today howard jordan and the mayor libby schaaf will announce a new police training program at merrickach a course in administration of justice. it's designed to give hands-on training to those interested in pursuing a career in law enforcement. >>> vice president joe biden says he is still weighing whether he has the energy to run for the white house. hillary clinton of course leading the democrats in the polls. but her numbers have dropped in recent weeks because of the private email account controversy. at a synagogue in atlanta yesterday biden made his first public comments on whether he plans to run for president. >> can my family undertake what is an arduous commitment that would be proud to be undertake under ordinary sir? the honest to god answer is i just don't know. >> democrats think mr. biden will decide soon. all 17 republican candidates have signed a pledge to sport eventual republican nominee. >>> fans packed the stadium with the 9ers and chargers. it was the first big weekday traffic test at levi's stadium. fans jammed the streets and freeways around santa clara. by the

cbs 2's jennifer mclogan has the exclusive story from merrick. jennifer. >> reporter: home construction workers on this suburban merrick block say they had to duck and cover behind this dumpster when pellets from an air gun suddenly rang out. >> i'm the one the bullet go right by my ear, two inches from my ear. >> reporter: lawrence smith was grazed. who was firing pellets and why? >> because construction noise was annoying him. that was his explanation. >> reporter: the flabbergasted construction crew chief says shots came without warning from this house across the street on frederick avenue a second floor window. one of the pellets struck 31- year-old douglas of amityville lodged in his back. he was recovering at home after going to the hospital. a 26-year-old timothy burzynski said he was tired of the sounds coming from the home under construction across the street. exposure to the electric saw and the nail gun can permanently damage one's hearing. but when we measured the [000:59:57;00]

he stole the money from bellmore-merrick ems. >>> the decision whether planned parenthood should continue to get funding took center stage in washington, d.c. and right here in new york. hundreds turned out today in foley square for a pink-out including new york first lady shir shirleen mccray. this came about with the threat of losing half a billion dollars in federal funding. things definitely got heated in capitol hill today. wow. steve handelsman is here to explain. steve? >> reporter: it was a hot hearing. they are charging that planned parenthood is using big salaries, but by far the most damaging charge is that the organization has been illegally making money on abortion not done with federal funding. that was flatly denied. planned parenthood president cecile richards testified her organization did not sell fetal tissue for profit. >> the outrageous accusations on planned parenthood based on doctored videos are offensive and categorically untrue. >> reporter: the public doesn't buy it. >> do you defend the sale of baby body parts? >> no. >> reporter: republicans moved again to str

company on long island. 50-year-old brad reiter was also the president and treasurer of the belmar-merrick ems. he stole money for seven years until he was fired this past march after colleagues noticed money was missing. >> to be swindled by someone like this is really offensive considering the work they were doing and also criminal. >> reiter is being held on $250,000 bond. he faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted. >>> it's a day young girls will likely never forget. they sat down with first lady michelle obama today and she had one thing on her mind. education. ily smith with the story new at 6:00. >> reporter: nearly a thousand new york city girls joined with first lady michelle obama today to have a global conversation about girl power and education. >> i couldn't be here doing this with you all if i hadn't stayed in school, if i had let somebody make me depressed and not able to get up in the morning. >> reporter: the first lady shared the stage with charlize theron. >> today hiv kills more women of reproductive age than anything es. >> reporter: and ner fata, a 16-year-old gir

today howard jordan and the mayor libby schaaf will announce a new police training program at merrickollege. he will teach a course in administration of justice. it's designed to give hands-on training to those interested in pursuing a career in law enforcement. >>> tom brady will be on the field for opening day next week. a federal judge lifted his four- game suspension over "deflate- gate." the nfl accused brady and members of the patriots of knowingly deflating footballs below league limits during last year's afc championship game. the judge ruled the league should have notified brady in advance he was subject to such a penalty and denying brady the chance to see the report and examine witnesses was, quote, fundamentally unfair. the ruling yesterday doesn't mean brady is innocent but, rather, he was treated unfairly. >>> well, it was a packed house at levi's stadium last night for the 49ers preseason finale game. the matchup between the 9ers and the chargers was the stadium's first big weekday traffic test. the streets and freeways around santa clara were jammed as you might imagin

breathe right john: 50 years ago merrick the declared war on poverty me spent $22 trillion wafted away and more intractable. also for the first seven years of the war the poverty level did drop significantly. and improvement stopped despite 50 years of massive wealth creation that is about the same but it stayed roughly double why didn't the improvements continue? because they encourage people tuesday's port even not get married if there was a man with a job in-house you may lose your welfare check. and he may have that to but instead they ask for handouts. >> people are accustomed to hand out with in a few blocks a dozen restaurants told us they are eager to hire people if only they would apply but those in the welfare line say things like this. >> there is nothing out there. >> no jobs? >> nothing in my feel like i'm a medical assistant. john: what about outside your field? >> that doesn't give me the money i need to stay where i am. john: but not working well led her stay so she does. that is handouts' discourage work. so what should redo? so they work their magic so for thousands o

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they say burzynski fired a pellet gun from the window of his home in merrick because he was annoyed by construction noise. the worker is recovering. >>> new this morning, the spacecraft on the way to the international space station. it lifted off a few hours ago from the launchpad in kazakhstan and expected to reach the space station on friday. on board the spacecraft are three ags astronauts, one from kazakhstan, one from russia and one from denmark. the first one to travel into space. >>> 5:34 right now. time to check weather and traffic on the 4s. might want to head into space after dealing with 90-degree temperatures, right, for several days in a row? >> cool off a little bit up there. eventually, it will cool off here. what to expect today. another steamy day with heat and humidity building. it's starting out more comfortable in the suburbs. generally, the lower 60s showing up. in the city, the mid-70s. afternoon temperatures, 80s to low 90s. there will be relief on the coast. a sea breeze kicking in. warm spot at 75 degrees. you're watching it from a lot of the suburbs. 85 by noo

. >> deborah merrick. >> raymond joseph. >> jill and. >> david robert. >> william edward am. >> martin paul. >> patricia e. >> ronald d. >> peter t. >> gregory. >> lucas thomas. >> sharon christina. >> corey peter miller. >> craig j miller. >> henry alfred miller junior. >> joe miller. >> michael matthew miller. >> nicole carol miller. >> philip d miller. >> robert allen miller. >> robert miller junior. >> betty. >> charles. >> ronald keith. >> robert jm. >> william george am. >> william joseph. >> wilbert am. >> joseph d. >> susan j. >> paul thomas mitchell. >> richard p. >> jeffrey peter. >> frank v. >> lewis joseph. >> and our cousin mike mark joseph, police officer you are loved and missed. >> and my cousin monique. joy mohammed. >> dennis. >> manwell d. >> kleber. >> manwell to jesus. >> carl. >> justin john. >> brian patrick. >> franklin monahan. >> john gerard monahan. >> kristin lee montanaro. >> craig mont tarnow. >> michael g. >> carlos alberto montoya. >> antonio to jesus montoya valdes. >> cheryl and. >> thomas carlo moody. >> sharon moore. >> loralee. >> carlos manuel. >>

may god bless the merrick and legion. thank you very much.applause] ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the c-span cities tour, working with cable affiliates in visiting cities across the country. we are joined by charter communications to learn more about the center and literary life of grand junction, colorado. the mining of a certain mineral had a long-term importance in this part of colorado. >> all over the colorado plateau , and especially here in mesa county outside of grand junction, we are surrounded by morrison rock. we find a lot of dinosaur bones, a lot of fossils. that is really intrigued scientists for long time but the other thing we also find is a mineral called carnitite. which isns radium, radioactive and used by marie currie to fight cancer. and vinadium which is used to strengthen steel. during world war ii it was of extreme value. it also contains uranium and uranium is one of the best sources for atomic power and atomic

. >> belmar-merrick has new safeguard of controls. it's seeking restitution from brad rider, who is facing up to 25 years in prison. jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. >>> now to new information. the death of a baby newborn girl in the bronx has been ruled a homicide. the infant's body was found in the courtyard of a university heights apartment building, her umbilical cord still attached. the medical examiner said she died of multiple blunt force injuries. investigators believe the baby was tossed from a 7-floor window. tonight her mother is being treated at the hospital. police have questioned both parents but so far no arrests have been made. >>> in new jersey, the bergen county prosecutor says the man who sexually assaulted two women in palisade park is now under arrest. investigators picked up man well tam -- manual tamay. he's now scheduled to appear in court later this week for arraignment. >>> sparks and accusations flew on capitol hill today as republicans tried to make the case to end federal funding for planned parenthood. >> th

along the south shore, south of merrick and the rockaways and extending as you head down the garden state parkway. some good downpours are coming through. notice spotty stuff up in the hudson valley and further to the north and west. here with the 90s, if sussex and poughkeepsie, 94 up there. 94 at allentown. 88 at belmar. middle 80s across long island. temperatures have cooled to about the lower 80s around town out to the east end. 86 at bridgeport. 92 poughkeepsie. 90 at sussex. and 81 towards belmar. dew point numbers feeling the humidity. around 70 or greater. it will stay humid tonight into tomorrow. wind will stay out of the south and shift to the west and around to the north tomorrow with the approaching and passage of the cold front. you can see the cluster that came across lower manhattan and doused staten island and brooklyn. that's gone right on to the east. there are more showers to the west. look at the line of showers and storms from burlington through the binghamton new york area extending southward all coming in our direction as you'll see as the southerly wind will give w

stealing more than $1000 from a charged with grand larceny after he stole $1.6 million from bellmore merrick ems. he served as the treasurer of the company during his alleged seven-year scheme which came to an end last march when he was fired. >>> the president of planned parenthood testifying on capitol hill today for the first time since those controversial videos were released. the agency fighting to hang on to federal funding. hundreds of rallies to support planned parenthood were held across the country today, including this one in foley square in lower manhattan. the #standwithpp is trending tonight. with more on what happened at that house hearing, abc's lana zak reports from washington. >> reporter: the outrageous accusations leveled against planned parenthood based on heavily doctored videos are offensive and categorically untrue. >> this is the first time planned parenthood president cecille richard appeared before congress since the release of those infamous videos. both sides of the abortion debate got their punches? >> contraceptive surgeries prevent unintended pregnancies. >> t

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near merrick boulevard we have an overturned truck. staten island expressway westbound here we go, slows zone to richmond two lanes closed eastbound. street cleaning rules are in effect today. lori, over to you. >> thank you. breaking news in new jersey. one person is in critical condition after flames ripped through a home trapping a family inside. eyewitness news reporter kala rama is live in long branch with the story for us. kala? >> reporter: lori, we have been moved about a block and a half away. i will show you where the house is. it's basically where the investigators are outside on the sidewalk. they have a big spotlight shining on the house. as you mentioned, the family of four was pulled out of the house. three people did not make it. one person is still in critical condition. police tell me the family was apparently trapped inside the jolene avenue house which went up in flames around midnight. rescue crews tried to make their way in but were pushed back by the intense flames engulfing the house. at this time, police are on

door this morning, a run or to walk the dog, it's cool in 50s and 60s for long island, and 59 for merrick. match this through the afternoon, and it will feel brisk or fall-like this persistent northeast wind over the weekend will give us the potential for coastal flooding. that means the high tide, the northeast winds, the full moon they all combine to shove the water up on the shoreline, and it will increase the rip current risks and beach erosion and the typical low-lying flood prone-areas could have problems during the high tide. rain approaches the area tomorrow, and it doesn't look like we will get much from it. new york to philadelphia. it should be just fine, and there's no real worries there. the rain is trying to sneak in. late sunday night, the possibility of light rain, but it's not very promising as far as a good soaking for the lawn or anything like that expect the temperatures to be easy to take, and instead we will watch the system stay sure pressed along the east coast, and we are rarely making it further than that. by monday afternoon, we could get a shower around here, a

prosecutors say he stole the money from the bellmore-merrick ems. >>> a major drug bust at a home in rockland county, police seizing more than 200 marijuana plants andcmore than 35 gallon buckets containing marijuana eds from a vacant home in vaey cottage. ofexficers had to wear special respiratory gear because there were so many plants there. so far, no word of any ardests. au' total reboot of new york state's common core education program. governor cuomo named a 15-member panel tuesday. they will recommend ways to make improvements in the classroom. the governor says he agrees that too much emphasis is being placed on testing instead of learning. the task force should report back to him by the end of the year. >>> 5:09 now. a second gay and lesbian group will be in next year's st. patrick's day parade. it's a group that celebrates its irish heritage. they'll join out at nbc universal. that was the first gay group to history. >>> in today's cnbc money report, tivo making it easier for tv watchers to fast forward past commercials. the company is launching a new dvr today called the t