that is the latest from cranford, new jersey. juliet: one of wrestling's legendary stars, jimmy "superfly" snuka is charged with murder charge in from the case in 1983, his girlfriend, 23-year-old nancy argentino of brooklyn was found severely injured in a pennsylvania motel room. she died the next day. snuka who is now 72 was the sole person of interest for years but nothing happened until 2013 when an investigation by pennsylvania newspaper raised questions about the case. snuka's current wife says he was diagnosed with stomach cancer. ben: a prisoner who escaped from the nypd is back in custody and has been arraigned, 23-year-old tiffany newman is her name, caught yesterday morning. police station managed to slip out for handcuffs and walk out of new york presbyterian lower manhattan hospital sunday. she had been there because she claims she was pregnant. newman was originally arrested for theft. her new charges include grand larceny. be watching her had been suspended. she was the fourth person to escape nypd custody in the l

it happened at the light bridge academy in cranford. toni yates has more from elizabeth. >> neither of the defendants are in custody, both of them showed up in court with relatives who may have been their parents, all of them left court without saying a word. >> 22-year-old erica kenny. >> after these charges how do you plead not guilty or guilty? >> 28-year-old chanese white. >> not >> neither of the former light bridge academy teachers assistants have an attorney yet. both encouraged of having kids fight each other, kids they were charged with caring for at this day care academy in cranford. they made their first appearances this morning. >> from the township of cranford charging you for the endangering the welfare of the children, charging you with one count cruelty and neglect of assistant teacher. >> kenny faces additional charges of cruelty and neglect. the union county prosecutor's office says because she recorded the august 12th fight on her cell phone and shared it on the snap chat social media website. someone grabbed it befor

let's go to kerry drew she joins us now from cranford, new jersey outside that day care center. good morning, kerry. >> good morning to both of you here outside the light bridge academy day care facility in cranford, new jersey. it just opened up a couple of minutes ago at 7:00 this morning, and about you can a steady stream of cars in the parking lot parents showing up to drop their kids off as usual. two form earl employees have been arrested both now facing child abuse charges. authorities say they forced kids as young as four years old to fight each other and then recorded it. club. >> that is the most appalling reprehensible thing i've ever heard. >> speaking about what two former day care workers are accused of doing here at qur'an cranford, new jersey. >> union county prosecutor says erika kenny and 28-year-old white forced children between ages of 4 and 6 to fight on the playground. authorities say one of the day care workers recorded fighting and shared it on snapchat. the prosecutors office has the video showing about a dozen kids shoving each other to the ground, and

. >> it happened at the light bridge academy in the union county town of cranford. eyewitness news reporter michelle charlesworth is there for us. michelle. >> reporter: the prosecutor tells me that these kids were fighting, children four, five and six years of age, they were fighting on the playground over my shoulder and that they were videotaped fighting and shared -- those videos were shared on snapchat, but the prosecutor says she has the videos and that these two women day care workers have been charged and fired. at light bridge academy here on southeast avenue and -- in cranford, new jersey, reps inside did not want to talk about this. >> we are covering the story about the kids. >> reporter: the union county prosecutor alleges kids were encouraged to fight by day care workers inside and then videotaped in the playground here in august. >> do you hear the day care workers in the background or do you see them on the video encouraging this? >> you do. you see the day care workers encouraging and incidents gating fights -- instigating fights. >> reporter: two d

he is at the daycare in cranford, new jersey, now. hi, linda. reporter: hi, steve, dari. the bottom line is this with the story tonight. two former daycare workers have been fired. they are now charged with child abuse. meantime, the director of the daycare has resigned. >> that is the most appalling reprehensible thing i have ever heard. >> we should give them time. >> punishment, yeah. parents are singed by what two former daycare workers are accused of doing at life bridge academy daycare in cranford, new jersey. 22-year-old erica kenny and 28 year white forced 4, 5, 6-year-old children to fight one another on the may ground and called it a fight club. this man's son attends the daycare. >> i was raging mad. >> reporter: are the daycare put him at ease after explaining it occurred once on all gust 13th that his son was not involved, that the two daycare workers were fired. >> an isolated case. it is one-time event. my son was not interacting. reporter: one of the daycare workers recorded the fighting and shared the video with several friends on snapchat. the prosecutor

. >> reporter: the people who run lightbridge academy in cranford are on the defense. two employees are accused of starting a fight club using a dozen children who attend the day care. >> the videos contain pictures of the kids ages 4 to 6 fighting and being instigated. chanese white and erica kenny encourages the kids to fight each other. she made references to the brad pitt movie "fight club," then sent the clips to friends via snapchat. at kenny's home, she had nothing to say to our cameras. chanese white wasn't home. the charges surprised her neighbor who also happens to be a pastor. >> it's really surprising. when i see them, they act like good young people who is trying to get a start in life. that's serious. >> reporter: the day care says it's retraining its employees. >> and to work with the state and all authorities that are necessary to look into the retraining and all of the screening processes that we should be utilizing. >> oh, my gosh. that's scary. i don't know what i'm going to do right now. >> reporter: that mother you just heard from was picking up he

making 4-year-old and 6-year- olds fight each other on the playground of lightbridge academy in cranford. police have cell phone video of the children fighting taken by kennedy. both are due back in court next month. >>> the staten island football team at the center of a hazing scandal will play again next week. today the city department of education lifted the suspension for susan e. wagner high school. during a summer camp, players were hit with a broom and shot at with a bb gun. >>> an unmanned drone device dropped out of the sky at the u.s. open in the middle of a match last night. daniel vernie turned himself in saying he lost control of the drone. >>> an update on two soft lifters we told you about last month. police arrested deshawn davis. he's seen in the surveillance video with the female accomplice shoving four handbags worth more than $24,000 under her dress. the pair may also be linked to high-end consignment robberies on long island. the woman is still on the loose. >>> the nypd says 70 shots were fired during a gun battle with police and a suspect. the gunfire erupted at th

encouraged 4 and 6-year-olds to fight each other on the playground at the light bridge academy in cranford, new jersey, and that one of the workers would use social media to send clips of those fight to friends. the judge released both women on their own recognizance. >>> san antonio firefighters freed an rotc student who spent three hours stuck inside a safe. the teenage boy somehow got in the safe and got locked inside. firefighters drilled holes in the safe to make sure the kid could breathe. a school spokesman said it was an old sturdy combination safe that was not used 15 to 20 years. >> how did he get in the safe, though? that's my question. >> it's weird. >> who just goes and gets into safes? >>> good news for unemployed white collar workers hoping to find a new job in the new year. >> but up next >>> on september 23rd pope francis will deliver his very first mass here in these united states. >> and it will happen right here in d.c. at the shrine and tonight debra alfarone goes behind the scenes with one of the people involved in the planning. >> for a priest to have the holy father

prosecutors say 22-year-old erica kimmy and 28 -year-old shenise white of the light bridge academy in cranford instigated shoving matches between kids on the playground. fortunately no children were hurt. >>> new tonight, a special tribute for a rising broadway star who fell to his death over the weekend. the imperial theater dimd its lights tonight after the evening performance of les miserables. it was in honor of jeanbaptiste. he accidentally fell from a fire escape in brooklyn last weekend. >>> a car fire literally shut down rush hour traffic outbound. newscopter7 over the scene this afternoon. all outbound lanes of the upper level blocked for several hours while crews investigated what happened and they worked to clean up the mess. tonight all lanes are open again. >>> september starting on a hot note. people spending their night outdoors at bryant park trying to cool off. we're not done with the heat yet. >> that's right. earlier this afternoon just before 2:00, thermometer hit 90 degrees in central park. second heat waichb of the summer -- heat wave of the summer became official. we're

. >>> in new jersey, disturbing allegations at a daycare center in cranford. two former workers at the light bridge academy are accused of urging 4 and 6-year-olds to fight on the playground. investigators say the workers referenced the film fight club. videotaping the children fighting and then post ing it on social media. parents initially notified of this by e-mail. >> the e-mail they sent out, it wasn't as distressing as what i'm hearing today. >> what we'd really like to focus on at this point is that all of the children are safe. that is our number one priority. >> 22-year-old erica kenny and 28-year-old shenise white are charged with child abuse. both were fired by the daycare center. >>> in newark one person is dead, five others in police custody tonight after an alleged carjacking and police chase. chopper 2 was over the scene this morning as two of the suspects surrendered to officers. police say the men barricaded themselves inside a house. the whole thing started when a jaguar was carjacked this morning. police say as officers followed the car, sus

it reportedly happened, on the play ground at light bridge academy in cranford, new jersey. union county prosecutors say two former day care worker encouraged preschoolers and kindergarteners to fight each other. investigators say one recorded video of the fights and shared those clips on social media. >> about a dozen children, boys and girls, between ages of four and six, just fighting, throwing each other to the ground, hitting each other. >> again, what we would like to focus on at this point is all of the children are safe. that is our number one priority. >> we have been in constant communication with our parents to let them know that we are here to fully support the care, nurturing, education of their children. >> both workers are charged with child abuse, one is charge with endangering the welfare of the child. >>> time right now 5:40. popular tv actor play is here owe in a real life fire. a actor dylann baker noticed flames and smoke coming from the apartment next door in his manhattan high rise. 's leathered fire fighters who arrived just in time to get that woman

it happened at the lightbridge academy in cranford.say at least a dozen children are seen taking swings and shoving other kids in the videos. none of the children were seriously hurt. >> a county clerk in kentucky could be on her way to jail this morning. she's refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. >> why are you not issuing marriage licenses today. >> because i'm not. >> under whose authority are you not issuing licenses. >> under god's authority. >> rowan county clerk kim davis has been ordered to go before a federal judge tomorrow. davis says she is exercising her right to religious freedom but the supreme court has refused to take up her appeal. >> the phillies finally beat the mets and get a chance to do it again at citi field tonight. they had lost 10 straight to the mets until they jumped on them early last night. darin ruf launched a three run homer in the third. the phillies later exploded with eight runs in the sixth. they win it 14 to eight. >> it is 5:17. it is official. mcdonald's will soon be serving br

happening today, two former employees of a cranford, new jersey day care center will be in court. the two are accused of encouraging children ages four to six to fight on the playground of light bridge academy. one allegedly took video and shared it with friends on snapchat. and prosecutors say she can be heard referring to the movie fight club as the kids hit each other. >>> one topless painted lady of times square was allegedly offering more than just photos for tips. police say a 20-year-old and her handler, a 23-year-old, arranged to sell an undercover officer $200 in drugs. and she also allegedly offered to perform a sex act for cash. the two are facing drug and prostitution charges. >>> new york governor cuomo has ordered a review of the common core curriculum saying that standards are not working and need to be fixed the. panel include education expert, parent, teachers and lawmaker. the governor wants the panel to present new recommendations by january. >>> and here's john elliott now with the weather forecast. >> thank you. hi everybody. pretty in the park right now. we h

>> reporter: good morning to you, were here outside the life bridge academy daycare facility in cranford new jersey. it will open about a half an hour and were hoping to talk to some parents about this incident. two former employees at the center have been arrested and arched facing child abuse charges. prosecutors say the women forced about a dozen kids between each of the four and six to fight each other on the playground here. authorities say they recorded the fighting and shared the video on snap chat. one of the woman can even be heard at using the words fight club. parents and and grandparents are understandably very upset. >> it's an isolated case, my son wasn't interacting with the people involved. >> i'm shocked and disgusted because they're forcing what how they told us about it is not what they told us originally. >> they're saying it was an isolated incident and they are working with authorities on the investigation. thankfully none of the kids in the video were injured. both workers are scheduled to be in court on friday. if convicted they could face up to five years behind

two daycare workers at life bridge academy in cranford, new jersey are a cued of making children betweenof four and six fight each other on the play ground. they even called it a fight club. 22-year-old erika kenny and 28-year-old shanice white are charged with instigating the fights on august 13th. jawn sinclair's children a 10 the daycare. >> i was raging mad. it's an isolated case. it's one incident. my son wasn't interacting with the persons that were involved. and they're waiting for the prosecutorsed to charges. i just wanted to make sure my son was safe. >> reporter: one of the daycare workers recorded videos of the fight with her cell phone and shared the with several friends on snap chat. prosecutor' office has that video in which dozen boys and girls are seen shoving each other to the ground and trying to hit one another. >> i'm here to tell you that light bridge academy fully supports the prosecutor's office and the actions they have taken against these two former procedures. we are so thankful that none the children have been hurt in this incident report. >> parents want the

. >>> happening today, two former employees of a cranford, new jersey day care center will be in court. the two are accused of encouraging children ages 4 to 6 to the fight on the playground of light bridge academy. one allegedly took video and shared it with friends on snapchat. prosecutors say she could be heard referring to the movie fight club as the children hit each other. >>> and police are looking for a driver who dragged a gas station attendant during a robbery last month. the driver asked for $10 in gas and then grabbed the apron which held about $1,500 in crash. the thief took off dragging the attendant more than 30 feet before the apron broke. >>> the iran nuclear deal gets a thumb up from three more senators including new jersey senator booker. he issued a statement saying the it's better to support a flawed deal for the alternative is worse. not exactly a ringing endorsement. >> no. >>> tom brady one, nfl zero. the quarterback wins in court after the judge overturns his four-game suspension. why the deflategate drama may not be over. >>> take off all your clothe, do at th

union county prosecutors are charging 22-year-old erica kenny of cranford and 28-year- old jenise white from rosedale with endangering the welfare of a child. they instigated fights of children as young as 4 on at least one day in mid-august. no serious injuries were reported. >>> also two-day care workers on long island were arrested. coming up, what they are accused of doing to children in their care. >> plus, pope pope francis join the millions who have already switched. we switched. and now, we're streaming netflix. who knew time warner cable's internet was so fast! mom switched. and now, we can watch our favorite shows together, on demand. i switched. so i can connect to the internet just about anywhere with my free twc wifi hotspots. join the millions who switched to time warner cable. for $89.99 a month, you'll get 100meg internet, and hundreds of hd channels. you'll also get unlimited calling to the us, mexico canada, china, and now india. call today. i switched. now i have a free app that lets me watch tv whenever i have the time. for $89.99 a month you'll get tv, internet and

we're live in cranford, new jersey, christine sloan, cbs 2 news. >>> september picked up right where august left off on wall street with more volatility, stocks suffering their third pigest -- biggest loss of year. earlier in the session the dow dipped below 16,000. as for the nasdaq, lost 40 points. s&p fell 58. the tumble follows new worries following china's economy. they've dropped more than 10% from their recent highs. >>> a suspect on the run since sunday after slipping out of police custody is back behind bars. cbs 2's hazel sanchez is live in tribeca with more on how and when they finally caught her. >> suspect tiffany newman is in police custody here at the first precinct station house. she may have been on the run for more than a day but wasn't totally in hiding. police say neumann was brazen enough to hit a few bars and go shopping for clothes. >> reporter: this surveillance video shows tiffany neumann wearing stolen hospital scrub pants, not wasting any time getting back to her apparent criminal ways. a few hours after she escaped police custody in lower manhattan sunday

accused of making 4-year-old and 6-year- olds fight each other on the campus of lightbridge academy of cranford while they were teacher assistants. investigators said it was for entertainment referencing the movie fight club. >> how do you plead, guilty or not guilty? >> not guilty. >> reporter: prosecutors say kenny took video of a dozen kids shoving each other posting several clips on snapchat. someone receiving it allegedly recorded it sending it to prosecutors even though it disappears in 10 seconds. >> daycare workers encourage it and videotape it. >> reporter: the complaint charges the two with child endangerment. kenny also accused of child abuse. those who know them stunned. >> i don't even know what they were thinking when they did something like this. and to do it more than once. >> reporter: this parent says her kids are safe at the daycare. >> i think this is the case of two bad apples. >> reporter: a spokesman for the daycare said they are reviewing procedures to make sure something like this never happens again. in elizabeth, new jersey, christine sloan, cbs2 news. >> the two wome

this all happened at the light bridge academy in cranford. day care worker chenis white and erika kenney pleaded not guilty. they say video shows children fighting made reference to the movie fight club. >>> the kentucky clerk who refused to issue same sex marriage licenses remains defiant despite being lock up in jail. >>> is what next for her as she refuses to give up her fight. >> will he or won't he? vice-president joe biden reveals what is weighing on his mind as he prepares to deciding whether to run for president. >>> and local tsa agent helping to give life in the airport and now man he saved gets a chance to thank his hero. we will be right back. so everyone is saying, "hey! you gotta get fios!" but why? well, fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network to the home, so you can get access to the fastest internet and in-home wi-fi available. and fios gives you big capacity too. so everyone in the house can get online. but the main reason to get fios? we're rated number 1 in customer satisfaction. ultimately, that's why. get 25 meg fios i

it happened at the light academy in cranford. the children were not seriously injured. the women have been fired from their jobs. >>> investigators now officially ruling the death of a family on the jersey shore a murder-suicide. the bodies found in the smoky remains of their home. firefighters found the bodies of 35-year-old lyndon bee harry and amanda morris and their sons all in the second floor bedroom of their long branch home on tuesday. investigators believe that bee harry shot morris and their children, set fire to their home and turned the gun on himself. >>> fdny investigators trying to figure out what caused the fire in the building above justin timberlake's restaurant. the fire started in the fifth floor apartment of the building on 59th and ninth avenue. the singer's restaurant southern hospitality is on the ground floor. crews were able to stop the flames from spreading and no injuries reported. >>> well, the county clerk in kentucky jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses says she will appeal the contempt of court order against her. meanwhile, fell

it happened at the lightbridge academy in cranford.e say at least a dozen children are seen taking swings and shoving other kids in the videos. none of the children were seriously hurt. >> a county clerk in kentucky could be on her way to jail this morning. she is refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. >> why are you not issuing marriage licenses today? >> because i'm not. >> under whose authority are you not issuing licenses. >> under god's authority. >> rowan county clerk kim davis has been ordered to go before a federal judge tomorrow. davis says she is exercising her right to religious freedom. but the supreme court has refused to take up her appeal. >> outrage continues on social media concerning a puppy that was shot and killed in a public park in roxborough. no charges have been filed because the shooter had a permit to carry a weapon and the shooter claims the dog growled and lunged at his wife. the dog's owner claims the 11 month old pup was 20 feet away from the couple and was never a danger. despite strong

it reportly happened on the playground a at light bridge academy in cranford.prosecutors say two former day care workers, encouraged preschoolers and kindergarteners to fight each other. investigators say one of the two recorded video of them fights and shared clips on social media. >> about a dozen children, boys and girls, between the age of four and six, and just fighting, three to the ground, hitting each other. >> again, what we would like to focus on at this point is that all of the children are safe, that is our number one priority. >> we have been in constant communication with our parents to let them know that we are here to fully support the care, nurturing, education of their children. >> both workers are charged with child abuse, one is also charged with endangering welfare of the child, erika. >>> gloucester county man is in custody this morning and facing charges in an attempted luring we reported last week on cbs-3. police say that gregory scott the opened up the bedroom window of the six year-old girl and tried to lure her away from the washingt

year-old erica can knee and 28-year-old white are former employees of the light bridge academy in cranford. prosecutors say they instigates shoving matches between children on the playground last month. day care officials say no children were hurt. we'll have much more on this story coming up on news at 5:00. and new details about the prisoner who escaped the nypd. she is now in police custody. officers rearrested 23-year-old tiffany newman this morning at a relative's home on the upper west side. police took her to a lower manhattan hospital on sunday after she claimed she was pregnant. she slipped away when an officer went to use the booth room. -- bathroom. police say she went to several nearby bars stealing a credit card and cell phone along the way. >>> in new jersey police are looking for help finding a man accused of sexual assault. they say 15-year-old boy was home alone at his home in wayne on august 18th when someone knocked on the front door. the teen teenager said when he answered the door a man forced his way inside and began to kiss him and then tried to take off his clothes.

prosecutors say they encouraged children as young as 4 years old to fight at the lightbridge academy in cranford. they say they recorded the brawls on video and shared them on social media. >>> two pilots are in the hospital following a small plane crash in bergen county. they're credited for quick thinking to prevent the situation from being much worse. that plane went down late yesterday in cresskill near a popular swim club and close to several sports fields. it's still sitting there this morning. "today in new york's" tracie strahan is in cresskill. when you think about the fact there were fields nearby, a swimming pool. it's a summer day. it could have been awful. >> reporter: that's why they're hailed as heroes this morning, darlene. we checked in on the condition of the two pilots. i spoke to a tour chief from inglewood hospital who is here at the scene. he told me they were in surgery overnight for injuries to their lower extremities. things like broken bones while trying to land the cessna and avoiding a pool, a playground and a soccer field. >> can we make an emergency landing? >> repo

two former worker at the lightbridge academy in cranford, new jersey r accused of urging young children to fight and recording it on video. they referenced the movie fight club and posted videos online. a dozen girls 4-6 were involved. erica kenny and chanese white were charged with child abuse. >>> dillon baker was a real life hero yesterday after he got his family out when his high rise caught on fire. he worried about his neighbor who uses a walker and pounded on her door. >> i was surprised to find the door open, and there were flames everywhere and smoke coming out at me, so i had to slam the door, and i didn't hear anything. >> when firefighters arrived they found a woman in the apartment, listed in serious condition. >>> this morning former new york congressman, michael grimm waits to hear if a judge will delay the start of his prison sentence so he can have surgery. grimm was scheduled to start his 8-month prison sentence on september 10th. >>> now to the pope's visit this month, and the holy chair made for his visit. it's being delivered to the garden later today. it was built