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jim hoffer has been looking at new concerns on how terrorists use encrypted communicate. we'll take a look at how big of a problem this is. stay with eyewitness news and abc news for updates. we're constantly updating abc7ny and our twitter and facebook pages it. news. park section of brooklyn where one person was stabbed, another punched. shannon sohn is live with an update. >> we can sort of peek in on the mezzanine level of the station and in there you can see police department officials as they investigated after as you said one person was stabbed and one person was punched inside both of them have been removed to an area hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. the stabbing itself happened at no as we bring you down to street level, police have shut down this subway stop entirely and the j train which travels along the railroad track is completely bypassing the cleave street station. if you're on the train, what you need to know if you go 5 blocks to the east, you can get off at the norwood avenue station. reporting live sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> we're
jim hoffer has been looking at new concerns on how terrorists use encrypted communicate. we'll take a look at how big of a problem this is. stay with eyewitness news and abc news for updates. we're constantly updating abc7ny and our twitter and facebook pages it. news. park section of brooklyn where one person was stabbed, another punched. shannon sohn is live with an update. >> we can sort of peek in on the mezzanine level of the station and in there you can see police department...
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jim hoffer has more. >> reporter: if this is isis launching an attack from the middle east or an isis inspired home grown attack, either way it would mark the terrorists group eclipsing of al-qaida. it would also confirm counter terrorism officials worse fears about outgrowing reach and sophistication of this young terrorist group. the simultaneous coordinated attack are al-qaida trademarks but this also has some of the signature markings of isis. military weapons and smaller scale targets. >> this is not just about attacking political institutions or iconic buildings. this is also about attacking civilians where they live and where they enjoy themselves. >> reporter: while there's been no immediate claim of responsibility for these attacks, early speculation is that there probably is some kind of isis link. january's attack on the political newspaper hebdo is believed to have tied to isis. this time the attacks are more coordinated, showing terrorist training for weeks if not months. that it went undetected is a huge blow for counter terrorism efforts everywhere. >> how they got thes
jim hoffer has more. >> reporter: if this is isis launching an attack from the middle east or an isis inspired home grown attack, either way it would mark the terrorists group eclipsing of al-qaida. it would also confirm counter terrorism officials worse fears about outgrowing reach and sophistication of this young terrorist group. the simultaneous coordinated attack are al-qaida trademarks but this also has some of the signature markings of isis. military weapons and smaller scale...
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eyewitness news jim hoffer? the newsroom with more. jim? >> in the image of the soda can the message from isis is clear, all it takes is an aluminum can and a few ounces of explosives to bring down the plane of a major power. it could just be isis propaganda or real proof that a crude bomb made out of a soda down a russian-filled airline, the picture published in the extremist group's magazine. >> it doesn't take a great deal of explosive material. >> reporter: for the aviation attorney a picture of the simple soda bomb can takes him back to the 1988 explosion of pan am 103 over scotland where terrorist hid explosive in a small can a seth player, reaching the bombing for the families of those killed. those responsible back then would never have shown pictures of the bomb. isis is different. >> this reinforces the point they can go to war against russia, france, the united states, with really a handful of people and they can do enormous damage. >> reporter: this picture is likely to send chills down the spine of tsa security officials embarr
eyewitness news jim hoffer? the newsroom with more. jim? >> in the image of the soda can the message from isis is clear, all it takes is an aluminum can and a few ounces of explosives to bring down the plane of a major power. it could just be isis propaganda or real proof that a crude bomb made out of a soda down a russian-filled airline, the picture published in the extremist group's magazine. >> it doesn't take a great deal of explosive material. >> reporter: for the...
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investigator jim hoffer joining us now with more. >> they're proof according to a former nypd officer, proof he says of religious and ethnic slurs hurled at him repeatedly by fellow cops and often in front of supervisors. >> reporter: former nypd officer david attali says the anti-jewish barbs from fellow cops initially seemed like the occasional workplace joke. >> very aggressive about it. nonstop about hit ler and he did such a good job and nonstop. >> reporter: attali says the racial and religious attacks by several officers in the world trade center command intensified. even occurring in front of supervisors. >> i just want to push you in to an oven. >> reporter: the six-year veteran of the nypd asked to be transferred anywhere. it was denied. that's when officer attali started secretly reporting the an it -- the anti semitic slurs. camp? you'll be in the best shape of your life. >> concentration camp. >> reporter: the daily attacks vicious. attali says one officer relentlessly harassed him, never calling him by his real name. officer christopher delbroccolo is heard throughout th
investigator jim hoffer joining us now with more. >> they're proof according to a former nypd officer, proof he says of religious and ethnic slurs hurled at him repeatedly by fellow cops and often in front of supervisors. >> reporter: former nypd officer david attali says the anti-jewish barbs from fellow cops initially seemed like the occasional workplace joke. >> very aggressive about it. nonstop about hit ler and he did such a good job and nonstop. >> reporter: attali...
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. >> the officer said his colleagues made antijewish comments to him and recorded some of jim hoffer is in the newsroom with details. >> a former nypd officer said the slurs were constant. the officer's relentless in harassment but it's not just his word against theirs. he recorded their antijewish bashes and agreed to go public with the recordings. all david wanted to be was a police officer. when he was assigned to the world trade center command he felt a real sense of pride and soon after some of his fellow officers started to make jokes about jews. officer attali, an israeli jew tried to ignore them but the slurs kept coming targeted to him with increasing cruelty. >> you want to go to this camp this summer. >> why? >> you will be in the best shape of your life. >> how much so? >> concentration camp. >> reporter: what effect did that have on you? >> a lot. a lot. as time went on, everyday when i go to work, literally every step i would take closer to the building i could feel my mood changing and every day to hear the same things i felt like i was caged. >> reporter: the harassme
. >> the officer said his colleagues made antijewish comments to him and recorded some of jim hoffer is in the newsroom with details. >> a former nypd officer said the slurs were constant. the officer's relentless in harassment but it's not just his word against theirs. he recorded their antijewish bashes and agreed to go public with the recordings. all david wanted to be was a police officer. when he was assigned to the world trade center command he felt a real sense of pride and...
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. >> eyewitness news reporter jim hoffer is in the news room with details. >> when you think of how many miles this chase covered through several counties across state lines it seems impossible no one got killed. injury and the very thing that faced danger from this reckless fugitive is what in the end helped to catch him. traffic. >> reporter: the chase at times reaching speeds up to 110 miles per hour. captured on dashboard camera inside the police car, the palisade parkway officer. you can hear police radio transmissions as the chase unfolds and as the murder suspect endangers his life and many others as he suddenly veers off the parkway and across the median through a gas station. the suspect then heads southbound in to northbound traffic on the parkway. stunned motorists desperately trying to swerve out of his way. he continues driving in to oncoming traffic for nearly a full minute. at times the chase reaching speeds between 70 and 90 miles per hour. near the gw david campos, exits the parkway on to roads in fort lee, flying through red lights and busy intersections, the parkway po
. >> eyewitness news reporter jim hoffer is in the news room with details. >> when you think of how many miles this chase covered through several counties across state lines it seems impossible no one got killed. injury and the very thing that faced danger from this reckless fugitive is what in the end helped to catch him. traffic. >> reporter: the chase at times reaching speeds up to 110 miles per hour. captured on dashboard camera inside the police car, the palisade parkway...
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eyewitness news reporter jeff hoffer is here with more. gym. -- jim >> reporter: not a single change after safety upgrades were planned. we've been trying to find out what the state department of transportation saw as the problem there and why they failed to fully fix it. >> the new york department of transportation says the crossing where the six people died last february currently meeting all federal safety standards even though safety improvements planned back in 2009 were left unfinished. >> in an attempt to find out what those improvements were and most importantly why they were needed we found a freedom of information request with the d.o.t. in response we received this 7-page document marked project proposal. >> the crucial information detailing safety problems at the crossing and how the d.o.t. planned to fix them are redacted, completely blacked out. >> there's no question they >> allen brody insists it's what killed his wife and five others when she drove her car into the path of a metro north train. >> the document could make the difference
eyewitness news reporter jeff hoffer is here with more. gym. -- jim >> reporter: not a single change after safety upgrades were planned. we've been trying to find out what the state department of transportation saw as the problem there and why they failed to fully fix it. >> the new york department of transportation says the crossing where the six people died last february currently meeting all federal safety standards even though safety improvements planned back in 2009 were left...