. >> the suspect michael psychs appeared in court. he fatally stabbed his girlfriend and two of her children. >> mallory hoff has the story. >> reporter: michael psychs entered a courtroom and his hands shackled and he was arraigned on three counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. he didn't speak. >> he denies the allegations as set forth by the district attorney and i impose a plea of >> reporter: throughout the aaronment he stared blankly. >> the defendant went to the hotel room where rebecca cutler was staying with her three baby girls. he viciously stabbed rebecca over 40 times and stabbed the little two girls and malia two times. >> reporter: the only survivor on staten island, a 2-year-old for stab wounds. yesterday he was seen being precinct. investigators picked him up in queens after a four day man hunt. detectives had been tracking his possible whereabouts since the attack. bail. >> this defendant has never been involved with the criminal justice system. this is his first arrest. i'm going to ask the

three children, 23-year-old michael psychs stabbed a 28-year-old woman and two of her daughters. the third girl is in critical condition in the hospital. in the willow brook section in staten island. >> good morning en. two-year-old only one to survive the attack that took place at this ramada, 23-year-old michael psych responsible for stab his girlfriend rebecca cutler as you mention ben three of her daughters. ages two, one, and four month old apparently his own child. cutler two-year-old as we mentioned only one to survive had emergency surgery yesterday and recovering in a local hospital. this happened yesterday in willow brook. motel is being used as housing for the homeless. authorities say surveillance video shows the suspect psych going into cutler room around 9 in the morning and leaving four minutes later. it was a hotel maid who found victims and here's police commissioner bill bratton. >> we want to get hem and we want to get him very, very streets as fast as we can. >> now, psych apparently called his mother and confessed to the crimes had this is what authorities ar

police say her boyfriend, 23- year-old michael psychs is the man who did it. now they are trying to find him. >> we want to get him. we want to get him very, very quickly and off the streets as vast as -- as fast as we can. >> reporter: police hope this video will help just minutes before he stabbed cutler. her 2-year-old and 1-year-old daughters and 4-month-old little girl the couple share. police believe it happened around 9:00 yesterday morning gannon avenue that sevens as a homeless shelter. relatives found out about the tragedy on the news. >> they are taking it really bad, especially my wife and her sisters, rebecca's sisters. >> reporter: police did recover a weapon, a very bloody knife at the murder scene here. they believe sykes left that weapon behind after committing the stabbings. sykes apparently called a family member and confessed that he had, in fact, stabbed his girlfriend and children and threatened to kill himself. he was last seen on the staten island ferry. if by chance you do come across michael sykes, you are urged to call 911 right away

meanwhile, we understand that michael psychs contacted a family member after the stabbings yesterday and told them what he did and threatened to kill himself. he was last seen on the satin island ferry. if you have any information on where michael sykes is, call 911 right away. live on staten island, dray clark, sac. >>> new video this morning of a brooklyn man arrested on charges he beat, robbed, and raped a woman in the stair well of her bronx apartment building. raymond jenkins has several prior arrests. as he was led out of the bronx special victims unit last night, he shouted that he was innocent. it took place last friday night money getting the first look at the clinton have each had one each. democratic voters in nevada hold their caucuses honda. daniel trump takes his campaign to -- donald trump takes his campaign to louisiana. ben carson isn't giving up, despite a dismal finish in new hampshire. he's plan two campaign sops ahead of next week's republican primary. governor christie is waking up as a governor today, note a pros yell candidate. he announced on facebook that he

michael psyched, who is the father of the youngest victim, pleaded not guilty to murder charges. >>> the head of the world health organization zika response team is staying optimistic and predicts "a fantastic olympics in brazil." dr. bruce claims the mosquito- borne virus will be way down when the summer games kick off in august because the population is expected to fall. yeah, its olympic venues are in relatively confined areas so it's easy to control. >>> a little chilly out there. we turn now to meteorologist bill evans with the after- school accuweather forecast for us. >> all dressed up in coats and juilliard and lincoln center. the next seven hours, temperatures hoverning to around 33 degrees. we'll have breaks of sun and otherwise a cloudy sky. the temperatures this evening will start to slowly drop on off but only hovering around the mid-30s and start a warm-up overnight. after schoolkids breaks of sunshine. 50s this weekend. you'll want to get outside. david, shirleen, you'll want to fire up the barbecue, i think. >> sounds lake a good idea. thank you. >>> coming up on "eye

psych evaluation. >>> a woman has spent ten years the judge overturned the conviction in the death of michael shaw more than 20 years ago. he was beaten and robbed at his crown heights apartment. the d.a.'s office says she was coerced to confess to the crime. >> with this exoneration, vanessa gathers gets her good name back and she can finally be free of the burden she had to carry unjustly. >> what are you going to do now? >> go on with my life. >> he has had 18 convictions vacated. he tampered with lineups. >>> now to the zika virus, and strong evidence showing it's sexually-transmitted more often than thought. the centers for disease control says it is looking into 14 reports of the virus possibly contracted through sex. some cases involved pregnant women. zika has mostly spread through mosquito bites and doctors for severe birth defects in brazil. >>> the ghost of alford hitchcock appears to be stocking new jersey. a flock of turkeys, wild turkeys, has targeted humans. this man heard a loud banging noise at the back door and that's when he saw the birds trying to get inside. he chased them away. ju