year with chinatown we have money for the nonprofits, we have money for safety we're going to make kearny street safer and our situations near lady shaw safe we have money to do do have money for the parks it is a good year for chinatown and district 3 with the budget i'd like to mention it is related to the earthquake safety program we have a project with the fire department and roof deck we'll put free smoke alarms in people's houses you only have to call - sorry. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> yeah, he get excited all that 234u78z very are a free smoke alarm call and basically contact and union contributes will put a free smoke alarm in our house to you and your neighbors will be safer please support in program and please give big thanks to the mayor and the c y c and self-help this is a great program (clapping) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> first of all, i need to thank you supervisor christensen you know for coming to talk to you today first of all, i want to tell you a story regarding myself you you know a person that touched was prepare this is very important for earthquak

take a look at this video from a huge fire in kearny. one person managed to escape despite flames shooting through the roof of a home on laurel avenue about 2:00 this morning. firefighters were able to keep the flames from spreading to neighboring homes. investigators don't know how it started. >>> new video this morning of a vicious brawl outside of barclays center. dozens of students kicking and punching one another, some even armed with weapons. in the end, a teenage boy was stabbed in the stomach. eyewitness news reporter kala rama is live in brooklyn. kala? >> reporter: good morning, disspurring stuff as hundreds of kids gathered by atlantic mall in barclays. they grabbed their cell phone when this kid was being pummeled then uploaded the video online and it quickly turned into a viral video. you can see dozens of teens pummel, stomp and assault another teen with what looks like at some points to be a cane. that 16-year-old student from south shore was stabbed in the stomach by another teen from jon jay high school. police say the t

. >>> in new jersey crews are investigating an overnight house fire that happened in kearny. there were no other injuries. firefighters got the upper hand before flames could spread to other houses. the cause is under investigation. >>> a former staten island congressman michael grimm, reporting to a federal prison at this hour. grimm is scheduled to surrender to u.s. marshals at noon. the former representative will serve an 8-month sentence for tax fraud. he pled guilty for hiding sales from his restaurant to avoid paying taxes. >>> yom kippur begins at sundown, the jewish day of atonement marked by prayer, facing. many spend it at the synagogue and many fast for a full 26 hours. >> wishing all an easy fast. >>> a police officer on the other side of the law under arrest for a hit and run crash that critically injured a motorcyclist. >> new developments in the volkswagen scandal. what the ceo now admits. >> hear from the kentucky clerk marriage battle. >> this is a live picture the airport where the pope boarded his plane and will depart for washington, d.c. he is due to arri

the group north beach citizens will open a new headquarters on kearny street near broadway.s was located on very busy columbus avenue. the group's new building will be double the size and provide greater access to more people. >>> tesla owners have been waiting for this a long time, tesla fans i should say, too. after a two-year wait, the tesla model x now out on the road. >> it's not going to come cheap. "today in the bay's" bob redell live at the tesla plant in fremont. thousands of these luxury suvs have already sold and they have a pretty sweet looking design. >> reporter: sam and laura, around 25,000 people have put their name on the list for the new model x being produced at the tesla auto plant in fremont. if you were to put an order in today, you'd still have to wait about another year. last night quite a party in free month as ceo elon musk unveiled his company's first all-electric suv. one of the most interesting pee tours, the rear gull wing doors that open upwards. the driver's door also opens as you approach the car, closes once you're settled inside. tesla hope

. >> "today in new york's" tracie strahan is on the scene in kearny. tracie? >> reporter: we're standing by for fire marshals. the flames were so intense that it knocked the siding on the hos me where the fire broke out and the homes next door. just before 2:00 this morning the fire broke out. at one point residents said smoke filled the entire neighborhood. at least one person inside was able to get themselves to safety. no civilian firefighter injuries were reported. >>> we want to go to katherine creag on the upper east side with new details on how the papal visit could impact you. kat. >> reporter: kerry, michael, heavy duty barricades up. tow trucks are here. parking restrictions. no parking that went into effect overnight. they last through saturday night. for people driving or even pedestrians, they should be prepared for roadblocks, but also roads closed on the upper sees east side, lower manhattan. he'll be staying here on east 72. he's not arriving until thursday afternoon as you know, kerry, michael, already security and >> kat, thanks very much. >>

commemorating the fall of [inaudible] in manila town center 868 kearny street. 3 thousand people created a human barricade to prevent eviction 200 immigrant older residence, filipinos and chinese. we called it the international hotel complex. it was their home. this day is remembered for a decade long fight in that helped ignoit the tenant right movements and across the u.s. today is the international hotel sat is transformed to provide loincome housing and senior house frg communities involved. this symbolizes the struggle to [inaudible] and civil rights and housing justice. for the mu naungs like uncle [inaudible] from china town and many others it represented a place that was their home and a fight for the cities soul and future. toort asian americans, african americans and latinos and [inaudible] today we have to learn from the i hotel history and apply it to todays conditions. it is aults important we remember the history and honor the past and plent day eviction fighters. that sh the theme of the 38 annual i hotel celebration 6-8 p.m. next tuesday. as you see frame the logo, the ti

commemorating the fall of [inaudible] in manila town center 868 kearny street. 3 thousand people created human barricade to prevent eviction 200 immigrant older residence, filipinos and chinese. we called it the international hotel complex. it was their home. this day is remembered for a decade long fight in that helped ignoit the tenant right movements and across the u.s. today is the international hotel sat is transformed to provide loincome housing and senior house frg communities involved. this symbolizes the struggle to [inaudible] and civil rights and housing justice. for the mu naungs like uncle [inaudible] from china town and many others it represented a place that was their home and a fight for the cities soul and future. toort asian americans, african americans and latinos and [inaudible] today we have to learn from the i hotel history and apply it to todays conditions. it is aults important we remember the history and honor the past and plent day eviction fighters. that sh the theme of the 38 annual i hotel celebration 6-8 p.m. next tuesday. as you see frame the logo, the tige