stressed out. we feel sad. >> and they put their homes in the hands of a popular tv show. now they are suing over what they say the show left them to deal with. (vo) we developed the world's first transvenous cardiac pacemaker, performed the world's first coronary bypass, and have world-renowned specialists taking on you live life your way. we can help you retire your way, too. financial guidance while you're mastering life. >>> big change coming to the $20 bill. the face of abolitionist harriet tubman is going to replace andrew jackson. while alexander hamilton remains on the $10 bill. cbs 2's weijia jang joins us live from outside the theater where "hamilton the musical" is playing in midtown. >> reporter: kristine and maurice, the u.s. t

all of this happening at copiague neck county park. the smoke from that brush fire could be seen for miles. >> eyewitness news reporter stacey sager at the scene in suffolk county with our lead story tonight. reference, this is the copiague/linden border. we're here on east santa barbara road. you see the amount of police and emergency personnel that have been here throughout the afternoon. as i said we're just up the block from where the fire actually began. this is video that just came in like something out of a movie. the home goes up in flames shortly before 2:00 this afternoon. you can see how the flames and dry wind were a terrible combination out here. the fire then jumps to three other homes. the embers cross a canal. and a brush fire breaks out in indian point park. so seven different fire departments arrive. some of them in boats, fighting that brush fire. meanwhile, this neighborhood was really beaten up badly during superstorm sandy. many of these residents literally just getting set to move back in to their homes and now t

we are live in copiague tonight. jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. >>> the conditions just right for fires to spread. lonnie quinn in the weather center to explain it. >> that's the combo. dry conditions with the wind. you saw jennifer mclogan's hair blowing around. you got some wind gusts over 20 miles per hour that can pick up embers. it can start the fires like it did. there's not a drop of rain in our atmosphere. it picks up the reflex of the smoke and ash in the atmosphere and those northwest winds pushing everything down to the south. that was the picture a little earlier okay? what we have outside as of right now blue sky breezy still out there. but look at this. 67 with a dew point of nine. a dew point that's the temperature you have to cool so it's just not going to happen. you're not going to get any atmosphere. the winds gusting up to 23 miles per hour in spots. so what you should plan on the p.m. tonight and then for your day tomorrow in portions of new jersey, the same deal, no rain until late

according to the nassau suffolk heroin task force, 26- year-old man from copiague a trusted school bus driver was caught selling heroin to a buyer. he declined comment after posting bail of $12,500. >> dealing heroin? >> this is proof that the heroin crisis knows absolutely no boundaries and it has the potential to impact you even >> reporter: detectives have been beefing up patrols to catch the dealers in an attempt to help young addicts as heroin ravages the suburbs. >> parents would be upset around concerned with this. nobody would like their bus driver to be dealing or purchasing any type of drugs or heroin and possible using them. >> reporter: parents hope more can be done. >> that's absolutely disgusting. i have children that take the bus. that's horrible! horrible. >> why don't they scrutinize the employees more carefully? >> reporter: educational bus transportation responded. we act immediately if we suspect a driver is involved in illegal activity. our drivers are randomly tested for drugs and alcohol employment. the man pled not guilty and is removed from service pending out

pretty dramatic pictures coming out of copiague this afternoon. several different firefighters trying to fight the fire. some had to get in boats in the canal and try to fight the burning brush on the island. we know they were having water problems. they have some water from the canal but this street has limited access. these people have really struggled from superstorm sandy. a lot of people lost their

. >>> the coast guard had to put out a boat fire in copiague long island. flames destroyed the boat this morning. coast guard crews moved in quickly and towed it away so it wouldn't burn other boats. the two people on board escaped without getting hurt. >>> in new jersey at least four people ended up badly injured when a car skidded off the road and burst into flames. clifton police say the car hit a telephone pole before catching fire in a wooded area. police officers and firefighters pulled four people from the car. all went to the hospital with severe burns. we don't know their conditions tonight or what caused the crash. crews did have to come out this morning to repair that utility pole. >>> a former top aide for governor cuomo is under investigation in connection to the buffalo billion project. an economic development program spearheaded by government cuomo. office probe will focus on whether joseph percoco failed to report potential confects of interests in thousands of dollars he allegedly received from outside companies. >>> manhattan district atto

that one happened april 5th at a carvel in copiague. >>> a pet store owner in new jersey is accused of abusing dozens of puppies. he's now been indicted. vincent lesacco is charged with 134 counts of animal cruelty. police say he left a van packed with puppies in near freezing temperatures. his brother who worked at the store is also charged. >>> another animal story for you. this one happening in maplewood, new jersey. police received several calls this morning about that guy right there, black bear roaming through backyards. officers spent the next few hours tracking it. they finally caught up with it at a library. that's a tree at the library. wildlife officials tranquilized it. bear will be relocated by the state fish and wildlife department. >>> who knew lee goldberg was such a whinny the poo fanatic? just ahead on eyewitness news, you could rack up big charges sooner than you ever have if you keep your uber driver waiting. >> speaking of lee, he says it might be a cuddle alert night. >> i love this. where should you start when you're told you have cancer? start with a specialist.

that one happened on april 5th at a carvel in copiague. >>> a man convicted cab driver pleaded guilty to rape in the first degree. he allegedly assaulted a female taxi driver last september after she picked him up in port jefferson. he beat and strangled the woman, causing the taxi to crash. he pulled the driver in to the back seat and raped her. >>> the man who says a new york city police officer stomped on his head during an arrest is talking about the violent encounter. cell phone video appears to show officer dward stomping on his head while handcuffed on the ground. it happened during a marijuana bust. he admits he was resisting >> as he kicked me in the head, my head hit the concrete. i blacked out. got up. as they picked me up i was dizzy and in severe pain. >> all charges were dropped. he said he had only worked sporadically since the incident. he says he opens the officer loses his job. >>> ted cruz officially announcing in the last hour that carly fiorina will be his running mate. also today, donald trump offering a foreign policy plan, and delivering a rare speech using a t

live on the copiague, lindenhurst border, jennifer >>> parts of times square will soon be off limits to costume- wearing characters and other performers. mayor de blasio signed a bill today that bans them from blocking pedestrians and the traffic free parts of the scare and restricts them to certain areas. the new rules follow a growing list of complaints about aggressive panhandling and harassment. the city council approved it. >>> tonight mayor de blasio on the hot seat. the probe into his fundraising operations expands to include the group that aggressively lobbied him to ban horse carriages. cbs 2 political reporter marcia kramer with the latest on the new york city corruption scandal. >> reporter: mayor de blasio with constituents outside a south bronx healthcare center then spending 1 minute and 57 seconds answering questions about a decision by u.s. attorney preet bharara and manhattan district attorney cyrus vance to expand the probe of his fundraising operation to include the big bucks donors who pushed him to ban horse carriages. legal and appropriate. i have said many time