you can see the warning signs posted in east elmhurst. they look real enough that they could take your money. 4 investigates found it's a growing problem in east elmhurst, jackson heights, and corona. this year the number quadrupled to 63. >> i heard of the scheme but didn't know it was going on right here. >> if you're working and saving your money and putting it in a bank and someone else is just putting a device on the machine and taking your money, that's not cool. >> now, protect yourself. always cover the pin pad with one hand when you're putting in your pin so it can't be stolen. this is interesting. jiggle the card slot. the slot itself, not your card in there. anything loose or glued on can mean there's a skimmer over the actual atm. >> but don't get in trouble for vandalizing the machine. >> don't be kicking it. >>> it's 5:50 right now. she's back. a massive great white shark returned to the jersey shore, possibly to barnegut bay in ocean county. mary lee is a 3400-pound shark measuring 16 feet long. she was outfitted with a tra

police identified a bus from the skyline bus company here in east elmhurst as the one that struck and killed an 84-year- old pedestrian. we were there exclusively when inspectors arrived at the company. the official says they're bus company officials are cooperating with the police, and say a bus went through flushing at the time of the accident on the way to fox woods casino. a bus fitting the description was spotted as a rest stop by connecticut state police after the accident, and it's been identified as the bus that struck the pedestrian. >> every death will be investigated, and those responsible will be identified and prosecuted accordly. >> reporter: so far no arrests have been made, but the latest fatality, the third this week awill remembers jordan -- alarms jordan. >> they come zooming down the block, and veer, and this is a very congested area, and it needs to be addressed. >> reporter: last night police say an 84-year-old woman was crossing the street, and was struck by a bus that continued heading north without stopping. she suffered severe trauma and died at the scene. >>

. >> reporter: at this hour, wade is at elmhurst hospital evaluation. dave carlin, cbs2 news. >>> new to the evacuation of the movie theater in new jersey. witnesses say a noise set off the scare one week after the terror attacks in paris. cbs2's matt kozar is live in edgewater with more on this breaking story. matt? >> reporter: panic at the theater. tonight was a big night for the multiplex here in edgewater because the hunger games was debuting. but when someone heard a noise like a gunshot, everyone ran out of the building. cell phone video shows movie goers getting up. thousands of people powered out into the parking lot. >> all right. >> reporter: edge water's mayor says it started when someone slipped inside a theater. the noise sounded like a gunshot. when someone yelled gun, everyone started running. the bomb squat ran through the theater with k-9s and found nothing. the mayor says people are on edge after the attacks in paris. >> i got down here right away. everyone is on edge. we are so close to manhattan. this would be a soft target. somethi

the shooting happened near roosevelt avenue in elmhurst. >>> and in queens right now police are trying to find the mother who left her newborn baby at a church nativity scene. the baby was found by a maintenance worker in richmond hill. he heard the baby crying and found hiem where the baby jesus would be. first so responders say the boy is in good health. >> a woman did come into the church with some bag and left the kwhurj and the bag was sort of dangling in the wind. >> under new york safe haven law, parents can abandon newborns at places like a church but someone does need to be noed notified. >>> hoboken residents have something to be thankful for. who came to the rescue to get >>> we'll take a lack at the all important holiday forecast and weather and traffic on the 4s. >> follow us on facebook and twitter. you're watching "today in new >>> it's 4:43 this morning. millions of americans are going to be traveling for the holiday. president obama will get an update on security measures that are in place. >>> costco issuing a warning for customers who recently purchased rotisserie ch

the victim was in kritdical condition at elmhurst hospital. still looking for a suspect and tried to determine if this was a hate crime. if the victim was beaten because of how he was dressed. and concerned. it's very dangerous this area? >> yeah. before it was very nice area. >> and neighbors tell us that police have been going from home to home looking for surveillance video that may have captured this suspect. they ask anyone with information to contact police. live in jackson heights tonight, checkey beckford. >> checkey, thanks. >>> chopper 4 was over the scene as hundreds of firefighters raced to this apartment building there in the bronx. the fire broke out late today. it forced the residents out of there. some are dealing with the harsh reality that they won't be back for some time. marc santia is at the scene with more from those residents. marc? >> natalie, within minutes 200 firefighters and emts descended on this apartment building that finally put that stubborn fire out. now, so many families wondering what is next. huddled in bla

little downpour near hempstead, moving we've got a couple showers near glendale and over toward elmhurst. long island city and jersey city through parts of brooklyn and bay ridge we still have showers getting a little steadier here. this is all filling in here but i think it's going to be steadier north and west of new york city and the other place is going to be eastern long island that gets some of the rainfall. you can see this rain offshore and then the system in the upper atmosphere that has to swing through and give us more rain overnight. last minute connection with some of the moisture in tropical storm kate. i think that's enhancing some of the rainfall over eastern long island. saw lightning there as well. kate is screaming offshore at 35 miles per hour and is of course no threat anymore. it will be out to sea. adding a little moisture at the last second. 7 a.m., 8 a.m., north and east of new york city at that point raining steadiest on the island, connecticut, hudson valley, then leaving scene. sun breaks in the afternoon hours. and it should be better by afternoon. breezy and

he's at elmhurst hospital right now. it really remains unclear as to why that box truck was pulled over and really unclear as to why those men in the elantra slammed into it. their identities so far have not been released. right now police are in the process of trying to pull the vehicles apart. that is why traffic is slowed down right now. it's unclear when they'll reopen this stretch of the road. >> tracie, thank you. >>> happening today in chicago, protesters planning to mark black friday with a massive demonstration. reverend jesse jackson organizing this rally following days of other demonstrations. protesters planning to march right down michigan avenue there ins chicago, which is expected to be packed with black friday shoppers. this is all following the release of dash cam video showing that chicago officer gunning down a teenager. >>> 6:02. new this morning, a bigofarewell ceremony plans in kenya for pope francis. a little while ago, the pontiff spoke to a huge crowd of young people at a nairobi stadium. a littl

but they can take your money. 4 investigates found it's a wowin tproblem in east elmhurst and jackson heights. last year, 16 reports of skimming over a ten-year period. this year that, numbe e quadrupled to 63. >> i heard of the scheme but didn't know it was going on right here. >> if you're working and saving your money and putting it in a bank and someone else is putting a device on a machine and taking your money, that's not cool. >> you can alwaysl.rotect yourself. cover the pin pad with one hand d.when you put in your pin. jiggle the card in the slot. this is interesting. that. anything loose or glued on could mean that's not the machine that's supposed to be there. it's in fa a skimmer that has been addegod. >>> princeton university is agreeing to consider erasing a former president's name from their school. princeton's president and protesting students signed an agreement to address racial tension on campus. the move ended the students' 32-hour sit-in in the president's office. they want woodrow wilson's name taken off campus buildings and programs. wilson was a university pres

.>> reporter: wade is at elmhurst hospital undergoing psychiatric evaluation. >>> people bolted from a new jersey theater after a noise was mistaken for a gunshot. it was the multiplex cinemas on saturday night. the edgewater mayor says it started when someone fell in the theater. the noise sounded like a gunshot and then someone yelled gun. everybody started running. the bomb squad home to the theater with canines and nothing was found. people are especially on alert after the attacks in paris. >> everybody was -- is on alert. we are so close to manhattan and this would be a soft target. >> reporter: nobody was hurt in the theater closed for the night. it will reopen today. >>> intense flames spilled from the 50th floor of one of the tallest buildings in the country. >>> a deep freeze and when the weather out west is expected to bring us colder temperatures this season.>> the pope is a messenger from god. >>> the power of the pope. why one family says a blessing from the pope help to heal her little girl. >>> first, let's check the forecast. >> the coldest air since april. coming up

police are looking for three people in connection to a shooting in elmhurst and consequence. the man on the left is the suspected gunman. he got into an argument with a woman early monday morning, shot a stranger who then tried to intervene. the victim hit several times in the back after he turned and walk away. that person is now in serious condition. at a church and police are trying to track her down. the baby was found by a maintenance worker in richmond hill, queens. he heard the baby crying and found him where the baby jesus would be in the nativity scene. ems workers say the boy is in good health. >> a woman did come into the church with some bag and left the church and the bag was sort of dag ling in the wind. >> social services is looking for a home for the newborn. the parish received a number of calls from volunteers asking to be his new parents. under new york safe haven law, parents can abandon a newborn at places like a church but someone does need to be vandalized. >>> another hotel chain victimized by hackers. hilton discover malware on its computer system. hi

. >> arthur chen at the queen center mall in elmhurst. good morning. >> good morning, it may be the case that gray thursday is taking over black friday. starting early. this mall in particular they would normally open their doors at among the, an they get that first wave then. but yesterday they started to open doors at 3:00 in the amp for certain stores here. as a result a lot more people. a lot more shop rs than what we're seeing here this morning. experts tell us wave will begin at 8:00 or 9:00 but certainly seeing change in the pattern here. nonetheless one retail association estimates more than 600 billion dollars will be sent this holiday season with a bulk of it done this weekend. this weekend their estimate is 138 million shopperses hitting the stores. one of the experts that we're going to talk to describing exactly how things are changing and how earlier hours might reshape thanksgiving weekend. that's in the next half hour. right now life in queens. back to you guys. >> arthur chen. thanks so much. >> all of those people contin

which is operated by skyliner of east elmhurst. >>> now to the weather, the calendar says november 6th but it doesn't feel like. take a look -- it. take a look, today we could hit a record high of 77. meteorologist bill evans outside the studios on the upper west side. bill how long will this last? >> i think it's just a day and then we'll slowly cool down this weekend but even next week temperatures are going to be above normal. you see a lot of folks out here at noontime just wearing t- shirts you know, it's that warm. where it's 72 degrees right now. so it's really, really warm for this time of the year like i said, 57. that's our normal average afternoon high temperature. and here we are with clouds and breaks of sun and 72 degrees. it's 72 around staten and around ridgewood around whitestone and cam bro yea heights 71 degrees. 76 in long island. a little southerly wind and the water temperature is about 59 degrees. but look at the inland numbers even poughkeepsie, that's the warmest spot. it's 75 where there's a lot of sun out. now this is just really for one day. it will start to

as far as that victim, all we know right now is they are at elmhurst hospital in critical condition. of course we're going to keep you updated on this story. reporting live from jackson heights, shirleen allicot, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> we're getting exclusive video tonight of a five-alarm that fire started this afternoon near the top of the 6th story building on montgomery in morris heights. newscopter7 was overhead. you can see the pictures we got there. eyewitness news reporter kemberly richardson is live with the exclusive video and more on the residents and what they're doing this evening. >> that video was taken on the roof of this building where sources tell eyewitness news seconds before this blaze broke out crews were up there doing some type of repairs with fire. by the time units arrived here there was smoke and flames in six of the 11 top floor apartments. >> told me don't take the elevator. run. so i was so scared. >> reporter: that's because dozens of firefighters seen here in this exclusive video had their hands full. battling what would turn out to be a 5-alarm

ilana gold is live from the queens center mall in elmhurst. >> reporter: the shopping has already begun here. take a look. we have seen hundreds of shoppers here. although i can tell you that the crowds have died down in the last few minutes. a lot of stores opened at 6:00 last night and they haven't closed. shoppers tell us it's worth showing up early to beat the crowds. on this black friday, thousands will pack into queen center mall for the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, stores offering serious bargains and shoppers are after door buster deals and major mark downs. she is spending hours stocking up on clothes for her kids. what time did you get here? >> around 8:00. >> reporter: 8:00 last night? >> yeah. >> reporter: and you haven't gone home? >> nope. >> reporter: how good are the deals? >> pretty good. i can't lie. they're actually pretty good. for $100, i bought all my family clothes. >> reporter: and this year, the nypd isn't taking any chances at malls across new york city and stepping up patrols. >> so you will throughout this period of time see a lot more pol

this happened right now near 75th street in elmhurst. roads are little slick and westbound traffic stop and go a little bit because of an accident at exit 18. morris avenue there. and it's moving. at the husbandson river the inbound lincoln tunnel looking about 15 minutes. the outbound holland tunnel five to ten minutes and really no big problems at the george washington bridge right now. from now new york governor cuomo is expected to announce ground-breaking changes to wages for state workers. here's a live look right now foal low square in lower manhattan where you can see a large crowd has now gathered in the rain there. cuomo's office says that he will sign an executive order making the minimum wage $15 an hour for all state workers by the end of 2021. earlier today, new york city mayor bill de blasio spoke out in support of higher wages at rallies in brooklyn and in harlem. workers are demanding a minimum wage of $15 an hour for everyone in the u.s. and want the issue to be part of a national discussion in the upcoming presidential

dari: linda schmidt live in elmhurst, queens, with more on how the crusade to end tipping is gaining steam. >> reporter: good evening to both of you and to everybody watching us tonight there at home. joe's crab shack, they've been testing out the no tipping policy at a few locations since august. now it is expanding the no tipping policy to all 113 locations across the country. joe's crab shack is now the first national restaurant chain to eliminate tipping nationwide. the restaurant says it is testing out the policy to see if it works. servers will be paid at a rate starting at $14 an hour, which is getting some mixed reviews tonight from customers who are used to tipping. >> with the economy today, every dollar you can make, you can bring home if you've got kids. >> tipping would be nice. if you're increasing my pay rate, it would be better. >> reporter: so you support it? >> definitely. >> usually people aren't getting tipped enough these days. and especially since they're going to increase their wages, they would want to work more and happily. >> i don't think it's enough. i thi

eyewitness news reporter dray clark is live now in east elmhurst, queens with more for us. dray? >> reporter: good morning lori. the corrections officer never saw the attack coming but investigators say the two inmates involved. they planned the attack. and they wanted to seriously injure the officer by cutting him over and over again using a blade. this latest inmate attack will leave the corrections officer scarred for life. we had to blur the photo of the officer who was put in a choke hold by one inmate and then slashed by a second man with a blade. the officer was saved by emergency service responders and taken to a hospital in queens. where he needed more than 20 stitches. the face slashing came just hours after the corrections commissioner issued new rules. following the attack the corrections department said this -- safety is commissioner ponzi's top priority and he has zero tolerance for assaults on staff. the department is seeking rearrest of any inmate involved. >> in all due respect to the commissioner of the agency, he's surrounded by individuals that don't know secu

this morning it's a little bit different. chan who joins us from elmhurst. it doesn't seem that crowded. >> good morning. i think what the experts described is a dispersion of this. usually they open the gates at midnight, and that's when the crowds pack in, but some of the storms started opening at 3:00 yesterday, and for that reason when we're seeing is a lull between those two waves, the next one coming after people finish breakfast. this is still the number one retail day of the year, and retail association estimates about $630 billion will be spent holiday season. they think about 100 million shoppers across the u.s. will be out today. certainly, we talked to people that are bleary-eyed, but some of them started shopping at 11:00, midnight, 1:00 this morning, and they're still going. i wouldn't say strong, but they're still going. take a listen in. >> about nine in the night yesterday? >> and you're still going now. oh, my god, it's like a marathon. marathon would have been over already five times for you. >> yes. [laughter] >> we saw a huge group of pe

he was take on the elmhurst hospital. the shoot receiver still on the loose. >>> repairs underway in the bronx after a large water main break, spilling gallons of water. this happens overnight at jennings and charlotte streets. the fooding shut down streets in the neighborhood for several hours. >>> now the morning commute with heather o'rourke. >> and lori we have this accident in brooklyn. i can show you that this vehicle right here slammed into this truck. so we have only one lane getting by on the inbound side of the gowanus. over to our maps and i will tell you exactly what's going on. and then we have this problem on route 287 adds you head northbound right near exit 26 that's an overturned tractor- trailer. one hour george lincoln the holland is your best with 20 minutes. street cleaning rules are in effect. lori over to you. >>> all right, thank you heather and bill evans has a beautiful forecast. >> yes, it's absolutely gorgeous outside. your 8:00 temperature is going to be 60 degrees now as we look up the hudson

. >> reporter: the problem is exploding in east elmhurst, jackson heights, and corona. last year, 16 reports of skimming over a ten-week period. this year over the same time period, the numbers quadrupled to 63. >> i don't think it's good for the neighborhood. >> reporter: the nypd is posting warning fliers on atms in the neighborhood. neighborhood. there are a few things you should be doing every time you use an atm. first off, make sure you cover the key pad with your hand as you punch in the numbers. as you also want to grab the card reader and jiggle it will to make sure there aren't any skimming devices installed. anything loose or glued on is a red flag. have you ever heard of that before? >> no, this is my first time. since you say that, i'm going to be doing that. asking yourself if a few hundred dollars was stolen from your bank account, would you notice? >> i'm pretty good about checking up on what i spend and what's being taken out, so i think i would hope i would be able to catch it. >> reporter: the i.d. thieves are getting more and more high tech, so you'r

we're being joined from elmhurst, new york. you get any deals this morning?> reporter: not just yet. there are a lot of bleary-eyed people here. the gates open at midnight usually and you'll still see a lot of people here. but some of the stores opened at 3:00 yesterday afternoon, this is what we've got. two groups that will come and shop. nonetheless, one retail association estimates $630 billion will be spent this holiday season and about 138 million shoppers will do the bulk of that this weekend alone. certainly, we'll see a lot of volume. one retail expert told us because unemployment is holding at 5%, they will spend more than last year. certainly a good sign and also obviously a lot of people doing a lot of shopping online and doing research online impacting today. we don't see the rush of the crowds right now. but the next wave should start after breakfast, 8:00 or 9:00. if you come before breakfast, you might beat some of those crowds and line. >> thank you. be safe out there. >>> anna, over to you. >> as the holiday season sets in, the stretches of p