lucy yang is in elmhurst. lucy? >> reporter: the driver's mother flew up from florida today and is at her son's bedside now at elmhurst hospital behind me, this as police try to find the gunman who shot at some clubgoers early this morning only to head. this exclusive video we obtained shows the suv crashing into a pole after the livery driver was shot in the head. >> mr. garcia has two children, two girls, one 15, one 8. >> reporter: 37-year-old robert castillo had just dropped off some passengers at club purlieu in astoria queens. it was 5 a.m. moments later we're told the same passengers ran back into his suv trying to escape a gunman chasing after them. the driver took off, but one of the bullets head. police say he crashed into several vehicles before hitting the pole. >> doctors have removed the bullet from his skull, but he's -- we're hoping that he's going to pull through, but we don't know at this point. >> reporter: we're told the 37- year-old driver was trying to support his wife and two daughters despite

lucy yang is in linden with the story. >> governor christie came here today to highlight jobs growth but really he spent most of his time insisting he's not ignoring his state duties while traveling for donald trump. >> i can do more than one thing at one time. >> reporter: that was governor chris christie this afternoon, defending his ability to run new jersey while hitting the campaign trail for donald trump. >> i'm never out of touch with folks. which things do you need to be appearing at? which things can you have other people in the administration cover? and which events are really important? >> reporter: even if he can multitask, one thing christie cannot do, be at two places at the same time. yesterday was the funeral for the trooper sean cullen. christie's absence there but presence at trump rallies infuriated critics, noting this is the third funeral he's missed since december. indicating the decision is predicated on selfish political opportunism. governor christie said he had never been planning to attend, that it had already been scheduled for his lieutenant governor to g

. >> it happened during her husband's first term in 1983, we get the latest from wabc's lucy yang. >> no doubt she was her husband's greatest defender. nancy reagan always perfectly coifed. always ronald reagan's biggest fan. nancy reagan wasn't just a silent partner. she had her own mission -- her just say no to drugs campaign. >> i didn't mean that was the whole answer, obviously, but it did serve a purpose. >> reporter: and she could be impulsive. in 1983, they were in seoul, south korea, she was visiting six children at a hospital there, when she suddenly insisted of bringing life-saving open heart surgery in new york. >> how absolutely gracious she was in and just the epitome of a first lady. >> reporter: she came back to visit the sick children a month later to exchange christmas gifts. >> i love you. wonderful. just wonderful. i'm so happy. thanksgiving and christmas all rolled into one. >> reporter: some points of trivia not well known, she was born no new york city as anne francis robins. after their eight years the white house it was not an easy retirement for the glamorous

here's eyewitness news reporter lucy yang. >> reporter: it was a dramatic rescue in norwalk, connecticut early sunday morning. police say a driver lost control near the intersection of main and wall streets. tore through a small park, plowed through a metal fence, then over the embankment. crash landing 15 feet below upside down in the norwalk river. first responders wasted no time. they braved the freezing fast moving waters. and found the driver still alive. >> it was excellent teamwork by officers selfless entered that water. you'll see in the video the water is rushing out. all the windows in the vehicle were broken out. water was rushing in to the vehicle. >> reporter: this video is from one of the officers's body cam that shows how they got to the drive and how they saved his life. >> they had to scale down a 15-foot wall to get down to the stream level and then enter the water there. so again, it was really great work by all involved. >> reporter: police are now investigating this accident to determine if drugs or alcohol were involved. the driver has not been charged. we're told

lucy yang shows us how the reinstated ban is working. lucy? >> reporter: first, cell phones public high schools and then the mayor let them in and now they are banned here again because parents and educators felt that the phones were wreaking too much havoc on a school day. many students feel they are being punished for the violence of a few. >> it's mostly the gang violence. >> yeah. >> reporter: why are you against it? >> because there is a fight every morning. >> reporter: here in the bronx, six high schools here in 1 building, and they decided to ban the cell phones in january. the students put their phones inside labeled bags and check them in in the morning and pick them up at dismissal time. this mom is glad that they are banned again. >> they have a lot of fights and are getting jumped, and during school time. >> reporter: mayor deblasio opened the doors to the cell phones in new york city last year but the school saw a spike in fire alarmed as pranks, and fights broke out when all 3000- plus students were forced to evacuate at the sam

. >> lucy yang is in sunset park with the story. >> reporter: sandra and dave, i spoke with the victim's brother tonight but then he asked us not to broadcast this interview, which we're going to honor. this i can tell you, both he and his family are devastated by the her family tells me she was coming home from a date when she was attacked inside the lobby of her apartment building. it was almost midnight on saturday. police believe this man pressed a knife into the victim's neck and proceeded to molest her before running off. surveillance photos captured clear images of the man police want to arrest. the victim was treated and released. in an exclusive interview with a family family she spent most of saturday night with detectives. her family is very upset, scare and had in a state of shock. they moved here from china 15 years ago and made a life for themselves in brooklyn only to safety crushed. community/jewish. it's sad it's happening here. it seems like they're targeting people from this area. >> reporter: now we showed the photo to others in the they did not recognize the man. of

live on the east side, lucy yang for channel 7 eye witness news. >> thank you, lucy. >>> former first lady nancy reagan is being remembered as her husband's closest adviser and fiercest protecter. she died of congestive heart failure. reagan library to lie in state. there the public will be able to pay their last respects. the governor of california has ordered all flags to be lower today half staff. there's a growing memorial outside the library. >> reporter: sandra, tonight we're inside the air force 1 pavilion. the library will be closed all week as it prepares to have the former first lady lie in state. people hoping to spend the day at the ronald reagan presidential library were only able to leave flowers in memory of nancy reagan. the library is closed while plans are put in place for the former first lady's funeral. >> i was so blessed to have met mrs. reagan on a couple of occasions for a book signing and just the work she did for breast cancer. >> reporter: those who came to pay their respects remembered nancy reagan as a first lady devoted to fighting substance abuse and a d

eyewitness news reporter lucy yang is there on the scene with more on this close call. lucy? terror, a grandmother was driving along b 54th street when a bullet sailed through the window with two babies in the back seat. amazingly sneeze alive to talk about this nerve wracking -- she's alive to talk about this nerve wracking shooting. >> i had a panic attack. >> reporter: was waiting for the light to change when suddenly a bullet shattered her back passenger window and lodged a few inches from her head. >> it almost hit me because the bullet went to the front. >> reporter: the wild shooting happened in broad daylight here on beach 54th street. miriam thomas was driving her 1- year-old granddaughter in the back, another relative and a 4- month-old baby boy. glass rained down on them, but thankfully no one was injured. merriam says she prays to the saints and even the police acknowledged she had divine help today. >> i called to the police. we saw at least three bullet homesful investigators believe the shots -- holes. investigators believe the shots came from the rooftop or up

they were a couple united in loyalty and in love. >> lucy yang, abc news, new york. >> and there was so much about her that we're starting to learn and it's too bad you learn so many of these stories after someone has passed away and that story about them bringing those two kids for the heart surgery over from seoul, south korea, those kids are adults. >> she was asked in an interview do you think he remembers you. she pauses and said i don't know. so many relatives suffering with it, it's such a difficult process. >> absolutely. all right. we're going to move on. of course, we'll get back to that story at some point. coming up a father/daughter survival story. how a parachute attached to their plane saved their lives. a lesson in many survival for a student and her dad. >> ahead in our next half hour, a superstar love story. taylor swift and calvin harris enjoying their anniversary but you should be expecting a musical collaboration from them anytime soon. now." father/daughter bonding experience is always great but this next story kind of takes it to an extreme. a dad taking his te

eyewitness news reporter lucy yang joins us now with more. >> reporter: it is the end of an era. mourning in america comes to a final sunset tonight with the passing of nancy reagan. already tributes are pouring in, including here in new york. no doubt she was her husband's greatest defender. nancy reagan always perfectly dressed always ronald reagan's biggest fan. she was not just a silent partner, she had her own mission, her just say no to drugs campaign. >> i didn't mean that was the whole answer, obviously, but it did serve a purpose. >> reporter: and she could be impulsive, in 1983 president and mrs. reagan were in seoul, south korea, she was visiting sick children when she suddenly insisted on bringing two of the force one so they could receive life saving open-heart surgery at st. francis hospital in rosalyn, new york. >> how absolutely gracious she was and just the epitome of a first lady. >> reporter: mrs. reagan came back to visit the children a month later to exchange christmas gifts, hugs and kisses. known. she was born in flushing queens and her home still stands on

lucy yang has this is tribute. >> no doubt she was her husband's greatest defender, nancy reagan alwayserfectly coifed and ronald reagan's biggest fan. she was not just a silent partner. she had her own mission, her just say no to drugs campaign. >> i didn't mean that was the whole answer, obviously but it did serve a purpose. >> reporter: and she could be impulsive. in 1983, president and mrs. reagan were in seoul, south korea, she was visiting sick children the a hospital when she suddenly insisted and bringing two of the youngsters back with her on air force one so they coreceive life saving open heart surgery. >> how absolutely gracious she was and the epitmy of a first lady. >> reporter: she came backing to visit the recovering children a month later to exchange gifts, hugs and kisses. >> i love you. wonderful. just wonderful. i'm so happy. thanksgiving and christmas all rolled into one. >> reporter: some points of triv yab not well-known. she was born in new york city as ann francis robins. her first home was in flushing, queens and in fact still stands on roosevelt avenue. after

in bergenfield, new jersey, lucy yang, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> new tonight, girls of some new york city public schools will soon have access to free tampons and sanitary napkins. dispensers will be put in high schools in queens. because they were embarrassed to ask for supply. >>> new at 11:00, the new york city police department giving thanks to a crucial part of its crime fighting efforts. the reception was held tonight at police headquarters to recognize the work of its community volunteers. they're volunteers who work with local precincts to find the best way for officers to bond with and serve their community. >> you are the educators. you're those that are making sure this department is on the community and working for the community. >> the nypd presented a special award to bourbon harris, the ceo of renaissance youth center. the organization works closely with officers from the 42nd precinct in the bronx. >>> the broadway hit hamilton taking over the white house today. president obama who's seen the play here in new york twice played cue card older to the man who wrote

eyewitness news reporter lucy yang has more on andrews' emotional day on the stand. >> i feel so ashamed. i'm so embarrassed. >> reporter: lots of tears on the stand today as erin andrews revealed how the humiliation haunts her every day. the popular sportscaster and host of dancing with the stars nashville in her $75 million lawsuit. she is suing the marriott hotel at vanderbilt and the man who took the nude photos of her. >> i'm so angry. this could have been stopped. the nashville marriott could have called me and said we're putting this man that requested to be next to you. is this okay? and i would have called the cops. and we would have gotten him. >> reporter: eight years ago erin andrews, a popular sportscaster, was staying at a marriott hotel in tennessee when a man asked to be placed in the room next to her. michael david barrett said he tampered with her peep hole so he could shoot in to her room when she was changing. those nude images flooded the internet. he served two and a half years in jail. but she said she still feels violated and horrified by the initial reaction to b

eyewitness news reporter lucy yang joining us with the latest on this story. >> reporter: david i'm on 54th street where police just wrapped up an active crime scene here after shots were fired in broad daylight. we are told the wild shots may have come from a rooftop or upper floor of the ocean bay public houses here. in any case, bullets sprayed the area. one bullet shattered the back window of a private vehicle and lodged in the front seat where a grandmother was driving two young chirp. her 1-year-old granddaughter was in the back and a 4-month- old boy. thank goodness the bullets missed both babies and missed the grandmother, who was left panic stricken is visibly shaken. >> they almost hit me. because a bullet went to the front, you know? but the two babies is okay. babies. >> reporter: okay you are looking at police officers on the roof top of one of the projects here. a green cab was also struck by a bullet. it is still parked on the street. thank goodness the glass didn't injure the children. officials do not believe the cab nor the grandmother were the intended target. no rep

we're live outside city hall this noon, i'm lucy yang for channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> lead testing continuing in newark public schools today and more planned through the weekend. the district will examine every single tap at all 67 of its schools for possible contamination. newark public schools is in the process of also testing students for possible lead poisoning. eventually, around 17,000 children will have their blood checked. the city of newark says there is no lead contamination in its water supply. >>> the count down to spring is on. it officially arrives on sunday, but it is going to feel meteorologist bill evans is timing out a major storm heading our way that apparently includes snow. >> winter is going out kicking and screaming. you can see we have fair weather cumulus clouds, 55 degrees. that's 5 degrees warmer than our normal average afternoon high, so it's going to get a little warmer as we go into the afternoon. wet snow mixed with rain developed sunday morning. it's going to be wet roads during the day on sunday, and probably look at a few inches of heavy wet snow o

we're told he was rushed to the in norwalk, connecticut, lucy yang, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> good work, huh? >> yeah. >> amazing. >>> 4:52. coming up on eyewitness news this morning, a garbage truck plunges 100 feet from an interstate in florida and amazingly that driver survives. more of this dramatic video next. of sports, five-time grand slam looking great and stepping out with confidence includes having beautiful feet. my newest beauty routine secret starts in the shower. discover the latest innovation from amop\. the new pedi perfect wet & dry. now get effortless hard skin removal on dry or wet skin. plus, it has 2 speeds and it's rechargeable. for touchably soft feet. suits me and my new shoes. new amop\ pedi perfect wet & dry. >>> some shocking dash cam video of the moment a garbage truck crashed, flying over the guard rail, plummeting 100 feet from a miami highway to a park below. amazingly the driver survived and nobody on the ground was hurt at all. investigators are trying to figure out how the driver lost control of the truck to begin with. >> wow! >> the things we see