eyewitness news reporter darla miles is live in tribeca with the latest. darla? >> good morning, michelle. the last few pieces of that crane was taken away around 4:00 this morning. however, the scene, the area of the streets surrounding the scene are still closed this morning. now, that crane was 565 feet tall. it was cut into 35 separate pieces. each piece was hauled away overnight. examining each piece of this crane is going to be a key part of this investigation to determine exactly why it came down. looking at the crane's movement recording computer. that records basic information. however it does not record wind speed and the movement of the crane operator. >> i think they did, as far as i'm concerned, a really good job because it was something major, and they have been working nonstop, and they really made it, you know, worthwhile for the magnitude of what happened in a very short period of time. >> reporter: michelle, the streets surrounding this area are still closed down. what you're looking at right now is a live picture of crews working to repair a wa

i'm darla miles, the latest coming up in a live report. >>> thank you darla. also ahead an update on the two suspects wanted for the shocking knock out video in paterson. we'll have details on that coming up. >>> meteorologist amy freeze with the accuweather forecast. beautiful skies outside. we've got 34 degrees. forecast high is 47. as we go throughout the afternoon, clouds will increase. temperatures almost 50 degrees in some spots. . >>> welcome back everybody to eyewitness news, a nice sunrise shot on sunday morning. thanks for tuning in, and starting your morning with us. i'm rob rob nelson. >> i'm michelle charlesworth. welcome to eyewitness news sunday morning. >> meteorologist amy freeze in the house this morning with a quick look at the weather. basically enjoy today. >> yeah. >> pretty much. that basically sums it up. beautiful afternoon in front of us. late tonight and tomorrow, we have a chance for snow around here. this is sort of round one, then. monday night into tuesday, there's another chance for snow. and in fact, there's the threat of light

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eyewitness news reporter darla miles in downtown brooklyn tonight. darla. city leaders met here at the office of emergency management this morning as they would with any major weather event be it a blizzard or hurricane. think put together a response plan to this dangerous weather just like think would any other major weather event here in the city. >> i want everyone to know it's so important to take this seriously. >> reporter: don't let the sunshine fool you. there's a wind chill advisory from the national weather service 45-mile-per-hour wind gusts that make it feel up to 24 degrees below zero. >> frostbite is the freezing of your skin the kinds of double digits below zero we're going to be seeing just being outside for 10 minutes may >> stay indoors to the maximum extent possible. if for any reason you have to go out, go out for as little time as possible. bundle up. lots of layers. do not have skin exposed. >> reporter: saturday morning mayor de blasio issued a code blue which eases the emissions admission rules for those who need to get into a homele

darla. and fresh off his victory in new hampshire, democrat bernie sanders here in new york city. >> yeah. sanders walked away with a double-digit win over hillary clinton in the granite state and sanders kicked off his day here at a breakfast with the reverend al sharpton. >> eyewitness news reporter rob rob. >>reporter: good afternoon, dave. just hours after that overwhelming win in new hampshire, bernie sanders came here today to sylvia's in harlem, an iconic black restaurant in the middle of an iconic black neighborhood. the message here could not have been clearer, sanders putting hillary clinton on notice that he does intend to fight hard for the black vote in this election. senator sanders arrived in harlem shortly before 10:00 this morning for a quick breakfast with the reverend al sharpton at the legend ai soul food restaurant sylvia's. the restaurant only lasted about 30 minutes, but it's the mere gesture of sanders meeting with sharpton that sends a strong political message. sande

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eyewitness news reporter darla victim. >> the nypd just released video of a slashing that happened in this deli behind me that happened about two weeks ago. the victims in this case say this all started suspect came in and tried to scam them out of money, asking for change for $20 bills but claiming he should have gotten change for a $100 bill. you were standing here. when he went after him with the knife, you jumped on him? >> yeah, [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: his english is limited but what he's trying to explain is very clear. the 63-year-old says this teen went after his young cousin with a knife. so he went after him. >> he take a knife. he take this one out. fight. >> my cousin started fighting him. >> reporter: ismael took the brunt of the attack ending up with a black eye and stitches forehead. the nypd just releasing the surveillance video of the suspect and the february 7th incident on east 170th street bronx. pattern. i don't think there were copycats. i think the majority have been disputes between individuals. >> there have been 567 slashings so far this year. that's 9

with the story, here's eyewitness news reporter darla miles. every police officer faces every time they go into those stairwells. >> reporter: two officers on a routine patrol up and down the stairwell while the new york city housing development, specifically called a vertical patrol walked into a marijuana deal, thursday evening around eight, and melrose's houses in the bronx, according to investigators. but they say instead of buying weed, 28-year-old malik chavis brought guns to the deal. he started shooting at the officers. he allegedly said i'm about to die. get out of the room, i ain't going back to jail. >> they want to hang out in the hallway. he tried to stop them from hanging in the hall way, but they don't patrol worse than what it was. >> reporter: the officer was grazed in the head, and miraculously left the hospital at noon. diara cruz is still there, recovering from a gunshot wound to the torso. >> she's on the mend, doing number of days here before she's hopefully walking out as well. >> reporter: vertical patrols were called in

darla miles is at the scene of one of those accidents. she's in the tremont section of the bronx. >> mayor de blasio says anyone who can drive their car in to a person's body and drive off like it's nothing is, quote, disgusting, and he says anyone who thinks they can get away with it, that's not going to happen. record of finding these people. >> reporter: mayor de blasio says it's only a matter of time for the driver of this nissan altima. people running red lights. >> i think the general issue is people don't slow down. they're too much in a rush and fast as i can. >> reporter: the nypd actively searching for the person who blew through the intersection of 9th street and 5th avenue as well as the drivers in four other weekend hit-and-runs. bronx. >> it's very, very sad what's happened the last few days. my heart goes out to the families. it's disgusting that anyone would kill another human being or hurt another human being and drive off. >> reporter: a total of three people have died. not just the 41-year-old brooklyn but also a 48-yea

eyewitness news reporter darla miles is at the scene where police have just updated the investigation. >> witnesses say the suspect was walking around firing off rounds, pointing and waving this gun, even waving it as cars drove along the street. i'm standing on the corner of tinton avenue and east 156th street and this is where police say they were flagged down by witnesses. i want to take you to a picture of the gun recovered by the nypd. it's still on the ground in the snow as police officers continue their forensic investigation. but possibly a small caliber. possibly .22. we're waiting for confirmation around the nypd. this happened around 3:45 this afternoon in the morrisania section of the bronx. when the suspect was spotted waving the gun on the street, they flagged down a patrol car to let them know what was going on. there were three police officers in the car at the time. they stopped, they ordered the suspect to drop his weapon. police say he did not and when he did not, two of those officers fired their guns and shot the suspect in the shoulder. >> they approached the mal

darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> a candlelight vigil it -- at this hour for the victims of a crash. a year ago tonight a metro north train caught fire after colliding in to an suv in westchester county. five passengers on the train and the driver were killed. the husband fired a lawsuit claiming the railroad crossing is unsafe. marcus solis with more. >> in just a few minutes they'll light those candles, read the names and remember those lives lost. all this as the debate for who was responsible for the crash rages on. >> it's a very dangerous crossing. >> reporter: a year later he has come back. the 49-year-old was on her way home and detoured by traffic when she stopped at light. >> she never knew she was on the railroad tracks and you can see how that happened. >> reporter: 15 other passengers were hurt in the crash in subsequent fire. alan brody faults the mta saying it is unsafe and confusing for those not from the area. >> it's not designed for any serious amount of traffic. it was never designed for the amount of rail traffic. >> reporter: the victims will be remembe

in the williams bridge section of the bronx, darla miles catch avenue. >>> one of the two n -- darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> one of the two suspects is in critical condition and facing attempted murder charges. 8 officers converged on the suspect's vehicle early saturday morning after police say he pointed a gun at the officer. munoz is a career criminal with 15 prior arrests in new york city and eleven in chicago. >>> the search for a missing airplane passenger has turned hopes of finding gerson negran diminished. three other passenger survived the emergency landing. kristin thorne live in the wood haven section of queens with the story. kristen. >> reporter: dave, wady perez lives in wood haven queens and he is one of the last survivors of this crash who was still in the hospital today. meanwhile, the search continues for one of his fellow passengers, 23-year-old gerson salmon negron is from elm hurst queens. on his facebook page, it says that he is a courier from fedex and graduated from the city university of new york, studying business administers. suffolk police d

eyewitness news reporter darla miles is live in melrose with more for us. darla. >> reporter: well, diana, we have just learned that this is a drug deal gone bad. police say that those two officers were on vertical patrol, that they walked into the stairwell where the suspect malik chavez was there to buy marijuana but they say he brought guns on him because he wanted to rob the two men. >> officer patrick espuet posed for this picture with bill brat ton and james o'neil before going home from lincoln hospital friday afternoon less than 24 hours after being grazed in the head with a bullet. >> we definitely saw the guy who got shot in his head, head wrapped, covered, we had one that was like sitting up. it might have been the other officer as well. >> heard bang bang bang, stop, bang bang bang, stop, bang bang bang. >> nine shots. >> yes. >> this witness who does not the 7th floor of melrose houses and feet away from where police say 23-year-old malik chavez opened fire on officer espuet and officer cruz, both two-year veterans assigned to housing. >> it wa

>> darla, thank you. you can see from darla's live there, rain falling across the tri-state area and there are already delays at the airports. three hours at now, 2 1/2 at newark, two hours at kennedy airport. >> flooding could be a problem later on today. let's turn now to meteorologist bill evans to get an update on the accuweather forecast for us >> here you go, here's a look at the west side. you see the heavy rain coming down here. i just want to take a look at a couple other cameras here. this is the camera in astoria which eucialt gives us a pretty good view here and that's what we're seeing, low clouds, rain, drizzle, fog, reduced visibilities here, and our temperature here at noontime is 41 degrees which is right at our normal high for this time of the year. and we're at 45 already around bridgewater, 43 toward white plains and 55 in toms river. but as you were seeing, these visibilities are really reduced because of the clouds, the rain, the drizzle and the fog. the clouds right at the ground, t

the two-time olympic medalist is spending time with college democrats at usc's darla moore school of business in columbia. the campaign says kwan previously served as an envoy for the u.s. state department. make sure you are watching us today for friends at 5:00. kwan will join us live during the show to talk about what she has been doing off the ice. >>> hillary clinton and bernie sanders will debate one on one tonight. the candidates got a chance to show off their pitches last night at a televised town hall in new hampshire and separate appearances, they traded jabs on health care, foreign policy and who deserves to be called progressive. tone of the back and forth is becoming increasingly sharp this week. four more debates to the primary season schedule including tonight. >>> pharmaceutical chief martin shrekli has taken the fifth. he has been widely scorned for raising the price of a long- established and potentially life saving drug by more than 5,000%. he refused to steph before the house oversight and government reform committee. -- he refused to testify. >>> the second anual

darla? >> reporter: well, that 2-year- old is still recovering here at richmond university medical center. she is in critical but stable condition as the family is mourning the loss of almost two generations and nypd is still searching for michael sykes. >> they are taking it real bad, especially my wife and her sisters, rebecca's sisters. they're taking it real hard. >> reporter: what makes it even harder is that no one knows where michael sykes is. this is exclusive video of the 23-year-old wednesday morning around 7:positive at a dell there -- 3:30 at a drill on victory -- 7:30 at a deli on victory boulevard. a 2-year-old named miracle is the only one to survive. >> everyone at the hospital has been doing their all to try to save that child. we thank them for their efforts. month-old baby girl maya died. his girlfriend, 26-year-old rebecca cutler also died and so did her 1-year-old daughter. >> they were happy. >> reporter: family members have been at richland university medical center wi

. >>> darla miles is live with ways people are coping with the bitter cold. >> reporter: people are bundled up. the concern isn't as great because the temperatures drop at night. we're finding people who wouldn't to come inside and take in the sunshine. >> i will go sit in the starbucks inside. >> reporter: believe it or not, today's temperatures are not that cold for some people. >> i'm actually talking to my parents in russia, and it's been chillier weather. yeah. >> reporter: coming from jersey city to russia, mom and little brother are likely just as cold as she is. [ laughter ] >> reporter: what did she say >> she's saying do you want to marry my brother? [ laughter ] >> reporter: still a good spot for some to take in the sun and a good view of new york city. this family that operates a mexican food truck is working to keep both the food and himself hot. >> he's very cold. he's frozen. right inside, not too much. when we come out here, it's very cold. >> right here, we feel the cold on the face. >> reporter: they are opening warming centers and for a complete list, check out abc7ny.com

darla miles. >>> thank you. the fate of a new york city officer, charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a man, claiming the shooting was reckless and he shot and killed him while patrolling a housing project. he fired the single shot after he was startled. >>> new details about the crash of a bus headed from new york city to a casino in connecticut. the police report was released today, saying the driver was merging on to i-95, apparently lost control in the snow yesterday. the bus struck a metal beam on the right shoulder and rolled. then calls came in to 911. >> madison 911 what's the address of your emergency. >> yes, ma'am, we have a bus rollover on the 95, and somebody inside is hurt. >> yes, ma'am, i think i see them. >> four passengers are in critical condition, but none of the injuries are considered life threatening. other passengers are expected to head home today. >>> politics now, and the 319 polling locations in new hampshire will be closing in the next few hour, and soon we'll have the

darla? >> reporter: that's right. he just left the apartment, the first time he's left since he came home from the hospital. he says he's been in a lot of pain. with that said, he is surprised by all of the outpouring of care and support from the community but still doesn't want anyone to see what the slasher did to his face. >> i'm just happy that i'm alive and back on my feet, you know? >> reporter: the only reason bobby is not at work friday is because this teen sliced his left cheek open with a box cutter, according to police. he had to get 137 stitches both inside and outside of his mouth. >> he just told me he's coming back. i told him he's not coming back. evening around 8:00 at the popular silver spurs diner in greenwich village. investigators say this teen in a gray hoody was going table to table asking for money for a fake basketball fund-raiser. after getting kicked out, police seipeiback was cutting the 25-year-old bus boy from his cheek to his chin. >> whatever the cops do, i hope they find him and arrest

darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you. another vicious attack on the being slashed right across his face in midtown on the end q morning. the victim burned into another rider -- bumped into another rider, they exchanged words, then the suspect took out a pocket knife and slashed the victim's face and thumb. he got off, the victim went to work and called the police. >>> and a wild scene outside a night club in brooklyn, a man is stabbed and say is that right time later a -- short time later a woman was shot. the man was stabbed in his stomach during an argument over a woman, the woman was shot when someone opened fire as the crowd moved down the block. both are expected to be okay. >>> the man that once led the suffolk county police department is going to jail, he pled guilty today to a courthouse beating and then here's more. >> reporter: that's right, he could get as much as four years in federal prison when he's sentenced. today the former chief admitted he beat a man in police custody and then orchestrated a conspiracy,

reporting live in the westerleigh section, darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> tonight mayor de blasio is taking action to increase security at the city's 41 hotel shelters. but there is one obstacle that stands in the way of protecting the thousands of people who stay in there. eyewitness news reporter michelle charlesworth will have that angle coming up at 5:30. >>> politics now, and there are a few less people in the race for president. breaking news in our area because just moments ago we learned governor chris christie has informed staffers he's suspending his campaign. carly fiorina also suspending her campaign today. with more, we've got eyewitness news reporter joe torres live in mendham, new jersey. you just heard about this as well, right? >> yes, actually, we just got the word a few minutes ago. campaign. there's a local police officer guarding the end of the driveway and state police calling this a safe distance from the governor's house. after one caucus and one primary, governor christie's presidential bid is over. >> all the talk i heard from him till now seeme

the officers patrolled the darla? >> reporter: well, david, police believe 23-year-old malik chavez was here visiting his girlfriend and sources say no one expected him to start shooting, not even the people >> it was just chaos. the officer got grazed in the head, head was wrapped. >> reporter: two bandaged cops and a suspect in handcuffs. imani didn't know what scene she walked in but it was scary it made her cry. >> i was so shaken up, by the time i saw anything, it happened so fast while walking, they happened to bring him out. so we were, like, walking like oh, snap, we had to go around him. >> reporter: that was the suspect? >> yeah, the suspect with the guy who shot happened to kill himself. >> all of this started with routine vertical patrols. >> reporter: investigators say when the officers arrived at the stair well, there were two men drink beer. they said when they asked for i.d., one said he would get it from an apartment on the seventh floor. when he got inside, police say malik chavez told the people ins

the teenager talking exclusively with darla miles. she's in >> this teenager says he was approached by at least a half a dozen officers. he said they were in unmarked cars, never identified themselves, never showed a badge. after they put him in handcuffs so hard that it dislocated his shoulder, when he asked for medical attention he says they left him in the middle of the street. >> i was like please, my arm is hurt. he let me walk home crying. i tried to go in the store and call my mom but the phone wasn't working. so i just walked home with a messed up arm crying. >> reporter: it was a quick run to the store only two blocks from home. >> they was like you're a gang banger, you go to west side? i'm like no, i go to south 17th school. i'm only in the 8th grade. >> reporter: jamal watkins was leaving a bodega in newark tuesday morning around 8:30 when the 14-year-old basketball and baseball player who stands 5'11" says he was approached by several unmarked cars with flashing lights. >> he slammed me on the ground, put my arm back. my

darla miles has more. >> reporter: well, a lot of people say they are not planning to go outside tomorrow at all, if they do they'll wear the heavy coats like today. snacks and plan to shut it down over the weekend until the weather is warmer. >> i put a snow suit on him today. it's very cold out here. >> reporter: so he's used to playing on the snow? >> yes. >> reporter: play clothes are no longer solely for recreational use for this 5- year-old. >> he has on the snow plants, a jacket underneath the coat, and his shirt and a thermal. >> reporter: how many layers on her today? >> like four. >> reporter: describe them. >> she has on an undershirt, a thermal shirt, a sweatshirt and coat. >> reporter: these moms seem to be on track with that pediatricians recommend. lots of layers and a warm hat. >> the rule of thumb usually for the kid, you need one more layer than you would use for yourself. >> reporter: is your hat keeping you warm? >> yes. >> reporter: are you cold or hot today? >> reporter: others in jersey city bundled up today too, bundling up to enjoy the last bit of sun. you came to

live in the bronx, darla miles, eyewitness news. >>> thank you. new information, a long island man convicted today of manslaughter in a deadly machete attack. he was acquitted of the most serious charge, second-degree murder. cut in the neck with a machete during a dispute in 2014. >>> in nassau county, a contractor remodeling homes were also burglarizing him with his wife selling some of the stolen goods. the couple were arrested yesterday. police say as owner of platinum touch contracting, nicholas stole items, including a computer, jewelry and a shot gun from three homes. >>> also an important clue in the search for a driver in a hit and run in new jersey. a quick thinking by stander snapped a photo of the car that struck and injured a cyclist this morning at the corner of the route 35 in neptune. this is the car driven by a woman that fled black ford taurus with a temporary new jersey license plate. >>> encouraging news about the the city before during and after pregnancy. according to the health department, women that smoked in the months bef

darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> the sunny and mild weather is about to come to an end. heavy rain expected tomorrow and meteorologist lee goldberg says it could be a mess. he's tomorrow this could be called the upper mess side. >> [ laughter ] the upper wet side. no doubt about it. won't be as pleasant tomorrow, it will be umbrellas, difficult to hail a taxi tomorrow and maybe think about subway or buses tomorrow afternoon. what a gorgeous sunset but say goodbye to the sun till thursday. our temperature and a beautiful sunset at 5:14 coming up. 48 degrees. we managed to hit 50 today and we're still mild in to the evening hours. we're going to watch clouds increase. there's a flood watch out for parts of central new jersey. we could get close to an inch of rain in spots. here's the big storm in the middle of the country. thankfully spinning most of the snow in to the great lakes and the upper midwest. we get the warm rainy side of the storm. first raindrops around daybreak and our northwest suburbs may take till the latter part of the morning commute. it should be dry in

darla mcginnis, a res debt of council bluffs has two ball pythons but in january she was forced to removehe snakes after a visit from animal control. so for now, she visits them at a friend's home in omaha, nebraska. mcginnis fighting to change the law. >> i have had anxiety problems my whole life. medication never helped and then i got zagen, and he helped. >> mcginnis appeared at a council meeting this week hoping to change the law. she's also collecting signatures to help her cause and she will consider moving if she cannot keep her pets. >>> well, the pet seems to like her. >> whoa, that did not like that camera you saw the tongue going up. >> i can't get over those. >> you do have a phobia. what's not therapeutic is a noise that's been driving people crazy in one community west of portland oregon. >> officials have been ruling out what it's not. so what is it? abc's neal karlinksky now on deepening mystery. >> reporter: as mysteries go, there aren't many that can match this one for being just as annoying as it is unexplained. [ screeching ] that high pitched sound, wreaking havoc on

she's is spending time at the university of south carolina's darla moore school of business in columbia. the campaign says kwan is going to speak with them about clinton's record and her plans to continue president barack obama's achievements. get out your red! tomorrow is national wear red day. it's to honor and support women affected by heart disease. the city of columbia will hold a community photo session tomorrow at noon in front of council chambers. share your pictures with us by tweeting at wis10. you can also use the hashtag go red columbia. beware of scam artists. the company says someone is calling people posing as an employee. they threaten to turn off your electricity if you don't pay up. the scammer tries to get your credit card information or asks you to buy a prepaid card. the utility company says if you receive a call and it doesn't seem legitimate, hang up and report it to law enforcement. the countdown to super bowl 50 continues..... coming up...carolina panthers quarterback cam newton is asked about his ward robe....sports is next!!! super bowl sunday cannot get en th

darla miles spoke to one witness who believes he saw the suspect right after the attack. she's live with new information. >> that's right, the one witness i spoke to said that the teen that he encountered was laughing about the whole thing and that's really disturbing considering police say this teen was in the restaurant, asked to leave, and came back and committed the slashing. >> he was with three other people and he was bragging about how he stand someone. he said the guy's mouth was big so he says i stabbed him. he kept saying it. >> reporter: 120 stitches for a bus boy at silver spurs, all for david reid walks about a block away from the greenwich village staple on laguardia place. he said he overheard a group of wednesday. that's around the same time police say a 15-year-old boy got kicked out of the diner for going table to table asking for fundraising scam. reid says the suspect was wearing a gray hoodie and that matches the description given >> he threatened that individual and said i'll be back. me. about 5 minutes later he does come back and they get in to a d

reporting live in the williamsbridge section of the bronx, darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> support is building tonight over the san bernardino gunman's iphone. a new pew research center study finds 51% of americans think apple should help hack in to the phone. 38% say apple should not. some victims of the mass shooting plan to file documents to support the fbi's request. the fbi director said today that syed farook's phone may hold critical clues in the investigation but critics say creating an override to the phone's pass code puts all apple customers at risk. >> there's no limit to what the government could require apple to do if it succeeds this way. >> ceo tim cook sent a letter to employees today thanking them for their support. he also said he will not back off his position to protect the customers. >>> family and friends are remembering a former miss new jersey winner today who died. cara mccollum crashed her car in pittsgrove township last week. she worked said she died early this morning at a hospital in camden. she won the 2013 miss new jersey pageant and once co

darla mcginnis of council bluffs says, the reptiles are more than just pets, they actually provide >> i have had anxiety problems my whole life. medication never helps. then i got zagan and he helped. steve: support animals are not considered service animals under the americans with disabilities act. so they don't get the same legal protections as something like a guide dog. and they're still banned in council bluffs. so for now mcginnis visits them at a friend's house in omaha. >> it's great being able to see them, and hold them. it's like seeing your kids again. steve: now mcginnis is trying to engage her entire community to fight the city code. she's hoping to speak at the next city council meeting to present her case. kurtis: we are talking about springlike weather, it will hang around for tomorrow. the big question, will it stick around for the weekend, the 8 day forecast is coming up. stacey: the secret to success, and look at how hy-vee has grown to the company it is. steve: great pass, a cyclone basketball player tosses an ally-oop, in the form of 11 's demise full of water to

darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> now to vote 2016. chris christie, the new jersey darling of the republican party, suspending his campaign after a dismal performance in the new hampshire republican primarily. governor christie with two years left of his last term and his popularity in his home state at an all time low. support from just one out of three residents. >> we're about a mile away from governor christie's house here in mendham. this is as close as the state police would let us be. it was about two hours ago, 4:00, when governor christie in a face-to-face meeting informed them that his presidential bid had come to an end. he then went to social media and informed everyone else. >> reporter: a big thank you from governor christie via a facebook post minutes ago. i leave the race without an ounce of regret. i'm so proud of the campaign we ran, the people that ran it with me and all those who gave us their support and confidence along the way. things we need here in this state. i think a lot of us are not happy with his performa

eyewitness news reporter darla miles is at the scene with the latest. >> it's not clear when 25-year-old bobby barbo will return to work here at silver spurs but we do know that that cut was his chin to his cheek, that the blade went all the way through. >> i just panicked. the first thing i did was just run to the hospital. >> reporter: police say this is boyfriend of nicole fontenez across the face. >> we believed this was an argument that happened with him trying to panhandle. he was asked out and then this happened. >> reporter: this happened around 8 p.m. on laguardia place in greenwich village. police say the suspect did leave but came back and then sliced 25-year-old bus boy bobby on his left cheek. he had to get 120 stitches. >> it was very serious i would say. but at the moment he's just trying to rest up and trying to heal. >> he was laughing about it? >> yeah. him and his friends. he had three other friends that was with him. >> reporter: david reid walks a block away. he said he overheard a teen fitting the suspect's description around 8 p.m., the same time as the slashing, b

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. >> fortunately the theft was caught on camera, and darla miles has more. >> reporter: it wasn't hard to see that the puppy was missing. it's really the only one in the display here outside the pet store. now all you can see is the crate where the pupty has been and a -- puppy had been, and a picture of the missing dog. >> my dad was helping another customer and went to get another dog out of the back and she open it, took it and ran off. >> reporter: a 12 week old sheba innu staffed right out in the -- snatched right out in the open. >> it's disrespectful they thought she could do that. >> reporter: of course the 1,200-dollar pure bred was on display. -- sad and mad too, and afraid for the dog. >> reporter: tuesday evening the store owner says this woman stuffed the puppy into her jacket and walked right out the front door, and in hindsight they say the whole time she was in the store she was acting suspicious. >> she came in and there was a puppy in here and she at first she saw that my dad was busy and she gapped the puppy and -- grabbed the puppy and was almost out the door when h

one child did survive, and tonight family sounds here at the hospital, and darla miles is there now, the hospital in west brighton on staten island. >> reporter: well, rebecca cutler's sisters and cousins spent time visiting the miracle today, but they werers courted in and out -- escorted in and out by officers. here's the father holding his daughter back in november, so hard to look at it now knowing he's accused offed stabbing the -- accused of stabbing the infant to death with a kitchen knife. today the family is rallying around the only one to survive the stabbing. a 2-year-old, so aptly named miracle is recovering from extensive stab wounds to her obvious do men. a cousin told me off camera, >> they're taking it real bad. especially my wife and her sisters. rebecca's sister, they're taking it hard. >> reporter: prayers needed after the 26-year-old woman was stabbed more than 30 times in the back by her 23-year-old boyfriend. she also had a one-year-old that died along with the 4 month old. one family member said the couple was together all the time, and other residents in the f

. >> i am feli suzanne: darla is seven weeks in the digital detox. the 30-year-old given up social media for the entire year. >> i'm more present in the moment. i'm not as easily distracted. suzanne: she used to spend hours going down the rabbit hole on facebook, instagram, twitter. by signing off, she has gained more control of her time and is more efficient. >> the biggest benefit for me is the ability to have laser focused. at work i'm fully present at work. >> she is setting goals, learning new hobbies and has more energy but says there are disadvantages of walking away from the media source. >> i used to be the one who would know when the debates were on and, you know, what are the different talking points and the different things. now i realize i'm not the expert in the room. >> according to a study by web design and the research firm go accounts for 28% of all media time online. people spend two to three hours a day on social media. she spent twice that amount which is why she believes she was addicted. >> understand with you remove it, we rea

so if you see someone with reporting live in downtown brooklyn, darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> eyewitness news reporter manhattan. >> reporter: when you get down things unbearable and turas fr been the most painful way to go about it today with the winds whipping across the river. it made for a choppy ride. it wasn't much better inland. in times square, in the heart of the con lo moving to keep the blood flowing and it was the punishing wind that makes you want to give in. >> it's whipping you in the back of the head. it hurts. it's like being on a roller coaster. >> it feels like a razor. its sharp. square we did find a bunch of hat and glove vendors to say while the sales are hot, the weather is not so despite this being a good day to earn a living, they say they are packing it up and heading home as soon as the sun goes down. we are reporting live in lower manhattan. channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you. remember, you can see keep track of the bitter cold temperatures in your area anytime with the free ak u track weather alert o de chevyoffers.com]looking into wheth

darla mcguiness says she suffering from anxiety. medication has never helped. her only relief has been her pet pythons. they have to stay at a friends house due to the city's ordinance that bans them. if things do not change, she will consider moving so she can be with her pets. >> it is crazy being able to hold them. it is like seeing your kids again. sean: emotional support animals are not considered service animals. they don't get the same legal protections like a guide dog. to each its own. the python give her comfort. erin: i think it would cause anxiety for others. kevin: having a python near me e that would be the only problem? kevin: that would be it. it would all be focused on that. like when you have the hiccups and someone tries to scare you. it is going to work. me too. let's go on record there. start off temperatures near 30 out in portsmouth early this morning. beautiful sunrise setting up for us early this morning for most locations. any clouds early giving way to sunshine and what will be a cooler afternoon than anything we had over the weekend.

alicia harris, her six-year-old granddaughter and darla mcghee all died in that crash. >>> residents living near amity hill road say that are often blocked by norfolk southern trains. those trains head to godfrey lumber company and neighbors say they sometimes block their road the only way in and out of their community for 20-45 minutes. county towns can share their thoughts on a plan to build 300 new homes. it would go on davidson concord road in davidson where there is 96 acres of open space. later on developers would add businesses on that corner of that road and robert walker drive. there will be an open house tomorrow from 4:00 to 7:00 in davidson's town hall board room. there you can review the plans, ask questions, and share your thoughts. >>> global health officials and the u.s. government are mobilizing to battle the quickly spreading zika virus. officials in latin america, the u.s., and europe are determined to do better against the virus which is mosquito born. they are being challenged by a lack of knowledge about the disease that has spread to nearly three dozen countrie

eyewitness news reporter darla miles is live at the scene in westerleigh. >> police say the mother, rebecca cutler, had only lived here for about four months and people who live here used to come here regularly and they seemed happy. this morning there had been no history of domestic violence before police say he went on that stabbing spree. >> reporter: police say 23-year-old michael sykes hopped on a bus after he stabbed his 26-year-old girlfriend, rebecca

darla miles is in the bronx with more.>> reporter: this slashing happened about two weeks ago but the nypd just released video of the suspect overnight. the team suspect ended up >> he takes a knife. >> reporter: this scar looks a lot better than it did two weeks ago when he was slashing beaten after stepping into protect his nephew. >> he took a knife, this one. >> reporter: this is the team police say took that knife at sheridan avenue in the claremont section of the bronx. >> he started the problem with me. he wanted to cut me.>> reporter: in this case, the store owner believes the suspect was scam him out of money when he asked for change but police say most flashings aren't random. >> 567 flashings and stabbings this year versus 470 last year, it's a cause for deep concern. a little over 20% increase. >>reporter: and of those increased flashings, the nypd says 68% of them took place in the bronx. >> most of these things are born out of arguments in the street. all during the overnight and a lot of them have to do with alcohol. >> reporter: there have been 567 flashings so far thi

darla miles, channel 7 >>> we're going to turn now to the weather. you've got snow falling outside. mayor bill de blasio issued a travel advisory in new york city. it goes through tomorrow. he's asking people right now to be extra careful. governor chris christie in new jersey tweeting 20 minutes ago asking people in that state to stay off the roads. road cam 7 is out checking things out. right now this is the view in the cross bronx express way. >> people are taking it slow in nassau county. at the airports there are delays and cancellations here and across the country. nationwide more than 1100 flights have been canceled. meteorologist lee goldberg is tracking it all. he's live on the upper west side. >> we're just not wasting a flake today. after that frigid weekend, everything sticking. new york city, it's rare to see the snow stick this quickly. this is what's happening. and weekend snow for the next hour or two before sleet and ice mix in, eventually over to rainfall. you're looking at the toll plaza in the george washington bridge. after 7:00, 7:30, steady snow across the are

report live in washington heights, darla miles channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> an international emergency. that's how world health officials tonight are now the zika virus. the virus carried by mosquitoes now so widespread, experts last week estimated there could be up to 4 million cases by next year. the last emergency declaration like this, the ebola outbreak in 2015, that outbreak killed 11,000. >>> they certainly don't want a repeat of that. they are declaring this emergency now so they can get the money and the assistance they'll need to stop this outbreak and we have just learned the new york department of health is going to offer free testing for people with symptoms who have traveled to areas where the zika virus is ongoing. >>> an emergency meeting of independent experts was held in geneva this morning. the goal, to assess the outbreak after noting a suspicious link between zika's arrival in brazil last year, and a surge in the number of babies born with abnormally small heads. they decided what to do next and the consensus was clear. the causes of micro -- micro >> the

tonight we're told the officer actually waited 24 hours eyewitness news reporter darla miles is live in newark with more on the story. >> we've learned from the newark police department that not only their officers were involved but one sheriff's deputy from the essex county sheriff's office was also involved in this stop. and i just spoke with the 34-year-old mother of jamad who said she's pleased with the swift action. this is a picture of that two-year veteran who's now suspended. detective ruiz has been with the department since march 2014. he was assigned to the gang enforcement unit and police investigators here say he failed to document the stop involving 14-year-old watkins for 24 hours until after it happened. this is the surveillance video that was uncovered exclusively by eyewitness news. it shows the 14-year-old teenager who's actually 5'11" walking home on tuesday evening when he is surrounded by three unmarked cars. he runs he says because he says he was detained, placed in to handcuffs and at that point his shoulder was dislocated. again, the entire gang enforcement un