jersey city has one-of-a-kind shops that you can't get anywhere else.rity and fashion guru who will show me the best place to shop to get the best deals. >> half my wardrobe comes from the store. why is jersey city a special place to shop? i think there are a lot of reasons. there is no tax on clothing. you get better bang for your buck. >> a closing to have a clothing store. they have really great deals, great close for women , accessories. >> a place that new yorkers are coming to. >> i can see it right from here. >> i love it. >> we absolutely are. >> what is our next stop? >> we can buy gifts. >> hi. >> the top gifts. >> no wonder. they are hopping across the river for the best deals. tweet me your favorite spot to shop. you can go to our facebook page for all of our stories. bill: donald trump on damage control. >> america is the best. >> and survive the walk of shame. >> help you battle the embarrassment. >> ♪ >> this is a fox 29 news update. >> light rain drizzle and fog will continue into the early morning hours. here's a look at what to expect

the several for the gunman who shot a 1-year-old little boy in jersey city. the child was struck in the face his parents. darla miles is live at jersey city medical center where the boy is now recovering this hi, darla. >> good morning, rob, i'll tell you this 18 mofld boy is recovering while gunman. look at mina beshay. there is a scar under his eye. that is where the bullet was lodged in the child's face. the toddler and his family were sitting in the seat of their car on harrison and bergen avenues the mom. she was crying. i couldn't even understand one word what she was saying. all she was crying, this is happening this time. it making us feeling bad and making us spend our christmas at a bad time especially for the child. >> so, again, this toddler is expected to survive and will be released at some point today from jersey city medical center. the police are searching for the gunman. the child is an unintended target, they believe. darla miles, channel 7, eyewitness news. >>> darla, thank you. a fight breaks out at a long island mall, the same mall where

inside. >> surrounded by family and friend outside the hospital, he said he moved his family from jersey city from egypt for a better life, but the random shooting of his young baby and other recent violence in the city has him asking if anyone is safe anymore. >> should we have to let our kids go to school or safer to stay at home. maybe i expect one day my daughter or son get killed or i have to move from jersey city or to another state. >> so far, no arrests have been made in the shooting. he tells us he would like to speak to jersey city leaders about safety and security and what can be done to protect who was sitting in the backseat of the car when those shots range out yesterday. he tells us he's absolutely terrified, afraid that a bullet could come flying out of nowhere at any moment. cbs 2 news. fears. brian, thank you so much. firefighters are battling heavy flames in brooklyn. a viewer posted this video of the fire on 61st street. fire officials say it was a rubbish fire, and there are no injuries. >>> well, times square new year's eve ball is getting glitz to bring in 2016. they in

tr move from jersey city to another city, another state. or should i have to move from out of the united states, maybe other country. i'm not sure. >> reporter: and police say that the family was not the intended target. they're still trying to track down the shooter. we're live in jersey city, lori bordonaro, news 4, new york. >> lori, thank you. >>> lawyer for the man accused of shooting a worker at the roosevelt field mall says his client may mount a psychological defense. oliver lee's case was back before a judge toda legodid not appear. the 21-year-old tried to rob the store inside the mall last tuesday, but during a struggle i'with a security guard, his gun went off. the bullet hit a 67-year-old mall worker. he is expected to recover. >>> the key victory over isis in iraq, iraqi forces have retaken the city of ramadi from the islamic terror group. thhe iraqi sflag flying over the central government compound. proud moment. however, a senior u.s. military official tells nbc news that the city of ramadi is far from secure, that there are

reporting live in jersey city. darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> we want to bring in a live picture from texas near dallas after a night of excessive damage from tornadoes. so far what we know this hour, 11 people have died and some entire neighborhoods there have been obliterated. the red cross has set up shelters for people whose homes were damaged by the storm. this is tough to see any time of year. but those folks, in the middle of their holiday, and this strikes. the south has real gotten battered. some people with flooding. and the fires in california. it makes us grateful for what we have here. and our thoughts and prayers to those who have weathered the storms and we couldn't have the more opposite conditions. >> so mild out here right now. fog lifting. we'll begin brightening in the afternoon. that will propel temperatures to record levels again, mid-60s. you can see the bottoms now of the buildings in lower manhattan. you see much of the brooklyn bridge there. the temperature in the city, 52 deg

violence is no stranger to jersey city. i spoke to pamela of the jersey city anti- violence coalition. >> i wish we could have the councilman back. if he was councilman right now he would be all over this. i don't know if leaving the city or the state is becoming a problem. i just think that the old steve fuller would not be the silent about it. bill: i findi find it outrageous and wonder how other residents feel when the mayor of the city says that it is violent in every city. what a copout. >> i did not hear the story that i would not think twice to be right here. me. thethe post office is right down there about 500 feet on the left. i would not be scared to be walking down the street right now. i know. bill: that is a scary thing, it is not about certain pockets of areas where you know crime is higher. it could happen anywhere. i always wonder if these politicians start taking credit for a good trend and then ease off a little bit. >> thanks. >> am going to see if i can't get this. >> it is wrong. i'm serious. you have t

how did this idea come about in jersey city? >> it truly is a no-brainer. you know, we were approached just before the holidays last year by the leadership from united rescue u.s., who had been in contact with mayor fulop in jersey city, and we were thinking about how we could performance. while the average response time is that eight- to nine-minute mark, we were well below that average in jersey city, running about the six-minute mark -- actually a little below of the six-minute mark. but we're never afraid to innovate. >> mm-hmm. >> we always want to look to what's next, what's the new program, what's gonna bring us to the next step? and this idea really -- it fit quite well with our break-the-mold attitude in jersey city. so we really thought that we could impact those response times, and in turn patient survivability by reducing it even more, by getting a volunteer brigade of people out there. >> and to be clear, these are trained volunteers. it's not just people showing up, saying, "give me a bag," and running. they've been trained to do this. >> abso

the jersey city mayor gave anticipate. since last year. >> the shootings and homicide last three years. >> reporter: tonight, the father says he got the answers him at home. >> he promised me it's going to be more safe and he's going to hire more officers. >> reporter: as for mena, he's recovery. >> jersey city police have still not made an arrest in this case. they're asking anyone with information to begin them a call. in jersey city, valerie castro, cbs 2 news. >>> a surveillance camera caught the whole thing early this morning in midwood. you can see someone jumped and beat a 60-year-old man. another man joins the attack, going through the victim's pants pockets, stealing a cell phone and cash. the victim needed more than 70 stitches to his head. >> in our community here in midwood, that someone would be so maliciously viciously attacked, it's just like what kind of people are capable of doing this? >> a $4,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. >>> this just into the cbs 2 newsroom. ethan co

and also in jersey city, an accident, police are onscene investigating. route 1 and 9 closed at duncan avenue but kennedy boulevard is smoother through the area. and alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect city-wide. and remember, be safe, don't text and drive. elise, over to you. >>> quite a bit of wet weather. one looks you what we're dealing with. we have a lot of green and still a lot of pink, that's still a mix of sleet and snow and freeing rain. 51 degrees will be the high temperature today so everything changes to rain before the rain tapers off. >> thank you. >>> another check on news and weather in 25 minutes. >> thanks for watching everyone. i'm diane macedo. >> and i'm andrea grymes.

we're live tonight in jersey city. i'm jen maxfield, news4 new york. >>> donald trump prompted reaction on both sides of the political aisle. some of his fellow republicans criticized him. >> some of our best and biggest allies in this struggle against radical islamic terror are muslims. the vast, vast, vast, vast majority of whom are peaceful. >> a lot of our friends here have encouraged me to criticize and attack donald trump. i'm not interested in doing so. but i believe we need a plan that is focused on the direct threat, and the threat we're facing is radical islamic >> for complete coverage on donald trump's comments and the fallout, stay tuned for nightly news with lester holt at 6:30. >>> meantime, the hunt is on for a man who attacked a 72-year-old woman and her 103-year-old mother. this happened in their home just last night. >> brian thompson is in toms river with more. brian? >> reporter: in this house behind me are two angry seniors who fought back not even 24 hours ago. from one of them, the 102-year-old

. >>> some breaking news we need to get to out of jersey city. an argument between a group of students ends in gunfire. it happened outside dickinson high school. gus rosendale raced to the scene as soon as we heard about it. person in custody, correct? >> reporter: a number of developments following this shooting. a juvenile is in custody and another is in the hospital. chopper 4 above this scene shortly after all this happened at the end of the school day today outside dickinson high school on palisade avenue here in jersey city. a fight in the school spilled out onto the streets. a group proceeding a couple blocks away from the school when suddenly there was gunfire. it is believed one student fired upon another. the student that was hit in the leg is in serious but stable condition. it is not clear if the juvenile in custody is the person who pulled the trigger. we're getting those developments from the mayor a short time ago, and during that briefing, he also spoke about the issue of guns in this community. take a listen. >> there is no poli

there have been at least 24 homicides in jersey city this year surpassing last year's total. in a statement, mayor steven phillip told us, thankfully the tragedy. gun violence in cities has become a national epidemic. we continue to hire additional officers and deploy more officers on foot patrols but the challenge is daunting. the jersey city police department cease fire unit dedicated to stopping gun violence is actively searching for the gunman. >>> now to a developing story in in the dallas area are dead after several tornados tore through the area. today survivors and emergency crews have been assessing the extensive damage. >> reporter: david denison's backyard shed is shredded wrapped around a pole only his neighbor's property. his neighborhood was one of the hardest hit by a swarm of tornados. >> we ran inside the bathroom and you heard crashing glass. >> reporter: the occasional lightning strike illuminated the twisters that started touching down around 6:30 thursday night. 11 people died including several who were in their cars. officials say the path of destruction

live in jersey city ilana gold cbs 2 news. >> thank you. new this morning the pentagon says the u.s. came down hard on isis on christmas day. islamic state group starts in iraq and syria were hit with 17 air born strikes which were carried out by fighter aircraft bombers and drones. all u.s. aircraft returned safely. now identified the man killed in a christmas day hit-and-run. 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 mis

into a deadly robbery in jersey city. a business owner was gunned down in the middle of a day. this morning the search is on for his killer. >> round three from the democratic presidential candidates. we got apology, talks on terror and attacks on the donald. >> and another cold day on tap and a warmup is under way just in time for christmas. cbs 2 news continues right now. >>> good morning. 8:00 a.m. on this sunday, december 20th i'm diane macedo. >> and i'm andrea grymes. first let's get to meteorologist vanessa murdock. she has a look at the forecast. these temperatures have been going up and down. >> yeah for today they are down and then we just go up and up in we reach record warmth on christmas eve. so enjoy the cold while it lasts. feeling more like the 20s. let's take it to the numbers. 35 in central park. 32 in newton. 32 in bedford. 27 is the windchill in chatham. 20 in liberty and spring like your windchill is 24. we do have a few clouds. mainly north and west of the city. but beautiful blue skies as well for so many this morning. it's going to be a mostly sunny end

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in jersey city on bergen avenue, an 18-month old boy is recovering after being shot in the bullet was removed and today he was seen leaving jersey medical center. he's expected to be okay. >> he was bleeding on his face and on his body. >> reporter: the toddler was in a parked car with his dad when gunfire erupted saturday afternoon. a bullet struck their car shattering the window and hit the toddler in the cheek. police say they do not believe the car was the intended target. >> i'm scared to stay in my bedroom. i want to go to your room. she's scared >> reporter: jersey city's mayor weighed in on the situation. >> very tragic situation and thankfully the little boy is okay. gun violence is a national epidemic. it's not unique to jersey city. >> reporter: the 5-year-old is being treated here at university hospital and investigators are working both cases. in newark, new jersey, mallory hoff channel 7 eye witness news. >>> three climbers are back on solid ground after they were county. the second rescue from the same cliff in a week. it happened this afternoon. the climber stranded on

we're live in jersey city. cbs 2 news. >> several people were hurt after a bus and van collided in brooklyn last night. the mta says the b9 bus was stopped at avenue n in midwood slammed into it. two person on the bus and one area hospitals are minor injuries. >>> shoppers at a westchester store got quite the shock when a car came through the store. right into a shopper. mark moore talked to witnesses who saw the whole thing unfold. >> reporter: i'm standing in front of the store. you can see behind me the store front is being repaired. there's a reason for that. what occurred here on sunday was frightening for everyone involved. >> it sounded like an explosion. it was something that i never heard before. it was just a large crash. a large crash. >> reporter: gary phillips was inside the store when it all unfolded. this surveillance video captures the shocking moment when an elderly woman's vehicle pulls into a parking spot and then suddenly crashes into the store, knocking one man to the floor and sending shat

it's a big problem not only in jersey city but everywhere. >> reporter: jersey city mayor told me that the school has metal detectors to keep weapons out, so, in this case, police believe the student left campus, got a gun then returned to open fire. the student hit in the leg is expected to survive. live in jersey city, josh einiger, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> josh, thank you. >>> a guilty plea from a new jersey state trooper caught on camera after driving drunk on duty and causing a crash. trooper michael roadside pled guilty to dwi. he admitted to drinking nine bears on october 26th before prosecutors say he then tried to pay the other driver a thousand dollars to keep quiet. roadside was ordered to pay a side and turn over his driver's license. he is suspended without pay. >>> police are looking for a minivan driver in a road rage incident in the meat packing incident. a 27-year-old man was leaving a club when he hit a gray minivan at 4:00 this morning. the two drivers argued then the minivan driver shot the other man in the arm and leg. he drove to the hospital and called 911.

if you know anything about this, give jersey city police a call. live in jersey city tonight, rye villeda, news 4, new york. >> ray, thank you. >>> on long island, state police who threw a brick off of a bridge and blah that brick hit a blue bmw just before 8:00 on meadowbrook parkway in union dale. police say the driver, a 21-year-old island park man, got hit in the shoulder but wasn't seriously hurt. however a 22-year-old woman riding with him did suffer eye and mouth injuries. if you have any information about this incident, call the new york state police in farmingdale. >> scary. >>> still ahead here on news 4 new york, a brand new manger scene is missing the main attraction. baby jesus gone. the heartless crime that has parishioners calling foul. that's coming up. >>> plus strong words from quarterback peyton manning over a report that claims he took performance-enhancing drugs. >>> a clothing store on the upper east side was robbed. this happened at the h&m store on east 86th street. police say the gun man forced several employees to the back

liberty -- men celebrating in jersey city's liberty park. >>> donald trump is now leading the pack of republican presidential candidates by a big margin. 36% of responders said they were likely to support trump. new jersey governor christie, for instance, got support from just 4% of respondents. >>> as we continue on this friday night hang onto your wallets, toll hikes about to go into effect and if you drive, you will not be happy. we'll break down how much more it will cost you starting this weekend. >> new information on a flu season that could get bad, a lot of people are not doing this year. are you one of them? >> make it four above normal in the low 50s, but we're we at time warner cable need to apologize to you. we no longer offer an excuse to stay home all day just in case the cable company decides to show up. we're making a bunch of changes at time warner cable, including one-hour arrival windows. we'll also tell you how long our visit will take before your appointment starts. so now you're not stuck waiting on us. and if you still need an excuse to stay home all day

donald trump claimed there were thousands and thousands of people celebrating in jersey city. we have found no evidence of that whatsoever. >> but you did find celebration. >> what we have found for the first time is some credible indications that there were modest celebrations at at least two locations. there's a building in jersey city and a police captain says he cleared the roof of the building, removing 20 to 40 men, women and children. the men were dancing, some of them dancing, several of the women were keening, and he said there's absolutely no possibility it was anything but a celebration. he said it was over in minutes. they cooperatively left the roof. and their concern was there was a crowd on the ground as well who were watching and they thought there might be a confrontation. >> so was that the second location? because the second location of cheering was on the street. >> there was a second location of cheering on the street not far from a mosque. that's where the blind shaikh preached before the 1993 world trade center bombing. >> right. >> i have two residents

. >> it happen -- jersey city. >> tonight the search is on for any clues that could lead to the gunman. >> eyewitness news reporter aj ross is at the scene now with the latest details. aj? >> reporter: lauren, joe, for the past several hours police and crime scene investigators have been here outside this clothing store here on bergen avenue trying to piece together evidence from this deadly shooting. neighbors say the owner of the store was a hard working family man supporting his wife and daughter. and he didn't deserve this senseless violence. >> it hurts, it is crazy. it's crazy. >> reporter: the holiday lights in the jersey -- in the heart of jersey city, after gunfire erupted inside the clothing store here along bergen avenue saturday evening. >> saw that happen. the owner of top plus dead inside as shocked neighbors questioned like -- something like this could happen. >> very good person you know! very nice guy. >> we would always go by and talk to him in the morning. sometimes at night we would go out and

liberty -- men celebrating in jersey city's liberty park. >>> donald trump is now leading the pack of republican presidential candidates by a big margin. 36% of responders said they were likely to support trump. new jersey governor christie, for instance, got support from just 4% of respondents. >>> as we continue on this friday night hang onto your wallets, toll hikes about to go into effect and if you drive, you will not be happy. we'll break down how much more it will cost you starting this weekend. >> new information on a flu season that could get bad, a warning tonight about what a lot of people are not doing this year. are you one of them? >> make it four above normal in the low 50s, but we're it's the holidays. and of course, everyone wants to get online at once. to watch things. buy things. but slow internet makes it hard. that's why it's time to get fios. it has the fastest internet and wifi available. with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, you'll get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for 79.99 a month online for your first year. we'll give you all the premi

new 4z michael george outside the hospital in jersey city where the family just spoke. michael, what did they say? >> well, david, it was nothing ort of oamazing to see this 1-year-old come out of the hospital two days after he was shot in the face. tonight his parents are calling his recovery a miracle. 1-year-old mina is crying but he's okay. shot in the face just two days ago, today mina's parents took >> miracle. >> reporter: mina and his family were on a trip to the post office in jersey city saturday afternoon and someone fir a gun five or six times and he was hit by a stray bullet. the 1-year-old is recovering from surgery to remove the bullet from his cheek. his family says he will make a full recovery. now his family wants answers. they told us they've heard little from the city and from police. the shooter is still out there. hoping that somebody out there bknows something that could help. >> no one gave us information. no one give us any information. >> are you hoping this guy turns himself in? >> yeah. >> reporter: now, investigators right now don't know the

city. that's for sure. mixed precipitation in northwest new jersey and rain to the south. this all comes together. notice where that line of mixed precipitation and just plain old rain is. just to the north of city into the northern half of rockland, westchester county on north. your best chance of slippery spots tomorrow morning. there could be a good slug of rain that comes through. potential is half inch to an inch of rain. local flooding could be an issue. then this thing moves out quickly. we'll see partial clearing tomorrow night. wednesday should be a dry day. fair amount of clouds, few breaks of sun possible. wednesday night, another system could brush us with just a few showers. that will set the stage for what looks like a dry new year's eve and new year's day. 42d the high today. that's about it in the city. suburbs north and west staying put, generally mid and upper 30s. 35 the low tonight. a late mix move on in for the northwestern suburbs. notice these temperatures. 20s and flirting with the si eezing mark. these are the areas that could see a little icy accumulation late tonight and

it started yesterday in a building on 5th avenue in jersey city. the fire was contained to one apartment on the 5th floor. a 60-year-old man whose item has not been released was -- identity has not been released was found dead in the apartment. >>> a man and woman are in the hospital this morning after a wild shooting caught on camera in the bronx. just after 3 in the afternoon the suspected gunman showed up on westchester avenue pulling a mask over his face. moments later gunfire erupted and the crowd scattered. out from between cars and stuffed the gun into his pocket moving with the panicked crowd. >> i just saw people just running that's all i saw and i covered myself to protect myself. >> police hope someone can identify the gunman. if you have any information, you're asked to please call police. >>> time now is 4:38. new this morning, police are looking for three men who robbed at least four cell phone stores in the bronx in manhattan. all told the men have stolen over $100,000 in cash. surveillance picked up the thieves gold colored chevrole

> right now on "today in new york," the search for suspects in the deadly shooting ing ing of a jersey city shop owner. >>> plus, how the new york police department will remember two detectives one year after they were murdered in cold blood. >>> and a face-off in connecticut. the last democratic debate of 2015. good morning. welcome to "today in new york" on this sunday, december 20th. >> and i'm lynda baquero in fr or pat battle. raphael miranda is here with the forecast. >> a lack of winds out there that we had yesterday. another chilly start. we have a nice afternoon ahead. it will be nicer because of the less wind intensity we'll see throughout the day today. and 60s are coming back. i know it's cold right now, but it's not going to stay cold for long. you can see on storm tracker, not tracking any real significant weather out there this morning. no rain and no snow. not even those flurries we saw yesterday. it's still cold though. this is what it feels like right now as you're stepping outside. windchills in the 20s and low 30s. feels like 31 in yonkers, 29 degrees in newark, 28 in ce

live in jersey city this morning ilana gold cbs 2 news. >> thank you. new this morning the pentagon says the u.s. came down hard on isis on christmas day. 17 air born strikes hit targets in iraq and syria. the strikes will carried out by bombers and drones. the pentagon says all u.s. aircraft returned safely. >>> also new this morning at least eight people are dead storms ripped through parts of north texas. >> oh it's massive. oh my gosh it's big. >> that was a tornado caught on camera in a dallas suburb the hardest hit area. dozens of homes and businesses were leveled. this home was torn apart and five people were killed when another one blew cars off a national highway. the preliminary count shows 11 night. >>> police have identified the man killed in a christmas day police say 59-year-old steven was hit by a car at cedar lane and garrison avenue on friday night. 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 scar

. >> the gunshot rang out in an apparent robbery in jersey city. any leads so far with a suspect in. >> reporter: if police have a suspect, they are notal ting us about it. hours after the initial call, this is an active crime scene. the photographer can zoom in. police are sorting out of motive, but there may have been a struggle that led up to the shooting shooting. investigators examined the tiny store for clues. around 5:00 am p, the storeowner was shot and killed after an apparent robbery. >> my friends said they wanted a pair of jeans or something and shot him. >> freddie works across the street and did not see the shooting himself. many came to his score describing what they heard and saw. >> when you hear that someone got shot and killed -- >> so bad. i didn't have any idea. >> those who work near this store say he is a man of asian decent and owned this business for sometime. most describe him as a good guy. >> they don't know what's it's a shame to happen in broad daylight. >> about 15 minutes before, we saw a police sergeant canvassing t

. >> i watched while the world trade center came tumbling down and i watched in jersey city, new jerseywhere thousands and thousands of people were cheering -- >> trevor: i think trump is confusing cheering with screaming. [ laughter ] i also think he's confusing bull-[bleep] with the truth. [ cheers and applause ] unless -- unless, of course, he has evidence. >> let's go to this jersey city comment. you said you saw this. nobody can find evidence of tha. >> we're looking for other articles and we're looking for other clips and i wouldn't be surprised if we found them, chuck, but for some reason they're not that easy to come by. [ laughter ] >> trevor: oh, no, trump! the videos disappeared? well, that's the problem with getting all your videos from islamophobeic channel on snap chats! this joke was brought to you from racist app suite on trump entertainment which includes misogynistic tinder. it's -- it's regular tinder. [ "hail to the chief" playing ]. >> the 9/11 claim was widely debunked by officials, factcheck.org and nbc news. it mr.o fact gave trump a "pants on fire" rating still,

. >>> a man murdered in jersey city while trying to save stranger from harm. the details are just coming in. >>> we want the get right to the president obama tonight. good evening. >> rob is off. here is what we know right now. the president will speak just after 8:00 about the terror threat facing our nation. this has investigators search for answers in the mass shooting in san bernardino, california, a terror attack on u.s. soil. >> reporter: in the shadow of the paris terror attacks in last week's shooting rampage in california, tonight president is obama is delivering rare oval office address focusing on the threat of terror. >> tonight, i am announcing that the american combat mission in iraq has ended. >> reporter: five years later american special forces are heading back to iraq and into ir syria to fight isis. >> we have 70 isis related arrests. more than one per week. a thousands investigation in all i wanted to tell the truth to the american people about what the threat nature really is. >> reporter: in an msnbc poll released this evening, 36% see te

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

across the city, all of new jersey, the hudson valley. a big slug of heavier rain could come through in the evening commute. that's out of here. we start out with clouds on friday. we'll end up with sunshine before the day is through. after that, it should stay dry. 52 today with sun and clouds mixed. more clouds late. rain tomorrow, especially late. 57. quick cold shot of air saturday. decent day sunday, back to the 50s next week and perhaps even 60s by wednesday of next week. over to emily west. it's been a tough commute. >> it's been a really tough ride for those in queens this morning. kia simonsen was talking earlier about it. we still have the van wyck shut down. crash involving a tractor trailer and another car. that backup stretches all the way back to northern boulevard this morning. if you can take the grand central, that is going to be a much better ride for you this morning. we have a couple crashes reported on the major deegan. one southbound by yankee stadium. one northbound by the willis avenue bridge. let's take a live loo

and jersey city, closed southbound between county road and manhattan avenue until 6:00. stick with kennedy boulevard, the be a smoother riding for. and hundreds of cameras showing the cross bronx at the the hamilton bridge. moving well to the george washington bridge. and alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect city-wide. and remember, be safe, don't text and drive. mary, back to you. >> thank you. >>> a quick look at some of the stories making headlines this the accused gunman in the colorado springs planned parent hood attack went before a judge yesterday. he will face first degree murder charges in the deaths of three people killed in friday's stand-off with police. >>> and u.s. house majority leader is warning president barack obama not to commit taxpayer money to any deals while he attends the u.n. climate summit in france. he says the house will not support the expenditure. >>> today is the annual mets holiday warm-up coat drive. the drive goes from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. >>> on the stock watch money watch this morning, stock futurers higher to

the setting was the islamic center of jersey city. the religious and civic leaders were brought together under the umbrella of k cair, their focus on a dangerous political climate that creates an unfounded fear of the vast majority of muslims >> the overwhelming majority of muslims are as american as apple pie. we have the same hopes and peaceful desires as anyone else. >> reporter: the mayor of jersey city was present, along with representatives from other religions. the muslim imams addressed rising concerns about violence from extremists in the aftermath of the paris attacks and news that two dead suspects in the california massacre have muslim names. >> absolutely we condemn every act of terrorism and we always do. after september 11th, we gave speeches everywhere to condemn the terrorism and to speak against it and we are teaching in our islamic centers the correct understanding of the religion. >> reporter: i asked what they would do if they knew a member of the community was being radicalized. cair's executive director says it'

a baby is injured after a shooting near a post office in jersey city. dave karlyn spoke with the boy's uncle. he is live with more. dave. >> reporter: let's start off showing you the block where the atmosphere went from calm to frantic as five gun shots rang out. one of the bullets hitting a car and injuring that baby inside. >> this baby was inside. >> this parked lincoln sedan and you see down here where the bullet entered. as that bullet traveled on, a fragment or plastic or glass, lodged in the cheek of a boy just one years old sitting inside. >> his lips here, bleeding. >> michael is the boy's uncle who says he got a desperate call from the boy's father. the father and son were inside the car. at the time, the mother was nearby inside this post office at the corner of harrison avenues. now, the family is at jersey city medical center. >> it was a sound of gun shots. >> we heard the glass. >> witnesses say they do not believe the family members in the car were targets. instead, caught him cross fire. as a gunman or even two of them open fire. nail s

and keep in mind, if you're headed to tonnelle avenue southbound in jersey city, a disabled truck toward the holland. and alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect city-wide. back to you, ken, lori. >> thank you. >>> twitter is taking action against hateful speech on its site. >> in today's tech bites, twitter going after hateful behavior. >> they have been under fire for not doing enough to stop isis propaganda effortsment twitter says they'll not tolerate behavior that uses fear or violence to silence another's voice. >> and a new google browser, the just not sorry extension. the intention is to help them sound more assertive. >> and finally british that uses emojis as passwords to. >> to gain access, users are required to draw a shape and then go through more steps using emojis meant to increase security. they say it's >> and those are your tech bytes. >> until you tell your daughter to get on your phone and try to explain the emojis she needs. good luck with that. >> what? >> do a little smilely face and hot dog. >>> the end of an era in times square. the huge retailer

we are live in jersey city tonight, john einiger, channel 8 eyewitness news. >>> scandal tonight for the nypd, two cops facing criminal charges of bribery, accused of alerting owners of a raid. this case could very well involve others. lucy yang live at one of the night clubs at the center of this case. >> reporter: these are troubling charges of corruption and bribery against several officers at the 109th precinct. instead of clamping down on illegal drugs at clubs, they're no one is singing at these karaoke clubs in flushing but informants are against two officers. a lieutenant and detective are under arrest, charged with bribery and other crimes. prosecutors believe they were getting cash each month from various karaoke bars in exchange for information on upcoming raids, keeping the karaoke bars in business proved to be a lucrative business. one of the officers was receiving $2,000 a month from one of the owners. on the force for ten years, he has now been suspended, bail set at $25,000. another officer, 50-year-old lieutenant robert sung turned now we're unable to get comments fr

at a recent rally, making inflammatory accusations against american muslims on >> i watched in jersey city, no one, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. >> reporter: and recently a black lives matter protester claimed he was roughed up at a trump rally, something the candidate seemed to approve of when discussing it on "fox and friends." >> maybe he should have been roughed up because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing. >> reporter: is trump still the teflon don? today the campaign pack backtracking after announcing 100 african-american evangelical pastors and leaders would endorse trump. instead most just met with him and did not endorse the republican front-runner. when plans for this very meeting of trump and black religious leaders were revealed last week, some in that religious community were upset. >> 100 black preachers are doing a press conference from trump plaza? we haven't even had 100 white preachers do a press conference. of baltimore's empowerment temple ame church compared the pastors agreeing to meet with trump

meanwhile, jersey city mayor steven philip is speaking out tonight about gun violence. he says, quote, we continue to hire additional officers and deploy more officers on foot patrols, but the challenge is daunting without larger changes to the overall system, such as restricting access to guns by criminals. >>> right now, there are long lines and big crowds at airports around the country as people head home from the christmas holiday. a viewer sent us some photos from la guardia airport tonight. passengers there reported canceled flights through the bad weather and other parts of the country. around here today, we saw near record highs, but that is all about to change. you could see a wintry mix here with details and the first look at the accuweather forecast. >> sandra, we already have winter weather advisories north and west of the city through tuesday, more specifically north and west of i-287. first, we'll have cold air in place after the near record highs today. the cold front is moving through, lingering showers over the jersey shore that will be exiting momentar

outside right now, okay, so the city belmar edison, new jersey all coming in at the hot spots at 52. cool spot, monticello but cooler still the hamptons at 36 degrees. so pretty good spread 36 to 52 depending where you are right now. the skies have had some clouds at times. more clearing around the east end but overall it's been, eh, sun/cloud mix kind of day. the clouds haven't been very thick and not holding precipitation. you can see if you look off to white, that's a thicker cloud that's going to roll in overnight. could give us a very slight chance at a shower. there's not too much. but this is what we are looking at now just making its way through central virginia through pennsylvania. that's your rain chance overnight into tomorrow. here we are 7:30 tonight. it's close to our western borders. north and west light sprinkles and showers, breaking away further south. to the east at 7 a.m. thursday morning, so especially north of the city you could see wet weather as you commute but it's not the type of weather that really causes a problem with driving. and then clearing friday at

hah we didn't get calls from jersey city or any other locations and there were no there -- no other reports that if the stress to was the only credible report. not affiliated with one another calling at different intervals. juliet: how do you know they're >> they were calling atarea. we going nonstop. will this be the thing? if there is a thing that derails in? >> trump supporters do or die doesn't matter what he does. it is the year where you are the non politician 8 media, people like the the girl. ben: he loves "good day new york". >> he might love "good day new york" but people despise politicians and despise the media even more. juliet: we want the truth. we don't want spinning and like you said if someone makes a mistake, messes up, we like them -- >> what i want him to do is do up here with, a courtesy. it's time to apologize, you start with me, curtis sliwa a street kid. hear about this call us. >> tweet him, that went on twitter. the table this morning. heather: all right, hopefully we will see you friday night but still ahead the price is right. the boston red sox invited to join

central new jersey through the city and long island. but then you get further to the north. orange, sullivan county, on north and west, looks liking a prolonged period of perhaps mixed pritation from overnight through th early morning commute. even from there it goes over to plain rain. winds down by the early afternoon as things start to improve. we'll see a clearing trend before another system arrives wednesday. wednesday during the day is dry. notice the rain getting closer again. this is overnight, wednesday night into thursday. i think it's out of here by new year's eve. in terms of rainfall totals, not much going orethrosgh the first half of tonight. maybe a half inch, three-quarters of an inch by 00 a.m. over 2 inches of rain further north and west. it may start out as a little bit of an cy mixture, particularly north and wgst. 42 today. looks wet tomorrow at 50. rain late wednesday night, gone by thursday morning, 52. new year's eve, i think we're around 40 at midnight. new year's day looks okay with sun and 44. a colder weekend, temperatures saturday and sunday clos