n.j. burkett is at kennedy airport where the plane finally landed. >> 55 passengers, four crew members, all with the same reaction. omg. yes, their jet was on final approach to laguardia, when it was struck by lightning and forced to make an emergency landing here. >> i never had this kind of experience. it's the first time for me. >> reporter: passengers were still shaking long after flight 4233 was safely on the ground at jfk. with the storm clouds still menacing in the distance. >> pretty terrifying, not going to lie. >> reporter: the call sign brick-yard 3233 was in route taking them in to a storm.

n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> the door to cuba opening wider tonight. the obama administration further easing u.s. sanctions. many say it's a likely precursor to the president calling on congress to do away entirely with the embargo. it eliminates a ban to cuban access to the banking system. also allows them to earn salaries in the u.s. while turning the current ban in to an president set to arrive in havana sunday. >>> taking a quick look at wall street where it was a mixed day for stocks. dow gained 22. nasdaq lost 21 and s&p 500 was down more than 3 points. >>> as we continue with eyewitness news at 6:00 for this tuesday night, he had a bb gun and he was looking to inflict damage, and boy, did he. more than a dozen cars in need of windows and a local police department looking to make an arrest before the shooter strikes again. >> before you take your dog with you to dine alfresco, best to find out if the restaurant is going to ban your pet. new rules for dog owners and dining outdoors. >> lee has a dog like that. >> that was a very handsome cavalier.

n.j. burkett is at kennedy airport where the plane finally landed. >> 55 passengers, four crew members, all with the same reaction. omg. yes, their jet was on final approach to laguardia, when it was struck by lightning and forced to make an emergency landing here. >> i never had this kind of experience. it's the first time for me. >> reporter: passengers were still shaking long after flight 4233 was safely on the ground at jfk. with the storm clouds still menacing in the distance. >> pretty terrifying, not going to lie. >> reporter: the call sign from raleigh, durham to laguardia. taking them in to a storm. >> reporter: but moments later -- >> out of nowhere. >> reporter: passengers saw something they may never forget. >> wow, never experienced this before. >> it was a flash of light and big explosion, the plane dipped about 100 feet, i don't know. it just felt like i was on a roller coaster. >> 3233 just got hit by lightning. >> there was visible damage to the jet in at least two places. as for the passengers, you know how they feel. >> my last meal is going to be the bag of peanuts and t

n.j. burkett has details on the travel warning. but we begin with eyewitness news reporter diana rocco. >> we've now learned the brothers from yesterday's attack were belgian born. police uncovered a note and found there was a third bomb planted at the airport and did not detonate till the bomb squad found it later. >> reporter: as the world watches in brussels, a moment of silence and a memorial to remember the victims of tuesday's attacks. for the victims the images are still fresh. >> i saw a lot of people in panic, crying. >> we heard and felt a loud reverberated through our bodies. the attack carried out by belgian born brothers by el bakraoui, and 27-year-old khalid el bakraoui. ibrahim detonated the explosives at the airport tuesday. moments later there was a second explosion. investigators believe the men were wearing gloves to conceal the detonators. younger brother khalid carried out the bombing at the subway station an hour later. police say a cab driver who gave the men a ride earlier led them to a location where a bomb

n.j. burkett at the state police barracks in farmingdale with the stour. >> that's right. police were watching because the public was watching. you'd think the last thing a drunk driver would want is for someone to notice. >> reporter: it was an alert state police dispatcher who made it happen after a series of 911 calls. >> this was a cur obative effort to take this guy off the road. >> police say he was weaving all over ocean parkway. but it wasn't other motorists who called 911. police say akmad al-maki was driving drunk and apparently wanted the world to know by using a smart phone app called periscope. anyone with a periscope account anywhere on the planet can see exactly what you're doing as you're doing it live and in realtime. so as he was careening across ocean parkway, investigators say he was telling the world, i'm driving, i'm all over the road, and i'm drunk. when periscope followers called 911, the dispatcher had to think fast. downloaded the app, created an account, and started watching him live. once they stopped him for his numerous traffic violations, an

n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> police looking for another man and they hope this sketch can help them. they say he assaulted a runner in a bronx park. the nypd says the victim was running on the putnam trail in van cortland park tuesday when two men approached him. one suspect distracted the runner while police say this man punched him in the face. the victim was cut on the cheek. >>> today at the capitol building in washington, d.c., police shoot a man after he pulled out a weapon at a security checkpoint. tonight the suspect, 66-year-old larry dawson, is charged with assault with a deadly weapon and assault on a police officer. he's in the hospital in critical condition. eyewitness news reporter josh einiger on the scene. he joins us now from washington, d.c. >> this all happened at the capitol visitors center which is clear on the other side of the the reason we're here is because this is where larry dawson parked his pickup truck on this little street which gave him a very long walk around the capitol complex to get to the visitors center. he was a man on a mission. the

n.j. burkett. >>> a mother in long island is accused of driving drunk with her 2-year-old daughter in the back seat. kim shunning mcpherson, of lakeview, crashed crashed into they gave her breathalyzer and she was more than two times the legal limit. after her arrest, police discovered mcpherson has an outstanding warrant for child endangerment as well. >>> and we are seeing the clear surveillance video of the man police say is targeting elderly women in brooklyn, queens. this new video shows the suspect near the scene of the latest attack in kensington. police say he hit an 84-year- old woman in the face with a gun. in the process, breaking her nose. it was the fifth attack in the past two months. >>> family from the bronx is desperate about information about a loved one who has not been seen in a week. 34-year-old javier converta was last -- his family is consumed with worry over this. >> even like the smallest thing that you think may not even matter. just call the proper therapeutics. let us know. -- authorities. let somebody know. because we need javier back. ask we miss him dearly.

n.j. burkett is in mineola with the story. >> county police headquarters as you know here in mineola where detectives are using the word troubling to describe this case, and not just because the driver drove up alongside the girls, but because at one point he got out of the car. the girls took off and they're fine, but patrols in the neighborhood are being stepped up. the idea that there's so many people out there. >> reporter: wantagh residents are watching their kids a little closer tonight after two girls were walking together, a short distance from their school late monday afternoon when they say a young man in a black car with dark windows pulled up alongside them. the girls told detectives the man called out to them, come on, girls, follow me. then drove up toward the next intersection, did a u-turn, and doubled back. the girls say that's when the man got out of his car and started shouting why are you running away from me? come with me. the girls did the right thing. they kept on running. >> they went right home. they reported to their parents. and the parents called the police. >>

n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> we've got new information a suspect is now under arrest. remi valdez-senn is charged. police say the site is known in the neighborhood for illegal gambling. the injuries to the victims are not life-threatening. >>> a dentist offering grim testimony today in the case of a woman charged with killing her son. michelle lodzinski accused of murdering her son timothy. a dentist testified he identified timothy by matching his dental records from a skull found in a creek. lodzinski was arrested in 2013 and has long been a suspect. she said he was kidnapped. >>> the family of a high school student who was stabbed to death by a classmate after rejecting his prom invitation is suing the 16-year-old sanchez was killed in 2014. the lawsuit alleges marin had told guidance counselors that the assail ant was emotionally disturbed but the school's response was inadequate. he pleaded no contest to murder. >>> michigan's governor and the epa administrator were grilled by the house oversight committee. the epa is blaming the state. the governor said he did not

n.j. burkett is on the scene. >> police tell me the suspect lives here in that beige house on the other side of the wooden fence. and the bank, well, the bank is over here. td bank bills itself as america's most convenient bank. police say the bank couldn't have been anymore convenient for the bank robber who lives across the street. >> it was a crime of opportunity. >> reporter: and that is an investigators say the robber walked in to this td bank branch in oceanside, long island where he handed the teller a note demanding cash. when alert detectives later spotted the man fitting the description, he was questioned and arrested, and they were shocked to learn that 34-year-old melvin olivo lives here, less than 500 feet from the bank. in fact, it takes exactly 1 minute and 12 seconds to walk from his front door across the street through the parking lot and in to the bank. so close, he could see the bank from his living room. so close he allegedly robbed the bank twice in two weeks. >> they did a great job. they stayed alert and it shows how dedicated and loyal these detectives are. >> they sa

n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> we just learned the suspect in a shooting at a bus station in virginia that injured a state trooper and two other people has died. gunshots rang out at the greyhound station this afternoon in downtown richmond. all three victims were taken to the hospital. the trooper has life-threatening injuries. and right now the area near the bus station is cordoned off while police continue to investigate. >>> politics now. and the new york democratic primary taking on new meaning this year. it may be late in the primary season but new york is a delegate gold mine. for the first time in years, the candidates, hillary clinton and bernie sanders, are taking this race seriously. both are campaigning here. eyewitness news reporter rob nelson live from the best rally in the south bronx. >> good evening, guys. really a massive crowd. away from the new york state primary and bernie sanders and hillary clinton are making it clear they do intend to make new york state a fight. both have deep roots here. there are 247 delegates on the line in this state. that's secon

n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. story. we've just learned three nypd officers have been suspended without pay while the department investigates their involvement in a car crash. the accident happened on staten island on friday night and the cops were off duty at the time. a car they were in crashed to the front of the hair do or dye salon. police are investigating whether police left the scene of the accident without reporting it. >>> no criminality found in the case. raynet turner was arrested on a shoplifting charge. days later she was found dead in her jail cell after complaining about feeling ill. a special investigation unit released its findings today confirming turner died of natural causes. >> we reviewed surveillance video spanning the entire duration of her confinement. the mount vernon police department had video cameras in pretty much every relevant location including video cameras >> the attorney general's report in to turner's death did call for several reforms to the processing supervision and arraignment of

n.j. burkett tweeted out this photo from the event in plainview, old bethpage. he has more on the students and who they hope to help. >> reporter: the line was longer than you think. and in just three hours, nearly 100 students and teachers from the plainview old bethpage district had their head shaved for a very important cause. patrick belport teaches 5th grade. >> it's a great fundraiser. helps other people. it really makes me feel great as well. >> they started this event here four years ago. and every year since then they've raised tens of thousands of dollars for childhood cancer. the event relies on donations. the money to benefit the st. named for those who are willing to go bald on st. patrick's day. >> the reason why people shave their heads for this is many kids lose their hair when they undergo treatments for cancer. so this is to help make them feel better about it. >> reporter: the event was organized by 9th grader david. >> i was always doing it outside of school so i thought you know, our community doesn't have anything like this. why not bring i

n.j. burkett is at jfk with how travelers are reacting. >> that's right. outside the international arrivals building, terminal 4 here at jfk where, yes, travelers to europe are urged to be extremely cautious. the u.s. state department has issued a travel alert for travel to europe. amid the heightened security here at jfk. >> were you worried at all? >> a bit, a bit. >> i'm a little concerned but i'm glad i'm here. >> reporter: passengers say it's unavoidable, the fear that the next wave of attacks may be imminent, whether in europe or here in the united states. but new york senator chuck schumer said americans appeared to be more vulnerable overseas. aimed at new york city or at the united states. the focus of isis up to now has been in europe. >> reporter: for that reason, the u.s. state department has issued a travel alert for u.s. citizens traveling in europe. many experts now believe the belgium bombings are only the latest in a series of attacks plotted islamic state. intelligence is determined to disrupt whatever comes next. security was tightened t

n.j. burkett is in queens with new information. >> outside elmhurst hospital here in queens, the detective was transferred out this afternoon. the sources say the reason for that is this. the bullet not only shattered his shoulder, it also traveled along his ribcage and lodged there without penetrating his chest cavity. so yes, the detective was very lucky, but this injury is far more serious than first believed. >> reporter: the detective was wheeled quickly but gently to a waiting ambulance at 2:35 this afternoon. with the bullet, according to chest. he left elmhurst hospital with a highway patrol escort to manhattan's renowned hospital for special surgery, where doctors will work to repair, shattered shoulder. >> this is a serious injury. we don't know the extent of how that's why he was moved to the hospital for special surgery to get a better evaluation. >> reporter: michael palladino is the president of the detective's endowment organization. >> he's in a lot of pain, but he's thankful the situation is not worse. he could have very easily been killed. >> reporter: in bushwick this mo

n.j. burkett as protesters and supporters clashed inside and outside of the venue. meg shaw is live cringes when were trump will be this afternoon what do we know about the protests? >> reporter: i am told a group of people plan to hold a protest here at the ix center donald trump. the group says they refuse to buy his hate rhetoric and they say voters of greater cleveland are smarter than that. this will be donald trump's first time speaking after last night's violence in chicago. the nation will be watching and waiting for his response. in a phone interview, trump he went on to say his freedom of speech was violated. on the other hand, one of the protesters says trump doesn't understand chicago. he said is a city of immigrants. >> i felt i needed to leave my home and come here and say enough. stop the bullying in because when you stop a bully ones you can then stop him again because people will lose fear in chicago showed how to deal with a bully. >> today's protest is expected to start at 11:00 this morning. i have contacted cleveland police and the trump campaig

n.j. burkett broke this story and >> reporter: outside the suffolk county d.a.'s office. a news conference is expected to begin at 12:45 this afternoon. but yes, the chauffeur in that horrific limo case has been indicted. the charges against both men could not immediately be confirmed, because the indictments have not yet been unsealed. as you know, this case goes back to july of last year. their limousine was struck broad side, four of the women were killed, four others seriously injured in the crash. it happened as the limo driver, carlos pineo made a wide u-turn indeed the middle of route 48, where the speed limit is 55 miles per hour. both he and the driver are expected to surrender if they've not done so already. again, to recap, indictments handed up in that horrific limousine crash. a news conference is expected within the hour. >>> thank you. tomorrow, officials in newark will start offering testing to students who were possibly exposed to lead. eventually, 17,000 students tested. later today, parents are planning a rally before tonight's city council meeting. eye

n.j. burkett, eyewitness news. >>> a taxi jumped a curb and slammed into a building in manhattan. an eyewitness says that pedestrians jumped out of the way as the cab went out of control but one person on a bike was hit. three people injured were taken to nyu medical center for treatment. fortunately, none of the injuries are life threatening, the driver was apparently trapped inside of the taxi right after it crashed. >> families, fire department, police department, they had to get them out. they had to actually, as you can actually was pinned inside of the building, they had to break it up to get them out. >> the exact reason the cab jumped the curb is still under investigation. >>> turning to the weather right now, can i just say that temperatures have been ridiculous and they will shatter afternoon. the only question is how high will the meter go? >> bill evans is live outside. >> i need a drum roll. we tied the record high at 11:00. now it is noon time and we have clouds, breaks of sun, a little bit of wind. let's take a look across the park. we'll look at lower manhattan. wh

n.j. burkett first broke the story today. he's live in central islip with more information. >> one investigator i spoke with today described this as a couldn't see, he was turning in to oncoming traffic because his view was blocked. but he turned anyway and four young women were killed. >> reporter: carlos pino left the courthouse this afternoon and said nothing. prosecutors say he has no one to blame but himself for the horrific limousine crash in long island wine country last summer. >> the person who was criminally response for this crash is carlos pino. and carlos pino alone. >> reporter: prosecutors say pino drove his limousine directly in to the path of an suv because he simply could not seen oncoming traffic. his view was blocked by another suv, making the turn directly in front of him, and the limo was struck broadside. >> pino failed to take any precautions whatsoever, or any action to make sure he could safely enter the westbound travel lanes, and he continued to make his u-turn.

n.j. burkett is in newark and begins our coverage. >>reporter: liz, eyewitness news has learned transit negotiators came to the table this morning with a new offer on health benefits intended to move these talks forward. both sides, i'm told, remain far apart. perhaps millions of dollars apart on the issue of wages. as dave said, without an agreement, the union has threaten to walk off the job on sunday morning, shutting down the third largest commute behind metro north and the lirr. there is disagreement on the duration or the term of the contract, liz. will it be for six years? seven years, or as i learned today, even longer? complicating matters is the fact that new jersey transit is here in negotiating the deal with 11 unions at once. the contract will cover all of those unions. union negotiators did not take questions from reporters as they arrived here this morning. new jersey transit lead before the cameras and he turned up the heat today. >> this is the day. this is the day it should happen. this is when there should be a sett

n.j. burkett, channel 7 >>> right now we want to go to breaking news on the garden state parkway where there's an accident as you can see here causing big delays. shannon sohn is live in newscopter7. first of all, do we know how the driver of this car is doing? >> at this time we're hearing any injuries in this accident are minor. that's your good news. that's one of the vehicles in a six-car crash that happened on the northbound side of the garden state parkway, all by exit 137. these delays are an absolute nightmare. if you're traveling southbound where you've got all your lanes open, you've got delays well past route 280. we're down two to three lanes at any given time and this volume goes on and on and on. we're going to go all the way back with the camera to give you an idea how bad it is. this is a good 10-mile jam-up that just doesn't stop. shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. was found dead in new jersey, his mother's trial finally begins today. michelle lodzinski is charged with murder. her 5-year-old son timothy disappeared in may of 1991. his partial remains were discovered a ye

n.j. burkett, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> let's take a look at the place. new jersey reporter toni yates continues our live coverage from >>reporter: dave, if this strike happens it will be a different world completely for commuters, there will be a lot more cars on the railroad to get to the park and ride lots and the buses can not handle the usual train capacity and it does sound like chaos looming. new jersey transit trains are the plan a commute to and from work for thousands. with it now on the b's must be on the map for thousands of riders. >> i plan to park the car and pick up the metro in new york city there. >> are you worried about traffic on the roads? >> definitely. it will be a lot. >> this student praying that perfect timing works in her favor. >> i have spring break. if it goes on that week, hopefully it won't affect me. if it goes on longer it is the only way to get to school. i go to rutgers and i don't have my own car. >>reporter: they have the contingency plan mapped out for to new york and back without the trains. new jersey transit is s

n.j. burkett is on the scene. >> reporter: beverly road is shut down still many hours after the attack. as you can see, the police presence has intensified. yes, it was a random and unprovoked attack, but the suspect left a number of clues giving this case momentum. eyewitness news learned tonight investigators will use dna evidence to help identify the attacker. detectives believe that this is their suspect running from the was attacked. 6 feet tall wearing dark pants and a great hooded sweatshirt. he left behind two knives, his american flag bandanna and his victim, a 53-year-old woman bleeding in the street from a knife wound across her neck. vicious, random and unprovoked. tv unpro -- nypd chief of protectives robert boyce. >> he ran south on argyle road. so detectives are in the area right now looking for this individual right now again without prof case. >> reporter: it happened at 10:00 this morning -- provocation. >> reporter: it happened at 10:00 this morning and investigators spent the day combing over evidence and video from surveillance cameras. the victim was not critically

n.j. burkett is here with our lead story. >> prosecutors say these men they crashed servers from many of the world's largest banks, even took control of a dam in suburban new york and all of it from computers 6,000 miles away. the hackers have been traced to iran and indicted but no, they have not been arrested. >> it may sound like plot lines of a movie, but they're real crimes committed by real people in the real world. >> prosecutors say the impact on the global banking system was widespread from coordinated cyber attacks on the new york stock exchange to several of the world's most powerful financial institutions. the indictment charges seven iranians all said to be working for private companies at the direction of the iranian government. one hacker was able to take control of the bowman dam in ryebrook, new york, although he was unable to open its doors because the dam was offline for maintenance. >> but for that fact that access would have given this defendant the ability to

n.j. burkett, eyewitness news. >>> police believe a man accused of stabbing two people in prospect park is linked to a possible hate crime in crown heights. police arrested kenny roshlin. he stabbed a man and stabbed another man last night. authorities believe he stabbed a jewish man in crown heights last month. >>> for the second day in a row, records. we hit 78 degrees today in central park and temperatures soared into the 80s in some parts of the area but say goodbye to this beautiful spring like weather. gorgeous out there right now. heading back along with some rain. meteorologist lee goldberg is tracking it all. he is outside enjoying the weather on the upper west side. lee? >> it is not a cold blast coming this afternoon. it has been a june preview and today, once again, upper 70s, temperatures for awhile. it brightened in the recent hours and allowed it to spike one more time in the upper 70s. this started out with the morning lows. 63 degrees, that is the first time we've had a 60-degree overnight in new york city. that is 1998. that is 30 degrees above average and that is a norma

n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. news and ben carson right now announcing that he is dropping out of the presidential race. the republican contender saying that he's going to lead an organization that encourages christians to vote. carson was, of course, absent at last so this is not unexpected. of note, his campaign pulled in more money than anyone else's, $58 million. we'll have much more on what ben carson is saying coming up on eyewitness news at 6:00. >>> also new at 5:00 an off- duty paterson police officer is facing weapons and assault charges in new jersey. prosecutors say 25-year-old donte gordon pointed a gun at 34-year-old travis mann at an intersection at a man and market streets in paterson last thursday. they say he then fired once missing a man. another person 36-year-old john smith was injured by a fragment or debris. >>> in westchester county flasher who expose himself at a school in heartsdale. police say the man went into a bathroom at maria regina high school last went and undressed and -- last we