reporting from the upper east side lidia curanaj "fox 5 news." christina: santa reportedly left hundreds of thousands of drones under christmas trees this year with the faa before taking the agency told the daily news the hotline was buzzing with calls and expects to him register for and a thousand drones following the holiday rush. the faa said it received more than 25,000 drones registration request two days after begin accepting applications this past monday. on the day after christmas pope francis addressed catholics in st. peter's square. the pope speech focused on forgiveness through the service is as part of the festivities at saint stephen's. the pope said -- the first christian martyr ever gave his persecutors. the pontiff added he believes forgiveness is the key to winning against evil. the weeklong celebration started today. people gathered in lower manhattan to kick off the holiday. kwanzaa is based on african culture celebrating family community responsibility commerce and self-improvement. the celebration comes to an end on january

steve: lidia curanaj has the exclusive interview about the decision to compete after a seizure. dari: and taking a tragedy and turning it into a positive. what a young woman in newark is doing to help other girls whose lives have been affected by >> the first runner up is colombia colombia. dari: okay. despite the crowning of the wrong person in the miss universe pageant, steve harvey will host again. according to entertainment tonight, he signed a deal to host for at least three years. lost in the hoopla, after his mistake, was the courage of miss slovenia. steve: she suffered a seizure but still chose to compete. she spoke with lidia curanaj about the decision. >> i have to apologize. >> reporter: the miss universe crown mixup became a controversy heard around the world. some say the true winner of the night was 19-year-old miss slovenia. >> how this happen to me? what i did? >> reporter: what happened was a seizure two days into the competition. the seizure rendered the right side of her face paralyzed and despite the health scare, miss slovenia gracefully and proudly fulfill

reporting for times square, lidia curanaj, fox 5 news. juliet: the latest on the shooting of clay anthony, "good day early call" coming right >> meteorologist: we have some cloud cover, fog too but that is it, temperatures not bad but as we head into tomorrow it gets cooler, the first of 2016 but 45 not a bad number, central park, fill the 50, 51 in d.c. you still seem mild air to the south of oz, mild temperatures coming at us today, not relevant just yet, but colder air back behind this area of low pressure, the cold front that has passed by off shore, the colder air will work its way in but not much through the day we get to 50 degrees, skies clear out and then we will see a clear day tomorrow, high temperature of 44 degrees as we ring in the happy new year. juliet: i.t. was having a chat with duke castiglione about how famous might is when he walks pretty unbelievable. it was a bionic experiment. duke: rangers in tampa snapping and nine game roads kid. rangers of 2-1. former ranger brian boyle checking in. controversy on the power pla

that's the latest in williamsburg brooklyn lidia curanaj "fox 5 news." back to the studio. steve: we have been warned. force because the weather will be so nice. steve: it's a great problem to have. audrey: exactly. one we cold just for them but for everyone. we are will experience spring like weather as we go through the middle of december. hard to believe christmas is just two weeks away from today. high temperatures 61 degrees in central park. we hit that at 2:30 this afternoon in well above our average high. normally they should be at 44 degrees. i don't think we will see that for a high number for at least a week across the tri-state area. this morning we started off with 50 degrees. we should be in the 30s and we will see that for several days. i've now come to about 57 in the park 52 with 51 bridgeport 56 montauk and we are in store for a nice evening. these numbers are running about five to 10 degrees above where they were at this time last numbers tonight, warm earth and what should be a normal high. figure that one out. temperatures nice across the northeast from

. >> lidia curanaj was there when they closed-doors. reporter: if you were a kid visiting new york city, chances are you begged to come to toys "r" us in times square, but after 14 years it shut its doors for good. >> closing in 10 minutes. reporter: then, just like that, a piece of many childhoods shut down at 6:00 wednesday night, a few children would argue that toys "r" us, was one of the happiest places on eertz. earth. >> there is a ferris wheel and a >> a lot of toys you can get, legos and hot wheels. reporter: takes square was packed with new year's of preparation, as thousands rushed into toys "r" us for one last glimpse of the giant. the store's closing follows july shuttering of new york toy store fao schwarz. >> this is my childhood, you know. this we used to ride the ferris while. reporter: toys "r" us decided to not renew its lease, the rent has doubled since the first lease signing in 2001, the bottom store was costing $2500 a square foot. >> at the end of the the day if someone else is prepared to pay more, unfortune lion

christina: lidia curanaj thank you. cell phone video captured intense moments before shots rang out inside of the mall in georgia today. please evacuate shoppers from the mall at stonecrest and at stonecrest unless tonio after a shooting in the food court. mea been a result of an altercation among teenagers. no injuries were reported. shooter. the other big story tonight extreme weather parts of the u.s. from a blizzard warning in the southwest to flooding issues and the hard-hit southeast. "fox news" correspondent ryan guiness is tracking the weather. in el paso texas where winter storm morning was issued saturday in the snow related concern doesn't stop in el paso. starting saturday evening from amarillo to lubbock the national weather service warning people in the texas and oklahoma panhandle to prepare for quote historic as it conditions six to 15 inches of snow with a blizzard warning for monday and also includes potential low visibility due to snow as well as high winds that could drive the windchill down to 10 be

lidia curanaj, fox 5 news. >> reporter: i live in the gee neighborhood. >> reporter: you are decent. ben: i did 20%, i go up to 25 for good service but if i am at a sit-down restaurant where service is not good you have to earn the tip, i will do 15%. >> reporter: if we taught delivery service, delivery, not serving as the entire time, dropping things, if you are delivering in new york city were driving around is crazy city. should we give more? should it be 20%? tweet us@juliet huddy. what do you think? ben simmoneau. it serves you right for eating old people serial. a lot more coming up including disney die-hards looking for truelove, now you have a place to go. spend less time chasing sales and more time making room at the table. and homegoods. deserves something as special as everyone else in the family. find thoughtful gifts at amazing prices everyday and homegoods. every coconut has a dream. to come out of its shell. its true, inner beauty. and then, in an ironic twist, get covered up by chocolate and almonds. almond joy mounds. what every coconut wants. juliet: apple may launc

we sent lidia curanaj to fain out. reporter: it doesn't get much cuter than dogs wearing clothe has the instagram account the dog style are he is dedicated it to. jack is wearing ralph lorraine with a tie that expect to read the paper but now there is conundrum that is baf listening the worldwide internet. with a kind of pants should dogs wear and picture one or two. >> number two, i have seen. >> anne mccormacks the manager on the upper east side. after being in business 25 years and confident with the opinion that neither style works. they have to learn. >> so that may be a problem. i done think there is a zipper in there. >> zipper, these ladies say the hine leg looks the only way to go. >> this makes more sense, i get it. that is the way i look at it. he doesn't walk on two legs. i no he i think of it. >> it is only. >> is only this. >> is only. >> you are adamant. you know who this. i have see the picture, yes. why not this one. >> that is wrong. that is just wrong. that is northerly a. the fellows we spoke to say

we asked lidia curanaj to find out. reporter: that evening. investigators along with any crime scene tape or things like that were long gone turn when dozens of reporters asked if they could take a look inside, the landlords obliged. it was a rare if not extremely unusual turn of events. there were a lot of people that were left scratching their heads at. >> here is what looks like a prayer rod. we know that the text was about muslim. >> it's not every day where reporters can sit through the belongings of terrorists that killed over a dozen people. this is the home rented by terror suspect syed farook and his wife, tashfeen malik. less than 48 hours after authorities say that they found thousands of rounds of ammunition and pipe bombs, the to the landlord will allow the media in. >> we have secured a search warrant on that apartment. last night we turned it over back to the residence. we don't control it. >> which of the authorities should have controlled the scene longer? the fbi said that the property was processed thoroughly. we asked this

lidia curanaj and what is behind the change of heart. reporter: santa claus can poonly come to town to this mem tary school. ps169's principal had banned santa in anything related to christmas. >> miss kim responds back to me that is santa claus is st. nick that is religious symbol. i am like, no. santa claus has been americanized. >> the second grauder hoo here and the president of the pta who says since kim became the reasons pal a year and a halfaling. the children were not saying the pledge of alemmance any more either. >> we're supposed to say the pledge of i allegiance. we're supposed to bring to the schools and the kids and why is it being shut down. >> parents and student says the school didn't celebrate any holidays. the thanksgiving celebration was called the harvest festival, christmas and hanukkah, >> the other years before it. it watts look i felt the christmas spirit. no i really don't. >> before the new principal came along. stan made annual appearance at the school and often play the part of stan was the assemblyman. >> c

lidia curanaj was there as residents took a trip down memory lane. >> reporter: city island is far from being a city. nestled just about 10 miles away from midtown manhattan, the new england style section of the bronx is known for its delicious seafood restaurants and this iconic bridge. but after 114 years of service, the bridge is now closed and will be replaced with a new one. >> the new bridge will resemble so much the current bridge. we want to thank the department of transportation that worked with us on the design. you know, losing this bridge is like losing a member of the family to many city islanders. into town runs parallel to the bridge. for many people on the island, it's more than a bridge. it was a part of their childhoods. >> this is me sitting on the bridge and my mother was very angry about it because i was wearing shorts in public. >> reporter: jackie is 90 years young. the lifelong city island resident had this picture taken of her on the bridge in 1942. the memory decades ago, yet still fresh as ever. >> everybody went over the bridge and went to the beach, which wa

as lidia curanaj tells us, it bea ima in with an argument over a spot in line. reporter: despite the tears and plea pleas, 21-year-old audrey anna yielded no sympathy during the bail hearing today. the young moth, he along with her friends, juan rod regeez, accused of man at a bigger in white plains. greenberg police chief says the couple thought the victim had cut the line. >> en qez concluded the assault by picking up the victim of the salvation army money kettle and throwing it at the victim striking him on the right side of the head. >> he is accused of kicking the blind man on the ground. the 41-year-old victim whose name police withholding is working at the nearby westchester wine warehouse as salvation army bell ringer when he went to the smash burger for lunch saturday afternoon. >> absolutely brutal and vicious assault and both suspects. and assault charge and rodriguez was on parole and arrested eight times before. police say the victims sisbly handicapped and had no idea he was being attacked. >> very dedicated. he has been doing this for several year

she spoke exclusively to our lidia curanaj about her decision. >> i have to apologize. miss universe crowned mixup bill a controversy heard around the world. but some say that true winner of that night was 19-year-old anna. what happened was a seizure two days into the competition. the seizure paralyzed and unable to compete. despite the health scare she still gracefully and proudly filled her appearing at miss universe. >> when i came to the stage like no, no, it's me, wow. i can't believe it. you know. >> ' sure which she's never had that left her with a gash in her head and bruises to her face. she spoke to me exclusively about what happened. >> my dream but i was like -- why this happen to me? you know, but then it was just fine. i was like okay god is with me. everything is fine. she was right. the professional model is already become to work, shooting with the pcial miss yoofers photographer. anna couldn't shoot during the competition so invited her to the studio in new york city. >> i thought they would send her home but they said she wants to shoot with you. a g

lidia curanaj has the story from union square. >> reporter: need a hoverboard? a healthy snack? a mini drone? a mini expresso machine? or maybe you need a helmet. this unique high tech space is not at your local mall or a fancy convention. it's located right here in the l line mezzanine at the 14th street union square subway station. >> beautiful. >> this is amazing. >> i think it's cool. everything is unique. it's very colorful and bright. >> reporter: it's called the newsstand. while 150 square feet is the size of your average newsstand and the site where one stood, this consultant says it's anything but traditional. >> we're trying to make the experience for the commuter different. >> reporter: it is purposely bright white to draw commuters in. a lot of commuters think this is holidays but it's hear -- here to stay. >> people walk by and give us what is this? all you see is white. then you look out there. it's a subway. >> reporter: the newsstand hopes to expand and build on its minimal footprint by allowing customers to download its app to get the latest news and deals on it

lidia curanaj, fox 5 news. steve: they do freak out when they see santa. tree. dari: we'll see you at 10:00. steve: here's ernie with what's coming up at 6:00. >> thank you very much. state right here -- stay right here. i'm coming back with what you need to know. we go through the golden age of our city, the '50s. how that laid the groundwork for the new york city of today. we have that and the latest news 6:00. i hope you'll join us. it's the holidays. which means a house full of people -- who all want to get online. so it's the perfect time for verizon 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. and with a 2 year agreement, we'll give you all the premium movie channels for a year. plus, 400 dollars back. so go online or call now. the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3.500 hospitals. t fewer than 6% received 5 stars. r among them was cancer treatment c

that's the latest here from i'm lidia curanaj, fox 5 news. steve: a long island food pantry with an unusual clientele. dari: how university professors are responding to a need for food among college students. steve: the unbelievable way three little girls learned they have a new baby brother right in time for christmas. dari: that's so sweet. but first here's tonight's new york minute. >> a special ceremony at the american air power museum for pearl harbor day. the dropping of the roses involved one rose for every year since the attack. >> they're blessed by a military chaplain. they're taken by plane to the statue of liberty. >> the ceremony also included a pearl harbor survivor. me. know. >> we've got 2 x 4's to go inside there. dari: auto body students took on old combat jeep for a veteran. >> we rebuilt the carburetor and redid the floorboards and inside the vehicle as far as the floorboards are concerned. we redid the license plates. and we're going to make a couple of flag mounts for the front so they can display the american meet the m

. >> as lidia curanaj tells us some of the city's biggest cheap stakes are. reporter: whether it is freezing cold, rain, sleet, or know, delivery people are out there in new york city,ing to get the orter to the home as quickly as pozzable. their reward, hopefully, a good tip. >> i live live by the rule like 20%. >> generally don't go below $50. >> not everyone hits the delivery gy as well as those ladies according to a report published pi the real estate web site street easy. the higher the rep, the low are the tips. >> the study used tip info provided by seamless, on-line food delivery service. >> it is like christmas time. >> where do the worse tippers reside in manhattan. >> it turns out the well toll do upper carnegie hill where are, the average tip there is 12.3%. where do the best tippers live they actually live outside of the city in brooklyn and there is 14.5%. >> they worked in the service industry or they are younger and patricia fits pat driks the founder of the etiquette school of new york and believes one of the main reasons the upper east sider

lidia curanaj, fox 5 news. juliet: little mac's, that was our producer. he was not too at the. still ahead giants fans are -- dallas fans this morning if you can believe it, the cowboys kicked big blue into first place. ben: miserable 5 for first place but is first-place nevertheless. "side bread?" because there's nothing "side" about this bread. it may look like the moon. but it's the star of the show. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. it's always worth remembering... that icing the cinnamon rolls is a privilege not a right. unleash the power of dough. ben: this nfc east, the division is lousy. >> the giants led the superbowl. the nfc east is crazy. the final two minutes of the game. in 2010. and a swarm of cowboys tried to bring him down and he fumbles and dallas comes up with it. daring mcfadden, up the middle, he will not be denied, cowboys jumped out 16-9. the first half of the game -- under the minute left, beautiful play on a pass from third cousins to jackson, skins tied the great kickoff return, 14 seconds weft the. cowboys dramatic win over washington, 1916,

dari: lidia curanaj is live in sunset park to tell us about the other policies the principal changed. hi. >> reporter: good evening. things are starting to change at the school. we learned that the pledge of allegiance will be said over the school's p.a. system every day. it also appears that the school's principal may have misunderstood the school's policy when she banned santa. santa claus can finally come to town to this brooklyn elementary school. the principal had banned santa and anything related to christmas. >> her response to me was that santa claus is st. nick. that is a religious symbol. i'm like no. santa claus has been americanized. >> reporter: her daughter is a second grader. semi- she says the children weren't saying the pledge anymore we're supposed to say the pledge of allegiance and bring the american values to our schools and kids. why is it being shut down? >> parents and students say the school didn't celebrate any holidays. the thanksgiving celebration was called the harvest festival. christmas and hanukkah, the winter show. >> the other years before, it was i f

steve: lidia curanaj is live where the pub crawl will begin. >> this isn't the first time santacon made it to brooklyn. it is the first time it will be starting here. everyone will be gathering here behind me. people we spoke to in brooklyn aren't feeling jolly about it. the naughty antics of santacon revellers in the past has made many bars checking their bars several bars in brooklyn are welcoming santacon participants this year. much to the displeasure of those who live here. >> i'm not anti, but i'm always mildly disgusted is my short response. >> reporter: what have you seen in the past that worries you? >> just a lot of craziness, especially on the trains. just loud, rowdy. not into it at all. >> reporter: as a result of drunken santas, the lirr is banning alcohol on its trains from 11:00 through noon sunday. anyone caught drinking faces a $50 fine and/or 30 days in jail. the nypd will not tolerate santas misbehaving. events. just an early warning to anyone that wants to raise hell dressed like santa claus, we're not going to tolerate. brooklyn and then proceeds to the east villag

lidia curanaj has more on the homeless. >> reporter: the plight of the homeless in new york city is one that evokes compassion and frustration. >> the main thing is you never through. >> i'm in the mental health field. i often think about is there shelter for them? are they full? why are they on the streets? >> reporter: yesterday the mayor admitted that the city was struggling with the homeless epidemic. >> it's a very tough problem. >> reporter: that statement came as the mayor announced the abrupt departure of the head of services. commissioner gilbert taylor had been on the job for two years. >> we are at near record levels of homelessness. 2014. >> this is the policy director for the coalition of the homeless. the city estimates three to 4,000 people sleep on city streets. tonight alone, approximately 60,000 people will be sleeping >> i think a hot of homeless family -- lot of the homeless families face a huge gap between their incomes and the rents that are continuing to rise in new york city. >> reporter: private investigator bill stanton says new yorkers are turning to private s

lidia curanaj tells us what parent can do to hp the little within evercom the fears of st. nick. >> santa's elves not some explaining to do in this photo with one of them trying to tear done the tree to get away. >> rudy by jackie the side eye this year. meanwhile, two-year-old zack could not even pear the sight of him. >> oh-oh. >> this eye in kick scene in the christmas story has now become a familiar sight. >> ti the season for crying kids everywhere. appears a lot of kids would rather give up chocolate than meet santa. what is happening is probably a little dptally appropriate stranger and pi. >> the from is a clinical child psychiatrist at the child mind in city institute. while this study pe behavior may seem out of the ordinary. inis perfectly normal. for a young kid when they have to meet experience wor reor concern that this persons not somebody i mow. with santa claus be where are seeing that ten-fold. >> running them won't work eitherment the best bet is to prep them before han. how do you make them feel comfortable? >> well i think the kids see it on tr. they ar

lidia curanaj has the story from greenburg. he was yielded no sympathy from a judge during her bail hearing. the young mother and her friends are accused of beating a legally blind man at a smashburger in white plains. the couple thought the victim had cut the line. >> he concluded his assault by picking up the salvation army money kettle and throwing it at the victim striking him on the right side of his head. >> she is accused of kicking the man while on the ground. the 41-year-old victim, whose name is being withheld, was working at the westchester wine white house as a salvation army bell ringer when he went to the smash burger for lunch saturday afternoon. >> a brutal and vicious assault. he was charged accordingly. >> reporter: both are facing a felony assault charge. rodriguez was on parole and has been arrested eight times. police say the victim is visibly handicapped and had no idea why he was being attacked. he's been doing this seven years. he works with them every year. he's out there in the elements to raise money. >> reporter: the victims suffered a broken nose and fractured e

lidia curanaj looks at how tragedy can amplify our opinions of events. >> reporter: anguish and now anxiety is clearly palpable >> all of a sudden, boom. right here. >> boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. >> reporter: trying to make sense out of the madness rocking this world we live in will not be an easy task. >> this is crazy. there's too many shootings, too much bad stuff going on. >> the opposite of anxiety is positive. >> reporter: dr. jeff gardere says while it's normal to worry, fact. >> even the police commissioner said that new york always remains a major target, but at the same time gives the good advice that we can't live in fear, that we have to go about empowered. if you see something, say something. >> reporter: a social services building was the site of the mass shooting in california. in paris, the sites, restaurants, a concert hall and soft targets. these. places like the barclay center and madison square garden. what do we do? live in fear? why does this seem to keep happening? >> people have figured out that if you can shock other people, if you can kill, if there's mayhem in

lidia curanaj has more on the growing military operation. >> reporter: newly declassified video by the department of defense shows u.s. forces bombing isis targets in syria. >> the tunnels don't provide the protection isil believes they do. we've destroyed multiple tunnel complexes. >> david cameron pleaded with lawmakers to endorse aerial attacks against isis targets in syria. his request launched a conscientious debate. >> the question is this. do we work with our allies to degrade and destroy this threat and do we go after these terrorists in their heartlands from where they're plotting to kill british people? >> reporter: the battle is being waged on u.s. soil. this year alone, american authorities have arrested nearly five dozen people in the u.s. for helping support or plot with isis, according to a new study conducted by researchers at george washington university. this is one of the researchers. >> there's no such thing as a typical sympathizer. >> reporter: the study found the vast majority of those arrested were american citizens or permanent residents, many of whom lived in