we're live on the upper east side, dray clark channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you dray. it's 5:35. new video released overnight of a violent serial robber on the loose in brooklyn. take a look at the suspect. police say he's behind at least three attacks in brownsville. one victim an 83-year-old man. all robberies occurring in november, in all three the suspect knocked the victims to the ground before taking their cash. >>> we've learned new details about a deadly head-on crash outside the gates of st. john's university. this is what it looked like in jamaica last night moments after a car slammed into the front of an mta bus. right now police believe the heading west on none turnpike. for some reason the 60-year-old man driving the car veered into the eastbound lanes and hit the bus. the car's driver was killed. the bus driver and a passenger are expected to be okay. >>> the driver blamed for a deadly car accident in brooklyn is free this morning without bail. marlon sewell moved quickly as he left court last night. a friend waiting to drive him away tried to discourage

dray, thank you. now on to queens where a driver is facing charges this morning for a hit and run crash that critically injured a young woman. we're told that she was hurt while trying to save her niece. kristin thorne has the story from jamaica. >> reporter: 21-year-old urabia nelson is recovering here at jamaica hospital. she is in critical condition suffering from a severe head injury and a broken leg. this is the mustang that was allegedly being driven by 23- year-old denzel watson. police say watson was driving on beach 19th street in far rockaway yesterday when he hit nelson who was crossing the street with her 5-year-old niece. witnesses say nelson pushed the child out of the way so the child would not be hit by the car. nelson was struck. witnesses tell us that watson who has seven prior arrests including possessing a stolen loaded gun that witnesses tell us watson may have run a red light. >> i was shocked. i was in awe because when you see that, you see a person that do something like that,

we're live in tribeca, dray clark channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you dray. it is 6:04, nypd is now investigating two separate slashing attacks in two boroughs that do not appear to be related. the most recent happened just wednesday night in crown heights. 38-year-old victim says that he and the attacker were both getting off the a train at the same time while he was walking felt something brush his neck. it was a blade coming within an inch of an important artery that could have cost him his life. >> the guy just like ran off, people started screaming, he bleeding. i put my hand on my face like this and just see all this >> this comes as police continue their search for the man who ran up behind a teenage girl in queens and slashed her twice across the face. the 16-year-old exchange student from china was on her way to school when this happened wednesday morning. investigators say the two >>> happening today, president obama will be in san bernardino those who were killed and massacre. the president made a rare trip yesterday to the national counter terrori

dray clark is breaking down the big speech live from time's square. dray? >> reporter: good morning, lori. president obama knows terrorism at home and abroad is making americans nervous. last night the president spoke outlining his plan to defeat country. designed to kill innocent people. >> reporter: president obama said the san bernardino and paris attacks show terrorism getting a new phase. in the first address from the oval office in five years, the president vowed the u.s. will defeat isis and other militant groups. >> what we can do and must do kill. >> reporter: the president said he would not send the nation into another long war in iraq and syria. he warned it would be a powerful recruiting tool for isis and they must not create the notion that they are at war with islam. >> they are our coworkers, sports heros and our men and women in uniform willing to die in defense of our country. we have to remember that. >> reporter: how speaker paul to offer a comprehensive strategy for defeating isis and republican presidential candidate ted cruz said the p

eyewitness news reporter dray dray? >> reporter: good morning, ken. will be destroyed. that is from the president. the president knows that terrorism at home and abroad it is making americans nervous. he spoke for about 14 minutes laying out a four point plan to defeat terrorism as well as how to protect the country. people. >> reporter: president obama said the san bernardino and paris attacks show terrorism entering a new face. in his first address from the oval office in five years, the president vowed the united states will defeat isis and other militant groups. >> what we can do and must do letter. >> but the president said he would not send the nation into he warned such a war would be a recruiting tool for isis. >> muslim americans are our friends and neighbors. our coworkers, sports heros. and, yes, they are our men and women in uniform who are willing to die in defense of our country. we have to remember that. >> house speaker paul ryan says the president failed to offer a comprehensive strategy for defeating is cities. ted cruz said the president's policies ar

dray good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning ken. leave the worries at hole and come to -- home and come to times square knowing this will be one of the safest places in the worlds. that's if message from the nypd. as you might imagine times place behind me you can see the stages still being set up and all the nypd barricades. one million people will squeeze into roughly 20 city blocks to watch the ball drop at midnight tonight. meanwhile security the cornerstone of the success here and what revelers will see here in times square in terms of the show of force from the nypd will be unprecedented. we're talking about more 6,000 members of the nypd all assigned here to times square and some of the officer will be in uniform and heavily armed and others will be blending into the crowd. the idea is to make sure revelers feel as safe and as comfortable as possible. of course coming on the heels of the terrorist attack in paris and then san bernardino, california, certainly that's in the back of many minds. so the nypd's counterterrorism ef

dray. >> reporter: good morning, shirleen. according to bravo tv who was in contact with theresa giudice's attorneys as of 5:01 this morning she is a free woman, and we understand now driving back to her home here in montville new jersey. it's quite a spread, which is about a half a mile up the road behind me. the police are keeping us at a distance because so many people are interested in seeing her return home. meanwhile she will be staying at her home at least until february the 5th because she is on home confinement. giudice has been at that prison in danbury connecticut since last january. she and her husband pleaded guilty to fraud and admitted to hiding assets from bankruptcy creditors as well as submitting false information in order to gain access to millions of dollars in loans. giudice is one of the big name stars of the hit bravo series in the last few years she has evolved from a relatively unknown jersey girl into this national star who unfortunately became a convicted felon after admitting to her guilt in january

eyewitness news reporter dray clark is live now square with details for us, good morning dray. a at home and come to times square knowing this will be one of the safest placed in world. that's the message from the nypd and as you might imagine, a times square is already a very busy place this morning as they prepare to host the largest new year's eve party in the world. one million people will pack into 20 blocks to watch the ball drop. now let's talk about that security. the show of force from the nypd will be unprecedented close to 6,000 police officers will be assigned to sometimes square. flush -- times square. many of them you will see and many of them you won't. they'll blend into the crowd. and some of them also will be very heavily armed and also more than 1,000 cameras will be watching everything that moves here in times square. the nypd actually started preparing for the event a year ago and with the recent terror attacks in paris and san bernardino, california the effort has been stepped up significantly. although right now there's no the city. >> seeing these guys s

we're live in brownsville, dray clark channel 7 eyewitness news. tornado driver is still on the loose hours after a deadly hit and run. witnesses say the truckdriver actually got out of his rig after hitting a man in newark, then drove off after realizing what happened. the victim was hit at the intersection of chancellor avenue and leslie street around 6:00 last night. he died at the hospital. the truck also damaged an suv. >>> 6:04, and police say a serial sex offender on long island has struck again. edward ramirez is charged with molesting two young sisters while delivering furniture at their queens home over the week. this is his third arrest in little more than a year. previously ramirez was accused of planting a recording device in the women's room of a restaurant. he's being held on $50,000 bail on this latest arrest. >>> we have new details in the weekend double murder of a mother and daughter in new jersey. beaten to death rareton by 51-year-old ramon cadiz. the victims have been identified as 51-year-old sandra giuseppe and her 15-year-

we're live from city hall, dray clark channel 7 eyewitness news. >> dray thank you, and donald trump will be a guest on live with kelly and michael. you can see it right here on channel 7 and the watch abc app at 9 a.m. >>> 5:06. a letter of hate targeting muslims and defending trump was sent to a mosque in new jersey. the altoeid islamic center received a letter calling muslims evil and telling them to "go back to the desert" members there say it's one of several hate-filled sent to that mosque. president is coming to abuse millions of americans because muslims in america are millions. he should not say what he said. >> leaders of the mosque say they've received several threatening phone calls from one particular woman. >>> 5:07. police have released new video of the arsonist they say is responsible for a string of fires in one neighborhood in queens. this is surveillance from november 25th when a home in forest hills was set on fire. investigators have linked seven arson fires over the past six weeks. all the homes are owned by people who are jewish but police say anti-semitism doe

dray, 6:36. new this morning, an air france flight bound for paris was forced to make an emergency landing in montreal due to an anonymous threat. that flight took off from san francisco and landed safely last night. nobody got hurt. the plane now being inspected this morning. details on the nature of the threat have not been released. last month two air france flights from the u.s. to paris had to be diverted due to bomb threats. they did get an all clear. >>> also new this morning, police are investigating a murder that happened in sunset park brooklyn. police have identified the victim as 68-year-old ying wan chen. he was shot several times. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. 72nd precinct. >>> closing arguments could get underway in a corruption trial in another one of albany's, state senator dean skelos is on trial for extortion, fraud and bribery. federal prosecutors say skelos used his position for financial gain for himself and his son adam. he will make a last minute decision on whe

we're live in tribeca, dray clark channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you, dray. in brooklyn, now, a woman was punched on the head while riding on the a train. police releasing surveillance images of a man they are looking for. he hit the woman in brooklyn heights and ran away. the 29-year-old woman was not seriously hurt. >>> the man accused of killing a new jersey mother inside her home will be in court today. 36-year-old robert garillo is facing one count of murder in the death of yolanda vega. she was found strangled inside her home. garillo was arrested after a him jump out of the closet. >>> a legal victory for parents in new york who are against precoolers being forced to get flu shots. a state supreme court judge has blocked the requirement that precoolers must get flu shots before attending class. under that rule schools and takes could refuse children who are not vaccinated. parents who were concerned about potential health effects filed a lawsuit. the city health officials say the ruling will cost lives and are consider their legal options. >>> the 7th

so it's the white stuff but it's not what dray has. it's not snow, it's sleet. i'll bend down and show you. this stuff is hard, it's mixed with sleet mixed with rain so now it's slippery and you can see how it balls up, just sort of like the icy fun stuff your kids eat on the roadways it's not so fun. we saw at least three accidents in a period of 45 minutes while driving here from the upper west side from our studios so let me show you the conditions we're talking about in the area. you can see some sleet starting then in rockland county, the left lane on the throughway north of the tappan zee bridge is covered in that icy slush i just showed you. i shot this video with my protographer there with my phone and my protographer call haven story was behind the wheel. speed was reduced to 35 miles per hour on the tappan zee bridge, the mix and sleet and rain has really made for some slick roadways as i said we saw about three accidents in about a 45 minute period. the middle lane really seems to be the best here, driving and it's the least slush cover. we've seen a

we're live this morning, dray clark channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you dray. it's 6:06, and a letter of hate targeting muslims and defending trump was sent to a mosque in new jersey. the altoheed islamic center received this calling muslims evil and telling them "go back to the desert." the letter claims trump is not a liar. members say it's one of several hate-filled letters sent to that mosque. >> the person who is running to be the president of all americans is coming to abuse millions of americans because muslims in america are millions. right. so he should not say what he said and to fabricate lies. >> the mosque leaders say they have received several threatening phone calls from a woman. >>> donald trump will be a guest on live with kelly and michael. here on channel 7 at 9 a.m. for his son. >>> time is 6:08. minutes away from weather and traffic. meteorologist bill evans with the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> we're taking a look this morning from our camera on the roof over to the east side, and beyond, and we're looking -- oh, that's where i'm goi

we're live in time square, dray clark channel 7 eyewitness news. >> all right dray. thank you. >>> you are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with bill evans and the accuweather forecast. >> here we go, we're going to take a fogged in view from our camera here at 4 times square looking south this morning. we have got a fog, low cloud and rain and drizzle and all that kind of mixed in together today. so i don't know, what do we call that, kind of like a slop fest sort of out there this morning. you need the raincoat for sure. the reason being because the wind is out of the east. we have the rain from the hudson river valley, eastward out across the hamptons and jersey. there's more rain to the south evening and tonight. and this cold front around chicago will slide into the area tomorrow. 47 with rain at 9:00. at points during the day the rain gets a little heavier. 51 degrees to 52 will tap out as our high temperature. so kiddos you've got to have the rain gear. important than anything. that rain jacket and umbrella is going to be a coo

. >> eyewitness news reporter dray clark and clifton with all dray? >> reporter: good morning lori and david. st. claire catholic church is the latest church to have the jesus stolen. perhaps the people responsible or persons responsible for stealing the statues somehow joke. but in fact they're asking the police to get involved to help them get baby jesus back to where he belongs and to hold the baby snatchers accountable for committing the sin of stealing. five churches in neighboring new jersey towns have had their baby jesus statues stolen from outdoor nativity scenes all of this happening within the last few days. whomever is taking the statues certainly is bold and very daring because the nativity scenes are out in the open and they're on church property. for parishioners this is no laughing matter. it's disrespectful and downright devilish of someone to walk into a sacred and symbolic church display and steal the baby jesus. >> people that are crazy. they don't have nothing to do. >> that's the devil -- that's why they stole it. >> they have to

dray? >> reporter: good morning david. when you walk out the door on long island make sure you dress warm and take an umbrella because it's raining, cold and very windy. we did see snow late last night early this morning but that now tapered off and we had this rain pretty consistent rain for the last couple of hours. let's talk more about that snow. here is that picture we saw early this morning where the snow was coming down at a pretty good clip. accumulations here but certainly there was enough snow that it fell long enough to cover the roads for a period and for cars to slow folks down but we notice earlier this morning that snow tapering off and slowly transitioning into the rain so when you walk out this morning you'll need your umbrella. meanwhile slippery road conditions as well last night because of the snowfall and take a look at this vehicle the driver losing control and going on sunrise highway the picture looks bad, the car looks bad but good news is the driver involved in this wreck only sustained minor inju

good morning dray. initially some believed the shooting might have been a reaction to a workplace dispute, but investigators say it now appears to go much deeper than that. investigators say syed farook clearly planned extensively for the attack and now the fbi has to determine if it was an act of terror, and if farook has more accomplices. >> a vigil mourning the victims as authorities look for the man who purchased the two rifles used in the massacre by syed farook. >> hurt, pain, disappointment, disbelief. >> investigators say farook had reached out on social media to extremists who are under fbi scrutiny. the question now is was farook really calized, and was he in contact with foreign terrorists organizations and how did he convince his new wife to stand and kill by his side. the 14 people killed have all been identified and want hospital raised the number of wounded to 21. knocked back by a bullet smashing straight through a restroom wall. >> it was like a bomb went off, and i turned back and look

eyewitness news reporter dray clark is here with the closer look. dray? >> reporter: good morning, the attack in california is just one of what seems like a list of mass shootings in the u.s. the recent shootings in the past few years is just too many to list. but less than a week ago, three people were killed when police say a gunman opened fire inside a planned parenthood clinic in colorado. ten people were killed in a mass shooting two months ago at a community college in oregon. -- people were killed inside a historic charleston, south carolina church when the gunman joined the revival study and started shooting them. yesterday's shooting in california is the deadliest since december 2012. when 20 children and six edge fors were killed at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. president obama said -- >> we have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world. and there's some steps we could take not to eliminate every one of those mass shootings, but to improve the odds that they don't hap

we're live in times square this morning, dray clark, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> all right dray thank you. >>> 6:07 and one day after sharing a packed stage for the latest presidential debate and donald trump was the only guest on the jimmy kimmel show. trump admitted that he has been in his own words a little bit divisive. and you know also now wants to see republicans come together. trump seemed pretty relaxed he also loved a book that kimmel said he'd ghost written for him. in the style of dr. seuss. >> now here are some frogs i do not like at all, we must kick these frogs out and then build a wall. [ laughter ] your yacht on your plane, with your suits from milan and your wifes from ukraine. the buildings you'll build oh the wealth you'll amass, oh the people all around you all kissing yours as. there are two kinds of people which one will you be? a loser like them -- would you like to finish? or a winner -- >> like me. [ cheering and >> well, on that note and trump's pointed out that tuesday's debate drew 18 million viewers one of the highest ratings ever. >> good to see a lighte

dray clark is live outside the precinct in the bronx. dray. my shoulder you can see the black bunting outside the 50 precinct here. the precinct is officially in mourning as are the other 30,000 plus members of the nypd all grieving the loss of detective joseph lemm. detective lemm was 45 years old and a 15-year veteran with the nypd. he spent most of his life working on the streets of new york city as well as defending democracy in the military working in some very dangerous places around the country. now lemm was part of a convoy driving through a village near bagram airfield yesterday when a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle drove into that convoy and detonated a number of explosives killing six american troops including detective lemm. lemm was a detective with the nypd, again, a 15-year veteran, a member of the warrant squad which tracks down very dangerous criminals and violent offenders. he was also a member of the air tours of duty in afghanistan and one in iraq. he was also a married father of two children. now this is video from 201

dray clark live outside her home in motteville new jersey. dray, good morning. the police are keeping us quite a distance away from theresa giudice's home. it's a half mile up the road behind me. she is scheduled to be released from that federal prison in danbury connecticut at some point today. we know she's headed right home where she will remain on home confinement until february 5th. she has been at that federal prison since last january. she and her husband pleaded guilty to fraud and admitted to hiding assets from bankruptcy creditors and submitting false information in order to gain access to millions of dollars in loans. theresa giudice of course is one of the stars of the hit bravo series real house wives of new jersey. for the last few years millions of people have watched her evolve from a relatively unknown jersey girl into a very popular national star that's now a convicted felon. after the couple admitted their guilt in january, the judge decided to stagger their prison sentences because they have four daughters. with the children since theresa has

we're live this morning in clifton, dray clark, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you dray. well, services will be held this week for two local servicemen killed in afghanistan. a wake scheduled for joseph lemm was also an nypd detective will be held tomorrow at the st. anthony in west harrison. the funeral will be held wednesday morning at sheer followed by -- st. patrick's cathedral. the visitation for louis bonacasa will be on thursday and friday afternoon. services will be held at the branch funeral home in miller place. new beginnings christian center in coreham. burial will follow. they were killed alongside four other service members during a suicide bombing last week in afghanistan. >>> 6:38 and happening today, the man charged in the attempted robbery and shooting at a mall in long island is due in court. 21-year-old oliver lee faces charges of robbery assault and gun possession. authorities say that he bought a handgun to roosevelt field mall tuesday. hoping to steal an $18,000 watch. they say that days earlier, he posted a photo to facebook showing the same type o

eyewitness news reporter dray clark has just arrived at the scene. he is live in rochelle park with what we know. dray. >> good morning, shirleen, yeah, this is west passaic and war street. behind me you can see that large crime scene. in fact, we were just pushed farther back so investigators focal point for detectives any. right now police here on the scene are not really answering any questions, referring all questions to the bergen county prosecutor's office who just arrived here on the scene. we're still trying to make sense of what happened here. we do know just after 3:30 morning we're told that a woman in her 40s was shot and then rushed to hackensack university medical center. not exactly sure of the circumstances that led up to you can see a number of detectives here on the scene going over what seems to be a large crime scene here. where this area they're focused on situated next to a car area. no witnesses coming forward with any information. we're still waiting to hear from the police to get more details on how this all happened, and rig

eyewitness news reporter dray clark is here with their dray. >> reporter: good morning shirleen and ken. the shooting in california is having a ripple effect across the country as loved ones mourn people killed. two of the victims have area. 52-year-old nicholas thalasinos was working at the san bernardino department of health after moving from southern california from south jersey. he worked for the cape may county health department before moving west. his wife says when she said good-bye to him wednesday morning she did not realize it would be for the last time. >> i actually got an extra hug and a kiss before he left, so i'm just holding on to that. i'm just grateful for that. >> and new york giants safety learning his cousin was one of the victims in the shooting, just got word that one of my cousins was among the 14 killed yesterday. i'm so sick right now. he followed up a tweet reading "the true terror is that this keeps happening. i still can't believe it. take a moment to think of the families hurting right now." among those also killed was michael wetzel, a married father of si

we're live in the newsroom, dray clark, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> dray thank you. the police response to mass shootings changed after the massacre at columbine high it had a huge impact on how police handled deadly situations like the shooting in california. >> it was an inordinate delay on the part of the police entering that location. the law enforcement sort of came together and said life safety is paramount. so you've got to go in as quickly as possible. even an individual police officer, rather than forming teams you go in to save lives. >> well, as the shooting in san bernardino unfolded. presidential candidate hillary clinton was campaigning in orlando speaking about gun control. clinton said it's time for the country to have comprehensive background checks that close the loopholes at gun shows and fellow democrat bernie sanders called the violence sickening and senseless and among the republicans donald trump tweeted his blessing to the way police handled the shootings. trump's rival said it was a hate crime. >> we node to be able to -- ned to be able to co

in clifton dray clark channel 7 eyewitness news. >> newly released video shows the vicious assault and robbery on the man in brooklyn. watch closely as the man is knocked to the ground. about 1:00 on sunday morning. and that is when one of the attackers lifts them up, >>> a basketball legend and star of the globetrotter has died. he played for 24 years, appearing in more than 60,000 games in more than 100 countries. they move and big personality made him a fan favorite in the 60s and the 70s. he died yesterday at the age of 83. >> peyton manning is firing back in a report accusing him of using banned substances. a document accuses the nfl quarterback of using human growth hormones years ago while recovered from a neck injury. abc elizabeth herr is in new york with more. >> reporter: peyton manning says that the report is absolutely not true, accusing of defamation and even explaning that he never met the guy who accused him of doping achievement. >> reporter: the nfl star is furious and fighting back after this documentary made explosive allegations against him. the documentary called

dray. shirleen. police tell us that suspect who was shot early this morning is 46-year-old matthew chaseman. he was rushed to hackensack university medical center and his gunshots wounds are not life-threatening. here is a look at the vehicle he was driving. the rear windshield is shattered and there are several other bullet holes in that car. two police officers were involved in the shooting that happened just after 3:30 this morning here on passaic street in rochelle park. the circumstance which led up sure. police now telling us that 46- year-old suspect matthew chaseman now recovering with multiple gunshot wounds and the two officers involved in that shooting. we certainly continue to gather information and will pass it along to you as we continue to get more information from the bergen county prosecutor's office. we're live in rochelle park new jersey, dray clark channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> dray, thank you for that update. look at >>> welcome back, heather here now with your commute. >> shirl

dray clark is live at the scene in maspeth. he has the latest for us. >> reporter: good morning, ken. the knick's forward cleanthony early was shot this morning. it is not considered life threatening. the area where the shooting happened near tyler avenue remains blocked off this morning. we are told around 3:30, early was leaving the trip club with a female trend and as they were walking to their uber car, we're told as many as six men wearing ski masks robbed him of he is a second year play we are hospital. while police are in the early stages of the investigation here trying to piece together what happened. aa number of businesses -- a number of businesses are in the area so police will be looking at cameras. knick's forward, a second year player, cleanthony early now at the hospital in surgery being treated with a gunshot wound to the leg while police continue their search for the shooters. live in maspeth, queen, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> 7:57. we get the exclusive accuweather forecast with bill. >> clou

we're live in the bronx dray clark channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you. we are following some breaking news at the george washington bridge. hand side of your screen, you can see all the flashing police lights. there is a jackknifed tractor- trailer there, and right now it is blocking all of the new jersey bound lanes. the accident happening just about a few minutes ago, and traffic is building as you can see on both sides. we were told there is also a fuel spill that could take some time to clean up. we will of course keep you posted on that breaking news. >>> and new at noon, police in westchester county are investigating a brutal attack with a disability. police say juan rodriguez accused the charity worker who is legally blind of cutting in front of him in line at a fast food restaurant in greenburg. rodriguez then allegedly knocked the bell ringer to the ground and punched him while audrina kicked the victim. assault charges. the victim was treated for head and facial injuries. >>> a s&p 500 with several leading police on a chase in a stolen car. off

eyewitness news reporter dray clark is live at city hall billion that perspective. >> reporter: that rally lasted almost two hours. it wrapped up only a few minutes ago. you can still see some people standing around at city hall. donald trump is out of control they say and not only are his words offensive but they also say they're dangerous. about donald trump except that he is a disgusting, racist demagogue who has no business running for president period. >> on the steps of city hall, a who's who of elected officials along with community and religious leaders. all of them voicing a collective message that donald trump is a shameful and embarrassing want to be politician. trump's recent call for a complete and total shutdown of all muslims entering the u.s. has once again put him in the cross hairs of angry people aiming to destroy his campaign because of what they call his unapologetic bigotry. >> donald trump's most recent remarks are not only hateful and ignorant but they feed right into the hands of terrorists. >> trump has said there should be a database tracking all muslims li

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good morning, dray. >> reporter: good morning. the current terror alert system is not being replaced but rather tweaked, this according to the white house. but this is the third time the terror alert system has been put into place since the september 11th attacks. the first system after 9/11 implemented the five color codes and then in 2011, that was replaced with the national threat advisory system which never really was put into good use. and the details of this revised system won't be shared until late they are morning. but the secretary of homeland security jay johnson says the new system lowers the so-called threshold in which officials can inform the public at-large when there's a threat of an attack against the u.s. meanwhile, president barack >> here at home, the department of homeland security is updating its alert system to help the american people stay vigilant and safe. and as always, our extraordinary men and women in uniform continue to put their lives on the line. in this campaign and around the world, to keep the r

eyewitness news reporter dray clark is live now in times square. dray? >> reporter: good morning lori. i'm not sure if it's good training or simply having great instincts but the officers knew what to do under some very hectic circumstances and that's very important because they had very little time as a train was speeding in that man's direction. now here's a look at the officers getting all the credit this morning for their heroic act last night. lieutenant william moore and officer anthony tafano and officer richard naponsi. they were wrapping up conducting bag checks here at the times square station last night around 7:00 when they heard someone yelling that a man had fallen onto the 2 and 3 express tracks. one ran to the front of the platform and used his flashlight to signal to the conductor to slow the train down to a crawl. meanwhile lieutenant moore and the other officer reached down and grabbed the man by his jacket pulling him safely off the tracks just in the nick of time. now that man who had fallen onto the tracks told the officers he had n

word is they settled on allah han dray deloza. left-handed hitter. he will split time in center. mets would still need a right- handed hitting outfielder. one year, 4 1/2 million dollars. >>> steve longa is ready for the nfl and christian cave friday. hockey, rangers at home against the ducks, devils in detroit. we get to basketball tomorrow. nets at home and knicks on the road. knicks are in cleveland. they look forward to playing against lebron james but we aren't sure about carmelo. he twisted his ankle in the loss to the magic. until before the game. if anthony had his way -- >> i don't know. as of now we playing wednesday. >> that was after last night's game. he said today is monday. i will let you know game time. >> thank you, rob. >> thanks, rob. >> time for what is coming up on "eyewitness news at 11:00". sade baderinwa joins us with a preview. >> coming up, e-mail accounts of celebrities hacked. what officials in new york say the thief was trying to get access to. we are making life-style changes can make a difference on your heart health. there is new information on how

the amount of volume not moving too badly but just after mass avenue we picked up a crash causing a dray in the area. other big problem spot along route 495 southbound at the top of the screen. lawrence, andover area, had two left hand lanes blocked by a huge pot old that opened by lawrence in the andover section. s. joe stapleton, 7 news. >> anchor: wild weather sweeping through the south before the holidays. tornadoes leaving a path of destruction in mississippi, tennessee and ark saw. at least 10 people are dead and dozens injured. nbc's sara has the latest. >> reporter: they are in early spring, not during christmas s. homes ripped apart from tornadoes. all part of a powerful storm system that swept across the south and parts of the mid west. >> this should be a joyous holiday season. it will not be for many. >> reporter: the worst of it hit late wednesday with deadly tornadoes touching down in three states. in tennessee west of nashville, rescuers searched rubble. >> we can't, much of last night trying to extract people out that were trapped many after self hours, we're able to get

really just have couple of clouds overhead, scat nerds nature at this point generally what the hole dray bridges, but later tonight at 7:00 p.m. tonight, in fact, winter weather advisory will tai evening fit berks, carbon monroe counties for our area, and then everywhere else off to the west and north of. that will so philadelphia, clearly not included there. neither are even the outlying suburbs, just surrounding the city but not only in the poconos but again lehigh valley region, watch for this to start off, you know, with some snow and sleet. generally though it looks like it is late tonight that the bulk of the moisture gets here. as temperatures fall below freezing, going to likely run into icy spots, it will slow you down certainly, have to use caution, traveling that i80 interchange for example, we look forward in the nor cast just for at least for now, things are staying pretty quiet. staying somewhat steady on the thermometer err mid 40's generally for the shore points, in philadelphia, at best for daytime highs. it is a lot colder by comparison, how much, and high meisha, there

sand dray bland was arrested in july for allegedly failing to use her car's indicator. officials said the 28-year-old hanged herself with a plastic bag after three days in jail. her family and others have questioned that account. iran criticizing a visa restriction aimed at people who have visited so-called high-risk countries. it bans visa free travel to the u.s. to anyone who has visited or holds citizen ship in some areas. leaders say that goes against the deal struck by iran in six world powers earlier this year. that deal calls for normalising trade and economic ties with iran. the restrictions are a by product of the current political environment >> it takes place with this backdrop of what donald trump is saying and some of the outrageous rhetoric that is happening in the presidential campaign. i think that this really is the product of this domestic political environment where there was such fear monday angering on one side that the-- mongering on one side that the voices of reason was drowned out. you ha . this could cause backlash. it creates a mess and is a b

a winter washout making for a dreary dray but the temperatures. you can feel it, it's going to come even more. we head into the holiday. we're expecting warmer days. for more on the forecast. >> reporter: i think by thursday afternoon temperatures are in the middle and upper 60s. right now periods of rain marching through southern new england. here is the back edge right here. marching through the worcester hills. once this last batch marchs through over the next 30-45 minutes, that will be it with this band of rainfall for the remainder of the evening hours but it's warm. look at the temperatures upper 50s to around 60 degrees, the city at 359. worcester at 55. the normality high is 39. 20 degrees above that. we see good wii to that weather system and then we head on the even seaboard and here is another storm system getting organized. this one is loading up on moisture. that is going to come out of the gulf of mexico. has a lot of real estate to cover so the morning commute is dry but you will need the rain gear especially through the afternoon.

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nicki minaj and meek mill will kick 20-16 off with a bang at drai's at the cromwell. a typhoon torn through the phillipines...killing how the country is dealing with the massive devastation the storm left behind. check off everyone on your list... with a few strokes of your keyboard. the incentive many retailers are offering to help you with your holiday shopping. fox5 new monica jackson, jason feinberg, dave hall and maria silva. weather 24/7 with cassandra jones and your traffic solutions. this is fox5 news this morning. flooding caused by typhoon melor has killed more than 40 people in the central philippines. the category 3 storm has since moved out to sea... but several people are still missing. nearly 750- thousand people are staying in evacuation centers. the water is still shoulder deep in some areas... with more rain over the weekend very possible. nearly 20-million dollars worth of damage was caused by the storm. and the people in washington are getting pummeled by snow... making travel very difficult. roadways are packed with thick layers of snow. the speed

emcees bruce miller and catelin drey (dray) hosted the event in which guests try to solve a murder...while enjoying activities like an auction, a dinner and cocktails. 3 "this is actually the first year it sold out in 36 hours. and we were just actually mind own how fast it sold out. we've already started planning for next year, to see if we can make this bigger and better. and turn this into a basis."a portion of the proceeds from tonight's event will go towards camp high hopes in sioux city. 3 3 a park in south sioux city will soon give people a better glimpse of wildlife... even wildlife that't'under the e water.a variety of cameras ve beenave been set up at crystal cove park... as part lf a 264 thousand dollar project. three of them are even underwater... recording the fish in their natural environment. other cameras have a view of the park... and are set up to capture visitors like geese, ducks and deer. 3 "not only children but adults would be interested to know w what's going on or what's going on around t tem in this enronment, is lake has an extremely healthy ecosystem in it,

dray clark is live in brownville. >> reporter: good morning lori. there are two primary questions that need to be answered here. one is how did the medical examiner miss the mark and second and more importantly is who is responsible for killing the 82-year-old victim. ma that mckenny was found unresponsive inside her apartment here at the woodson apartment here at the woodson house on november 9th and declared dead. police are gone to the apartment for a welfare check. fast forward to yesterday december 14th as mckenny's body was being prepared for burial, workers at caribbean funeral services noticed a knife wound on the back of her neck and notified the police. the medical examiner has now ruled her death a homicide. back here live outside the woodson houses, investigators spent a significant amount of yesterday looking for any evidence that might lead them to a killer. live in brownsville, dray clark channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you. and new this morning, we have video just in of a partial scaffolding collapse in greenwich village. this h

dray clark is live in lower manhattan with details on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rob. government officials say the country needs a new terror alert system but they're quick to point out that the current system suspect being replaced, it's being tweaked. this is the third time the system is being replaced here. the first was after the that implemented the color code system. and in 2 to 011, the advisory system was put into place but that system has never been used. and the new details of the revised system won't be shared until after 11:00 this morning but the secretary of homeland security jay johnson says the new system will lower the threshold when it comes to how and when the public will be informed when there's a threat against the u.s. here's more from president barack obama. >> here at home, the department of homeland security is updating its alert system to help the american people stay vigilant and safe. and as always, our extraordinary men and women in uniform continue to put their lives on the line. in this campai

we're live this morning, dray clark channel 7 eyewitness news. >> dray thank you. >>> it is 5:05, and the armed gunman believed to be behind at least 14 store robberies on long island has apparently struck yet again. the robber wearing forced his way into a babies"r"us store yesterday morning in west bury. he tide up two female workers with handcuffs and looted the >> right now it appears that he's looking at stores that do employ females. it's either usually during the opening or closing phase of that, and he usually knows that there's not too many people in that area at the point. >> nassau county police say catching the robber is their number one priority right now and they have intensified patrols at businesses. >>> happening today, the trucker involved in the deadly crash that severely injured comedian tracy morgan will try to get the case dismissed. kevin roper's attorney says the wal-mart driver won't be able to get a fair trial based on negative publicity. roper's truck hit them last year on the new jersey turnpike. mcnair was killed in the crash. >>> overnight donald trump us

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and there is 30 threes and each dray takes a day and half to wrap.t in september. >> it is impossible to miss. >> they are inskronized and making the entire show two hours. >> some are slow and fast. you don't have to get blown away the whole time. that's what people are attracted to. >> and the neighbors do it for one reason. the kids. but they found a way to help others. >> people started to ask us. do you do a toi drive. >> okay, and we talked to blue santa and did that for several years. and we turned everything so early. what are we going to do to the rest of the stuff. and we said, let's go to the women shelter. >> once word got out people come from all over austin. >> i saw it on facebook and so where is it? and the only clue you had was anna court. that sounds familiar. anna court, cedar park texas. >> and neighbors estimated 100 people drive through every hour. >> and though it is crowded. most visitors leave with a smile on their face. >> nice music and i love. it >> well, santa claus pulled double doubt. a tow truck driving a red truck. ch

meek mill will kick 20-16 off with a bang at drai's at the cromwell. this year people can watch the 8- and-a-half minute firework show from the comfort of their home with a new app designed for it. good morning i'm cassandra jones with fox5. after another cold start to the day we can expect our slight warming trend to continue with a high of 56 degrees & light breezes. warming continues saturday with a high of 60 but another cold front sweeps in bringing breezy conditions and a slight chance of showers to the forecast through sunday. sunday will by early next week temperatures will start to warm up again into the upper 50's. looks like change arrives just in time for christmas with a slight chance of showers tuesday through christmas. the christmas eve forecast will see a high of 57, but by christmas day the temperature drops to the lower 50's. good morning. here's a look at solutions let's begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and al