hackensack is a peaceful, quiet town. last time we had a shooting in hackensack was 12 years ago. >> the shooting in hackensack was very unusual, very rarely have we had anybody come in here, if ever, for shooting at a cop anyway. i hate they shoot regular people but now they're shooting at cops. their status is greater than what it would have been if they would shot one of their homeys on the street. >> two other connections say they will trade their current status for freedom in a heart beat. one of them, shawn stark has run into an old friend here. >> the hackensack? >> the shooting. >> that was the gun? >> yeah. >> holy [ bleep ]. are you serious? how did it go down? >> because he owned the gun leonardes allegedly used to shoot at police. >> he's in hackensack? >> he's in the hospital with county police officers babysitting him and $2 million bail. >> that's [ bleep ] up. >> stark purchased the unregistered gun from another inmate being held at the jail, jerry nunez. >> the prosecutor came to my house. 15 detectives.

live in hackensack, new jersey christine sloan, cbs2 news. trusted with directing flights above the tri-state area is behind bars tonight. breen peck a controller at tracon one of the busiest flight centers in the country is accused of illegal possession of drugs and guns. cbs 2's jennifer mclogan with the story from westbury. >> reporter: a veteran air traffic controller on the job since 1991 and asaned here to westbury control -- assigned here to westbury control center was arrested during a traffic stop in a car with illegally tinted windows as he headed to a hotel. police say 52-year-old breen peck identified himself as an air traffic controller and admitted to arresting officers he had two unlicensed loaded handguns in his car. they also found a stash of what's believed to be crystal methamphetamine in his pants pocket. >> we believe that he is an active substance abuser and the nassau county police department may have averted an air disaster by arresting this defendant. >> reporter: the faa would not traffic controller responsible for n

>>> located just across the hudson river from america's largest city, hackensack, new jersey, is one of its oldest. while some consider it a suburb of new york city, hackensack has its own character and faces its own challenges. you can find examples just outside downtown, at the bergen county jail. >> he's cleared. >> while some of the men and women incarcerated here have been convicted, most are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial and the resolution of their cases. >> this is like country club compared to my county. >> william bernard might disagree with the country club description. except for a brief stay for driving with a suspended license, this is his first extended stay in jail. bernard says his four months here have caused him panic attacks and worsened his stuttering. >> i would stutter sometimes when the anxiety level would get real high on the outside, but nothing like on a -- on a daily basis to where guys on the unit would be making fun of me because that's just, you know, the way i'm talking every day. i guess some people look at you and don't like you for

just outside downtown hackensack is the bergen county jail. most of the nearly 900 inmates here are accused of crimes and are awaiting trial at the resolution of their cases. the majority of them are from somewhere else. many say bergen county is better than other jails. >> this is a country club. play chess all day. no problems. three tvs. it's country club. >> the country club reference goes back as long as i've been here. so i look at it as a compliment. a country club is a professional, well-organized, strict with rules and regulations. some of the hardened criminals like the dirty, grungy type of jail. they're not going to find that here. >> right here in bergen county jail, they got good, good people. just straight up real. >> with seven prior stays, enrique cruz qualifies as the jail's unofficial tour guide. >> this spanish harlem mover, except for the white guy in the back. he's cool. that's spanish harlem. you have uptown over here. [ bleep ]. sit your ass down, man. stay still. >> over a period of 26 years, cruz has spent time not on

police in hackensack releasing a sketch of the man they are looking for. they say he attacked a woman near poplar avenue after following her from a bus stop. the suspect held a gun to the victim, then sexually assaulted her. >>> surgery is set for tomorrow for mayor de blasio. the mayor's office tells us he is scheduled to have hernia surgery. it will sideline him until sunday. the mayors office says the mayor developed a hernia recently j. a new york cop killed in the line of duty will be honored in queens. a street will be renamed in officer of officer brian moore. the intersection of 222nd street and 92nd road will be named detective first grade brian mooar way. the 25-year-old was shot and killed on duty last may j. a murky pond a few miles from the shooting massacre is now the focus of an intense fbi search. divers acting on a tip began searching a pond where syed farook and tashfeen malik used to spend time. the couple may have gone to the pond after the shooting last week that left 14 people dead. investigators will not say what potential evidence t

that is the story out here live in hackensack, new jersey. christine sloan, cbs2 news. >>> a once vibrant teen from new jersey now bedridden in another country. he lapsed on vacation and his family is struggling to get him home. >> skin condition made famous because michael jackson had it. people who have the same thing. >> and an awards season is here. the golden globe nominations announced today. who is being honored by the hollywood foreign press. >> first, though, dana tyler back now looking ahead at the news at 6:00. hi, dana. >> reporter: we have a cool news on cbs 2 news at 6:00. the future is now at yankee stadium. sonia rincon is with this. >> brand-new lights at l.e.d. lights all over the field and edge and yankee stadium is only the second baseball stadium in the country to get them. >> players and fans both noticing the difference, i'm sure. >> both at home and at the games, you will see brighter lights, richer color, but less glare. and we have an exclusive tour. we'll take you inside. >> can't wait. and the stadium turns the we'

. >> a dangerous drug makes a comeback in hackensack, but this time with a twist. >> and you will see that they are very close to their moms and that's why i call them mama's boys. >> my mom is afraid that she is going to bury me. >> i am not afraid because of lack of sleep, it's because of lack of toughness. >> a young couple discover they're addicted to more than just drugs. >> i am addicted to every drug i put in my body. >> and they have developed a method of communicating unlike any we have seen before. >> a-s-a-p, asap. please get me money asap. >> we are on the same wavelength. i don't know who would have picked up on that kind of thing, but we did. >> and we once again give them cameras to record intimate details about their lives. >> if thomas were to kill someone, i would be right next to him hiding the body. >>> the 40,000 or so residents of quiet hackensack, new jersey, can visit the glitz and glamour of new york city in less than an hour, but on the outskirts of downtown hackensack is a place where compelling drama plays out every day. there are about 900 men and women in

hackensack. just outside downtown is the county's legal district, home to its courthouses and the bergen county jail. >> it's a state of the art facility. we currently have 277 sworn officers here as well as 58 civilians. >> plus 900 male and female inmates. most have only been charged with crimes and are awaiting trial and the resolution of their cases. >> we all here man. we're in the belly of the beast. >> many of those cases are resolved within days. but others can drag on for years. a challenge for those inmates is learning how to cope with monotony and confinement, fear and anxiety. [ screaming ] >> some meet the challenge better than others. >> dixon! >> inside one of the jail's high-security units, inmate paul dixon is having a difficult time. >> paul, nobody's hurting you. just put your hands through so we can get you out of here. >> dixon is naked in what is known as a single-person special management cell. he was placed there earlier in the day due to erratic behavior. his clothes were

it happened at apartment building at the brookdale apartment complex in hackensack. two of the victims are in critical condition tonight at hackensack university medical center, five are now in serious condition. >>> now to those tough new gun control laws in connecticut. governor dan malloy saying you will issue an executive order with a simple message. if you're one of the 10,000 list, you cannot buy a gun in connecticut. malloy taking on the nraer nra -- nra gun lobby and reacting to the terror attacks in san bernardino and paris. marcus solis has more. >> reporter: and, bill, governor malloy says he is seizing the moment, that if and when connecticut gets access to that federal gun list, that federal no fly list, that gun sale ban will go into effect. >> i am here to announce that i intend to sign a first in the nation executive order. >> reporter: calling the recent terrorist attacks in california and paris a wake-up call, connecticut governor dannel malloy is seeking to do what congress has not, prevent those on terror watch lists from being able to purchase fi

a visible presence at the shops at riverside mall in hackensack on saturday night after a busy day of shopping was interrupted by a bomb scare. >> they were running out of bloomingdale's. >> reporter: police and firefighters arrived on the scene at 1:30 in the afternoon. >> we just pulled in, and police were all over the place, and they told everyone to get out. >> reporter: employees and customers waited nervously outside, and the bomb squad swept the building, giving the all clear after 3 hours. the lower level restroom where they found graffiti saying something about a bomb remained closed even when shoppers were let back inside. >> that's life now. >> reporter: melissa martinez says the threat of terrorism casts its shadow nearly everywhere. >> it's awful. you can't even go shopping for christmas without being concerned that something awful may happen. >> reporter: some shoppers said they will not let such scares other mall. >> no, i pretty much go as planned, and i always have my suspicious activity. >> reporter: these are unsettling times for many. >> it makes me think we are no

this happened at the mall hackensack where many were forced to get up and flee the shops. michael? >> reporter: security told hundreds of shoppers and mall employees to get out of the mall immediately. now we learn this all started when a security guard found a bomb threat written in a bathroom. mass evacuation. this video obtained by news 4 shows hundreds of shoppers and mall employees taking to the parking lot after riverside mall was evacuated right in the middle of a busy shopping weekend. >> pretty crazy. evacuate. >> reporter: did they tell you why? >> nope. >> reporter: it all started when a security guard found a bomb threat written in graffiti in the mall bathroom. they immediately cleared out the told us there was no panic. >> it was order ily. there was no one running or scared. everyone took their time. >> reporter: bomb-sniffing dogs searched the outside and inside. shoppers driving up to the mall officers. >> the policewoman told us that, you know, it could be in a certain building. >> reporter: mall employees waited outside for hours unaware building. given. no evide

the attack happened friday, november 27th, near main and poplar streets inrs hackensack. investigators released this sketch of the suspect. the man allegedly followed his victim for about a bnsck after she got off a bus. police say he pulled a gun, ordered the victim to give himb assaulting her. parents at a dance studio near where this attack happened say they're worried about the safety of their own children. >> this is very disappointing to know that it's so close to our dance studio. >> i'll be on the lookout, definitely. especially, i have to bring my child here again tomorrow. >> at least one parent we talked to said it's a sad reminder of why he won't let his daughter walk to school alone, not even walk from school to that area alone. >>> a common core task force is recommending an overhaul in new york state. while the group says education standards are important, it adds common core is too rigid and not adaptable. the group believes tests should be shorter and should not be used to evaluate teachers for the next few years. they also recommend considerations for st

live in hackensack, a.j. ross, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, a.j. >>> the fbi found items in its search of a lake in san bernardino but no word if the items are related to the mass shooting. divers are searching the lake for a third day hoping to find evidence linked to the mass shooting on december 2 that killed 14 people in particular a computer hard drive that the suspects may have tossed in the water. >>> authorities have detained a person of interest in an arson fire at a mosque. police in coachella, california say the fire was intentional. everyone got out safely and mosque members were forced to pray in the street outside. >>> dozens of demonstrators protest the acquittal of a nassau police officer in the beating of a driver. protestors rallied in williston park to denounce what they say officer. a judge handed down a not guilty verdict prides. he -- friday. he was accused of beating a man last year. he said it was reasonable because howell reached for his glove box making the officer fearfu

again, she is in her 40s and rushed to hackensack medical center. as you can imagine it's quite a scene that people are waking up to here this morning with the on the scene, a number of street clothed and detectives walking around looking for shell casings, trying to get more information and to understand why that officer opened fire on that in her 40s. we're live in rochelle park dray clark channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> breaking news now overseas. authorities in egypt are disputing claims that the downing of a russian passenger plane was a terrorist attack. an egyptian investigation into the october crash found no evidence of foul play. the report is not final but it contradicts russia's finding that a bomb was detonated on board. a local branch of the islamic state claimed responsibility for the disaster which killed 224 people. >>> and new this a massage therapist is accused of sexually assaulting a customer during massage session. 29-year-old george garcia will be arraigned this morning in a inappropriately touched a woman while giving her a ma

♪ grow old with me ♪ let us share what we see ♪ and oh the best it could be ♪ just you and i ♪ hackensack7,600 men and women every year. >> look straight, man. >> most will leave within a day or two. but those who cannot make bond will be assigned to a housing unit until their cases are resolved. >> let's go, gentlemen. >> the majority of stays here usually occur without incident. but not david goodell's. >> this is david's picture from the arrest the day after the murder. he had attempted suicide or at least made gestures of attempting suicide prior to his arrest. >> after strangling his 21-year-old former girlfriend, viviana tulli, goodell drove around hackensack throughout the night and the following morning with her corpse seated beside him. >> i put a hat on her, some glasses. all the while i was doing that, i guess not to make her look dead or make her look more alive or -- i don't know. >> goodell eventually pulled over and cut his wrists in an apparent suicide attempt. at some point, he says he stumbled out of the car. >> next thing you know i woke up in a pool of blood with a cop

they're being treated right now at hackensack university medical center. we're told osha investigators are looking into what happened in this case. >>> 6:20 right now. talk about a long morning commute. the 250-mile mission that's going on rig now. >>> and then don't forget, follow us on facebook and twitter. welcome, to the simply orange tour. this is our plant. these are our workers. and this, ntlypper management. but what you non't find around here, isn, any freezing, flavoring, or concentrating. which brings us to our end product. simply orange. honestly simple. that's just the night watchman. >>> welcome back. looking out from atop the rock. 51 degrees. it's friday morning, 6:23. happening right now, three crew members from the international space station are heading home. they're in a soyu capsule that undocked from the station just before 5:00 a.m. this morning. the capsule is expected to land in kazakhstan in about two hours. an american astronaut is among the three returning crew members. they spent 141 days on the space station. >> wow. now they'

and says he has raised reasonable doubt we hope to be here in hackensack at the courthouse to find outt his future will be. >> this is a "chasing news" exclusive of is the first to read the interview with stacey lopez in her hospital bed when it was like to be propelled backwards from the passenger side door, smashed on to the ground after a suspect shot a taxi driver and crashed into the car she was a broken bones all along her spine for pelvic bone her tailbone and the worst part was arafat and surgery's and the doctors said we will have to amputate. >> i did a lot of free habit i was playing around. >> she is a belly dancer the idea to lose her flight is unimaginable she said save it. >> but it is for balance and that makes a huge difference every now and then i will have weird pains. >> she always said the data is okay. >> at one point to the doctor override the patient? if you want to fight for something? from the looks of it you cannot believe they did not have to amputate. >> net type of situation she is young and determined and strong and brave she decided to take a harder road

police in hackensack have released this sketch of the man they are looking for. investigators say the predator stalked a woman after she got off a bus and attacked her near poplar avenue last month. the suspect held a q1 to the her. call police. >>> it is 5:52. still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, investigators remain puzzled after a commuter train in massachusetts managed without an operator on son, the holiday season's just like football season... you got your big games... ...cheese plates, turkey, appetizers. and regular games. get it all at a great price... ...and the holiday season is won. that's my boy! fill your cart with everything you need this season, all at one place. >>> you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic together. we're coming up on 5:55. partly cloudy skies, beautiful sunrise coming, 53 by 10:00, going to be way warm for this hour of the day by 20 degrees in the afternoon temperature, 62 today with sunshine. it only gets warmer this weekend. how's it going out there? >> let's take a look at a webcam. show you how

he was taken to hackensack university hospital where he died from his injuries. the driver of the car left the scene. no arrests have been made. >>> back here in new york shoppers got a scare on long island. this video shows people running for the exits after a fight broke out near the food court. the mall was briefly put on lock down. haven't made arrests. >>> christmas is over and the headache of holiday shopping should be too but that was not the case in new jersey. this was the frustrating scene outside garden state plaza. a long line of cars waiting to get out returning gifts or taking advantage of discounts and sales. shoppers say they waited hours just to find a place to park. >> just kept going around until we got--until we eventually found something. >> we thought it would be packed because it was the day after christmas but it was really much more crowded than we ever could believe. >> shoppers say it took several hours just to exit the parking garage. >>> sprint and verizon customers have to act fast if they want to claim refunds for unauthorized texts

live in hackensack this evening, a.j. ross, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> and now to the weather. if you have been outside even for a second today you may be wondering are we actually approaching winter or coming back into consumer. >> people across the tri-state area are out and about enjoying the record warmth in december at the boardwalk in coney island. >> this is lincoln center on the upper west side. the high temps got people asking what happened to winter. >> meteorologist jeff smith has the first look at the accuweather forecast. >> just to put it in perspective, today's high that is typical of a high temperature on april 30th or early october. we are talking spring and midfall. that is what it's middelves 66 a was the high in the park. 66 newark. a record at islip. 68 degrees there. 61 a record at bridgeport, connecticut. unbelievable levels of warmth, especially south of new york city. you actually got into the low 70s in places like belmar and toms river. low 60s on the east end of the island at

the hackensack fire department tweeted out this photo of the scene a short while ago. >> this happened at an apartment complex on tracy lane. let's get writ to eyewitness news reporter cefaan kim who has been gathering more information. >> as you said, the fire department says that scaffolding fell about 35 feet this time if all of the injured workers were actually on that scaffolding when it fell but according to one resident, at least one of those men was on the roof when this happened and he was working on that roof when a chunk of that roof came off and that man fell down with it. let me take a step back so you can see the massive response now. we have since been pushed back from the scene since we got here but it happened down this driveway between these two three story buildings. according to witnesses, they first heard a loud boom and then saw that scaffolding collapse and saw several fell. now, residents say for several months now they have been doing some roof repair work here. this complex is called the brookdale, about 200 apartments here, they are all three story buildings

. >> they wero taken to hackensack univer ty medical center. there is no word on what caused the collapse. >>> a sentencing hearing. almost everybody, including the judge wlt sorry they hhd to send a man to jail for murder. >> the man was sentenced for killing his one-time boy scout leader who he accused of repeatedly sexually abusing him when he was a child. brian thompson was in the courtroom to see it all. brian? >> reporter: he says he already spent three and a half years in jail, chuck, accused of the murder and even after pleading shilty last summer, awaiting sentencing of the former sheriff's officer. he will be in prison for life because of the sexual abuse he suffered. >> he not only stole my lived my whole life. >> reporter: his family in tears behind him. he learned he will spend at least one more y r in prison for killing a former sheriff officer, boy scout leader and rapist to young boys. the past led him to hisihome. he stabb him 30 times, slit his throat in a drunken cocaine enraged theory after seeing cjerry sandusky smile on tv

shoppers were forced to evacuate the mall in hackensack after a bomb threat was found on a note in the bathroom. it happened yesterday afternoon just after 1. while employees and customers waited outside the bomb squad swept the building. >> we just pulled in and police all over the place and told everybody to get out. the mall was closed. >> it's awful that you can't go shopping for christmas without after three hours. >>> a new jersey man is behind bars accused killing two people inside their home. raymond yesterday. authorities have not identified the victims. they made the gruesome discovery friday afternoon. the medical examiner will determine the cause of death. bail. >>> a 23-year-old man has been arrested for setting fire to a mosque. he has been arrested on hate and arson charges. plans on the islamic center of palm springs. no one was hurt. the mosque is 70 miles from san bernardino the site of the second radical shooting. >>> some fists did go flying leaving one man injured and another under arrest. this cell phone video from 29 29th street and broadway shows and another man

investigators say he followed his female victim toathe bus stop at main and hackensack and pulled a gun on her. he then demanded money and sexually asskiaulted her before running off. anyone with information is asked to call the prosecutor's fice d>>> more safety mesh sures where a teen was struck and killed bay bus driver. news 4 cameras were there as the family made an emotional visit to the site where he was killed. he was hit by a speeding driver at northern and junction bouev id tuesday night. his relatives were joined by local official who is say more knds to be done to protect pedestrians in this neighborhood. >> we need to incr se the number of speed cameras on t think they can hit someone and drive away and get away with it. >> the city mite sevloal upgrades and is in the process of reviewing this area to see if ythi else can be done. police are still looking for the driver. >>> a home ss teenager pleaded not guilty in the murder of a man. the 19-year-d was in c rt today. he's a used of stabbing 66-year-old michael earlier this month. he ran out of a top floor apartment yelling

you're seeing by rich 440 doing fine but there is an accident over the bridge blocking a lane, hackensack bridge, one lane blocked, south bound with this accident with injuries. and the alexander hamilton bridge those directions moving fine, trains on or close to schedule. juliet: i didn't think it was so bad yesterday. ben: took 40 minutes to get from the upper east side in the 90s to the plaza to see santa. juliet: an escaped prisoner back greg:-year-old barry tune was found in a homeless shelter in brooklyn after 6 hours on the run. was originally arrested for misdemeanors this gave a police vehicle while handcuffed. they arrived at broadway and for lincoln street and he slipped into a nearby subway station to get away, he was the sixth prisoner, to escape. juliet: bill deblasio plans to deal with the homeless crisis in the city, home stats is an acronym for homeless outreach and mobile engagements reaction team. it adds 147 workers to the apartment of homeland services for a one on one personal approach to each individual homeless person. >> every day city's teams will inspect hotspot

. >>> warning to drivers in new jersey, crews are working to repair a broken water main in hackensack. this is on essex street not far from the medical center. earlier today. the street is closed in both directions near the road and first avenue. >>> new at noon, police in new jersey calling it the christmas present they didn't really want. an officer was investigating a man who was apparently intoxicated and haktstown. when the offer asked for id, he handed over his wallet, inside that wallet, pot. and then that man got a gift, ride to the hospital on christmas day, yeah, and drug possession charges after that. >> there you go. >>> all right, coming up next here at noon, the bronx saying good-bye to a neighborhood staple. sad story here, a local bakery forced to close it's doors without knowing why. >> aw. >>> 24 years, thousands of games, and millions of happy spectators, we are going to take a look back at the legendary life of the clown prince of >>> hello, currently stationed here van boourn. i want to give a shoutout to my family in brooklyn, new york, >>> he was the heart of th

. >> he was taken to hackensack university medical center and treated for wounds. >>> major league baseball says no to pete rose in a decision released today rejected rose's application to have his lifetime ban lifted. the reason? according to manfred. rose admitted he continues to bet on baseball and other pro sports, the very reason he was banned in the first place back in 1989. his decision means rose will still not be eligible for induction into the baseball hall of fame. >>> janice. >> i'm here. i came to stand next to you, but that's not where i am supposed to be. little exercise. you have to slow down in this heat because that's what we had record highs and temperatures even in some areas were in the 70s over the weekend. and today was no exception. we still had some more records across the area. now, we have some rain moving in and that's always great news. so dry for so long. the soggy weather is moving in now. you may start to see some sprinkles within the hour in spots. another round of rain on thursday, which is great. the temperatures will drop back down to average levels for d

he was taken to hackensack hospital where he died from his injuries. scene. so far there's been no arrests. >>> a suffolk county mother is accused of driving drunk with the car. 25-year-old latonya moette was intoxicated when she lost control of her car in bay shore yesterday afternoon. her car overturned and her 6- year-old niece was ejected from the car. she is facing aggravated dwi and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. >>> at laguardia airport a spoke condition formed travelers on a spirit airlines plane to evacuate. everyone acted quickly to get to safety. >> we boarded the plane, and we were at the gate and there were huge plumes of smoke out of the window. worst for the spirit airlines flight. >> i was like oh my god, the gas going to catch and the plane is going to explode. >> reporter: thankfully that didn't happen, but all 228 passengers and 7 crew members who were supposed to be on their way to fort lauderdale for the holidays were told to evacuate and deplane immediately. >> everyone has to evacuate. everyone got up quick, and there

hundreds of people spilled into the parking lot of the riverside square mall in hackensack just this afternoon. you can see police there flashing lights. officials weren't taking any chances after a security guard found a threat written in graffiti in a bathroom. a mall employee told us there was no panic during that evacuation. >> it was older. there was no one running. there was no one scared. everybody took their time. >> the policewoman told us it >> could be nerve-racking. bomb-sniffing dogs searched inside and outside of the mall while police guarded the entrance. they gave the all clear about three hours later. >>> a parish in disbelief as a bronx catholic church is accused of stealing donation plate collections and breaking his vow of celibacy by using the money to pay for a male prostitute. tonight, cardinal dolan is talking about this scandal. the lawsuit filed on behalf of parishioners accuses father peter mcquelly of st. francis december chantelle church for stealing moneys for his romantic rand views. there's a $14,000 check that the priest allegedly wrote to himself. th

they fell 45 feet at an apartment complex in hackensack, bergen county. federal officials will join local investigators trying to figure out how this happened. >>> there is more political chaos in colwyn. last month we showed you this confrontation on election day. now there is new fallout. the nbc 10 investigators have learned prosecutors are looking into the possibility of election fraud. the investigators confirmed the delaware county district attorney's office is investigating fraud allegations. former colwyn manager paula brown was a poll watcher. >> it was totally illegal in violation of the election code. people were working the polls that were inside the boards that were not appointed correctly, legally. >> the delaware county elections bureau referred the case to a d.a. after the deputies made multiple visits to the colwyn polling site. it's unclear which aspect is under investigation. >> happening now, three astronauts getting ready to return from the international space station. one from nasa, one from japan and another from russia have been at

we have the hackensack river drawbridge pen right now. truck route 1-9 shut down in both directions in this area. if you're getting on the major commuter lines, everything looks good. for a few more minutes, the 9th street station is closed for path commuters. that will reopen. lauren, thanks so much. >>> right now the manhunt continues for a texas teen who killed four people while driving drunk. ethan couch was given probation for that deadly crash. his attorneys claim he was spoiled by his family's wealth and couldn't tell right fr wrong. couch and his mother disappeared nine days ago. police think video that shows the teen appearing to play beer pong may have caused himoro go on the run. drinking alcohol is al violation of his probation. if it turns out his mom is helping him escape, she could face charges as well. >>> two southwest airlines planes clipped wings at bob hope airplane in burbank, california. flight 815 was scheduled to fly to oakland when its wing touched the wing of a parked plane yesterday. 225 passengers had to get of

critically, the workers were installing a new roof this afternoon on a 3 story apartment building hackensack. the burton county sheriff's office is investigating. >>> now to breaking news, three teenage boys and a 20-year-old has been arrested in a robbery inside central park this evening. police say a man was punched, and had his iphone stolen earlier this evening near east 73rd street. the four suspects then ran away, and were caught three blocks away. the group is suspected of being involved in two previous central park robberies this week. police are also investigating two other robberies in and around the park in recent days. >>> new now information in a suspected arsonist connected to at least seven fires in queens. new video shows he is armed. forest hill shows a man taking what police say is a handgun out of his sweatpants. today, including one just outside a police station. connected. >>> a man on an anti-muslim tirade faces charges after his outburst at a midtown restaurant turned violent. cbs 2's valerie castro has more now on how the confrontation story. >> reporter: 26-year-old

he attacked a 22-year-old woman in hackensack last month. on christmas eve, that woman called police saying she had spotted her attacker. that led to bank's arrest. >>> a bronx man accused of shooting his wife is in custody in maryland. police tracked down ralph herrera. he's accused of shooting his wife just feet from their children. the victim is recovering after being hit in the arm and the neck. the kids were not hurt. >>> the parents of a high school football player from staten island who died after practice are suing the city. he died in 2014 after passing out at curtis high school. the medical examiner said he died of hypertrophic cardio myopathy, a thickening of the heart muscle. obesity was also said to be a kirkland's parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit claiming a defibrillator wasn't readily available at practice. >>> if you decide to get divorced, you better be sure about it, at least in new hampshire. the state supreme court has upheld a lower court ruling refusing to reverse a couple's divorce. they got divorced after 24 yea

the shops at riverside in hackensack was evacuated for several hours as police searched that property for anything suspicious, this after a security officer found a threatening graffiti message in a rest room that suggested a bomb threat. shoppers were asked to leave the mall. >> it was surreal because everybody was just casually walking out. shocked. not too much panicking at that point but i was one of the few that got out really quickly. >> the bomb squad and canine units didn't find anything shoppers were allowed back into the mall a few hours later. >>> the white house tonight is calling the climate contract approved in paris today the most ambitious climate change agreement unhistory. leaders from nearly 200 countries adopted an agreement to slow global warming by greenhouse gas pollution. the paris agreement aims to keep temperatures from rising another degree celsius by the end of the century. president obama says the problem is not solved by today's agreement but says establishes the framework the world needs to combat the climate crisis. >> no nation, not even one as powerfu

, 9 w closed both directions, a here is another direction in new jersey, 46 east bound by south hackensack an accident blocking a plane. let's show you the shot again of the bqe, this is the lie, you can see that is block toward the lower level because of a tractor-trailer that flipped clearing things out of the way. eastbound bqe the ramps, lower level remains closed because of that problem if your continuing eastbound you should be fine, cross bronx towards the alexander hamilton bridge doing fine, no problems on the deegan, northbound southbound bqe approaching the brooklyn bridge. liz: a lot more coming up. adele beckham jr. get suspended for one game but will be played this weekend? giants fans want to know. next with sports. kerry: "good day" coming right back, stay with us. dunkin's new sweet black pepper bacon sandwich, with double the slices of caramelized crispy pepper bacon. it's the bacon experience you've been waiting for. bacon up. piano music. wow. i'm glad you finally made it, dad. you have to experience this city. that's what you always say. you were right about the food.

as they suddenly plunged into the hackensack river. >> it's not a day i don't cry over this. it's hard. it's very difficult. i'm trying to cope with it each and every day. >> the bridge was later renamed in their honor. rebels is dead after an air strike carried out by the syrian armymy. zahran alloush headed one of the most powerful insurgent groups with saudi arabia backing. they controlled rebels in the suburbs in the fight against president bashar al-assad. >>> coming up next on eyewitness news saturday morning, a major blow to the de blasio administration a year after introducing the municipal id, some businesses are refusing to accept it. >>> this is not a boat floating down the river in alabama. it's a boathouse. it's on a lake that doesn't have a current usually but does now. heavy rain led to flooding. the boathouse was swept across the lake off the dock. so it's a boathouse where you would keep other boats inside? >> it didn't look like a boat you live on. i didn't see any like stainless steel appliances or -- [ laughter ] >> couches. [ laughter ] >> big-screen tv.

police ordered the evacuation of the riverside square mall in hackensack after it was discovered in a bathroom run 1:00 p.m.. police searched the mall but found no evidence of any kind of long. shoppers were allowed back in at around 4:00 p.m.. antwan: police searching for an arsonist in queens think they may have a copycat on their hands. they're looking for the men's video near one of the seven incidents in forest hills. three small trash fires including one outside the 112th precinct on thursday. nypd has video for copycat believing the suspect it's the never had. christina: investigators in the san bernardino shooting -- they're hoping the i'm so provide clues as to last week shooting that killed 14 people. the fbi has not release what farook and tashfeen malik may have gone there to dump items after the shooting and before they were shot and killed by police. antwan: works that fell on an upper site side highrise., streets were shut down the 63rd and first avenue. the buildings department said crews will work through the weekend to try to the building secured by monday. the city

a security officer at the shops at riverside in hackensack noticed the warning written on the wall inhe restroom. police found nothing. the mall re-opened around 4:00 later in the day. >>> students may see a lot more police around the rutgers campus this week because three robberies early saturday morning sparked the increased patrols and police are now investigating the robberies. >>> santa ditches the sleigh. it's not his usual ride, but who says no to a boat? we will explain what santa was doing on the water this weekend. >>> everybody seems to be doing it, leaving the mall behind to shop online. while you may think it's convenient, it's actually causing problems for the delivery company. we will have more on their so-called seasonal struggle, next. >>> almost quarter after 7:00 on this sunday. here's a live look over center city philadelphia, and we do see haze like the past few days, and temperatures in the low 50s right now and they are going to get pretty close to the 70-degree mark like they did yesterday. we will have details throughout the newscast from meteorologist, michel

here's another problem in new jersey, truck route 109, hackensack passaic river bridge by troy 440, traffic south bound not moving, traffic light in red, northbound and accident on the bridge blocking two lanes but if there are injuries involved. just watch out for a slowdowns, george washington bridge, see how that is doing, trains are on or close, gridlock alert they, street cleaning rules in effect. ben: how many more do we have? ines: just one, next wednesday. ben: another escaped prisoner is back in custody. he was out for a while. ben: we have seen video of people sprinting down the street, happen the dozen times, daily news reporting 20-year-old homeless shelter at 1:30 this morning after six hours on the run. he was originally arrested for a misdemeanor but escaped a police vehicle while handcuffed. police say he made a run near broadway and franklin streets and they believe he flipped into a nearby subway station to get away. he is at least the sixth prisoner since june to escape so about a month. juliet: bill deblasio has been talking about the homeless problem that is a problem.

carson and robert wen died when their cruiser plunged off an open drawbridge and fell into the hackensack river. the officers crossing what was then known as the lincoln highway bridge responding to a call on christmas night 2005. they had no idea the bridge wasn't up and wasn't working. the bridge later renamed in their honor. >>> christmas eve turned shopping -- christmas eve shopping turned deadly at a mall in north carolina. an off-duty police officer shot and killed a teenager there after authorities say the teen pointed a gun at the officer. police say the shooting happened after two groups of people began fighting at the mall in charlotte. shots were fired during the fight sending shoppers running into nearby stores. the officers who shot the 18- year-old was placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation. >>> tragedy overseas killing more than 100 people who just wanted to cook christmas dinner. a tanker truck exploded at the gas plant in nigeria. most of the victims people who wanted to fill their cylinders to cook for the holiday. eyewitnesses say a tanke

59-year-old steven was hit by a car at cedar lane and garrison avenue on friday night taken to hackensack university hospital where he died from his injuries. the driver of the car fled the scene and police haven't made any arrests. >>> investigators are trying to determine the motive in the murder suicide that left three people including an eight-year- old girl dead in edgewater. 53-year-old michael shot and killed his 49-year-old wife and their young daughter before pulling the gun on himself. investigators believe the murder suicide took place two or three days before christmas. edgewater police came to the scene on christmas after getting a call from a man in missouri who said his sister and her family did not show up for the holidays. >>> shoppers got a scare at the mall on long island yesterday. video shows people running for the exits after a fight broke out near the food court. they didn't make any arrests but the mall was briefly put on lock down. many shoppers went running fearing for their safety. >> i think it's pretty scary in this day and age you never know what's going to h

the suspect identified as 46- year-old matthew caseman of nearby maywood was rushed to hackensack university medical center with gunshot wounds to the lower extremities. it appears that caseman drove off route 17 going northbound. he came off the passaic street exit, seriously misjudging the garden of landscaping blocks. he then pulled his car in front of the building housing bergen county social services. a guard on duty alerted the cops and who arrived a short time after and found caseman and then all of a sudden that's when the shooting occurred, and park police officers. >> they heard five to seven in a row. that was all i heard. i didn't hear any cars screeching, nothing, no yelling, nothing. that's just scary that it happened right outside your back door basically. >> it's something that we never thought would happen in our town. >> now the shooting is being investigated by the bergen county prosecutor's office. the victim is expected to survive suffering non-lethal injuries. that is the latest live from rochelle park new jersey, eyewitness news. >>> thank you so much anthony. new at n

shoppers were forced to evacuate the mall in hackensack after a bomb threat was found on a note in the bathroom just after 1:00. while employees and customers waited outside the bomb squad checked the building. >> we just pulled in and police all over the place and they told everybody to get out the mall was closed. >> it's awful you can't go shopping for christmas without being concerned something awful might happen. >> police gave the all clear after about three hours. >>> a suspect remains jailed this morning charged with setting fire to a southern california mosque. 23-year-old james palm junior is being held on hate crime and arson charges. the fire was friday on the 70 miles of san bernardino. radicals there were inspired by isis. no one at the mosque was injured injured. >>> there weren't too many injuries at santa con but fists did go flying leaving one man injured and another arrested. a handcuffed man in a santa hat another man being loaded into the ambulance. the two were arguing when one man punched the other in the face causing him to fall and consciousness. they may have

shoppers were forced to evacuate the riverside square mall in hackensack after a bomb threat was found in on a note while employees and customers waited outside the bergen county bomb squad swept the building and gave the all clear after three hours. >>> police released the surveillance video of the woman seen? these images may have tried to abduct a one-year-old girl. the baby's mother tells police the incident happened in a first floor bathroom on thursday. the suspect started by saying the baby was beautiful but then said give me the baby while grabbing the child's arm. the suspect left the store in a black liberty cab. >>> an investigation under way in brooklyn after a man was shot and killed overnight just after midnight on lexington avenue in bedsty. a 27-year-old man was shot several times though it's unknown what led to the incident or who shot him. the man who has not been identified yet was taken to wood hole hospital where he died. >>> postal officials are assessing the damage after a fire that left six vehicles damaged. last night on a postal facility on 11th avenue in chel

they fell 45 feet at an apartment complex in hackensack, bergen county. officials will join local investigators to figure out how this happened. >>> a barn went up in flames in delaware county on the property of a former state senator. this is cell phone video that shows the flames at the height of the fire. this barn is located in upland. here's a photo taken at the scene as crews worked to contain the fire. they got the call around 9:30 last night and brought the fire under control more than an hour later. we're told the barn is actually a horse stable but we've learned that no animals were inside at the time. the structure is on the property of former pennsylvania state senator clarence bell. bell died 13 years ago. he remains the longest serving public official in pennsylvania with a record 48 years in office. >> new security measures are in place at elementary and middle schools in eve shawn township following a campus scare. police officers will be assigned to each school the rest of the month. a 14-year-old had a replica toy gun outside. the school

police say he attacked a 22- year-old woman in hackensack last month. on christmas eve, that woman spotted her attacker on the street. that led to bank's arrest. >>> the parents of a high school football player from staten island who died after collapsing during practice is suing the city. 16-year-old miles kirkland died in 2014 after collapsing at curtis high school. the medical examiner said he died of hyper trophic cardiomyopathy. obesity was cited as a contributing factor. kirkland's parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit, claiming a defibrillator wasn't readily available at practice. >>> we've got two pretty big sports stories today. we'll start at the meadowlands, where the jets now control their own playoff destiny. it was a bizarre ending to this game. jets and patriots went to overtime, where the pats won the ot coin flip and elected to kick off. the jets get the ball and scored a touchdown, when ryan fitzpatrick finds eric decker. game over. choosing to give the jets the ball. mistake. poor tactical decision, whatever. if the jets beat the bil

it happened yesterday in an apartment complex in hackensack new jersey. the scaffolding gave way sending a roofing crew plummeting. a 10-year-old boy in a second floor apartment watched the victims fall. >> saw a quick shadow falling down, then more pieces of roof fell with the shadow, and then suddenly i heard workers screaming. >> wow. people in the area say the you was repairing or replacing the roofs on all the buildings in the complex. >>> new this morning, we have predator on the loose harlem. take a closer look at this surveillance video we received overnight. police say the man attacked a 60-year-old woman inside the come actor room of a building. he pushed the woman to the floor, tried to rape her, and then he choked her. she is recovering after suffering cuts and bruises. >>> 6:05, developing this morning, a deadly crash involving a medevac helicopters. the chopper went down at the macfarlane. the chopper was headed to bakersfield when it crashed. it was carrying a pilot, a nurse, a paramedic and a patient when it went down in heavy fog and rain

carson and robert win died when their cruiser plunged off an open drawbridge and fell into the hackensack river. we all remember that terrible accident that christmas night. the officers were crossing what was then known as the lincoln highway bridge while responding to a call. this was on christmas night 2005. two years later the bridge was renamed in their honor. >>> in a few hours queen elizabeth's annual christmas message will be broadcast across great britain. the queen will emphasize that light can help triumph over dark times. the monarch will mark the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii by thanking those who served. the royal family will spend the day at their estate north of london. >>> 70 years since world war ii, 15 years we've been doing this, reading your e-mails and tweets and facebook posts, although back when we started after the 9/11 attacks in december 2001 deciding to get community talk along, talk-a- thon on christmas morning. it was just beautiful then, and it still is nice. so many wonderful e-mails and posts and we're going to read them again right now. >> p