live in holtsville, marcus solis, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, marcus check in new jersey, one person is facing charges and another is in the hospital after a police chase ended in a violent crash. police tried to pull over the driver of a pickup truck on i- 78 in hillside about 1:00 this morning. investigators say that the driver instead took off, crashing off the highway and through a fence. one person was critically hurt. >>> this morning we have learned of the first death of west nile virus in new jersey in two years. according to the record, the victim was a 65-year-old man from passaic county. stay health department officials tell the newspaper he died last saturday. >>> newark's school students head back to class this morning. teachers have extra cash on hand. a $700,000 donation will provide every teacher with $100 to buy extra school supplies. the funds come from facebook founder mark zuckerberg's 100 million-dollar donation. >>> another check on the commute with heather. >>> our mass transit chart, long island railroad is on or close. new jersey transit fine. b.q

[ laughter ] channel 7 eyewitness news, marcus solis. [ laughter ] nicely done, marcus! >>> honor farce new york city first responder who die in the line of duty. a street will be named for officer dennis gerera. the same incident was seriously hurt. >>> police say a gruesome murder mystery has been solved. they know the' accidentty of the toddler who was dumped in a trash bag. bella bond is the 2-year-old girl called baby doe. she was found in june on a beach in boston harbor. police posted an image, and the mother's boyfriend was arrested, and the mother has also been arrest for helping him cover it up. >>> a day care center has been suspended after the staff left behind a 2-year-old little boy in the park. the health department is helping families find're operations after shutting down the quality of life day care in sun set park and the permit is a woman spotted the boy on thursday sleeping on a park bench. workers said they simply miscounted the children under their care. >>> the family of a man who has a dream to play mayor may -- major league baseball will simply

live at jfk, marcus solis, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, marcus, very much. >>> in the meantime stephan kim is live from the residence of the papal nuncio on the upper west side where the pope will leave from in a few minutes to head to the airport. >> reporter: rob, there's a lot going on here at the upper east side. look at camera crew on top of the truck there. that's the nypd's video unit. from where we are situated, we cannot see a clear shot of the pope when he exits the building. they may have the only shot. that's an incity case the pope is ready to leave the building soon, and in the last 20 minutes or so, cardinal dolan showed up, and i'm sure you noticed the vatican has their own camera crew, and they have arrived within 15 or 20 minutes or so. it looks like the staff is bringing his luggage out to the cars, and the motorcade is now set up outside of the building with the increased police units and the helicopters in the air. the k-9s are ready, and these are all signs that the pope is ready to depart. everyone has been pushed back a few blocks, and we will have more

live in morris park, marcus solis, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> hopefully we will get to the bottom of it soon. >>> as we continue with eyewitness news on this wednesday night, family and friends attend awake for evan murray, the popular high school quarterback that suddenly

eyewitness news reporter marcus solis has the very latest. he has all the details right now live and he joins us. marcus? >> reporter: ken and lori, this the l.i.e. has reopened a short time ago after it was under investigation for hours here after a wild sequence of events that left two people hospitalized after it started with a car crash around 11:40 last night. we will show you video. this is actually the end of that sequence with the suspect on the ground being taken into police custody. this is in patchogue after he lead police on a chase in a stolen truck. it started with the car accident in holtsville near eastbound exit 62 on the l.i.e. the driver that caused the accident fled the scene on foot running down to the service road. police say either he was chased by possibly the other driver or someone else, a witness perhaps. but that person running after the suspect was then hit and the victim was seriously injured. the exact condition of the victim is unknown. then the suspect goes into a yard where he steels a tractor trailer, drives

eyewitness news reporter marcus solis is there. he is on the ground. marcus? >> reporter: diana, officials say this will be at least another three hours before they can get things up and rolling again on the number 4 because of that truck that remains wedged under the elevated tracks. you can see police dealing with the driver. no word if he will be ticketed. a short time ago his truck hit the elevated tracks at east 213th street. you can see it buckled and started a small fire when the top of it hit the feeder cable for the third line that runs up above. the fire was quickly put out and subway service has been disrupted. newscopter 7 you can see another look as you see the 18- wheeler just completely wedged underneath the northbound tracks here of the number 4 line. service is terminated at burnside avenue. that is the end of the line on burnside avenue for people heading northbound. no service now between woodlawn and burnside avenue. so, essentially, the final seven stops, subway stops are being bypassed for those commuters heading home. the mta urging comm

on the breaking news we've been following all morning in the bronx. >> eyewitness news reporter marcus solis at the scene of a deadly and unusual accident in kings bridge. marcus. >> reporter: a 23-year-old man is dead. he was trying to get out of a livery cab when he was struck and killed by a city bus. this happened just after 3:00 this morning. west 231st street and kings bridge avenue. the victim was a passenger in a livery cab. the driver says that he was intoxicated and got sick, was throwing up out of the passenger side door and then tried to get out of the cab when he was struck by the bus. the driver tried to veer around but the bus struck and killed the 23-year-old who was pronounced dead at the scene. no charges filed. the identity of the victim has not yet been released. we're live in kings bridge, marcus solis channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> new details on a mother who triggered an amber alert. jacqueline hendriks is behind bars charged with custodial interference. hendriks violated a temporary order of protection when she picked up her daughter from school on the lower east side

eyewitness news reporter marcus solis live at the scene with the latest information. what do we know marcus? >> reporter: indeed, ken, the victim was struck by that city bus that is there, and you see a liberty cab driver, both vehicles involved. police still investigating this. what we understand is around 3:00 this morning, two passengers in the livery cab were about to get out. they requested the driver pull over. one of the passengers was getting sick. he was possibly intoxicated and started to lean out of the rear of the vehicle, open the door, and was leaning out, lost his balance, fell out of the vehicle just as the city bus was passing by, was struck by that bus and pronounced dead at the scene. the bus driver and cab driver still here at the scene. police are investigating. they are reconstructing the scene. again, the victim 23 years old struck by a city bus after he fell out of a cab early this morning on west 231st street. that area closed to traffic as this investigation continues. we're live in kings bridge, marcus solis channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> tha

live in morris park, marcus solis, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> hopefully we will get to the bottom of it soon. >>> as we continue with eyewitness news on this wednesday night, family and friends attend awake for evan murray, the popular high school quarterback that suddenly >>> a heart bleaking scene in -- heart-breaking scene in new jersey at a wake for evan murray who died after collapsing on the football field friday. murray, 17 years old, decide from massive internal bleeding after his spleen ruptured. here is eyewitness news reporter darla miles. >> reporter: this is a day the color of the football jerseys don't matter. >> i don't think there is anybody in there that isn't taking it very hard. it's a terrible tragedy. uniform at the wake for evan murray at faith discovery church in new jersey. the number 18. >> when you walk inside there is a -- waiting online there is a basket with ribbons that are offered to you. >> reporter: the number 18. that was evans number. the start quarterback from warren hills regional high school was wearing it friday night when he took a hard hit

and i know marcus solis spoke with a young girl up in east harlem who had an opportunity to meet the pope. feeling an awful lot of joy as well right now. >> reporter: liz, so many kids genuinely touched by the presence of the pope an the chance to meet him. they said they were nervous. we spoke to them weeks ahead of time. now the moment has come and it exceeded theirexpectations. also, the high school students, they positioned high school students in between the two events. that hallway that the pope had the travel. and there was nothing scripted. nothing planned. they had hoped that maybe the holy father would see this is the finished product. these are the older kids that complete their catholic school education. they got a chance to meet with the pontiff. young lady cara, her father is sick with cancer and she had hoped she could get a personal message to the pope. today she did. >> my father is sick with terminal cancer. would you say a prayer for him? he did. he looked at the picture and blessed it. he asked his name. i said robert and he said he would pray for him. it was incr

i'm marcus solis. the story coming up. >>> and we take another live look at the basilica in washington, d.c. where a mass >>> back live and you are watching history in the making. the first time a saint canonized on u.s. soil, all this happening inside the basilica of national shrine of the immaculate conception in washington where spanish missionary credited with bringing catholicism to california will become a saint in the catholic church. continued coverage throughout the newscast. >>> and turning to other news, to most of us it's a cool gadget but one teenager says he's alive thanks to the apple watch. the high school football player left practice just complaining of strange back pains and shortness of breath and that's when the device gave him a vital clue. >> reporter: 18-year-old paul hole, jr. lined up at nose tackle feeling fine. 12 hours later he lay in a hospital bed with his liver and kidneys shutting down. >> my heart was beating really fast. it was almost felt like it was beating out of m

eyewitness news reporter marcus solis is live with the latest on this investigation. marcus? >> reporter: good morning, dave. the mother is telling investigators that the baby was stillborn and that she made a mistake by throwing the body out of the window. so, the important -- the autopsy results will determine indeed, alive at the time. >> she looks zoned out like she wasn't there. >> reporter: she saw when the mother of the baby was lead out of the building shortly after the disturbing discovery. it was yesterday afternoon when police responded to west 183rd street. this is the courtyard where the body of a newborn girl with the umbilical cord still attached was thrown from a window. 24 hours later there is a sense of shock. >> it is tragic. i don't know what the thought process was behind that. >> there is plenty of hospitals, plenty of people out here that want kids. anywhere you could have brung him. you didn't have to drop him out of the window. that is killing. that is a sin. >> reporter: video surveillance cameras captured part of the fatal fall. police found the mot

marcus solis joins us now with how the students are responding. marcus? >> reporter: and, diana, the school district will not say whether or not the coach has been suspended but he is not here with the team today at practice. this investigation started after a number of parents complained about injuries to their sons' hand. despite this, most of the players and the players parents are defending the coach. you did the drill? >> i did the drill. >> reporter: zack smith is a senior on the high school football team and disputes the seriousness of an incident that lead to injuries like this, players with blisters and burns on the bottom of their hand. >> if he knew it would have happened he wouldn't have done it. >> reporter: he is the head coach tj cava her re. -red -- he ordered players to do april spider crawl with their hands behind their backs. over a dozen players wound up with blisters and burns. one player tweed a picture of his hand. this child whose parent is not on the team is among those outraged. >> that kid should have walked off the field, calle

eyewitness news reporter marcus solis is in norwalk, connecticut, with more for us. marcus? >> reporter: it happened at a few districts in fairfield county, norwalk among them, sending kids home early, canceling after school activities, telling parents, quote, the health and wilk of our students and staff is the first priority. >> the sets get hot if you are not moving. >> i blanked out. it was too hot. >> reporter: these middle schoolers were more than happy to head home early. in norwalk classes came to an end before the afternoon's peak heat kicked in. >> it's hot at school. there is no air-conditioning. >> for the kids they get muggy, asthma, tough to breathe, i don't have a problem with it. a couple of days. >> reporter: the new school year is barely underway but seven elementary schools and four middle schools wrapped up two hours early. not all parents and guardians, many who had to rearrange child care believe in the decision. >> this will negatively affect their education. >> we never had days off when i went to school. >> reporter: school officials say the heat and

. >> marcus solis just arrived. >> reporter: you can see the truck here. it's already hooked up to a tow truck. that is a sign of progress. you can see how wedged it is under the elevated tracks on jerome avenue. up top you see a little bit of some smoke damage. it appears that the cab of the truck or the trailer portion struck an electrical cable under the subway station and that is what sparked a small fire. the fire is out. now the concern is to get the truck out of here. this is the scene from newscopter 7 above. wedged underneath that elevated track there. that has caused suspensions north of burnside avenue. the final 7 stops of the 4 line are being bypassed. northbound service stops at burnside avenue and the mta is urging strap hangars to take the bx 10, 28 or 32 buses as an alternate. there is no eta as to when this tractor trailer will be removed out of here and subway service can resume. there is a small group of people that you can see outside of the burnside subway station. they will take buses to resume their trip home. the rush hour disrupte

marcus solis is live in connecticut, one of the school districts with an early dismissal today. marcus? >> reporter: shirleen, indeed, norwalk, danbury, shelton, bridgeport among the school districts dismissing students early with limited or no air- conditioning. the t-shirts are a clue. september may be upon us but the dog days of summer continue. for students in nonair conditioned schools, the reading and writing comes with a good deal of sweating. besides opening the windows, some districts are making special provisions, dismissing early. in norwalk the day will end two hours ahead of schedule with schools no limited or no air- conditioning. an e-mail to parents, district officials say early dismissals can create problems for families and administrators tried to give as much as advance notice as possible. >> up to 12 -- the schools will wrap up around 12:50. after school activities are catch sealed as -- canceled as well. also tomorrow is expected to be a warm day. that decision has not yet been made. live in norwalk, marcus solis, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thanks a lot. >

eyewitness news reporter marcus solis live in the bronx with the latest. marcus. >> reporter: and, diana, based on the mother's statements, investigators knew that this would come down to the autopsy findings and this afternoon the medical examiner ruled the baby died of multiple blunt force trauma. >> it's real repulsive. >> reporter: there's no mincing words amongst building residents still in a state of shock. an autopsy confirmed their worst fears, the newborn thrown from a seven story window was alive at the time. it was in this courtyard that the infant girl, the umbilical cord still attached was tossed into an alley where garage is stored. >> stored -- garbage is stored. >> it takes your breath away. >> reporter: today caseworkers from children's services left the building after meeting with the baby sitter of the father's older child, a 3-year-old boy. the father was questioned by police at released. detectives believe the 28-year- old was unaware of what had happened and may not have even known his girlfriend was pregnant. >> he's a good person. he

coming up in just a few hours this afternoon, well, eyewitness news reporter marcus solis joining us live from citi field with a preview. good morning, sir. >> reporter: good morning, rob. yes, they will, to answer your question. they will indeed come out strong. they won last night 5-1. taking game one of the subway series. exciting game for the fans over 46,000 in the house. the second largest regular season crowd at citi field to watch the mets take on the yankees. and it was a behind three home runs that the mets took the game 5-1. steven matz strong performance on the mound. this is the latest that there has been a subway series in the calendar. so it really is important. these games do matter. of course, both teams looking ahead to the playoffs. for the mets and yankees, they are certainly important match-ups. so a couple of fans already arriving early for this afternoon's game. and yankee fans looking forward to getting one back today. >> we rule new york. 27 championships speak for themselves. >> reporter: what is happening today? >> it's still early. >> you know what? look a

live in philadelphia where the pope should be landing in just a few minutes but begin now with marcus solis, live at kennedy airport where it took off just a few minutes ago, good morning. >> reporter: good morning rob a huge crowd turned up here at jfk airport to send off pope francis, wish him well, thank him for his visit and time in new york however brief, he left a little bit behind schedule and had a little bit of trouble walking up the steps to that plane to shepherd one but he he did manage to make it up there okay, gave the crowd a final wave and then did wave to the crowd, went inside the airplane, also before that there was a receiving line number of bishops and some nuns a few from argentina presented him with some gifts, some cookies, to send him off on his way as he heads to philadelphia, we've got a guest here, monsignor david casato from brooklyn. >> it was so sad to see him leave i was so emotional, had such wonderful days with him the last two or three days and i've a sad moment to see hip leave, secondly i was so blab -- flabbergasted when i got in front of him, ciao, tha

we are live in port jervis, marcus solis, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, marcus. >>> on long island many students at hempstead high school have spent the first two days of the school year sitting in an auditorium instead much a classroom -- of a classroom because schedules are not ready. the head of the association says the school switched to a new schedule but did not allow enough time to enter all the students in the computer system. some students say that that problem left them signed up only for lunch period or were put to classes they already completed last year. >> i can't get my schedule until monday. >> this is something that the superintendent's office and the school district takes very seriously. right now they are just working around the clock to make sure that all these students are going to get into class as soon as possible. >> coming up on eyewitness news at 6:00, what the hempstead school board president says is being done to get students into classrooms. >>> new york's governor making an announcement about the next step to prevent campus sexual assault. he ad

in court for us, here is marcus solis. >> attempted murder? a new york city police officer being convicted of that? highly irregular. >> reporter: but there he stood brendan cronin pleading guilty. a plea deal that will send him to prison for nine years. not enough say his victims. >> i'm sure if i opened -- fired a weapon into a police car i would be doing much more than nine years. >> reporter: last april cronin was off duty and drunk when he opened fire on a car in pelham for no reason. the passenger was shot six times. robert borrelli was behind the wheel and was not hurt and drove his friend to the hospital. both men are recovering physically and emotionally. >> i experienced something that is totally awful. >> i feel guilty for having done nothing more than stopped at a light that was yellow turning red. i have to live with that. >> reporter: cronin who was suspended will be fired from the nypd. victims are moving forward with a 90 million civil suit claiming the city and police failed to eliminate drunk cops who kill, shoot and maim peo

. >> marcus solis is with the students sharing some of their efforts. >> reporter: they planted mums but this was less about developing a green thumb and more about having a big heart. students from saint ann school hard at work sprucing up a section of east 110th street. the idea to beautify otherwise empty flower beds was noah rodriguez's who was one of six saint ann students who will visit the pontiff when he visits in harlem. >> my first reaction was like yes. >> for them to be so excited to meet him, i hope it translates to him, how strong his message and his leadership is. >> reporter: in all, 24 3rd and 4th graders from four school will show off special projects they have worked on, reflecting issues of importance to francis. this one, community service and care for the environment. >> we are taking care of our community and we are trying to help out. >> as a father who wouldn't be excited, you know, this is my son at 8 years old, he's going to meet the pope and most adults in their lifetime will never meet the pope. >> reporter: the mums may be the first immediately visible p

eyewitness news reporter marcus solis on the scene with the very latest. marcus what can you till us? >> reporter: dave, this is the intersection right there. you can see is the daycare center which says this happened during nap time. it's unclear whether or not the kids had any idea what was going on. a late update from police, a possible road rage incident to an incident that happened between individuals that knew each other. but not much cooperation. they are still trying to connect the dots. this happened at the intersection of thomas place and clinton avenue new rochelle just 56 1:00 this afternoon. -- after 1:00 this afternoon. two vehicles involved and several shots were fired. it will glass of at least one of the cars shot out and there was still glass in the street. now the vehicles took off and a short time later, a victim walked into mount vernon hospital with gunshot wounds to his left shoulder and his left arm. it is unclear whether or not he was involved with one of those vehicles. again, not cooperating with police. meantime, as police respon

. >> here is marcus solis make me a . >> reporter: not unusual for students to sing church hymns at a catholic school but this is no rehearsal. they are getting ready to sing the prayer of st. francis for pope francis. >> he looks to st. francis as his role model, someone that gave up his riches and basically gave up everything in his life to just worship god. >> reporter: the three boys and three girls will meet the pope with three other schools in harlem. each group is working on various projects on issues important to the pontiff. before meeting them the 7 and 8 year olds say francis made an impact in their lives and understand his message. >> all love -- love all people the same. treat people the way you want to be treated. >> he is very special to me because he cares about others. he loves us no matter what we look like. >> reporter: all 24 students from the four schools will sing for pope francis a song specially chosen for the holy father. >> the clock is ticking. it's stinking in how fortunate we are to have this once in a lifetime opportunity. verses in english and two in spa

we're live in university heights, marcus solis, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you marcus. well, first at 4:00, we're followingsome breaking news involving the evening commute and there are problems on the number 2 and number 5 subway lines in the bronx. now right now there's no 5 trains that are running between east 149th and east 180th street in both directions. this is all because they tell us that the rail condition at 149th street grand concourse. it is impacting the number # subway line as well. expect delays on the 2 line and we'll keep you posted. >>> well, new at 4:00 a trial date is now set for the nypd officer charged in the shooting death of a man from brooklyn. late this afternoon, peter liang appeared in court where the judge set his trial date for january 7th. the defense indicated that it would be a jury trial. liang is charged with manslaughter after firing his gun into a dark stairwell at the lewis pink houses in east new york. the bullet that came from his gun killed akai gurley. >>> former new york city police officer who pled guilty turned himself in to

eyewitness news reporter marcus solis in morris park with the latest. >> reporter: the city classifies this as a cluster, not an outbreak, but as you said, there is now one death associated with it, the mayor did come to this community today to meet with residents concerned about this cluster. now, the number of cooling towers where ledge neil la -- where legionella has been detected is up to 15 at some locations. some sites have more than one tower, locations that include three high schools and one hospital. this afternoon as we said, mayor de blasio and the city health commissioner came to a community center in morris park to meet with seniors. they are among the most at risk, to reassure them this cluster is more limited than the outbreak this summer in the south bronx and to remind residents to seek treatment if they experience any flulike symptoms. all 13 cases including the unidentified man who died had underlying health issues. in the meantime, the surge for the source continues. >> we still have to say that it might be multiple sources or it could be a single source. we don't k

let's go to marcus solis in east harlem, our lady queen of angels school where they are preparing for the pontiff to come by. marcus? >> marcus, can you hear us. >> reporter: ken, we are on third avenue. they are lining up for hours even though it will be over three hours until the pope's motorcade comes by. we will see -- we can see people lined up with flags. they are also waving flags, signs, they are very excited. they have been here for hours bit of time until the pope comes here. as we mentioned throughout, the pope has a busy schedule. if there is a highlight, it might be this appearance at our lady queen of angel's school. it is something that he requested specifically, to meet with young children at a catholic school, an inner city school with immigrant children attending. there are children, 24, two dozen selected from four schools throughout harlem representative group. they will be in there singing the peace prayer of saint they will present little projects they worked on of issues relating to what pope francis has been speaking about, environment, service to others. they

marcus solis is with students who will go to meet the pope and today they are doing a project. they will tell the pontiff about it. see what they are doing tonight at "first at 4:00". >>> new zealanders are about to choose a new flag. mixed. new zealand will vote for the favorite in a referendum later this year. they may keep what they have. many believe the choices are in their words a little on the boring side. >> i was trying to decide but -- . >> don't have a favorite yet. >> no. >>> getting hitched in vegas doesn't sound as good to love birds as it used to. the number dropped 37% the last decade. the famed grace land wedding chapel says there is a consistent drop since 2004. it blames the economy for this. the clark county clerk says vegas weddings don't carry old world hollywood glam ernie more. >> i have it from a good source that the only place to really get married is some glamorous location in europe. do did it, go and do it-- >> not city hall. >> city hall can sometimes be glamorous. >> that will do it for this edition of eyewitness news. hope you have a great aftern

you and we're going to continue to talk to you through the afternoon and check in right now with marcus solis. he is just outside of the school. slight little off of the enclosed area where you can see behind marcus, so many people waiting to see as that motorcade went by. marcus? >> reporter: ling and physical those kids are happy on 112th street, there's disappointment here on third avenue. so many people here to catch a look at the motorcade but it turned off on 111th street and folks were chanting we want the pope as they wanted just a glimpse of that fiat as it went by. got somebody here, you came from? >> connecticut. >> reporter: and why did you decide to come down here and -- what were you hoping to see. >> the pope. yeah. we just -- think he's an unbelievable man and just wanted to see how close we could get. >> reporter: where can i go next? you're ready to follow him around. >> i have both my daughters with me and we're ready to find him. >> reporter: folks are hoping they get a look -- the glimpse of the pope as he leaves the school possibly headed down third avenue but a lot of r