dick brennan, cbs2 news. >>> a patient is suing yale new haven hospital claiming they removed the wrong rib from her body. her attorney says a search in training lied to cover up the mistake to get her to hundreds -- undergo a second surgery the same day. hirsute maintains a rib that was supposed to be removed was clearly marked. the hospital says it is committed to providing the highest quality of care but even in the best organizations, medical errors may happen. >>> migraine headaches have been getting tremendous attention since one of them sidelined carmelo anthony on sunday. did you know that four new medications are in the final they are called cgrp, which are antibody's meant to keep migraines before they start. in testing patients have been getting injections once a month. >>> dramatic video of a five- year-old texas hero who kept her mom from drowning. this is an unbelievable story, allison save her mom's life by pulling her from the backyard swimming pool in corpus christi. tracy andrew wolin was swimming when she suffered a seizure. younger allison realized something was wron

i'm dick brennan. breaking news, a coast guard crew is on a search and rescue mission. a tub boat hit a barge and sank with three crew members on board. one has been rescued, two others still missing. traffic appears unaffected. transit riders can expect service to be up and running after a last minute deal is made to avoid a strike. >> we have reached a tentative agreement. we're going home to our families. thank you. >> 11 unions have been working without a contract for five years and have a possible deal that could carry them through the rest of the decade. it averts a strike for tomorrow. it will not be made public until union leaders tell their members. now to vanessa murdock with more >> did is pretty out there but it is also pretty chilly. 41 right now in the city. 27 for monticello. mreventy of sunshine. a few -- plenty of sunshine, a few, thin clouds. we will see a few clouds, day. start. lots of sun, winds will become southwesterly by this afternoon. overnight, partly cloudy and not as cold.

dick brennan, cbs2 news. >>> new developments in apple's legal battle with the fbi. federal prosecutors now say an outside party may have a way to unlock the iphone that was used by terror suspect syed farook. farook and his wife tashfeen malik killed 14 people in san bernardino california on december 2. the fbi says the couple was inspired by isis and an iphone farook used for work may have information about possible collaborators. the government was trying to force apple to help. >>> another $25 million for hulk hogan in his sex tape lawsuit. the jury awarded hogan punitive damages in his case against the the former wrestler was awarded 100 -- $115 million on friday which was 15 million more than he was seeking. hogan's safe -- case centered on invasion of i've seen. gawker expects the award to be overturned. >>> all bets are off at least for now, fantasy sports giants fan duel and draft kings have agreed to stop taking bets in new york at least until september. the deal was reached between companies and attorney general eric schneiderman. schneiderman sued the com

already looking forward to. >> dick brennan, cbs 2 news. >> man, i will tell you what. we used to play pickup games there when i was in a high school, it wasn't even a dream. this is so big. huge. >> proud of them. >> otis livingston has a look ahead at sports. we will hear from the players. >> that's right, christine. they are one of four local teams putting their dancing shoes on. we will check in with seton hall also as they get set for the madness. >> and jacob misses his start today. the mets are not to worry but i wouldn't be surprised if a near future. >>> otis livingston is here. let the madness begin. >> i'm coming to christine for my choices this year. >> the colors? >> yes. >> the selections have been made. the dance cards have been filled out. plenty of local flavor in the men's ncaa tournament. headed by seton hall, which won the big east tournament on saturday. over potential number one seed villanova. but the pirates were a little upset getting a sixth seed. and dancing for the first time in school history, the stonybrook sea bostles wolves in des moines

. >> but as dick brennan shows us, residents living along those alternate routes are pushing back. >> reporter: why sit in this mess to get to the george washington bridge? when any number of traffic apps like google maps can help circumvent congestion? >> excellent at taking you off the clogged highways and sending you want to the byways. >> reporter: but these byways are often residential streets in towns like leona, new jersey. every day, hundreds of cars that use our side roads as a cut through to their bridge. >> reporter: that's driving residents of this to square- mile town crazy. >> it can take you 15 minutes to get from one side to the other. >> reporter: not only that says thomas rowe, it's potentially dangerous. vehicles doing 25, 30, 35 miles an hour on a side street not intended for those speeds. >> reporter: and it's not just leonia fear -- not just leonia. residents are also complaining of similar situations. in a statement, google which also owns -- if he wrote is public, it is available to all drivers. aaa's robert sinclair agrees but says because drivers don't always

dick brennan, cbs 2 news. >>> cracking down on costume characters. a new push to end harassment in sometimes square. a proposed law -- times square. a proposed law would corral topless ladies into pedestrian plazas and certain areas and while many new yorkers support the plan others are concerned it would affect their livelihoods. >> they are keeping them out. and they are hurting families and jobs. >> costume characters will not be banned. the nudists will not be banned. it is simply allowing the commercial activity to be regulate ed. i am a naked cowboy and that's why i pledge my full support for little regulation. >> they will have a hearing on wednesday. >>> and imagine being able to lie down on the job without getting into trouble. a new desk takes working at a computer to a whole new level. cbs 2 chris martinez shows us why some say it could benefit your health. >> absolutely perfect. >> the work station was designed for people who spend the majority of their day at their computer. like eric miller. at the school of visual effects in los angele

i am andrea grymes. >> i am dick brennan. first, meteorologist vanessa murdock is here with a look at the forecast. our lovely ladies in their easter best. one day of the year, right? >> thank you so much, dick. yes, one day out of the year. [ laughter ] >> no. we could see easter best. >> you're right. >> oh, you can never compliment a woman and get it right. am i right? okay. >> we are always -- >> oh, man. >> you look very dapper as well. >> in your sunday best, my friend. all right. let's get dick out of the hole on to the forecast. it is looking like a very pleasant it your weekend. plenty of clouds around early. more sun later on. we are at 43 right now in central park. 36 in quag. we have clouds overhead right now. they are hanging awfully low. thicker clouds trying to stream in through the south. through the day clouds this morning, a little more sun later on and tonight overnight showers. 9 a.m. 44 degrees. mainly cloudy. 1:00 partly sunny and 50 by five tonight. looking good and 53. the high this afternoon will be 55

cbs 2's dick brennan live at the scene in wayne with more dick. >> reporter: it was quite a crash maurice. we can tell you this happened around noon. crews are at work to restore power to the few stores that are affected and to get some lanes back open. police are telling us this was caused by someone who was driving under the influence. it was a wild crash that triggered a dangerous chain reaction crash on the road in wayne. one car hit a pole and it was sent into the road filled with traffic. >> the pole came crashing in front of my car. >> reporter: she was in the center lane and was terrified to see not only the telephone pole but power lines draping over her car. >> electrical things were flying everywhere. it was crazy! it landed on my car. other drivers came over. passersby told her to stay where she was wisely because the live wires on the vehicle. >> reporter: but as if things couldn't get worse, then the once again, she couldn't move and hoped the fire would be put out quickly. >> somebody came along quick enough and they were able to put the fire out before the car blew up. the

i am dick brennan. >> i am andrea grymes. happy easter. meteorologist vanessa murdock is here with a look at our easter sunday forecast. a little cloudy out there right now? >> yes. it looks grey. it will get a little bit brighter as the day progresses. breaks of sun expected this afternoon with temperatures warming to seasonable levels. along the coastline because of winds in generally out of the east it is going to feel much cooler than 50s. we will be feeling like the 40s along the coast there. temperatures right now in the 40s for most of us. 43 great neck. madison 37. what we haven't seen a lot of this morning is movement of these numbers. that cloud cover is slowing us down on the warming front. as far as the vortex satellite and radar picture goes dropping any rain. it will be a dry sunday forecast. we will break it down for you hour by hour. by noon 49, feels like 47. mostly cloudy. by three this afternoon we warm to a high of 55. partly sunny at that point in time. i want to bring you down to 9:00 because at that point in time we

in the newsroom, dick brennan, cbs 2 news. >>> thank you. there are about 100,000 patients on a waiting list for a kidney transplant. only about 20,000 will get one this year. many will actually die waiting for one. >> cbs 2's dr. max gomez is here now to tell us about a revolutionary new procedure that will dramatically increase the number of transplants. >> reporter: more than a third of the patients on that waiting list have harmful antibodies that would attack a kidney unless it's a perfect match and even they they might still reject it. that makes finding a kidney almost impossible. but now researchers have found a way to transplant >> reporter: he has a rejection flare-up of a kidney transplant he got six year. he got one after less than a year but remembers how tough dialysis was. >> four to six hours in the day with nausea and headaches. >> reporter: many never get one because they make antibodies that reject any organ. >> they are difficult to match because they have been exposed to someone else's tissue and there are three-ways tha

cbs 2 dick brennan has more now from our newsroom. dick? >> reporter: maurice, 20-year- old dj henry of pace university football player, was shot through the windshield of his car as he drove away from a disturbance outside a bar in foreignwood in 2010. a police -- thornwood in 2010. a police officer knocked on his window and he yelled for henry to stop and stopped in front of the car before he landed on the hood and opened fire. the officer was hit as henry braked. another man in the car was wounded. cbs 2 has learned that the family of henry has accepted a settlement of $6 million from the village of pleasantville and the officer. the family is suing the town of mt. pleasant claiming that officers failed to respond to his gunshot wounds. and last year, the attorney determined they would not file civil rights charges in the shooting. dick brennan, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. >>> to the weather, rain and >> the showers continue tonight. this is 57th street on the west side this evening. umbrellas still needed out there. >> lonnie quinn in our

cbs 2 dick brennan has details new at 5:30. >> the first attack happened just before 8:00 p.m. last night. outside the popular pugsly pizza on 191st street, right across from the fordham university campus gates. police say an 18-year-old woman was stopped by two men. one grabbed her by the neck and stuck something in her side. they then took off with her iphone. >> i am surprised. i always feel really safe. i go there at night, 9:00, 10:00. 11:00. so i was pretty surprised. i actually read that last night, and i was kind of shocked. >> the second attack happened five minutes later and just houston avenue, once again two men stopped a 21-year-old man, flashed a knife, and got away with his iphone and wallet. the pair took off down 189th street toward arthur avenue. >> it is hard to believe it is right by our campus and it is happening. >> it is scary. >> this afternoon the nypd had a strong presence in the area. and the university put out an alert to students. >> you know, police will tell you a lot of this is common sense safety tips. don't be flashing around your iphones or do

cbs 2 dick brennan is live now in the newsroom with more on this. dick? >> reporter: the legal concept here is simple, no grabbing, keep your hands to yourself. but what really did happen, if anything, in jupiter, florida? this is all on tape, and you can see for yourself. the video was taken march 8 as trump left the national golf club. he is approached by michelle fields, of bright bart news service in the yes low jacket. arm. charged with simple battery. a police report shows the forearm appears to be bruising with single marks with a grabbing type injury. there was a picture on twitter, i guess these magically appeared on me. violated like that. i was asking to just put himself in my shoes and imagine if i was his daughter. >> reporter: trump fired off a few tweets including one showing field standing next to him and why is the reporter touching me as i leave the news conference? what is in her hand? >> she was running up and grabbing and asking questions. and she wasn't supposed to be doing that. and i think -- i told him, shoe never settle this case

cbs 2 dick brennan has the story. >> the tornado roared into louisiana. packing winds of upwards of 140 miles per hour. fed ex worker kyra johnson stopped to take this video. >> oh, my god. but in just a few minutes, it would be barreling down on her. >> i had never seen the skies swirl so pretty, and it was gray, but it was scary. >> she drove into the parking lot of this hardware store and huddled in her vehicle for a few seconds and decides she has to get in the store and races from the parking lot. when she gets to the front, the doors are locked and nowhere to turn and seconds to take cover. >> i just brace myself right here, between the coke machine, it wasn't even holding on. it was just to brace myself. >> and then she takes the full the coke machine toppled over. leaving her exposed. and meantime, inside the store, workers were already taking cover. >> to be alive today, i'm thankful. >> david and all of his employees braced as the twister came and ripped apart the store. >> as i was closing the door, to the bathroom, the side wall got sucked out

>> dick brennan investigates teen imposters. >> reporter: training to be a doctor can take years. but not for malachi love robinson. >> i want to thank everyone. preset -- pretended to be a physician. he posted licenses online and offered medical expertise, all shades of the character in the movie catch me if you can. >> dr. harris, do you concur? >> i concur. >> reporter: when found out, love robinson was arrested and charged with practicing medicine without a license. >> please pray for us in this time. >> reporter: bizarrely, he isn't the only teen to pose as a professional says neuropsychologist helping you. >> no one ever pretends to be a drummer. it's always someone in a position of authority. >> reporter: take isaiah akins, he posed as a senator, but guest spoke at this high school for 45 minutes on the importance of advocacy. >> had a local dealership give him a car to show for him. >> reporter: he lied. diligent and verifying who people are. >> reporter: many other cases. one teen posed as an fbi agent and at 14 years old, this teenager claimed to be a cop, spending sever

dick brennan here with more with the trial of the century. >> it never ends. it's a bombshell, discovery or dead end. a knife found on property once owned by o.j. simpson's but is it the knife used in one of the most notorious double murders in american history? tonight marcia clark is reacting to the news. >> it's a remarkable development if it does turn out to be connected to the murders of ron and nicole. >> reporter: the case with all its wild twists and turns has kept the nation fascinated to this day. the murders of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman. but now is one of the enduring mysteries finally solved? more than 20 years later another possible clue. >> the actual item is described as a knife. >> reporter: a construction worker who helped level o.j. simpson's rockingham estate in brentwood in 1998 says he off-duty lapd officer years ago. >> he held on to it until just that he had it. and, um, we have now recovered it within the last month. >> reporter: simpson was >> not guilty. >> reporter: he was acquitted. but the murder weapon was never recover

. >> they are fighting for cbs 2's dick brennan is here now with more on that. >> kristine and maurice, hard to believe the attacks in belgium are another reminder terror fought by the nypd. but nonetheless, anti-terror funding is being cut much to the outrage of people here. once again, the nypd has to respond after an attack abroad having to bolster security even after it's faced some 20 terror plots since 9/11. and despite the burden of constant vigilance, the department continues to face a cut of funding by the feds. the nypd tweeted its frustration today saying that the government has proposed cutting terrorism funding to new york city by roughly $90 million. any cut in terrorism funding to new york, which is widely recognized as the nation's top terror target, would be irresponsible. >> we have to have the homeland security funding restored. isis has never been more dangerous. to new york is disgraceful. >> reporter: mayor de blasio testified against the cuts saying it would hurt the ability of police in the city to deal with terror attacks. and senator charles schumer says he th

dick brennan, cbs 2 news. >> all right. thank you. >>> new information. a plea deal in a murder case. prosecutors say the teen targeted his classmate. the defense argues he is mentally unstable. both sides were in court and >> date of birth, please? [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: he answered basic questions during his plea of no contest for murdering a classmate two years ago. he agreed to serve 25 years for the knife attack at the high school, a killing that was not prompted by a prom date rejection says his lawyer. >> it is not accurate. no, ytnot. the fact that it was a prom date had nothing to do with her being attacked. >> reporter: it was what? >> a function of him being psychotic. it could have been any one of the students. he was delusional. >> the state says he had asked there the prom and was turned down and prosecutors say she was targeted. they got the defense to accept the plea by not pressing for a maximum sentence. >> this boy is a troubled young reason why we sought a sentence in the lower arrange of punishment. >> the evidence is overwhel

dick brennan here now with more. dick. >> reporter: could be a serious burn wound, guys. hillary clinton was expecting to win in michigan. so the sanders win has shaken the campaign! in the meantime a former republican candidate is throwing her support behind ted cruz. >>> it's time to unite behind ted cruz! >> reporter: carly fiorina says cruz is the only one who can beat donald trump and hillary clinton and now cruz wants a two-man race. >> head to head, donald trump loses and loses badly. >> whoo! >> reporter: but last night trump won michigan, mississippi and hawaii and the front-runner took time to promote and display various trump products that mitt romney claimed were history. >> there's the water company. i mean, we sell water. and we have trump wine. he mentioned trump vodka. he said trump magazine is out. i thought i read one two days ago. >> reporter: now the stop trump group may stop next week. >> remember the bank shot that has to work here to slow him. marco rubio would have to win in florida. kasich in ohio. two different wins, two different candidates. it'

cbs 2's dick brennan is here now with more on that. >> reporter: kristine and maurice, all of the candidates are commenting one criticizing a baseball game in cuba while donald trump is doubling down on his immigration proposals. >> i would close up our borders to people until we figure out what's going on. >> reporter: donald trump had already called for a temporary ban of muslims entering the u.s. >> you look at them and from any standpoint, they could be isis, they could be isis- related. and you know, we just don't learn. we don't learn. >> reporter: but hillary clinton says trump's ideas send the wrong signal. >> to, you know, do anything that implies we are at war with an entire religion, with, um, you know, 1 point or 4 billion people is not only wrong, it is dangerous. >> reporter: in washington today ted cruz said the president hasn't been tough enough on isis. >> it is long pastime that we had a president who will acknowledge this evil and utilize the full force and fury of the united states to defeat radical islamic terrorism to defeat isis. the president should return from cuba r

. >> i am dick brennan. happy easter. >> happy easter to everybody. >> meteorologist vanessa murdock is here with a look at the forecast. >> yeah. so grey skies right now. some breaks of sun this afternoon and it's going to be seasonable. yesterday andrea says i was chilly out there. so if you felt chilly yesterday, you will feel chilly again today. temperatures are going to be basically identical. that means low and mid 50s with cooler temperatures by the coast. more like upper 40s. all right. taking a look here at the grid. 43 right now in central park. 41 in newton, new jersey. on the vortex satellite and radar picture plenty of low hanging clouds and thicker clouds moving in from the south for today. by this afternoon a little more sunshine and then tonight a chance for some showers. between now and then 9 a.m. it's 44 degrees. chilly start out there. by one this afternoon partly sunny and 50. our high is 55. then by five this evening 53 degrees and mostly cloudy. i will have your full forecast coming up

i'm dick brennan. a brooklyn resident is left unnerved by a bold credit card scam. he was hit with thousands of dollars in charges and the thief even used his address to have merchandise delivered. cbs 2's dave carlin has this exclusive video. >> reporter: a charge this large on a credit card is a shocker. alexander says his heart nearly stopped seeing and his statement a purchase of 13 gift cards for $500 each. he knows he did not make it. >> how did this happen? $6,567. such a brazen crime. >> reporter: not just brazen enough to steal his american express card number and use it but also to stand in front of the victim's apartment building and wait for u.p.s. the slender pale skinned thief is seen on this surveillance him. he walks up to the truck and gets the 13 gift cards. >> he did have a fake identification with my name on >> reporter: the cards were immediately used at various apple stores in the city. his wife says she feels invaded. >> the fact that the driver just allowed this person to get the package off the truck. >> reporter: if the u.p.s. work her brou

cbs 2's dick brennan reports. >> reporter: romney will speak tomorrow at the university of utah amid major concerns among party leaders that donald trump is on the way to securing the nomination. it's not clear what romney will have to say but sources say he has no plans to get in the race or endorse another candidate. meantime other republicans say the antitrump sentiment is not about the so-called establishment stepping in. >> i never consider myself part of any establishment. but the views he is taking, the statements he is making, have really nothing in common with the republican party. >> reporter: romney had called trump's relucks at&t to disavow the -- reluctance to disavoid the kkk over the weekend disgusting an said he had to go. >> senator you seem to be saying that hillary clinton will beat donald trump. >> i'm not saying that. i am saying that like a drum. >> reporter: but other republicans say trump voters republicans are all, you know, bedwetting over this and they don't seem to understand that we have an election! >> reporter: trump seemed like he wanted to bring the p

. >> governor chris christie refusing to answer questions by our own dick brennan after dropping out of the race. he wasn't the only one pressing for a response. >>> and a win in a new york court. a judge rules that apple does not have to unlock an iphone that's the same phone used by a suspect in the san bernardino massacre. we'll have the latest. >>> they're leaving like a trail of bread crumbs for everyone, family, friends, criminals. >> beware when you post to social media anyone could track you down, even complete strangers. >>> at 6:02. let's get you traffic and weather on the 2s, bringing in john elliot >> now i'm totally freaked out. who would want to track me down? i mean, really. maybe a k-9 support group because i love dogs. here's the deal. we got some clouds in the city right now and we are going to see the clouds give way to sun. it's a quiet day today, and then we look at some wet weather for your wednesday morning. i'll tell you what they're talking about on the book this morning is everybody is freaked out about this snow on friday. we'll talk about more about that l

dick brennan, cbs 2 news. >> and i can see how they will be perturbed. >> lots of folks in the neighborhood these days. 6:48. >> and next, the dangers of ultraprocessed foods. plus this. >> and go now. when was younger. >> can't get enough of karaoke, you might be seeing more of it. and we're not talking about the late, late show with james gordon. >> and first, steve over meyer has more. >>> and tonight, the devils are in action and the big east tournament continues later on today at the garden. last night, the knicks one, the tied. the giants upgraded their hour of free agency. . >>> in healthwatch, a new study reveals some sobering findings regarding the american diet. researchers say more than half of what the average person eats is compose error returned of so- called ultraprocessed foods. they contain chemicals not designed to mimic real foods. ultraprocessed foods include sodas, packaged snacks, baked foods and meat products like chicken nuggets. >>> at 6:52, how about traffic and weather on the 2s. >> and it's like you're looking that. >> and in the city right now, skies are prettiy