ilana gold, cbs 2 news. >> ilana thank you. the pentagon says the u.s. came day. 17 air born strikes hit iraq and syria carried out by fighter air craft bombers and remotely controlled. of north texas. >> oh it's massive. oh my gosh it's big. camera in a dallas suburb. were leveled. the church was torn apart and five people were killed when a tornado blew cars off the road. the national weather service says the preliminary count shows 11 tornadoes touched down last night. >>> police have now identified the man killed in a christmas day hit-and-run. 59-year-old steven litka was hit by a car in cedar lane friday night. the driver of the car left the scene. no arrests have been made. >> shoppers got a scare on long island. video shows people running for the exits after a fight broke out near the food court. no one was hurt and police didn't make any arrests but the mall was briefly put on lock down. shoppers took off fearing for safety. this day and age you always got to know what's going to happen and keep your guard up. >> during an attempted robbery the

ilana gold has more on his condition. ilana? >> andrea the boy had surgery overnight. a bullet was lodged in his cheek. his family has been here at the hospital the entire time. a few of his relatives spoke with us and say he's expected to be o'clock but they are outraged. this is a photo of a swollen lip and cheek. his uncle took it right before the boy's surgery to remove a he released the image and talk to us about the scare. >> somebody come with the gun and they leave running. >> he had been sitting in this car at the corner of bergen and harrison avenues when a gunman opened fire yesterday a bullet shattered the back wind shield and one of them struck the toddler. >> imagine shooting 12 bullets in a few seconds. >> the five-year-old sister seen in this christmas picture was in the back seat next to him when this happened. their father michael also in the car behind the wheel. they were sitting in the vehicle waiting to pick up the children's mother. she walked out to find her son shot and crying uncontrollably before getting rushed to the hospital. >> bleeding ev

ilana gold is live from morris park with more. ilana? >> reporter: fortunately the victims were not hurt, but it was a scary situation. the suspects barged into the autobody shop, pulling out their guns and threatening them. look at the surveillance video from automotive collision from east chester road, and you can see the customers at the desk on friday, and seconds later, the man with the black hat and glasses walks in, followed by his alleged accomplice with a black hat and nike sweatshirt. police ordered the man and the customer to get on the ground, and one ordered the victim to the back of the room, and the other locks the front door and then rummages under the desk he manages to find $2,000, and after spending 7 minutes in here, the suspects took off with the cash. the suspects are not known to the business, and there's been no similar robberies in the area. police need to find the men before they possibly target another business. they want you to come forward with any information. ilana gold, cbs 2 news. >>> ilana, thank you. >>

ilana gold is live with more on his condition. ilana? >> andrea, boy had surgery overnight. a bullet was lodged in his cheek. we talked to the relatives at the hospital. he's expected to be okay but they are outraged. >> this is a photo of with a his uncle took this picture and released an image and talk bad the scare. >> somebody came with the gun and then leaves running. >> he had been sitting in the car at the corner of bergen and harrison avenues when a gunman opened fire 2:30 yesterday afternoon. a bullet shattered the back wind shield and one of them struck the toddler. >> imagine someone getting a gun and shooting it 12 bullets at the same time in a few seconds. >> the 5-year-old sister was in the back seat next to him when this happened. their father michael also in the car behind the wheel. they were sitting in the vehicle waiting to pick up the office. she walked out to find her son shot and crying uncontrollably before getting rushed to the hospital. >> bleeding everywhere in his face. >> people in the neighborhood gunshots. >> i saw it and i ran inside again and

live in jersey city this morning ilana gold cbs 2 news. >>> now to a developing story. six passengers are being questioned after a suspected bomb was found on an air france flight. the flight was forced to make an emergency landing in kenya early this morning after someone found the strange device in a laboratory. all 463 passengers were safely evacuated. device. >>> new jersey residents are on edge after a string of break ins just days before christmas. saddlebrook police reported four different robberies on saturday. and smashed windows to get inside. computers, cash, and jewelry were reported missing. residents say they are stunned. >> i'm shocked. we never hear of these things in saddlebrook. >>less say use dead bolt locks. use motion detector lighting and keep lights on using timers. >>> flames filled the air at a construction site in hunters point queens yesterday. the fire started after a drilling rig hit a gas line at the site. con ed shut the gas off. >>> today marks one year after two nypd officers were shot and killed while sitting in their patrol car in broo

ilana gold joins us from lower manhattan. >> reporter: a vote will happen in just a few hours here in this building on broadway. city leaders want drivers to pay up if they leave the scene of the accident. the hope is that it will make them think twice about doing this. today a new york city the transportation committee could take a new step to try to put an end to hit-and-runs across the city. last week, the nypd spent hours onscene investigating a crime that killed a 17-year-old. >> he was always the nicest person ever. you would see this kid all the time. >> reporter: the driver has not been found and police say they need to track down this man who allegedly got out of the passenger seat of the vehicle shortly after the incident. >> how can you just go by, hit somebody and then drive right off? like don't you feel guilty? >> reporter: the nypd says more than a dozen pedestrians have been killed since halloween and published reports show there have been 38,000 hit-and-runs so far this year, 4,000 people injured and 34,000 of the hit- and-runs involved only property damage. and now t

ilana gold, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. >>> there's much more ahead here on cbs 2 news at noon. shocking video. a police officer comes upon an accident scene and opens fire on one of the victim, sparking a series of protests. >>> a truck from a texas plumbing company shows up in an isis video. how it could happen. >>> hi, i'm stationed here in cue watt. i want the say -- kuwait, i want to say happy holidays to jersey. people are shocked, that this process is so easy. every person that i helped, i wanted to help 10 more people after that. it just made me feel good. come into work everyday, and just knowing that i was going to make a difference in people's lives. come get health insurance, it's easy. i can help you. i just love helping people. i don't want anybody to be without health insurance. enrollment for 2016 is happening now. soo li oca n.t t t pt.etio >>> there is outrage in california this morning over the response to a recent police shooting. prosecutors announced they'll not charge an officer for firing at a man escaping from a wrecked suv. the shooting victim faced ser

ilana gold is live in queens with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. packed today. many of the stores here are opening several hours early to deal with the holiday rush. and now super saturday is always a huge shopping day and this year the discounts could be even better. the christmas count down is on and people across the tri-state area will flood the stores on this super saturday. many still have gifts to buy. >> my granddaughter, she loves being a princess this is, i believe, belle. more time to put an end to procrastination thanks to longer store hours. >> this is woody from toy story. anything else in there? girl. >> reporter: the national retail federation says the average holiday shopper has done about 50% of their shopping and 90% of holiday shoppers still have items to decorations. this super saturday, retailers are offering big discounts to get more people in the door and boost what has been a slow holiday shopping season and the unseasonably warm weather this past week hasn't helped either. and now that temperatures have dropped, last-minute shoppers wil

in borough park, brooklyn, ilana gold, cbs 2 news. >> a viewer tipped off ilana to this story. if you have something you would like us to check out, do send us a message on our cbs new york facebook page. >>> police are searching for armed robbers who appear to be targeting midtown jewelry stores. jennifer's she was scared stiff wednesday. two men seen here on surveillance video walked into the madison jewelry on west 38th and demanded she and her coworkers hand over all the jewelry and watches. >> they go, well, move. i'm like, you know, i was just frozen and they're like, okay, you don't see what i have in my hand? now what this is? >> well, all in all, about half a million dollars worth of merchandise was stolen. investigators believe the same pair struck on october 9 at kenjo jewelry store on west 57th street and carried out a similar attack at a seventh avenue shop in september. >>> coming up next, getting into the spirit of chanukah. [ singing ] >> we'll show you how some people are getting ready and we'll reveal the one secret that may help you create the perfect latka.

cbs 2's ilana gold is at the scene in the bronx with the latest on the girl's return. ilana. >> reporter: dana, the amber alert has been canceled and this little girl is now safe in police custody. they say she and her father were gone for almost three hours after he allegedly took her right from this apartment building here in norwood. police say this is also where the stabbing happened on the

ilana gold has more on that. cosby's lawyer is coming to his defense. she calls the charge a political move and questions why this is happening now and says his legal team is ready to put up a vigorous fight. comedian bill cosby walked slowly and unsteadily into a pennsylvania court on wednesday where he was officially charged with aggravated indecent assault, a charge his attorney is now talking about. >> certainly it's a disappointing day. it's sad for his legal team, for his family that he would be dragged through this. >> reporter: the 78-year-old is accused of sexually assaulting andrea constand, a former athlete and administrator at temple university where cosby also attended. it allegedly happened in 2004. court documents say he drugged constand and fondled her at his $2 million home. >> mr. cosby urged her to take pills that he provided to her and to drink wine, the effect of which rendered her unable to move or respond. fully exonerated and we are actually glad to have an opportunity for these matters to be ferreted out in court. >> reporter: c

. >> ilana gold is joining us with the details. >> reporter: the shooting was investigators were out here all night trying to get answers and track down a possible suspect. we want to show you video from the scene after this crime happened. it was at 4:30 yesterday afternoon. the clothing store in question is called top plus. it's in the journal square neighborhood. here's what we know. police tell us a robber showed up with a weapon, that person shot the store owner at least one time in the head and when police showed up they found him dead inside this business. right now there are so many questions about what happened in here. police aren't releasing many details and we don't know if any customers were in this mens clothing store when the armed robber opened fire and took off. the neighbors are alarmed and say they are definitely concerned for their safety. >> it's not safe anymore over here. never heard the crime. >> reporter: so again police are investigating after a clothing store owner was shot dead during an apparent armed robbery. police say no one else was injured inside the

in jersey city ilana gold cbs 2 news. >>> a massive storm system killed at least 40 people in the dallas area deadly tornadoes left behind a long path of destruction. omar v reports from rowlett. >> many residents are retrieving what they have left. >> compared to our neighbors i think we got pretty lucky. the house is still standing. the walls are standing. >> more than 100 homes in garland were reduced to rubble saturday when an ef4 tornado hour tore through the area. 61-year-old says it was the scariest night of her life. >> i stayed in my closet all night long shaking like a leaf >>> an ef4 tornado caused significant damage, knocking over this van and behind me ripping the roof off of their home. >> on sunday authorities evacuated residents near this damaged water tower out of fears of flooding. >> at this point we have had an engineer familiar with that water tower assess it. based on the damage that he saw he was concerned enough to ask us to drain the water tower. >> it's blanketing texas, oklahoma and new mexico with heavy snow and leading officials to shut down nearly all of int

live in bryant park this morning ilana gold. thank you so much. >>> an investigation is now under way in new jersey after a bomb scare put a busy holiday shopping day on hold. 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

in harlem, ilana gold, cbs 2 news. >> police say there's no the victim. she was treated at the hospital for injuries. her daughter says she is still traumatized. >>> people on the upper east side have endured days of street closure, honking and traffic and some even forced from their apartments because of bricks falling from a high- rise. this afternoon, new information from the buildings department on fixing it. cbs 2's lou young is live on the upper east side with the latest. >> reporter: the buildings department still doesn't know whether it's material or design defect that caused the rain of bricks here on first avenue monday night. but it has taken them four days to get their heads around how to end the precarious and dangerous problem up ahead and re-open first avenue here. they now have a plan. let's start with the good news. those people up on top of the building on first avenue are now removing the faulty brick facade by hand individually. are you moving as fast as you can? >> yes, we are. we evaluated whether we could put a crane there and that

ilana has more information. >> diane police are investigating exactly what happened here. a 20-year-old was scaling this building trying to take a the nypd rushed to the hotel at 11: 15 last night after getting a 911 call about a gruesome fall. >> i came and i heard there was a bit of a commotion. >> when officers arrive they found 20-year-old connor cummings unconscious and unresponsive on an upper level roof top. his 18-year-old friend was with him when he plumated to his death. >> i'm very sorry to hear about that. that's terrible. >> the two were not staying at the hotel and had camera equipment with them. he lost his balance while scaling the scaffolding. he may have been attempting to take a photo of the skyline. >> it's sad to hear that someone fell off the building. >> you get these characters that don't recognize their limits and expectations. this is not the first time someone has tried to climb a building in new york or >> the safety and security of our guests is a top priority. our thoughts are with the family and we extend our deepest sympathies to them. >> we

ilana gold joins us. >> there are so many questions why police shot this suspect all right by route 17. take a look at the scene. police are out here trying to get some answers. the problem started right by the suspect's car off in the distance and they tell us he was armed with a bb gun. police investigating a shooting involving two of their own and a 46-year-old suspect named mad crew chaseman. it happened right off of route 17 during some sort of confrontation. they found a bb gun at the scene painted over to make it look like a real weapon. >> i heard gunshots at 3:00 a.m. >> five to seven in a row. >> the sound woke up kim. she lives down the block and called 911. she looked out the window to see what happened. >> a million cop cars and detectives. it's scary it happened right outside your back door. >> investigators say the problems initially started when matthew chaseman of new jersey crashed his car here early this morning. it's sitting outside of an office building. the back window of his sedan is shattered. a security guard saw him sitting in the vehicle after the crash and c

ilana gold has the story new at 5:00. >> i wake up every morning and it feels like i'm in a dream. >> reporter: struggling to cope with the death of his girlfriend following their visit to this burger king on 82nd street in jackson heights queens on september 27. die in that bathroom. she wanted to live like everybody else. and god bless her soul. [ crying ] >> reporter: he said she didn't feel well so she went to the restroom and locked the door. moments later she had symptoms of a seizure, fell on the bathroom floor and couldn't reach the handle. then the 47-year-old started screaming for help. >> i pulled the handle and it broke. >> reporter: the lock could only be accessed from inside the restroom. he said he couldn't pry open the door and says when firefighters arrived they had to use an axe to smash open the door and get this mother of four to the hospital. >> if i would have got to the door, i opened the door, she would have been standing here today. >> reporter: her sons say doctors claim she had brain damage from a prolonged lack of oxygen. >> standing here because i'm still

ilana gold is live in rego center with more. >> reporter: good morning. it's going to be a busy day at rego center this morning. we are already seeing dozens of shopping. some of the stores actually opened four hours early. we can tell you kohl's was open 24 hours and this year the ever. and people across the tri-state area will flood the stores on this christmas saturday. this morning? >> 6:30. >> reporter: joseph beat the crowds, buying for his family. >> i'm done. >> reporter: all done, how does it feel? >> good. feel like i finished a race. >> reporter: today's shoppers their procrastination. stores including toys r us opened at 6:00 this morning to prepare for the holiday rush. here we found one carrying out bags for her daughter. >> this is early for me because eve to get stuff. >> reporter: the national retail federation says the average holiday shopper has done about 50% of their shopping and 90% of holiday shoppers still have items to decorations. today? >> yes, the next couple day, i will be shopping a lot. for my mom, my sister. >> reporter: th

in yonkers, ilana gold, cbs 2 news. >> firefighters tell us the apartment is a total loss. the fire victims are staying with relatives nearby. lieutenant nee says in his six years of fighting he never performed a rescue like that. >>> in new jersey crews are putting out a fire in a two apartment home on myrtle avenue in secaucus. there are no injuries. but some scary moments for the three people inside when the fire began. first floor and there was more smoke. so i went downstairs to the basement and the stove was engulfed in flames. >> the man says the stove wasn't on. members of the same family live in the two apartment this have been there for 61 for 61 years. >>> strange, odd, bizarre, some of the descriptions of the record warm christmas. this is the warmest holiday we have ever had on christmas. in fact, look at these people surfing on the shore. not your typical christmas activity. they were taking advantage of the mild beach weather. >> the fog so thick at times, roads blanketed. sights like the empire state building were nowhere to be seen hidden. >> we came here l

at the midtown tunnel, ilana gold hazel sanchez, cbs 2 news. >> the entire state may adopt these penalties which would include the tappan zee and new york state thruway. >>> two sisters' wish made a time for christmas. cbs 2's christine sloan reports from wayne. >> reporter: 10-year-old twins tiana and gianna johnson are legally blind. gianna also autistic. this christmas, they had just here she is with them. what did you say to your mom? >> i wanted a dog for christmas. >> reporter: their present coming early wrapped in a red outfit this affectionate pit bull named carmella with the prettiest eyes. why her? simple. >> bus [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: carmella's front legs are not normal probably from being kept in a kuralt until sandy roberto rescued her. she is giving this sweet tempered pit bull to the girls. >> this is my christmas present. i don't need anything else. >> reporter: how they met just 24 hours after the wish pretty amazing. the girls' mom came to roberto's dog grueling salon in wayne, new jersey -- grooming salon in wayne, new jersey to get the other dog's nails clipped

live in the norwood section of the bronx tonight, ilana gold hazel sanchez, cbs 2 news. >>> in the wake of the paris attacks, should off duty and retired police officers in this country be allowed to carry their guns at nfl games? one of the nypd's top union bosses is asking the national football league to change its policies and let officers protect the public while out of uniform at football games. cbs 2's sonia rincon with this story. >> reporter: after the paris attacks that targeted among the sergeant's benevolent association launched this change.org petition asking the nfl to change the policy that forbids on and off duty and retired law enforcement personnel from carrying firearms into nfl stadiums. we asked football fans if it's a good idea. >> yes, absolutely. safety reasons. if they are on duty or off duty, it's to protect and serve. >> absolutely not. they could get drunk and do something stupid. >> reporter: the obvious concern is mixing guns and chairwoman. but this science professor says carrying a gun off duty is always optional. >> if they feel they shouldn't carry the w

ilana gold reports. >> how are you feeling? >> overwhelmed. >> reporter: yonkers fire an injured finger and smoke

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in the bronx, ilana gold, cbs 2 news. >>> it was a deadly accident on the van wyck expressway in queens that happened around 5 a.m. this morning in the southbound lanes. police say 45-year-old tareek williamson slacked his acura into the back of a tractor- trailer at a high rate of speed. he was pronounced dead at the scene. >>> a chill in the air compared to yesterday. but where are we headed next? lonnie? >> we are first going to deal with weather that's going to get here with the colder air as well but overall we are going to look at the trend because we were still above average today but my forecast comes up in just a bit. >> and the weather may not be frightful but some stores say their sales are. why they are blaming the forecast. >> and an odd show on a brand any bridge. how fire trucks are supposed to convince drivers that this bridge is safe. >> and unhappy with their new neighbors why police cannot evict a growing group of homeless from a public park. >> hello barbie, good-bye to privacy. how some high-tech toys popping up on christmas wish children's security. i'm not a fan o