from hampton bays, jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. >> the community plans to honor the officer and the 8- year-old in a special ceremony the baby is doing fine. wow. >> we know the ending is good but such a wonderful story. my goodness! >> let's get to lonnie quinn with our exclusive forecast. bone-chilling outside. >> the talk is always snow when you're in the wintertime but the cold air is going to -- i think it's going to move into the number one spot as far as the biggest weather story. right now, kind of a cloudy sky at least partly cloudy. headlines what you should expect temperatures tomorrow 10 degrees colder than today. thursday and friday in the upper 20s. the real cold air will be times were you maxing out in the upper teens for your hughest temperatures. colders early-morning sunday morning at 5 a.m. it could be a record four your valentine's day. the record right now for the coldest valentine's day ever 2 degrees and we set that on, well, valentine's morning in 1916 way back when. forecasting right now 5 degrees to start off on valentine's day. but the models are trending

from hempstead, jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. >> and jennifer reached out to the family of dr. rebecca twine. they told her it will take a lifetime of service to begin to fill the shoes of their deceased mother and they hope kayla gerdes has the commitment and compassion for that. >> very powerful. >> yes. headline seen around the world. talking about someone around here described as a cannibal cop. an nypd officer accused but now cleared of attempting to kill and cook women including his wife. cbs 2's alice gainer sat down with gilberto valle and has a preview of tonight's exclusive interview. >> something i lived with since i mean puberty, you know, i was aroused, you know, tv shows, movies, a woman in bondage that's what aroused me. >> so why escalate? three years ago his secret was exposed to the world. >> there are a lot of people out there who are aroused by weird things. no one would admit to it because it's embarrassing but for me it's out there so i can't hide from it. >> reporter: his dark fetish cost him everything. so you don't even know what she looks like right no

jennifer mclogan. cbs 2 news. >>> ronnie quinn is tracking from the weather center. >> to the here and now, right now. sure enough, a winter storm warning remains in effect for that portion of suffolk county. and around ocean county, that winter storm warning for you in ocean county starts tonight at midnight. and goes throughout the day tomorrow. taking a peek at where the snow is now. it's in suffolk county and and we still have decent snow shower popping up. the bigger picture will show you what is at play. we're going to watch this system. this low pressure system will be creeping into the area from the south moving to the north. the south -- areas south of the city will have a tougher time than areas north of the city. it's possible that ocean county could see 3 inches up to a half foot of snow. it would be a trace or 3 inches for places north. so this is another thing to talk about. for tonight, coastal flood warnings in effect for ocean county, monmouth, broad channel. also for the next high tid

live tonight in mineola, jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. >>> new jersey transit riders have a possible strike to worry about. transit unions have set a march 12 strike date while contract talks continue. they have been working without one for nearly five years and wanted 2.6 annual pay raise. the transit agency says it's committed to finding a solution and negotiations held today were fruitful. >>> new york city's mayor and police commissioner announced today that january was the safest month in history showing overall crime is down .2% year-to-date but underground things are more dangerous. transit crime during the month of january was up more than 36%. transit felony assaults were up more than 200%. the nypd says it's taking action to fix it. >> what you're going to be seeing the next couple of weeks is additional uniforms in the subway. you won't see additional plainclothes officers. >> the nypd says it will also increase inspections in stations and trains and installing cameras on new subway cars. >>> transformer fire spreads to more than a dozen vehicles at a new jersey

jennifer mclogan reporting.fter that near tragedy christopher's family has signed up for cpr training. >>> all right. this morning, question for you how much would you pay for a cup of coffee, in more than a few dollars, right? wait until you hear outrageous price one coffee shop is charging, jan? >>> and i'm coming to you live from ursinus college in collegeville, pennsylvania, where the dining halls are close today after a stomach illness makes at least 100 students sick, we will have details straight ahead. >>> jan, arctic air reenforcement are on the way, we will expect these temperatures to be awfully cold today but this is the best it the is going to be in terms of that chill for next few days, we will tell you how low it will go coming up. >>> also, meisha updating your thursday morning commute, she will let you in he about these early back ups to avoid heading to work and school this morning, we will be right back. i do everything on the internet. but, it's kind of slow. my friends say i should get fios

jennifer mclogan cbs 2 news. >> along the jersey shore live the water is starting to recede. janelle? >> chris you can still see here on ocean avenue they have the road partially closed down because of all of the water and if you take a look around the corner here this is center street where it's coming from the banks of the river over flowing after high tide this morning. this is one of those flood prone areas of the jersey shore but no matter how often this happens people here say it's something you never get used to. >> for anyone standing along these flooding pockets of ocean avenue. add to that a new moon a soggy combination as the river over flowed it's banks this morning lapping onto the residential side streets. a propane tank and trash cans floating along with other debris. in some places you couldn't make out the pavement. river over the bulk heads mostly on the side streets in downtown sea bright. >> two straight days it's been like this. >> andre saunders is a construction worker in sea bright working on the homes that get this routine flooding many hit hard by hu

jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. >>> the fire department says morris' house is destroyed. the cause of the fire may have been electrical. >>> if you have lost a pet it's heartbreaking, it's hard to imagine going to work right away and be a functioning employee. hazel sanchez shows us how some companies are giving people pet bereavement days. >> reporter: when erica lost her dog chief she says word can't describe the amount of pain she felt. >> chief was the best dog. i was heartbroken. allowed her to take a day off to help her son understand the tremendous loss and herself to regroup. >> so, so important to me. >> reporter: the pet bereavement days aren't required under any law, we found several national companies are now allowing mourning pet owners time off to grieve. software company vmware and maxwell health give employs ee flexible days off. kintton hotels and restaurants allows three days away from work and a pet insurance company gives employees one paid pet bereavement day. >> they allow people to actually do the grieving process. i think you need closure when you

jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. >>> and officer harrison had been on the force less than two years. >> there were five other hit- and-run crashes in the city. we report on the hunt for the drivers who killed three >>> now to ted cruz. he is facing a primary court fight in new york. a judge will hear the lawsuit. they raised the issue, saying the texas senator is not a natural born citizen of the country. he was born in alberta, canada, his father was a cuban native. >>> the final push is ugly right now. the mud slinging among the republican contenders is indescribable right now. ted cruz and marco rubio are hammering donald trump. >> and trump had problems of his own making. marcia kramer joins us with the latest on that angle fulfill make america great again donald trump showed his angry you're fired side and an apoll a member of a secret service detail attacked a reporter. it's a video that no campaign wants to see a day before election. >> tempers flared. >> he grabbed me by the neck and started choking me. >> an angry trump ordered protester after protester evicted. get them out. g

cbs 2's jennifer mclogan live >> reporter: good evening. riverhead seems to be living up to its name the taconic overflowing its banks. so sidewalks, parking lots and streets are being blocked off by police. it was difficult for cars to safely negotiate riverhead streets so rodney tried riding a bicycle past the banks of the taconic. >> this is going to ice up. and it's really going to be inconvenient for bicycles, walkers and cars. >> reporter: hours after high, is it too deep out there? >> yes. very, extremely. i don't want to swim. too cold. >> reporter: in lindenhurst, code officers monitored streets, blocks from the bay that never usually flood. even school buses were turned away. off the south shore the surge of saltwater affected by winds and low pressure, high tides and new moons, overflowed canals. it came up through storm drains. >> every time at high tide, a full moon, high tide, and the >> reporter: there's a growing call for immediate federal and state funding for an army corps of engineers back waters bay water flow study. >>

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jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. >>> pope francis's suggestion women in areas affected by the zika virus could use artificial contraception. that recommendation does not apply though to abortion which the pope still strongly condemns. in addition, puerto rico has begun buying blood from the red cross after the u.s. government warned against the use of locally donated blood in areas affected by zika. the island territory has more than 30,000 confirmed cases. >>> airbus is trying to be travelers. the airplane building company applied for a patent that turns a row of airplane seats in a bench. they are thinking the bench can be reconfigured fitting sizes. it could fit a family of four but if needed it could be passengers or just three people. airbus. [ laughter ] >> we'll see. >>> coming up next, "living large" in a home where even the shower is a work of art. and wait until you see the special staircase made with marble and 18-carat gold. >> shiloh one, shiloh three, a bunch of other ones. i'm sick of it! >> she just wanted a book that she could relate to and now a new jersey girl's readin

headquarters in yaphank, jennifer mclogan cbs 2 news. >>> now to stranger danger on the streets of brooklyn. police say a man tried to lure a young girl as she was on her way walking home from school. police say the man was caught on home security video shortly after grabbing on to the 14- year-old girl's arm and saying, come here, come here! and would not let go. it happened on the seventh avenue near avenue r yesterday afternoon. the suspect took off after a staffer from a nearby school spotted him. he is still on the loose. >>> a new jersey doctor has been charged for allegedly assaulting a 12-year-old boy on a ski slope. police say that dr. samuel dr. kra samuel caruthers punched the child in the mouth when he ran into him and his son on >> at some point he hit him with the ski pole. there was injury and pain. he had blood on his nose. >> the attorney for caruthers said the doctor had no intention of harming the boy. a criminal conviction could affect the doctors' medical license. >>> local leaders are united tonight against president obama's decision to slash funds to fight terrorism.

cbs 2's jennifer mclogan has the exclusive story now from mastic beach. >> reporter: sixth, seventh and eighth graders from mastic and shirley are buzzing about what they saw and heard in their middle school. >> we looked and this girl's it was just like a little flame and then it started getting really big and she was screaming and she ran into the next hallway and, um, a few teachers were molding her back. holding her back. >> reporter: students say a classmate was goofing around with a cigarette lighter brought to school illegally. it caught the hair of a 14- year-old girl on fire. our video shows ems and police response. school in the arms of her distraught parents. ems and suffolk place say the 14-year-old child refused medical attention. >> her hair was on fire in flames! it was crazy. >> reporter: police say a 13- year-old male has been arrested for lighting on fire the hair of a 14-year-old female at the william paca middle school in shirley this morning. the teacher put out the fire and the girl wasn't hospitalize. the 13-year-old is charged as a juvenile delinquent. >> her hai

cbs 2's jennifer mclogan reports now from garden city. >> reporter: john mullin is sick of receiving daily spam mail in his office. >> this email is telling me i made $2,300 in an account i don't even have. >> reporter: so call that unsolicited email? >> i call that a waste of my time. >> reporter: some say they feel they are being chased online at all hours by commercial companies. >> i'm getting emails from stores that i have never even visited. >> that terrifies me because i don't know how they got t i don't know where they got it. >> reporter: sean bates wonders if ununsubscribing confirms his email to others in cyberspace. >> why do they need my name and email? my address? >> reporter: why do these companies do this? almost nothing. unlike advertising, they have computer software where they can simultaneously send out millions of these messages. >> reporter: hofstra professor joe levin says companies are required to make it easy to opted out but it isn't. it's been 13 years since the first and only law to block unwanted and unsolicited commercial emails was passed. it comes with

from nichols road, jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. >>> the hit-and-run was on nichols road south of the long last night. >>> bill cosby returned to court today in hopes of having the sexual assault case dismissed. kenneth craig has the story from philadelphia. >> reporter: bill cosby's appearance in the montgomery county courthouse was the first since the arrest for aggravated and indecent assault. he and his attorneys came to ask the judge to throw out the charge because of a deal made with a former district attorney. cosby is accused of sexual assaulting a former temple university employee at his home in 2004. willing participant. she settled with cosby in 2006 for an undisclosed sum. the deposition was made after an agreement that the former tv star not be prosecuted. he thought the best chance for justice would be in a civil case. >> cosby said nothing to the media here at the courthouse and appeared calm during tuesday's hearing. >> reporter: cosby's attorney accused the district attorney of reopening the case for political gain. >> a former district attorney says there wasn't enou

jennifer mclogan. cbs 2 news. >> the state plans to release new regulations for compost sites at the end of the monday and tuesday. >>> and in 1992, the diplomat was appointed the first u.n. leader from egypt. he helped negotiate with israel and often clashed with the clinton administration and served only one term. he died in cairo at the age of 93. >>> new products are offering fertility help without a prince. are they safe? we'll take a look. >>> and living large inside a the bathroom and lets you customize the bed rooms. >>> and the discovery that made king tut an instant celebrity and placed him among the most famous of egypt's ancient rulers. in new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. all across the state the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, and the lowest taxes in decades, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. like in the hudson valley, with world class biotech. and on long island, where great universities are creating next generation technologies.

from manhassett, jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. >> and giles is back to a full family routine, walking and practicing yoga, as well. >>> coming up next, we are going to take you back to the scene of the deadly crane collapse in tribeca. >> we ran outside to see who we can help, how many were injured, if there was any more danger. >> we will meet the heroes who ran toward the disaster in hopes of saving lives. >> also, searching for a stranger who stuck a subway the new clue that could lead police to that suspect. >> and making super bowl history but they are not players. what makes these 16 people so special? across america, people like basketball hall of famer dominique wilkins... ...are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes... ...with non-insulin victoza . for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar. but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza . he said victoza works differently than pills. and comes in a pen. victoza is proven to lower blood sugar and a1c. victoza is not for weight loss, but it may help you lose some weight. victoza is an injectable p

cbs 2's jennifer mclogan joins us live from police headquarters in yaphank with the story that's new tonight at 6:00. jennifer. >> reporter: maurice, kristine, good evening. the victim, a distinguished scientist from brookhaven national lab. police want to find those responsible for the attack inside a gated community in >> i believe that this guy is the one who did the most damage. >> reporter: the chemist from brookhaven lab is the victim of a group assault inside the clubhouse of his bellport gated community, say police. >> hit in the mouth, to my shoulder, in the back, and all over the shoulder to the jaw. then broke it. >> reporter: it was inside this building where the beating took place last month. the door says restricted and so do signs. no guests or visitors permitted at any time. >> they said this is not enforced. >> reporter: he finished his work and walked into the gymnasium to shoot a few hoops. it was filled with two dozen outsiders who refused to allow lemar access. >> told me to go away. but in obscene terms. >> reporter: he picked up his cell phone hoping to take a p

jennifer mclogan cbs 2 news. >> the west hampton bay community plans to honor the officer and the girl in a special ceremony. >> she deserves it for sure. >>> the power of adele. the new record for car pool karaoke. plus this. >>> a massive search continues this morning for the man accused of killing two children and their mother on staten island. i have a live report straight ahead. >>> after their vacation cruise many passengers describe as hell they are back in new jersey this morning. we'll hear from them coming up in a live report. >>> and most people love a day at a spa. now your pet can too. a new jersey business taking it comes to pampering your pet. continues right after this. so, what moves me? it's the journey. the feeling of doing. it's making choices for a healthier me, a healthier us. i'm on my path and i love it. the path to a healthier you starts with nature's path pumpkin flax granola. crunchy clusters of delicious organic oats, flax and pumpkin seeds, with all the goodness to nourish you and your family. nature's path granola. enjoy your path. skincare now becomes ski

. >> cbs 2's jennifer mclogan sits down with kayla tonight at 6:00. >> plus, drone school. course in piloting unmanned aircraft and it could lead to better jobs. that's ahead tonight at 6:00. >>> when a woman goes in to have an early stage breast cancer removed, the surgeons usually rely on a guide wire to find the tumor. >> that means a woman has to sit with a wire coming out of her breast while she waits for surgery. dr. max gomez says there's a better way now. >> when they did the ultrasound, they found a mass that you couldn't feel or see. >> reporter: what happened to this woman happens to millions of women yearly, a very small suspicious lump that might be cancer and has to be surgically removed. a dilemma for the breast surgeon. >> we are often faced with doing surgical biopsies or lumpectomies for no breast cancer when we cannot feel it or see it. >> so radiologists like dr. gale starr are called upon to place a wire into the suspected cancer in the breast surgery, medically effective, but for the patient -- >> having a guide wire sticking out of you, having to be c

jennifer mclogan reports. >> i believe this guy is the one who did the most damage. >> 61-year-old a respected chemist at brookhaven lab is a victim of a group assault >> they hit in the mouth, to my should" in the back and- -shoulder, in the back and over the shoulder to the jaw that broke it. >> it was inside this building where the beating took place last month. the building is restricted. >> no guests permitted at any time. >> he finished his work out and walked into the gym to shoot a few hoops. it was filled with two dozen outsiders who refused to allow him access. >> they told me to go away in obscene terms. >> he picked up his cell phone to take a photo. >> one of the guys jumped on me and started punching me in the face. >> they were coming at him from behind. he was seeing stars and stumbled to surveillance cameras to pick up the rest of the pummeling. he was hospitalized and under >> they wired shut my jaw and i couldn't speak for three weeks. >> for three weeks? >> yeah. >> police were called to the private community. the entire group of suspects had fled. residents here