cruz was arrested for stealing jeans at a gap store in lower manhattan. nypd officers handcuffed him behind his back and placed him in a police cruiser, but somehow he got loose, kicked open the back door and then made a mad dash for the subway at the franklin street station. he kept on running down the cat walk and eventually disappeared inside a dark tunnel. the mta briefly shut down subway service as they desperately looked for hours trying to find the suspect. >> it's really unfortunate that the police can't hang on to people. you're in handcuffs all of a sudden, you know, you're in custody and you can get away. so it's a problem that police have to deal with. >> i don't think it makes me and, you know, it's an incident that happened, could happen. >> reporter: and that suspect, again, 20-year-old maxio cruz arrested this morning just after 1:30 in sunset park brooklyn. this is the sixth time since june that a suspect has escaped nypd custody. in recent months police commissioner bratton has said this is an embarrassment for the nypd and a complete fa

but what two of new york's strongest found monday in lower manhattan left them cbs 2's steve langford reports tonight they are being hailed for their quick thinking. >> just another basic car park by the fire hydrant. so i told him to move the car. but there were kids in there. >> reporter: a 2011 bmw parked at this fire hydrant for an hour with four young children in the back seat alone at the dorner of lafayette and white streets in lower manhattan monday. sanitation workers wilson arroyo and carlos rosato immediately flagged down a port authority police officer. >> leave kids alone in a car was -- it was -- i don't even know -- i can't put it to words. >> reporter: the car was running. the children in the back seat the oldest 4 years old, the youngest just a year. their babysitter nowhere to be found. police say when the babysitter finally came back, she told them she left the children in the car because she had to go pay a fine. >> she was trying to tell them she was just in there for like two, three minutes just to, you know, do the paperwork right there. and, um, but we all know

today several groups will be meeting in lower manhattan. "today in new york's" katherine craig is there for the latest. >> reporter: a rally scheduled at the federal building in broadway. lawmakers, you'll be seeing them, also a large gun control group. large events today like they took place over the weekend. the orange walk are the goal to end gun violence. they gathered to commemorate the three-year anniversary of the sandy hook tragedy. some also talked about losing their loved ones to gun violence. moms demand action for guns in america, that's one of the groups that gathered there. also on a similar note, new york senator charles schumer and governor cuomo demanded the federal government shared classified watch list information on suspected terrorists. those who can't fly because they're on the terror watch list. to prevent them from legally buying guns. >> to allow people to you believe have terrorist connections to buy guns is so irresponsible that people must be living in a state of denial. >> reporter: there are those who oppose m

will be discussing terrorism with the fbi director, we have more from police headquarters in lower manhattan, janelle. >>> it certainly was a busy day yesterday for bill bratton dealing with those e-mail threats against our city school system he'll be meeting with the head at police headquarters to discuss terrorism and we are about the school threats yesterday. >>> the joint press conference this morning between nypd commissioner bill bratton and the head of the fbi james comy will address terrorism, not clear what the specifics will be, press conference comes a day after this. >>> we're closing all districtcampuses today due to a threat that has come. >>> a shut down to the los angeles school system after an e-mail threatened attacked on every school with bombs hidden in backpacks and lockers. >> we believe the e-mail originated over seas, the language in the e-mail would lead us to believe this is no a gihadish. >> it was so generic. hoax and did not warrant closing schools, schools chancellor says the nypd was contacted immediately after receiving the e-mail. >> the mayor and myself deci

we're live in lower manhattan. >> deliberations expected to corruption trial tomorrow. dean and his son adam both sides wrapping up their closing arguments today. the former sign up leader is accused of using his position to get his son on a paid no show job. he says he did nothing wrong. both are charged with bribery, extortion and conspiracy. >> in connecticut, a teacher's aid charged with having sexual contact with a student. they face several charges. the couple worked as a professional at the middle school. the incident with the vick tim under 18 happened in october off school grounds. >> a man arrested for allegedly dragging a police officer in new jersey is believed to be here in a country illegally. 33-year-old -- fatss attempted murder charges after striking an officer with a car. it happened yesterday afternoon in a strip mall parking lot in toms river, new jersey. call about a man using a fake i.d. he was previously deported to the dominic "dan republic as a result of weapons and drug charges. >> coming up as news 4 continues, the lawsuit accusing the well to

reporting live this noon, from lower manhattan, cbs2 news. >>> to the los angeles school scare students are back in class buses rolled a day after close all public schools the fbi determined the e-mail that prompted the shut down was not credible. la officials criticized for what some call an over reaction continue to defend their decision, public schools received a similar threat but determined it was a hoax. >>> the nypd still searching for for an armed robber who stole tens of thousands of dollars from an armored car, investigators have new details to the suspect and possible ties to another hold up. >> reporter: you can't miss the damage inside eg money service on west chester avenue in sound view, bullets pierced through the window yesterday morning during a shoot out right the business, narrowly missed getting shots. >> they get down, and you know, try to be safe. >> police say an armed robber dressed in a suit and tie held up a carrier with an armored left this with bags full of cash, a suspect put a gun to the neck and stole $78,000, video shows the perpetrator racing across the

"today in new york's" katherine creag is at one police plaza in lower manhattan. kat, good morning. >> reporter: darlene, good morning. this is expected to be quite a big gathering here of members of the clergy at police headquarters. we expect to hear from commissioner bratton about the president's remarks regarding terrorism. many people saying that it's unprecedented that he would take to the oval office or at least a very rare occasion that he would make this speech in primetime hours. said the president offered words of encouragement but didn't give any policy changes. he said what happened in san bernardino, an act of two people taken down the dark road of extremism. he defended his strategy to fight isis as part of an international coalition. he called on congress to authorize the use of military force against isis to make tougher gun laws, but he said there would not be a ground war. >> i know that after so much war, many americans are asking whether we are confronted by a cancer that has no immediate cure. well, here's what i want you to know. the threat

one such event happening today in lower manhattan. katherine creag there with more, kat. >> reporter: and david, some who know what it is to lose a child, the heart ache, emptiness, they gathered here at that federal building you see there in an emotional moment. >> reporter: they called on congress demanding tougher gun control legislation, they also marked the third anniversary of the newtown massacre, and mourned the victims. some of the parents here, new yorkers who lost their own son or daughter to gun violence, they're demands including banning high-powered weapons, assault rifles, for instance, and banning sam moe for civilian use. we heard from governor cuomo earlier who said the federal terror watch list should be available to states to prevent someone on that list from purchasing a gun, but first, let's listen to one mom from staten island whose daughter was ago. >> i'm here pleading with new yorkers to stand up to the gun lobby, to stand up to congress, and say, we can end gun violence. it's time. too many children are dyin

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 degrees. so we're getting off to a mild start. we'll get up to 64 during the day. that morning fog and drizzle again lifting away, kind of getting scoured out by a wind turning breezy, a shower coming in again late in the day into the evening hours, so be prepared for that if you head out for dinner. 44 tomorrow. so much cooler tomorrow. sun to start and then clouds increasing. there will be rain coming in tomorrow night. maybe starting as a mix in the city but more prolonged snow, and west and that can make for a those areas. just be careful. keep that in mind and take it slow if you're coming in from the western suburbs. >> all of the -- thank you for nice run we have had. >> that will do it for this edition of eyewitness news sunday morning. >> i'm rob nelson. for the entire team here at eyewitness news, thanks so much for being with us. tonight at 5:00. we hope you have a great day. >> and happy why let som

in lower manhattan, linda schmidt, fox 5 news. dari: wow. alison: a new quinnipiac poll shows the republican presidential race tightening. donald trump and ted cruz lead the field. trump has 28%. marco rubio third with 12 percent. dari: hillary clinton has a huge lead over her rivals. clinton topping bernie sanders 61 to 30 percent. former maryland governor martin o'malley is a distant third with 2%. >> and a member of the army who was expected to be overseas for the holidays, well he came home to give his sister the surprise of a lifetime. look. look. >> oh, my gosh! dari: that is grace hernandez. she burst into tears when she saw her brother, joseph hernandez. he appeared at her school to surprise her. he'd been in south korea for his deployment since last march and the wasn't expected to be home until next year, but he came home early to visit his sister at the robert frost middle school in deer park. everybody was in on the secret except for, as you can see, >> i told my family i would try and make it home every year for the holidays. so

hours, the school called and told us because so many children had parents who worked in lower manhattan, that they had told them about the attacks come and we needed to be ready to speak to our kids when we picked them up from school, and when i was 10 minutes away from leaving to pick the children up i got the single greatest phone call i have ever gotten in my life. it was my wife on the other end of the phone, from a payphone in midtown manhattan, where she had t-shirts wrapped around her face to get through the dust, and the contaminants that were covering lower manhattan. she told me she was ok. that night, she came home and one of our neighbors, who she had helped to get a job in her industry after he had lost his, his wife called us. she said, did you see frank? did you see him anywhere downtown when you are leaving? he has not come home and i have not heard from him. job,pat helped him get a on the 44th floor of the second world trade center tower. frank never came home. parish is now named in his honor. we sat at his funeral. , with his widow. later that night, our oldest son's

it's slowing everything down to a crawl as we go through the afternoon, again, another look at lower manhattan where all the buildings are even height because we have a ceiling down to about 500 feet. the temperature's not the problem, the wind isn't the problem. it's light. the visibility, 8/10 of a mile in white plains. the dense fog advisory expired for now but could be reinstated. our visibilities are very low. you heard about the extensive airport delays that we'll confirm at the airports. i want to show you around the delays really close to the tri- state area and down toward philly. rainfall amounts haven't been that great yet. they are going to go up in a hurry as we close in on an inch of rain by later tonight. you see the yellows moving in to places like newark and teterboro parts of holmdel and also long island as well. there's another batch down to the south. here's what you need to know. this heavy rain will go at times until about 10:00 tonight. then tough travel with street flooding and low visibility all evening long. we're still on track for the big 70s and potentially the all

we can see 1 world trade all the way down to lower manhattan. you can see all the way to verrazano narrows bridge, all this looking good with a few clouds over us this morning. a look down the beach looks good, down the boardwalk looking good, down the jersey shore, a temperature of 42 northerly wind. a nice comfortable morning here we've got clouds back in here to the great lakes. we have a little front here, and then we've got warm air surging up that might bring us a sprinkle thursday night. warmer air is going to continue to increase around today. 42 by 8:00, noontime temperature, 48, 52 later on this afternoon. and we'll cool down to 40th again tonight. at the bus stop, grab a jacket, a sweater. we've got a few morning. by afternoon it's 52 degrees. i give it an a. it's only going to get warmer. it will be 15, 20 degrees warmer coming up for the weekend. we'll talk about the weekend coming up. >> it's not going too badly if you look at this shot i'm about to show you. this is 440, 1 and 9, the whole area. let's go over to our maps. i can te

the 20-year-old was arrested store in lower manhattan. nypd officers handcuffed him with his hands behind his back, placed him inside the police cruiser. somehow he got loose, kicked open the back door and ran to the subway at the franklin street station in west broadway and he kept on running down the cat walk and eventually disappearing into a tunnel. the mta briefly shut down subway service as they searched for the suspect. >> it's really unfortunate that the police can't hang on to people. you're in handcuffs. all of a sudden you're in custody. that's a problem police have to deal with. >> it's an incident that happened, that could happen. >> reporter: again, that search for the suspect ending in sunset park brooklyn around 1:30 this morning. meanwhile, this is the sixth time since june that someone -- or i should say that a prisoner in the past police commissioner bratton has called it an embarrassment to the department and a failure in basic policing, almost certainly we expect to hear from him again on this issue sometime later on

it gives her goosebumps. >> time for a new babysitter in lower manhattan. >>> police have not identified the children or their parents. the babysitter is back in court on february 1. rolls into a busy manhattan intersection yesterday afternoon on the upper west side. there were no passengers aboard the bus which was parked at 96th and west end avenue. it rolls backwards, hit a parked car and that started a chain reaction crash involving four parked vehicles. thankfully nobody was hurt. the mta currently investigating. >>> the woman accused of mowing down a crowd of people with her car on the vegas strip has appeared in court. 24 year old lakesha holloway went before a judge to face murder charges for killing a 32 year old woman walking on the strip last sunday. dozens of other pedestrians were hurt. prosecutors also charged holloway with child abuse after finding her three year old daughter in the car at the time of the crash. >>> time is 6:18. up next the first families favorite holiday song. >>> in our next half hour the skies are about to be crowded with drones. wait until you hear ho

you are looking live at lower manhattan all lit up this morning. thanks for joining on this sunday, december 6th. i'm toni yates in for michelle family. >> michelle enjoying a family we are coordinated. >> we tried. >> good morning. thanks for being with us. let's check in with amy freeze forecast. i should say this but i did catch amy as she was getting ready for the show a few minutes ago in our makeup dressing room, guess what album ready, the album taking over the world. >> adele. >> i was going to say peter frampton because that's what i get up to in the morning. >> good morning, amy, hello. >> hello. >>> what a beautiful day it turned out to be yesterday. temperatures were easy to take. skies look good. we ended up with temperatures in the 50s. we could do a repeat this morning. in fact, checking the numbers early on, we are at 40 degrees. that feels good. yesterday's high was 51 in central park. a few spots got above that. for december 6th. that would be well above average. the normal high is 47. the record 70 set in 2001. sunset 4:28. tempe

bill evans. >> well, every picture tells a story and here's the camera from new jersey over to lower manhattan. lower east side. and the lower west side. so we have this view across routes 1 and 3. and a pretty morning, gorgeous sunrise. and it's a morning where we start out with the clear skies. and temperatures warmer again than normal for this time of year. here we go bystanders the george washington bridge, look to the east. look at that sky, beautiful this morning. hardly any particles in the air. just a light wind today. yesterday, i don't know, i would have enjoyed the ride. a 40 wind was in the harbor yesterday on the east river and was also on the hudson river. today starting out around 48 degrees and warming into the low 50s today. and a shot at rain coming tomorrow. and it's weather and then debbie duhaime every seven minutes. she's in for health they are morning. >>> let's see what's happening. first to the view from news copter 7 and show you the problem. this is the southbound van wyck approaching kew garden, all lanes still closed. looks like the car ran into the back of a truck

from brooklyn looking into lower manhattan, blue skies showing. these clouds are going to sunshine. we're already in the middle to upper 50s across the area with the exception of those south- ationing shores. winds out of the southwest in central park 10 miles an hour. pressure holding steady. we check in with long island, massapequa at 55 degrees. that's one of the spots had that's going to get the influence of this southerly wind that's going to be driving in, so those spots will be limited to see their temperatures in the mid-50s. you can see right here the gusts within the last hour sort of pointing right there taking the air over the water, which is cooler and bringing it inland at the shoreline. that's the difference in the temperatures. some spots near the record. in fact, looking at our delayed december graphic, we can compare what happened last year at this time compared to what the weekend. major difference, not just for one or two days but a real stretch of weather, very similar to november where we had a mild pattern in place that was tough to break, and that's going to

a live look at lower manhattan. crisp and cold outside. finally feeling like december. we welcome you to december 19th. good morning, i'm michelle charlesworth. >> i'm rob nelson. thank you for tuning in to eyewitness news saturday morning. a cold weekend but a warm christmas. that is going on. temperatures are dropping in our area after several days of unseasonally warm and beautiful temperatures. that is my opinion. some people like it cold. i got you. some parts of the tri-state area may be seeing flurries in fact later today. in lower manhattan, plain old cold. that means people are bundling up and they get out and about. get the sweater on the dog, grabbing a cup of coffee. the last weekend before christmas and it does finally feel like december out there. puffy coats. >> i love showing the folks in the neighborhood walking around. >> meteorologist amy freeze taking a look at the weather. >>> hi, good morning to the both of you. whether you are waiting for the cold or wish it were more melted, we have something for everyone in the forecast. we are running 12 above

beautiful night out there as we look over toward lower manhattan from brooklyn. 50 degrees right now your temperature in the city. that wind is completely calm. the pressure, 30.66 and rising. pressure is super high with high pressure in control. that's why we have the fair weather and the high on the day got a degree higher, 51 earlier this afternoon after a morning low of 40. just to put everything in perspective, normal high is 47. 70 was your record back in 2001. approach that winter solstice coming up later this month. shortest day of the year. sunshine tomorrow through monday. we've been watching on the models a coastal storm showing up. that should stay offshore tuesday, at least the vast majority of it should. then really no cold in sight. next weekend could even be warmer. we could be approaching record warmth. right now, 49 at teterboro. 50 at laguardia. temperatures in the low 40s. down to 42 at sussex. mid 40s radar, this? absolutely nothing here over the tri-state area. we zoom things out. this is kind this is it shows you that broad clockwise flow around the area of hig

live at state supreme court lower manhattan, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> well new at noon, the rapper involved in profile confrontation, this time arrested for allegedly attacking a bouncer at a nightclub in chelsea. it happened as the 24-year-old was thrown out of the up and down club after a dispute yesterday. police say he bit the woman escorting her out and tried to punch her in the face. she has been released. >>> the navy will award the purple heart to service members killed or wounded in an attack this year in tennessee. four marines and a sailor divide the gunman opened fire naval facility. one marine was hurt. the announcement came after the fbi confirmed the attack was terrorist group. >>> new jersey is a step ahead in the effort to stop gun sales on federal terrorism watch a statute law allows them to or suspected extremist. the law disqualifies people on the list from obtaining gun permits. some states are working to get access to a direct fbi database maintained by the fbi's terrorist screening center. >>> turning to vote 2016 and many political observers

brooklyn into lower manhattan, what a great looking day we've got. central park, 56 degrees. humidity 62%. west winds between 8 to 18 miles per hour. and a little breezy at times and pressure holding steady but the mild feel to the air. so as you step outside, does not feel like december. instead, it's a comfortable and easy to take. and now once we lose the sun and we have the sunset, we will see the temperatures cool off just a little bit. but near 60 for the next five days. the potential is there for record warmth. that means in the history books for december 20 sacrifice. and rain returns by monday. and in and around the boroughs right now, approaching the 60- degree mark. white plains, temperatures are there. morristown, almost 60. you can expect temperatures to stay steady in the mid- to upper 50s. once we go past sunset, there's start to develop and i keeps temperatures in the low 50s until about 7:00 this evening. futurecast, tomorrow afternoon, about this time tomorrow, lunchtime, we will see the temperatures still in the upper 50s. maybe even a few degrees warmer th

nick at a park in williamsburg and headed to bars in lower manhattan. participants do not understand why santa con has such a bad wrap. all it's about is getting together with friends and having some fun. >> we've come here the last three years and have a great time every year. friends and get in the the spirit of christmas. >> we all sing along to christmas carols walking everywhere. it's a good time. >> if people conclude santa con, people in new york are antifun. >> antifun, oh yes. spirit is the operative word. organizers started planning with police more than a month ago. they got a permit to assemble in the park and sent out reminders about safety. maybe they made stride this is year like improving the city. some are are antisanta con. >> it takes a few bad apple, bad situations. looks like people really took care of one another, had a nice, clean time. that was that. >> didn't get caught. >> right. >>> coming up, 200 nations now officially adopted the first global pact to fight global what does it mean and what is next for all governments that ha

dray clark is live in lower manhattan with details on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rob. government officials say the country needs a new terror alert system but they're quick to point out that the current system suspect being replaced, it's being tweaked. this is the third time the system is being replaced here. the first was after the that implemented the color code system. and in 2 to 011, the advisory system was put into place but that system has never been used. and the new details of the revised system won't be shared until after 11:00 this morning but the secretary of homeland security jay johnson says the new system will lower the threshold when it comes to how and when the public will be informed when there's a threat against the u.s. here's more from president barack obama. >> here at home, the department of homeland security is updating its alert system to help the american people stay vigilant and safe. and as always, our extraordinary men and women in uniform continue to put their lives on the line. in this campai

cbs 2's tony aiello live in lower manhattan with more on this. tony. >> reporter: maurice, really a stunning one-two punch for crusading u.s. attorney. the jury needed only 8 hours of deliberations to convict the skeloses. >> we are obviously very disappointed with the verdict. >> reporter: the disgraced to shoulder with his son adam outside court. the men convicted of running what the prosecution called a shakedown. quote, dean skelos had a great deal of power and paying his son was the way to tap it. three 67-year-old skelos portrayed here in a picture from governor cuomo's office was one of the three amigos who ruled over albany controlling all legislation until last may when he was charged with bribery and extortion. claiming skelos pressured various companies to pay his son in exchange for legislative favors. there was a mysterious $20,000 commission paid to adam skelos and a $70,000 no show job. the son portrayed as an arrogant hot head but the defense claims prosecution witnesses shaded their testimony in exchange for municipal. and insist

clark live in lower manhattan. we're going to political reporter dave evans. >> trump did not back down one bit this morning and his controversial plan to prohibit muslims in coming to this country. he predicted he will not just win the republican nomination but will beat hillary clinton too. >> donald trump visited our studio this morning in the midst of controversy on the campaign trail. he was a guest on live with kelly and michael and afterward he talked to us to ban all muslims. >> you have to say it. we're a country of laws. we're a country where you have to behave. you can't knock down buildings. you can't do the kind of things that have been happening in our country. what happened in california. >> across the political spectrum, denunciation from he's been called a fascist, compared to hitler. trump breezily dismissed his critics. >> look, most of these are opponents who have no poll numbers. they have 0, i'm at 35, 36. they're desperate. >> trump also blasted hillary clinton, her e-mail scandal and questio

beautiful, looking down to lower manhattan you can see the empire state building. and like a candle one world trade. winds have been breezy at times. coming out of the west at five to 15 miles per hour. and that bit of a breeze could make your feel colder. 48 for the high. and well above average for this time of year. but we'll close by the way looking at the history books, the coldest in 1917, seven below zero and the most mild in 1965, 63 degrees. zeroing in over times square and the clouds are really starting to thin and we'll continue to see improvements through the evening. so just a few patchy clouds remain in place as we turn the chapter and turn the page on looking at temperatures outside of the city. colder temperatures in monticello. and the wind chill factor only takes a few degrees off the numbers. it's not enough wind to make it uncomfortable. but you need a coat. it will be cooler than the actual thermometer readings by a 41degrees is the number we're shooting for with a few clouds left behind. and we're storm free for the next several days. tomorrow

hundreds kicked off the festivities in williamsburg before heading to bars in brooklyn and lower manhattan. thy don't understand why santa- con got a bad wrap when hits eye about coming together and having fun. together with friends and in the spirit of christmas. >> we all sing along, christmas carols walking everywhere. it's a good time. >> if people continue to impose santa-con, i have to conclude that there are people in new york who were antifun. >> organizers started planning with police more than a month ago getting a permit to assemble in the park and sending messages out to participants about safety. >>> a big holiday gift for drivers. coming up on eyewitness news, gas prices take the plunge nearing a key milestone. >> and you have seen them on shared them, too. we will show you the top ten >>> it is time to take a look at the top ten videos of the year courtesy of you tube. >> these are videos seen by they resonate and say something about our world. here is tim fleischer with a look at what we watched and loved. >> >> reporter: police work was never like this. in dash cam confess

far as we know the suspect is not a hardened criminal but officers have financed anned out in lower manhattan trying to track him down. >> reporter: just before we came on air i checked in with police. the prisoner is still on the loose. squad car he was being transported in was a few blocks away from the precinct house when it is possible the prisoner saw subway and made a run for it. police searched the back doors of a cruiser trying to figure out how a handcuffed prisoner was able to open it from the inside. sources tell news 4 that man in his 20s had just been arrested for shoplifting at the gap. escaped running into the franklin street subway station forcing train service to a halt. >> they said they are searching for an escaped prisoner. >> shutting down the electricity. >> reporter: authorities believe the prisoner is somewhere along the 1 line and they are searching the tracks but so far have had no luck. the prisoner evading police, all while still in handcuffs. >> it is real had unfortunate that the police can't hang on to people. i mean you're in handcuffs. all of a sudden are you

tonight, outside lower manhattan court, dean said they will be vindicated. >> we'll be exonerated found innocent and tomorrow you will hear our side of the case. he served more than half of his life in the senate admirably and has many, many things to be proud of. legislation. he will be missed in this state when he finally leaves. believe me. >> prosecutors say he used his position to get miss son a no- show job and is accused of accepting hundred of thousands of dollars in exchange for political favors. >>> nassau county residents wonder why local legislature residents face higher fees and fewer services. >> on the streets of long long island the debate rages. >> to me, i don't think a politician should be able to give themselves a pay raise. >> i definitely see their side to it. but if they are part time, do they have other jobs? >> it is a part-time job but more than full-time work say legislators who unanimously voted themselves a dramatic pay raise nearly doubling their salary to $75,000. it won their first pay hike in 20 years. >> if they reflect on two decades of nonpay increase

lower manhattan, down toward the battery. 41 degrees, dry humidity, north wind at 5, pressure rising. 9 degrees above normal. we're looking at warm numbers not only today babuism sunrise at 7:07. storms out of the atlantic, it will be cooler today, we've got a big warmup starting tomorrow. we're looking at record warmth by sunday. >>> 30 up toward monticello, 38 poughkeepsie. all these numbers low 40s, upper 30s way warm for this hour of the day. we should be about 35 in the park. the system in the atlantic is throwing a few showers towards riverhead and the twin forks. high pressure to the west keeps sliding eastward makes for beautiful weather. we're seeing that system out of the atlantic by noontime, 10:00, goes on out, goes away. clouds break up. we have sunshine and boy then we're off to the races with the warm heir coming in. temperatures today to about 48 this afternoon. that's still a few degrees warmer than our seasonal that's going to feel pretty good. a light wind with clouds breaking for sunshine. it only gets warmer too. 48 today, the coolest day. tomorrow we're going to

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. >> a big milestone in lower manhattan came in may when the observatory finally opened at one world trade center in surrounding areas and was celebrated as another symbol of american resolve after the 9/11 >>> they battled a legionella out break originating in a building cooling tower and was sprayed out in a mist. last but not least one of the biggest stories in the world this year took place right here in our area. pope francis' visit to new york city. >> i came here because i wanted to meet the pope because i believe in a miracle. >> you believe in a miracle. >> and then you saw him. what was that like? >> it was the most precious moment of my life. >> people lined up at the airport on fifth avenue in central park and every place the holy father went on his short trip in september. he's expected to visit the u.s. mexico border coming up in february. >> we'll be right back. >>> coming up on cbs 2 news tonight tired of waiting on hold? there's a app for that. new offers for customer service so you don't waste time. >> all that and more beginning at 5. >> that's it for 2 news at noo

. >> reporter: in lower manhattan, the promenade was full of runners and walkers making the most of the day. on on the coney island boardwalk, the sunshine barefoot kids. with weather like this, some storeowners may have wished they state (the beach was full of people soaking up the sun. this brother and sister found their own place to frolic in the sand. >> you think about them playing their foot in the sand in december at the beach. >> i know we usually go down south for warmer weather but we have it right here in new york. it's awesome. >> it's fantastic. >> absolutely. >> reporter: winter fishing is possible and this couple caught two different types of crabs in less than a half-hour. what do you think about doing this in december. >> it's awesome. the weather is awesome and the crap is going to be awesome also. today i'm going to have me some of that. >> no one knows how many days we will have like this in december but everyone is making the most of it. >> lawmakers are calling on the people on the no-fly list. they are going to block those purchases calling it a matter of security

and we have what is a beautiful look at lower manhattan. not in 360 but a great view. and a couple of thin spots with the clouds right there, and the brooklyn bridge and nice music in the background. 53 trees. and cloudy skies and a west wind at 14. gusting to 29. and planning through the evening hours, this is something for consistency, a lot of clouds around and the temperatures holding in the low 50s. the numbers are not dropping very much tonight with the wind out of the west/southwest. the warming trend begins as 11:48 is the winter solstice. the planner for tomorrow, clouds early. i am not depicting rain in new york city but i can see how it is over the hudson valley over northern new jersey. and close to new york city and have the umbrella ready to go. midday through the afternoon, occasional rainfall. and then tomorrow night, it actually dries out a little bit. clouds can actually break for a little bit during the evening hours. looking at the future cast, look how one band of rain may shoot in here, during the morning commute and the best chance for that would

let's look at lower manhattan where we have clouds. the clouds are starting to thin out, a lot of people walking by saying it's going to rain. this is what happens. when the clouds come in it can little mild. we're going to go through that through the upcoming weekend. the high so far is 60. normal high is 45. these normals. last year it was 38 and we had a trace of snowfall. upper 50s across the five boroughs outside the city generally in the mid-50s. look at the weekend outlook, 64 forecasting a record to be broken even though we have cloud cover. here's the lowdown. you get 11 straight above normal days to start december. we're on pace for the warmest december, a third of the way through. 60s the next three days. record highs on sunday, and even after we get some rain on cooldown midweek. i'll have more on that in a moment. anthony johnson has been in hamburg new jersey where the effective mode of lift. itst a golf cart. anthony over to you. coming. i've got to tell you, i've been out here on the golf course. i've seen some guys out

eyewitness news reporter dray clark live in city hall in lower manhattan. dray. >> reporter: good morning, ken, donald trump isn't backing down. if anything he's doubling down on his controversial comments and certainly his words have angered a lot of people. some of those folks will be here at city hall this morning to voice their concerns. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> it was those few words that outraged so many but in his first sit-down interview since making those comments, donald trump told abc's barbara walters he's not a bigot and >> do you regret your ban on muslims, which some people think is un-american? >> not at all. we have to do the right thing. somebody in this country has to say what's right. >> trump has already called for establishing a database to track all muslims living in the u.s. >> i'm a person that has common sense. i'm a smart person. i know how to run things. i know how to make america great again. >> but trump's proposed ban on all muslims entering the u

can't really see lower manhattan because of low clouds and fog. we're at 60 degrees tomorrow. another mild overnight. we'll hit tomorrow's high at midnight because these numbers will drop closer to 50 by morning then hang out there much of the day. in a 30-mile span from jfk tore southern westchester you go from a half mile visibility to 10 miles. amazing how a little bit inland and we've had some breaks in the clouds. but we have the low clouds hanging tough along the coast. rainfall, got soaked in ocean county. good news, heavy rainfall is now moving away. look what's off to the west tomorrow. just some spotty drizzle despite a fair amount of cloud cover. what you need to know, a lot cooler tomorrow, only 50. so a much different feel but just a touch of spotty drizzle. another run at a record on sunday. 40s for a change next week. maybe even some wintry precip. we'll have a long-range outlook for new year's eve as well. >> all right, lee, thank you. >>> a closer look at folks in our area braving this brutally warm weather. scarfsscarfs and gloves having an easy holiday. >> r

in lower manhattan, andrey yeah shiv, news 4. >> all this suggests mild management problem? >> snield. >> well, all right. some day maybe. >> did shake shack open or did i miss that? >> no, it's going to open. didn't. >> one of these days. >> outside the rain is gone, right? >> long gone. >> pretty okay out there. >> a little brisk. more typical december weather. you'll need an extra layer or maybe a scarf when you go down. maybe you're coming down to see a beautiful rockefeller christmas tree. sure doesn't look great. you don't have to worry about y rainlthough there might be a couple of sprinkles or snowflakes. not much passing through. temperature is 48 degrees in the city skies are fair. just a few scattered clouds here and there across the area. rather brisk today. the breezes were up there. we saw some peak gusts above 30 jfk and islip. 20-mile-an-hour gusts but the winds are dying down for the rest of the nights. weather and the temperatures start to warm up for the end of the weekend. we have 50s and 60s. 40 degrees in mind hill. monticello. 40s to 50 degrees. these

another one, and now a manhunt in lower manhattan. >> for the sixth time this year, a suspect escaped nypd custody. >> the events unfolded in tribeca. >> reporter: maurice, and christine, right behind me is where this all started. that handcuffed suspect took off running down this subway station, police are still looking for him. as you said, he is the sixth the big question tonight is how could this happen again? this is the nypd squad car the suspected carjacker escaped from tonight. he jumped out of the backseat. he was last seen running into the subway station and onto the tracks here at franklin street and west broadway. residents in the area welcomed home tonight by this massive police presence. >> get a little nervous these days. it's kind of like you never know what the deal is. >> reporter: the nypd should down entrances and power to the one, two, and three trains in search for the suspect, possibly hiding out confused commuters just looking for ways to get home. >> unfortunately, i can't take the subway right now, because it looks like a vacant lot. >> reporter: an nypd boat

would guarantee health benefits through the year 2090 for responders sickened by toxic dust in lower manhattan. >> it's been a long fight. a long, kif fight, and i'd like to also give praise to our leaders in both houses for that they never forgot us. >> the program is expected to cost $3.5 billion over the next decade. >>> for the first time in nearly a decade, the federal reserve is raising a key interest rate after keeping it near zero since the 2008 financial crisis. the fed raised it by a quarter point. the hike is seen as a sign the economy is stronger, and while you'll see more interest in your bank account, you'll also see higher rates for car loans and credit cards. >>> nearly one year after a nypd detective was killed in the line of duty, his widow has created the detective rafael ramos foundation to honor her husband. detective ramos, and his partner were excused in their patrol car last december in brooklyn. the foundation's goal is to help build a better relationship between police amend community. >> pretty much to keep my husband's memory alive. forget who rafael ramos was. >> t

we are live at police headquarters in lower manhattan. >> reporter: here's the latest on the prisoner escape in tribeca last night. two new york city cops have been suspended for 30 days. they've off the streets and guns and badges removed, facing retraining in transfers in a dramatic impact on their careers according to the police commissioner. >> there is no more significant responsibility for a new york city police officer than the safeguarding to of a prisoner. one to keep the prisoner safe and also to keep the public safe from them. and last night, two officers failed that responsibility. >> reporter: a 20-year-old in handcuffs and under a jumped out of this police car about 7:30 thursday night in tribeca and ran for it, escaping from custody into the subway. into the car, he was handcuffed. he managed to somehow to work one of the cuffs off, either as soon as he got out of the car or in the back of the car. >> it's unfortunate that the police can't hang on to people. you're in custody and you can get away. so that's a problem the police have to deal with. >> reporter: and so beg

paul's church in lower manhattan. eyewitness news reporter josh einiger is there tonight. josh. >> reporter: david, this is one of the most historic churches in the united states. george washington himself worshiped here. certainly not as long as it's been then, but we'll show you video of the annual children's family christmas eve service and children's pageant. story of christmas. >> you can see are. they don't listen well. i actually think most adults don't listen well. nobody is going to listen to a sermon like they listen to a story. >> it brings you closer to god. i feel like special that i can perform in this way. >> just like my brother, it brings me closer to god. i prefer this church because they have doughnuts. >> reporter: st. paul's chapel is operated by trinity church which is rung more formal services all night but of course they don't have doughnuts there. eyewitness news. >> doughnuts are awesome. >>> procrastinators are finishing their shopping. darla miles is hanging out with the shoppers. darla, how is it going? >> it's going great. the mall is just abo

we are in lower manhattan where officials had tough words for the officers involved, marc. >> reporter: gus, this is a question so many people want to know, how did this suspect, who was in police custody escape police custody? it's something news 4 tried asking him as he was let out of the precinct this morning. now he kept his head down, didn't have anything to say. but we do have answers. police tell us and saypbayer tune was arrested for stealing clothes at the gap on broadway. cuffed and put into a marked car. the 20-year-old slipped out of one handcuff, faked an illness, and when was officers stopped the car, tune took off running through tribeca. managed to make his way to the nearby franklin street subway station. subveigh service was shut down for time as a result, tune has prior arrests and found in what police are describing as a group suspects managed to escape nypd custody six times in just the last six months, and top brass, as you can imagine, well they are not happy. >> there's no more significant responsibility for new york city police officer than the safeguarding of

look at lower manhattan. the cloud cover down to 300 feet. so the low visibilities will be a concern. it is so warm outside we're at 64 degrees right now. an inch and a half in new york city. the record for the date is 1.6 inches from 1913. you can see the back ems approaching new york city. we've had thunderstorms over the east end over the past hour. now there's heavy rain over upper manhattan, bergen county, fort lee, over into rockland and westchester and fairfield county. futurescan showing that within an hour the back edge of moving into fairfield county and suffolk county. we're going from downpours to drizzle after midnight, and the street flooding will subside. good news for your morning travel but lingering low visibility will be a problem. we are obviously still on track for 70s being at 64 now. the record high is 63. there won't be much drama break that at midnight. the question is do we get that all-time december high of 75. we have a real shot. so we'll talk about the christmas eve and day forecast. we've got more record warmth

mere says he plans to open a wine store in lower manhattan next year. >> i hope it does get picked up somewhere else because it's wonderful. >> very nice for all those people. ahead on cbs 2 news at 6:00. the search for a serial robbery suspect. can you help police find this man? plus -- [ music ] >> we have been wonberg this. the story of the nativity with a new twist with darth vader and storm troopers. >> we have had record-breaking temperatures for today and some showers moving on through but could we see some snow showers making it here by next week? i have the details coming up in my full forecast. >> hi, i'm army master sergeant jr williams stationed in germany and i just want to say happy holidays to my husband son jayson williams in new york. >> hi, daddy. i love you, merry christmas. >> and he is moving right along. route. >>> a disturbing discovery at newark airport on one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. a new jersey man was caught an officer with the transportation security administration noticed something unusual in the handle when it was x-rayed. the officer twi

and the face of her colleagues to get through the dust and the contaminates that were covering lower manhattan, and she told me she was okay. that night she came home, and one of our neighbors who she had helped to get a job in her industry after he had lost his, his wife called us, and she said, did you see frank? did you see him anywhere downtown when you were leaving? because he hasn't come home and i haven't heard from him. mary patted had helped him get a job at euro brokers. frank never came home. and the gym in our parish in our hometown is now named in his honor. we sat at his funeral with his widow. later that night our oldest son's best friend, his mom called. her husband worked for cantor fitzgerald. none of them who were there that day at work came home alive. that young man was 8 years old at the time that his father died, and since facebook has come into the popular being, every year on his father's birthday he puts a picture of his father on his facebook page with just one simple sentence, it says, "dad, we'll never forget you." we went to that funeral, too. you see, what i'm wo

this afternoon, here in new york, detective lemm was honored at the september 11th memorial inll lower manhattan. member of the nypd held a momen of silence and laid flowers at the memorial in honor of their fellow officer. >>> in new jersey, a grand jury indi aed the driver of that tractor trailer involved in the crash that seriously injured comedian tracy morgan. he faces a series of charges aggravated manslaughter. roper was driving a walmart truck that slammed into morgan's limo on the jersey turnpike last year. comedian jame mc s mcnair died in he . >>> the man who admitted to killing three people in colorado wants to fire his lawyers and represent himself in court. robert dear made that request to the hearing today. the judge ordered him to undergo an evaluation to see if he's mentally fit. that could take months. dear faces murder and attempted murder charges for last month's shooting rampage. >>> the shoppers packed a long island mall today one day after a shooting inside. tonight we're learning more about the suspect. police say two days before oliver lee took his semi-automatic handgun

lower manhattan this morning, pushing for congress to pass a bill which provides medical care for those sickened by toxins at the world trade center site. the bill expired in september. lawmakers say the bill has enough about bipartisan support to pass, but say republican leadership is blocking it from coming up for a vote, all for political purposes. >> to those leaders around the negotiating table, how dare you try to trade the lives of our brave first responders for your little political gain! it ain't happening! >> supporters of the act say this week is the last opportunity for the bill to be passed this year. >>> remarkable news tonight carter. he is now cancer-free. mr. carter, 91 years old, made the announcement this morning while teaching sunday school at a church in georgia. and doctors said there is no sign of brain cancer. mr. carter revealed in august that doctors found four small melanoma lesions on his brain. >>> rock band u2 is in paris, performing two concerts postponed following the terror attacks last month. [ cheers & applause ] [ cheers & applause ] >> the band linke

that's the very latest from lower manhattan, i'm katherine creag, news 4 new york. >>> coming up at noon, the next republican presidential debate is tonight. what donald trump has for his opponents and who many think may give him a run for his money. >>> dave price has the warm weather check. >> another day, another record high. when it happened, what we can expect for the rest of the workweek. and we'll take a look into the >>> the fifth republican presidential debate is tonight in las vegas and it could make things interesting. >> donald trump 12 still number one and gaining ground, but ted cruz is surge, mane think new challenger. tracy potts has a preview. >> reporter: new video this morning of black lives matter protesters removed from donald trump's late night rally in las vegas. trump's supporters, unusually rowdy. one even gave a nazi salute. the front runner superconfident before tonight's debate. >> many of them don't have a chance. what are you doing? just go home and relax. go home and relax. >> reporter: he's number one in the new university poll, pulling a whooping 41% nati