that are needed on the island. early industries of south carolina, raising cattle. mostly to send livestock to power the mills and fresh meat to feed the folks on the island. timber. cutting down-- wood to send for fire. lumber to construct mills. coming from the big pine forests of the southeast. and then there's also the fact that the islands need people. ,he second half of the 1600's no accident, you can see the rise of a trade in indian slaves, native american slaves being taken to the islands. pretty much every colony in north america engages in it to some extent. south carolina on a larger scale than most, but new england colonies, they sell native americans into slavery in the caribbean. virginians sell native americans into slavery in the caribbean. south carolina on a massive scale. tens of thousands of native americans are sent down to the island. and even for a colony that wasn't directly involved in supporting the islands, the older colony of virginia which still had its tobacco plantations, virginia st

these little islands here, they have a big influence. particularly, if we focus in on downsland of barbados here, which will be the main focus of today's lecture. it's almost impossible to see on the map. you zoom in and it's still hard to see. you zoom in further, and this --ster of pixels is the item island of barbados. it's not terribly large. it's about 170 square miles. that's a quarter of the size of the county where we are right now. this island has an amazingly large influence on the shape of england's empire and the english landing. all of this is driven by sugar. questions before we jump in? the mike is open. there's more sugar in it for you. all right. -- alright. the history of sugar prior to the english settlements of barbados, we have talked about how it was a rare and expensive good. we talked about portuguese expansion into the atlantic. they had a european love of sugar. it easy to love. --it is easy to love. it gives you a jolt of energy. it makes other food taste better. there's reasons people wanted it so much. there'

colonial domination of the island.first phase i will call the classic phase, where the united states sought only to extract resources, and largely sugar. a puerto rico was taken as rhizome work, spanish-american war of 1948: with cuba and the philippines. cuba and the philippines were gradually released by the united states. puerto rico was not. when the united states took over puerto rico, so did four north american sugar companies. that's what it was all about: sugar. president harry truman: puerto rico almost blew apart because of the selfish sugar landowners. they owned tremendous tracts of land in puerto rico, which they devoted entirely to sugar, then worked these poor people for a dollar a day or 50 cents, if they could get them for that. and they'd rather see those people starve. i don't mean to imply that we were in any way cruel to the puerto ricans, but there is another kind of cruelty. that's indifferenceindifference and neglect. juan: that was president truman, in his own words, talking about this first cl

of fighting terror here, "war stories" traveled to the lush tropical islands of sulu. this is a task force comet, a special task unit. we were allowed to are reveal his identity. >> we are allowed to assist in the helping the island. >> others we could not identify. >> a lot of it is compiling of information so they can get good actionable intelligence so they can effectively act against the asg. >> the asg or the abu saayaf group is one of the most ruthless terrorist groups in the world. task force comet conducts civil military operations to deny terrorists a safe haven by providing good will to the people. >> they conduct civil engineering projects, and provide medical care, and projects that give rise to terror. >> one of the contributions of the support is the u.s. supported, and of course, it is the u.s. agency goals is the infrastructure development. >> major general ruben rafael is the comet commanding officer. >> construction of the roads and the buildings and other type advancement has affected our advancement. >> unconventional warfare is about using special

and yerba buena island for a term of 20 years following the boards approval of $28 million and mr. beck. >> thank you chair farrell supervisor tang also present is sam of the sfpuc in you have questions relating to the electrical service in treasure island when the navy stopped the operations in 1997 the city assumed the responsibilities on the island including the provision of utility services the sfpuc has provided electrical and other utility services on the island on on behalf of tida the district attorney's office substation was previously oakland by the navy and served both treasure island as well as the former oakland army base and the navy industrial supply center in oakland was transferred to the port of oakland along with the fleet and industrial supply center in 1998 at a time the sfpuc entered into an agreement with the port of oakland to continue services to the island providing power to the infrastructure including submarine cable that connects the davis substation to treasure island it regrurgz it if have an historical record to because the annual charge but was base

in 2008, teachers led an island-wide strike. three years later, university students clashed with police over fee hikes. manuel natal was a leader of those protests -- and is now the youngest member of congress. he has opposed a plan released by the governor designed to repay creditors on wall street. the plan calls for even more cuts to public education. >> every day we're being told, "no, you know what? there is no alternative. are we gonna increase taxes on the poor? i'm sorry. there is no alternative. we're gonna reduce-- spending on-- on education. sorry, there is no alternative. we're gonna limit the services of our public transportation. sorry, there is no alternative. and they're trying to force us into one course of action. and some of us are challenging that. we're presenting alternatives. and when we present alternatives, it's no, i'm sorry, that can't be done. >> a decade of economic hardship, and the prospect of more cuts, has left many puerto ricans with no other option but to leave. >> i think most puerto ricans ha

sent aegis war ships close to artificial islands built by china in the disputed spratly islands. china claims sovereignty over almost all the south china sea. obama met the filipino president benigno aquino on wednesday. they agreed on the need to stop china from reclaiming more land and using islands as military bases. japanese prime minister shinzo abe will support that position and seeks broader cooperation with the u.s., asean and other nations in the international community. he is expected to call on china to stop building artificial islands and abide by international law. china insists that its land reclamation and other activities in disputed areas are lawful and may repeat that position again. earlier this month, the u.s. flew b-52 bombers over waters near islands reclaimed by china in another apparent signal to beijing. the south china sea issue is becoming one of the biggest flash points in asia. previous meetings involving asean have sometimes concentrated on the matter. it remains to be seen whether leaders will break through this time. >> thank you, hideki. >>> on su

in you have questions relating to the electrical service in treasure island when the navy stopped the operations in 1997 the city assumed the responsibilities on the island including the provision of utility services the sfpuc has provided electrical and other utility services on the island on on behalf of tida the district attorney's office substation was previously oakland by the navy and served both treasure island as well as the former oakland army base and the navy industrial supply center in oakland was transferred to the port of oakland along with the fleet and industrial supply center in 1998 at a time the sfpuc entered into an agreement with the port of oakland to continue services to the island providing power to

antwan lewis hops on the ferry and takes us on a ride to staten island island. >> reporter: as the borough president, jim otto rebukes any suggestion they are the forgotten borough. >> we don't ask a lot about being part of new york city and i think we give a lot. we're a community that is in the shadows sometimes of the other four boroughs, but we are, i think, a really integral part of the city and a part of the city that the other four boroughs can be really proud of. >> reporter: if you like to see the yankees play, you can visit st. george, home of the staten island yankees, the minor league affiliate and nicknamed the baby bombers. there's tons of places to eat. >> this is the heritage farm, a 2-1/2 acre farm. >> reporter: the snug harbor cultural center and botanical gardens is something to see. you find some of the finest fruits and vegetables, and herbs grown on staten island. >> kale is one of the most popular requests we have from customers and restaurants. what's interesting is a lot of food pantries get staple crops, onions, potatoes, things with a long chef life. it's unusual

5:00, we get to the island. around 7:00 is when i text barbara, contacted her. >> reporter: "20/20" obtained angelika's messages she sent by text. "we're kayaking today," she says. and "i'd like to stop on the island." as they're leaving, she sends another message. "we're leaving now." essentially inviting the woman to keep an eye out for them as they head for home. >> i send her a message. "we're heading out. he's in front of me." >> reporter: what kind of killer wants a witness? what's more, angelika continues denying things she allegedly admitted earlier, like removing a ring that secured the two halves of vince's paddle. >> how long before you guys went on your kayaking trip did you take that ring? was it the same day? >> i didn't take the ring. >> you killed him. >> no, i didn't kill him. >> reporter: angelika and the detectives, spending the night in a stuffy little room with no windows and no clock. four hours in, they bring her coffee, pizza -- even at about 7:00 p.m., a cigarette. >> cigarette, matches,

long island rail road commuters will be able to come to grant central terminal. we got a look underground to see what is happening. our tour started at track 114. we went through a secret door and made our way down below to the bedrock supports the entire city. >> we are going below ground. >> reporter: 130 feet underground we saw two massive caverns 60 feet high, 60 feet wide and 1200 feet long. before trains stop here they will travel through tunnels starting at sunnyside boulevard, run under long island city and terminate at 37th street and park avenue at the new long island railroad terminal. this gives you a visual here, a long island terminal will have two separate levels, four platforms and eight to contracts. this is the largest transportation project under way in the country. the mta says the additional stock will serve 160,000 commuters a day and save 40 >> like london, shanghai, paris, indeed public transport. >> reporter: the price tag is steep, $10 billion. >> new york is expensive because we are paying our people well, talking about the labor. >> re

out across long island, hauppauge, north port, massapequa at 5 #. even at east hampton out of to montauk. 59 belmar, that's the warm spot in toms river. and 42 up around poughkeepsie. from the city east west and north it's just cloudy. showers are slow to creep on into middlesex county there around marl boar bro and monmouth and -- marlboro and monmouth and ocean county. it's off and on rain all day long and temperature gets to 61. weather and traffic together every seven minutes. except we're going to talk about the subways the a. train goes fast track. >>> they have the service going on on the a. train. no trains if you are traveling between 168th street and 207th street. new jersey transit, long island railroad, metro-north running on or close to schedule. using the george washington bridge, coming inbound on the upper level, they are cleared the construction but some delays as you move across the span. you are a car, have e-zpass, go downstairs instead. george washington bridge again you have that construction but it's just a my for delay gettin

treasure island is apart of the city. apart of the city and sometimes decisions need to be made to make adjustments when we need space for a purpose of this nature, which is a real public safety issue, so i would strongly suggest that we really explore this and try to come up with something a lot more permanent so we don't find ourselves in the situation where the development is happening and we're out luck and facility closes down and we're trying to figure out what we're going to do. this could impact the quality of life, not just residents all over the city, but those residents who live on treasure island because we need a place like this to train our work force. we're growing and we're going to be hiring more firefighter and we need the space to train them and this is an important part of that. i'm hopeful that could be taken into consideration with the tita board and i'm hopeful the mayor's office is heavily involved in this as well in trying to get us moving in the right direction. >> yeah. well, we certainly, you k

it's routine for people to be bashed inside christmas island and i think that is the only way you canstand what is happening at christmas island is tensions that have been created by a brutal population of people by immigration have responded to a death of one of their own when he was found dead it really set a match to what was already there. >>> the u.n. security council is set to meet on monday to discuss the resent violence in burundi. police in the east african nation are searching for gunmen who killed at least nine people in the capitol and attack happened at a bar on sunday just hours at a deadline for civilians to give up weapons and conducting door to door searches for hidden weapons and many fear a crack down on those who oppose the president and violence hit the country since the zizi controversial and successful bid for a third term and security people say it's necessary to ensure peace in the country. >> translator: there is a new technique that will force us to get ahold of the weapons held illegally and carried by those concerned or hidden somewhere. this operation wil

colonel martin pinto assigned the island in 2006 received a civilian tip on the island's most wanted.he civilian, he told me, and this is they told me where to find him. >> khadafy janjalani still free six years after gracia burnham was freed. >> he was in my area. >> and so they made a plan. >> we had young people who were willing to sacrifice. >> 4 september, 2006. >> it was on or about 0500. >> that day, the lieutenant led a platoon deep into the jungle where they pinpointed the abu saayaf base camp. >> it was the perfect timing for an attack. and the sergeant started engaging. and we threw hand grenades about ten hand grenades and then when it exploded, we followed it up with a heavy volume of fire. bullets with were coming from the different direction. six of my men were killed. 15 including me were wounded. >> where were you wounded? >> below my chest. >> janjalani, the kidnapper of martin and gracia burnham was mortally wounded. >> i would like to announce that we have recovered the body of khadaffy janjalani. >> they were happy to die in jihad. >> you did well. you are a brave

japan controls the islands. china and taiwan claim them. japanese defense officials said that an intelligence-gathering chinese navy ship was seen in international waters near the islands from wednesday through thursday. they say the ship came within 44 kilometers of the islands. they said that it is rare for chinese navy vessels to sail so close to the senkakus. nakatani said he felt it was important to publicize the incident. >> translator: the vessel's actions were unusual. it sailed back and forth from west to east all day. we were closely monitoring its activities. i thought we needed to reveal the facts to people around the world. >> nakatani said the chinese military has rapidly increased training and intelligence gathering missions and will likely expand such activities. >>> china's foreign ministry has dismissed japan's concern. its spokesman hong lei said the movements of the chinese naval vessel were completely in compliance with international law. >>> top corporate leaders from japan and china have met for the first bilateral ce

victoria smalls: i am victoria smalls from saint helena island.here at penn center as the director of history, art, and culture. penn center was founded as penn school in 1862 for the freed men, the people that were enslaved here in the sea islands of south carolina. and the school was founded so that those people could be self-sufficient in their lives, to be educated. not only just to be educated in the academics but also in the trades. and also knowledge of knowing that land ownership was very, very important. and with those three things, your academics, your trades, and land ownership, that you would truly be free. dr. martin luther king came here numerous times in the 60's and along with the southern christian leadership conference to help strategize the civil rights movement. it was a very hard time for them. and they were under threat constantly. so to be able to get away from it all and come for a respite was very important. one of the buildings that are here on the campus, gantt cottage, is where he resided during his stays here from 1963

. >>> influence at 6:00 tonight, a long island -- new at 6:00 tonight a long island rail road passenger sitting inside the off limits conductor's cab. some long island rail road passengers asking where are the safety protocols? cbs 2's jennifer mclogan joining us live from the lirr tracks in mineola. jennifer. >> reporter: good evening. the lirr says passengers safety was never compromised. the commuter council, however, disagrees. lirr passengers gathered around viewing cell phone video captured by a passenger on this 708 out of penn station headed east to babylon. [ ding, ding ] >> ladies and gentlemen -- >> reporter: the long islander who shot the video is stunned that in full view of conductors and train personnel, a commuter hunkered down inside the engineer's cab off limits to the public amid buttons, dials, brakes and door controls, allegedly drinking a beer, reading the evening paper. >> just as the train is crowded they should not be sitting in the conductor's area especially drinking a beer. >> reporter: with few empty seats, this rider seemed to find comfort and open space to

fifty-three in staten island. we're looking at temperatures starting in the low to mid-50s all around. newark, at 54. across the river, we have 40s. as a get this day started, there are a few showers in sullivan and parts of orange county. a few showers moving in. they will be quick movers. we could see a sprinkle here at staten island just a for the start. runners don't really get going until after 10:00 a.m. by then, we will not see a lot of rain or sprinkling activity. here is the race forecast. forty -- planning for marathon day -- whether you are on the course or running yourself, 50s for the start. sixty, by 11:00 a.m. and 62 by noon. some people will be finishing in central park by noon. the elite runners. in the low 60s. when we come back in a few minutes, we will look at the seven-day forecast. as beautiful and as comfortable as race day is for the marathon, we have better weather coming for the majority of the week. 55,000 runners and counting. 2 million spectators. it is all going down right here on wab

actually brought to his island.hat was the reason he wanted to get involved, he know bill was always connected, and he said why don't you actually bring one here. do the finals here. >> so hear about all these tech companies? >> exactly. >> so there are ten companies that are going to go to ces. >> that's right. the top ten. >> and a division of those will go to the island. >> the top three. >> you have the top ten, nobody's ever heard the top ten until right now what can the top ten. >> captive media. genomic expression, kick further. mass roots. megabots. giroptic. sixense. sphero, smartplate and bloom technologies. >> and sphero i think i know. it's the little robot that rolls around star wars right? >> i love it because this is a company out of boulder, colorado, that ends up in pixar disney with a top incubator on day three they get to meet with the president of disney who says, do you know your spherical toy robot looks like our droid in our upcoming star wars film, do you think you could make one? now they ha

upper 50s on the island and southwestern parts of connecticut. up until now the growing season was still going on over eastern parts of long island. that comes to an end tomorrow night. there is a freeze watch for that area until monday at 8 a.m. tomorrow night into very early monday morning expecting a hard freeze on the east end of long island by the vineyards. radar and satellite showing we have rainfall that affected areas of new jersey, especially ocean county. steady rain for several hours during the rain today. that's moving off to the south and east out to sea as drier air is moving in from the north. we're going to have to eventually watch a system down here over the gulf states. during the day on tuesday. here. lows tonight getting down to with about 47 in the park. 30s in some places, mid-40s on the shore and the island. tomorrow actually a little above normal for this time of the year. normal highs around 56 or 57, we're expecting a high of 59 in the city. plenty of sunshine during the day. high pressure firmly in control. during the

staten island, looking warm. some of these observation point across the area can be anywhere from the freezing point, to pushing upper 40s, which is where we begin in central park. enough sunshine to get us into the 50s with this afternoon. what a change. even 20 degrees colder as opposed to yesterday. you will want to make sure you have extra layer is ready to go. i hate that we have to say, then no code november stretches over. but you need to be ready for the numbers. shy of 60 degrees across the area. and cooler and dry wind blowing in as well. on the futurecast, it is wall-to-wall sunshine. not even a cloud showing up. right through this afternoon and evening. we start off monday with clear skies. chilly temperatures. and in the clouds come in from the south. that will be the beginning of the dampening of the atmosphere where we get showers monday night. it feels a lot cooler. but looks very good outside. showers are showing up starting monday evening. and then it is damp on tuesday. on and off rain during t

policewoman >>> there's a commuter headache on long island. a water main blocked one of the roads leading to the rail station at the corner of hawkins and portion road. repairs are underway but southbound hawkins is closed. >>> today we will learn about a major break in a cold case in new jersey. the prosecutor is not saying which case will be discussed however just a few months ago investigators did renew their efforts to find the suspect in the murder from 33-year-old janelle nelton. the $10,000 reward in august and said they were closing in on a suspect. >>> over night police released images of a man accused of attacking an elderly woman. the man in this picture knocked a 72-year-old woman to the ground she's expected to be okay. >>> charges have been announced against a 24-year-old man after a police-involved shooting in brooklyn. kareem thomas was armed when he crashed into oncoming traffic and ran off. officers shot him once in the torso when he reached for a begun he dropped. thomas is now facing several charges including weapon possess

reporting from long island, cbs 2 news. >> also on long island, a family is mourning after their little girl was mauled to death by a pitbull. the 9-year-old's play date ended violently in the backyard of a home. she was playing with two friends when the dog attacked her sunday morning. police arrested the dog owner on unrelated charges of con exempt violating an order of protection. >>> -- of contempt and violating an order of protection. >>> yesterday he testified that silver controlled the process with little transparency. last week a doctor testified that he referred more than 25 cancer patients to silver's law firm to get silver funs to his research center. >>> an update on a story we told you about yesterday. police are search for the gunman who killed one man and wounded two others near penn station yesterday morning. investigators say the violence started with a fight inside the mcdonald's on 8th avenue and path street. the gunmen -- avenue and 35th street. the gunmen then opened fire. investigators believe the shooting is drug related. >>> police say someone opened fire on a ch

the radar showing a couple island over connecticut and long island. if this batch holds together, we could have a sprinkle toward the start time. little impact on the race. clouds thinning out during the day. here is the marathon planner. threat of a sprinkle or shower early. the wind have been up to about eight up to 15. the top off around 15 miles per hour. out of the southwest. mostly a tailwind. a bit of a headwind. right now, cloudy skies. not a lot of wind right now. comfortable temperatures. runners seem happy. what a difference from last year. the wind chill around freezing. the complete seven-day forecast -- coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >>> thanks so much. so many stories of inspiring people who have overcome so much to make it to race day. an accomplished athlete he was badly injured during training. he can't walk anymore. down. >> amy freeze joining us from story. good morning, tcs. >> reporter: good morning. such an inspiration. when you see this story you will as motivated and inspired as you are -- there are 50,000 stories ju

the remo island is located 2,000 miles northwest of perth in the indian ocean.ports. >> reporter: australia says it's trying to restore order at the christmas islands and immigration di detention certai. one australian politician says the facility is in melt do you believe. she says employees of the company that manages the facility have abandoned their posts. >> the situation inside the crisman island detention center now is very tense. there are no guards inside the facilities. >> reporter: forced inside the facility say the violence began over the weekend after the death of an iranian kurdish refugees who tried to escape. the detainee in his 30s had sought refuge in australia but was jailed instead. his body was found at the bottom of a cliff. >> we also know that he was suffering from various severe and psychological physical harm due to not only the situation that he fled from in iran, but also due to his treatment in australia, being in prolonged detention which caused him severe ar harm and also at times left him suicidal. >> reporter: detainee rights gro

anyway, we patrolled the island until the island was very secure us toey kept on inching the invasion point. i'm very proud of my service, and all the men who were in service, and want to thank you for the program. host: one must question before we let you go, did you volunteer for the pacific theater or was it the military's choice? caller: no, it was the military's choice. they put me in the army. at first they put me in the navy. i got my way out of the navy. of course, i had taken air navigation in high school. i thought i was a perfect candidate for the air corps. if you are a candidate for the air corps, they will put you in calvary. i was just happy i came out alive. host: what a great story. thank you for joining us at the age of 91. we will get a response from our guest. mr. czekanski: i would like to join you as well in thinking -- hanking this man for his service and of all veterans for their service. it is their sacrifice that keeps america free today. host: time for one last call, jack from lafayette. caller: i was privileged to get my honorable discharge met years ago, b

the big issues this year happen to be the apps epidemic not only on long island that staten island, government corruption as well as what to do about improving police community relations. voters around our area will be turning out to have their say in a number of highly contested local races. the biggest of which playing out in nassau county and staten island. in nassau republican kate mary is waging a challenge against acting d. a. madeleine seeingis. both women believe she is a good long-term. singis has been filling the shoes of kathleen wright since she moved on, the veteran attorney is first-generation greek american. of hempstead supervisor overseeing 800,000 people she says gives her the wherewithal to run the district. murray is the daughter of an fbi agent and has been endorsed by police and county workers. a new siena college bowl has both women locked in a dead heat. in nassau line and staten island apps epidemic, government corruption and police community relations are hot-button topics. republican joan of lucy would be the first female d. a. if elected today, she is vying for the

although the cape and the islands, it will take the longest for you to do so. they're associated with this cold front that came through yesterday. and then we're watching this other cold front up to the north and west. it's going to usher in reinforcing cold air so if you think today is cold, tomorrow is an even colder day. so as we go on the future cast and i show you what happens in the next 24 hours, here you see it. we start to clear things out. we see sunshine through the day. we'll talk about when we could see much-needed rain in the seven-day forecast all coming up ahead. antoinette and frank. antoinette: right now. we are getting a clearer picture of the moments after a deadly shooting rampage at a planned parenthood clinic in colorado. three people were gunned down including melrose native, officer garrett swasey. the accused gunman is in custody this morning. frank: investigators revealing he used the phrase "no more baby parts" after his arrest. 57-year-old robert lewis dear is being held without bail. police used a robot to search his cabin and a ne

extreme eastern long island where you've had steady rain at times. especially out by montauk and east hampton. eventually dryer air will win will kind of recede off to the east and you can kind of see on the wind streamlines here that that air coming in from the north and west and that will tend to dry things out. actually that low level dry air helped to keep this city dry during the day today. despite the threatening look to the sky. here's our futurecast overnight tonight, you can see that rainfall quickly moving offshore by midnight, it's clear of montauk. we are clear here in the city in term of cloud cover. and as we head into the day tomorrow, no weather worries but it's going to be pretty chilly out there. coldest day of the season so far with the high barely topping say 44. 45 degrees in a lot of places. lows tonight in the meantime getting down to 36 in the park. lot of 20s and low 30s not suburbs heading into -- in the suburbs heading into tomorrow. only 44 for a high temperature despite the sunshine. only getting up to 37 during the after

you see some heavy rain getting into staten island and over into brooklyn right now. steadier rain into the five boroughs. the steadiest rain is over new jersey right now. that's moving over i-78 and i-80 into new york city. this will get stronger and fill in over the next few hours. it's moving right along. that's one thing we noetsz noticed, -- we noticed, i think the ending times will be earlier than suggested. this computer model is faster with it. look at the heavy rain through 8:00, 8:15 across the hudson valley. already getting light in new jersey at that point. at 10:00 the heaviest is over connecticut and long island and we start to see big time improvement after midnight. by the time sunrise hits we're looking at clearing skies and drier conditions. the be careful over the next 4 to 6 hours. wind swept rain until 10:00. maybe it's only until 9:00 or 9:30 over parts of new jersey. ponding on area roadways and gusty winds. clearing and colder by dawn. an early look at thanksgiving and the travel leading up to it is in the accuweather forecast coming up in a fe

the remote island is located 2,000 kilometers northwest of perth in the indian ocean. australia holds 200 asylum seekers trying to get into the country there. we have this report. >> australian authorities are trying to restore order at the christmas island integration center after a riot broke out. one australian politician said the facility is in meltdown, saying employees of the company that manages the facility have abandoned their posts. >> the situation inside the christmas island detention center now is very tense. there are no guards inside the facility. >> sources inside the facility say the violence began over the weekend after the death of an iranian kurdish refugee who tried to escape. the detainee, in his 30's had sought refuge in australia but jailed instead. his body was found at the bottom of a cliff. >> we also know that he was suffering from psychological and physical harm due to not only the traumatic circumstances which he fled as a kurd from iran, but also being held in prolonged detention, which caused him severe harm and also at times left him su

and across towards shelter island and gardeners' island here to orient point and out to fishers island about 46. long island you'ring look good and coastal -- you're looking good and coastal connecticut. 44 pro ken sew. today a lot of -- poughkeepsie. today a lot of sunshine. high pressure dominates the great lakes and the northeast. so that is pushed that storm system out to the south. and we have afterschool weather of 72 degrees. plenty of sunshine. warm great for afterschool sports and get outside kiddos today. and tomorrow we're looking at temperatures that will be so comfy. 15 degrees warmer than normal for this time of the year, mother nature has put the no in november. mostly sunny and warmer this afternoon. 72 degrees, tonight it's clear and cool. 46 if the suburbs and -- in the suburbs and 56 around the five boroughs. tomorrow plenty of sun and a warm day. high of 70. your accuweather seven day forecast, 74 on friday. check this out. that could be a record high and could at least tie it. the record is 48. set -- in 1948. the record high is 74. we could tie it. or break it. yo

we are seeing rain in coastal connecticut and parts of long island. you are seeing the last of it there. heavy showers near smithtown and brentwood. across the sound in to connecticut. that's moving eastward, heading you will see heavy rain in stony brook centerreach and holbrooke as it moves to the east. so far for parts of long island the most you see is a half inch in farmingdale. off ways to go. may get an inch of rain before this is said and done. you have seen soefr an inch of rain, one and a third in danbury, one and a half in white plains. over an inch in monticello since midnight. caldwell about an inch or just under that. teterboro, near an inch, as well. even in the city in central park over an inch of rain has come down. i will have the details on tomorrow's forecast and might see more rain for the weekend. that's coming up next. back to you. >>> you can tr k the rain on the news 4 new york app. select the weather tab. you'll see the latest forecast, interactive radar and directions how you can submit your own weather video. the news 4 new

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