at nyack hospital visitors with symptoms like coughing, sneezing, fever will not be allowed in. patients are limited to two visitors at a time. and no one under the age of 13 will be permitted to see a patient. quite sick and can be more vulnerable to some of the severe effects of the flu which can be very severe. >> visitors are encouraged to wear masks which are readily available. but during flu season they're an absolute requirement for some employees. >> state regulations require healthcare workers who are unable or unwilling to get a flu shot to wear masks. the effectiveness of this year's vaccine hasn't been determined but experts insist it's important to get one. >> there's a smaller population or subset of people that can actually become infected and perpetuate and transmit the virus. >> reporter: and the doctor says the late start could mean a late end to the flu season with new cases possible well in to may. in nyack, marcus solis, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> just ahead on eyewitness news, for anyone who's been affected by potholes -- liz -- a car that won't be dama

nyack's education board is considering checking students. if a student shows certain signs of drinking, including serbs -- slurred speech, inability to follow instructions or bloodshot eyes, a student could be asked to take the test. nyack could vote on this proposal as early as tomorrow night. >>> new tonight, keyless ignition's are convenient and easy but does this new technology come with deadly consequences? cbs2 with a warning about keyless danger. >> if i get to my car, you don't have to dig into your pocket, especially in the wintertime. >> reporter: the technology allows drivers like stephan and fire up the engine with a simple push of a button. but there's just one problem with this popular feature. hundreds of people a year like george gonzales say they are forgetting to push the button a second time. to turn the car off. >> one night i was in a rush, stepped out of the vehicle and i forgot -- i thought it was off. the next morning when the car was still running. >> reporter: for gonzales was parked on the street, it cost in a dank

in nyack, rockland county say safety of their students. yesterday. one parent after another expressed their anger over putting them through this grown-up test. they have likened it to the nypd's practice of stop and frisk. >>> this is just a wrong thing to do. tests. what is it too invasive? >> some students of nyack hospital, they support the plan. school drunk. no date has been set to vote on the proposal. >>> 4:51 right now. we're getting a look at another drug smuggling tunnel found by police in mexico. it's 30 feet wide. it was found in a home and this home was 720 feet from tijuana's border fence with san diego. police say the tunnel was not complete and it was actually collapsing when they discovered it. but they found several packages of illegal drugs. >>> it's 4:51. still to come, a consumer alert. caught in a massive date breach. >>> it could be a -- dramatic landing in the waters off hawaii. >>> it's space. each a game of ping-pong is impressive. yeah. you're watching "today in new 44 degrees out on this wednesday morning. british astronau

and tomorrow night, the board of education in nyack will debate this proposal. >> tons of controversy about this. this would be the first of its kind. joe torres has reaction from parents and students. joe. >> reporter: bill, no one should sort of read into this policy proposal, and remember that's all it is, a proposal, and think, oh, there's a major drinking problem at nigh nyack high school. nothing could be further from the truth. they are trying to have a proactive approach to deter happen to be the first administrators in the area to implement such a man, so -- such a plan, so be it. >> reporter: breathalyzers at events like football games and dances. >> i don't want it, to be honest. >> i like to get lit. i'm not going to lie. >> reporter: a frank admission but the tests are not for everyone. they're only for students who exhibit signs or behavior indicating they have been drinking. >> slurred speech, you know, staggering, if they're demonstrating abnormal jovial type of behavior. >> reporter: the proposal originally listed flushed face as one of the telltale signs. students to

outages in west nyack in the areas north of the city. orange county and new windsor, plenty of the wind gusts over 50 miles per hour. barn began -- had a 53-mile-per- hour gust. you got to remember, rain is done. it's done and i'm talking about flood alerts because there's a lag effect with the small streams and rivers. and the ground is frozen like a rock and not going to collect the water. the skies will be clearing and it turns colder. 37degrees. a little bit later we'll talk about if the temperatures stay this warm. >>> let's go live to valorie castro in englewood. >> reporter: i'm step out of the way so you can see the tree that fell on the home. out when the tree fell. no one was home at the time including the homeowner. he says he discovered this when he came home earlier this afternoon. the room in the back that's the most badly damaged is that of his 9-month-old son. here's what he had to say. >> the -- one of the branches scraped up the whole room. water damage and another smaller room in the back of the house. and the roof is

and i know he said he had a girlfriend in south nyack.igured that would be the person that he would try to get to. so i went looking for him at his girlfriend's. >> he thinks robert just got up and went to his girlfriend's house. robert's not going to be in any condition to get up and put his clothes on and robert was a loner, he didn't have a girlfriend. you have to sort of squeeze those round pegs into these square holes in order to make the whole story fit. >> how did you know where to find his girlfriend? >> well, because his wallet, he had 216 fairmont avenue. right? 216. so i mistook the numbers, 126 and went to the wrong house. and what happened is i wound up taking the wrong person. >> who was that? >> jeremy brown. >> 55-year-old social worker jeremy brown is the mother of two and lives not on fairmont avenue, but another street just a quarter mile from mcfadden's home. >> reggie's explanation for coming in contact with jeremy brown evolves around his hunt for robert silk's alleged girlfriend. it fits in the story because it allo

in nyack, checkey beck forward. >>> if you're wondering when to expect spring, the rodents have spoken. phil, he did not see his shadow. same thing for staten island chatuck. but otis the hedgehog in west orange did see his shadow. >> it's possible he was keeping an eye out for mayor de blasio. the poor thing died. de blasio is in with a would this year. >> disagreement in the groundhog world. >> i'm trying to figure out how staten island chuck and punkz tanny phil didn't see shadows. i'm going with the new jersey groundhog. or maybe we'll just go with the storm team forecast. el nino is going to guarantee us a mild winter across the area. we saw that with the exception of the blizzard that came our wa y a week ago. there could be more snow in the forecast. today's high temperatures reflect the el nino and the fact above average. >> it's dry and comfortable this evening. showers tomorrow morning. light ones, but by tomorrow evening's commute between 3:00 p.m. and 7:00, we may see thunderstorms and heavy rain. temperatures in the 40s right now across new jersey. 45 in sussex, 48 in the

it is a controversial plan they've been debating for months in the village of nyack. the policy would apply to school and school-sponsored events. not all students would have to take the test, only those suspected of drinking. >>> we want to go now to an i-team followup. we first brought you the story of children having to trek miles across the city on public transportation to get to school. did the mayor deliver on his promise? here's melissa russo. >> reporter: before the sun come comes up, the school buses pull up in front of this homeless 7-year-old yjuan and his sisters are super excited. >> i like the school bus, because it's yellow. >> reporter: it feels good to take the bus? >> yes. >> reporter: until the i-team got involved, this family and many others were denied school buses by the department of education, which said stopping at their shelters would put their bus routes over the city's limit of 5 miles. >> it felt sad, terrible. >> we could be late. >> reporter: the i-team exposed how thousands of homeless children living in shelters far from school were lo

dozens turned out for a meeting in nyack last night. the proposal calls for testing at school events. it would be administered to students showing signs of drinking. parents say there's more bad than good that can come out of the policy. >> what training are you prepared to give your administrators, what certification are you prepared to give them so you're confident they're going to be acting appropriately. >> when the kids start to get high, they can't breathalize to detect drugs. >> they say the goal is to fight teen alcohol abuse. the plan has to be voted >>> time is 4:36 and there is a new front in the battle we now have the first u.s. case of the illness being spread through sexual contact. the person returned to the u.s. from venezuala. the cdc is set to respond with preventing transmission through sexual contact. the united states now has 40 40 cases. doctors say it is rare. >> the main mode of transmission, i want to reaffirm, is spread by mosquitos. and people should know this and not panic. there is a few isolated cases at th

cbs 2's lou young reports from west nyack. >> reporter: the video looks like a cartoon but it cuts like a knife. a so-called educational aid that was discontinued only last week at clarkstown south high school in rockland county explaining why jews were persecuted in the ancient world. >> thousands of years ago, it was the jews who were the >> the chutzpah to show a video and to produce a video which suggests that jews were at fault for the persecution that they faced. >> reporter: the videos were shown in three ninth grade social studies classes here last month. downloaded after the internet as part of a lesson about judaism and christianity in the roman empire. some students were immediately offended. >> it's horrible that something like this existed and how it wasn't picked up before is astounding. >> reporter: the production offered by study.com was pulled after complaints hit facebook. a comparison of judaism and christianity that scholars say is completely inaccurate as well as offensive. >> the jews were labeled as violent religious extremists to be attacked and dispersed. anyone

tonight but because of the rain moving in the family postponed the vigil until tomorrow at six and nyack elementary school ballard died monday when a truck his mother's van in norfolk seven year old tiana claimed he was also hurt in the crash is still in hospital and so far authorities have not filed charges of her snatched at gunpoint now norfolk police officers need your help a woman said a man with a gun ran up to her while she unloaded her car and ran the street last week she did get her to the men got away with her purse. witnesses say he left the area in an acura in dx the riverdale shopping center in hampton is getting a make over sixty million dollar make over. that's thanks to southeastern development associates a shopping center will be renamed river pointe kroger marketplace is one of the key behind the new looks as you will see changes almost immediately. massive layoffs at newport news shipbuilding thirteen is now talk to the people affected by the cuts and will show you how the community is helping plus a virginia college student charged in the death of a thirteen year old

. >> reporter: according to police, five people, mostly teenagers from the nyack spring valley area came in to edge water sunday night with the nent nent -- with the intent to rob. we're told they confronted noerdlinger. a fight broke out. when noerdlinger fatally stabs one of the teens in the leg. was noerdlinger a victim acting in self-defense, or is there more to his involvement? according to his attorney, quote, he fought them off and gets rewarded with a manslaughter charge. >> i've never had a problem. i don't see anybody fighting. it's a qui et neighborhood. it's a great place to live. >> reporter: rachel noerdlinger had a bumpy ride as first lady. she was dating a convicted killer then and her son was arrested at 17. rachel noerdlinger would eventually have to step down. meanwhile the four others who allegedly came here sunday night to wreak havoc have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery. >> one official told me tonight khari noerdlinger is no stranger to the local police. lucy yang, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> we've got a developing story now hap

. >>> rocklin county tonight, the board of education in nyack got an earful from angry parents over plans to give students breathalyzer it tests. dozens of people turned out for the contentious meeting. the proposal calls for breathalyzer tests to be given to students attending dances and football games. tests would be given to is -- students showing any signs of drinking. >>> on the fourth anniversary they're frustrated. >> we've been trying to work with them in being patient but how long can you be patient? it's four years later and we still haven't gotten any answer to why my son is dead. this is our last hope of getting justice. >> the officer who shot graham inside his own home is on modified assignment tonight pending the outcome of the federal investigation. >>> police on long island tonight have released the identity of a man found murdered in suffolk county. the body of 29-year-old michael johnson was discovered in brentwood this afternoon in a wooded area near springfield road. two men walking in the area discovered his body around noon today. investigators said he suffered head

who remembers the case in nyack new york? a huge story. he was released from federal custody yesterday. many interesting things here. will not be eligible for parole for like another 50 years. >> a lot of people not happy when they learned about this. >> he was convicted. he was sentenced to 60 years. served just over half that time. that is him. $1.8 million. a lot of money back in 1981. an officer waverly brown. a roadblock. all around the area. this towards the entrance in nyack. a lot of people upset about this. if the crime would have been committed today, they would have gotten rid of it. and some, only served 10 years for each of the three wise killed. judith clark. you mentioned her. serving 75 years to life in state prison. governor andrew cuomo has so far refused to release it. >> he fired a gun. >> yes. it is also tied to that of joann in new jersey. convicted about eight years before 1973. killing a trooper along the turnpike. escaping her in prison in new jersey. the warming of relations. a lot of people say she should be extr

students attending basketball games or high school dances in nyack could be required to take alcoho isl bre.th tests. it is a controversial plan the board has been debating for months. it would apply to school sponsored events. not everyone would have to take the test. just those suspected of drinking. it will be brought up at the school board meeting. >>> allegedly selling marijuana through craigslist. 21-year-old daniel did he melius anxiety and depression relief. his words. he claimed the remedies could be smoked and from were of the highest quality. he was arrested after selling the marijuana to undercover officers. >>> we're less than a week away from the super bowl. over the weekend both the panthers and the broncos made their way to california. the internet lit up over cam newton's pants. check them out there. a little snug. golden zebra stripe pants. everyone else, including the qb, peyton manning opted for the more traditional suit and tie. sfran is hoping to score with fans. they're hosting super bowl city. the fan village opened this last weekend near san francisco's market s

i can tell you the palisades parkway right near exit 8 and west nyack, we have debris falling from that overpass. so you find lane closure as you go through that spot. 23 north, we have this accident. two lanes are closed off as a result. then going onto 80 at exit 28, emergency right lane repairs are still with us. 46 east we have that debris seat now. all lanes are lows closed there. on or close to schedule. we're looking at green brook road with a fallen tree. mass transit is running on or close to schedule. our street cleaning rules are in effect. >>> still ahead, we're hearing from the family members in guatemala supported by the man sucker punched in new jersey. >> also ahead, comedian bill all across the state, the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, and the lowest taxes in decades, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. like in buffalo, where the largest solar gigafactory in the western hemisphere will soon energize the world. and in syracuse, where imagination is in production. let us help grow your company's tomorrow - >>> it's 6:12. we're lear

nyack officials announced free 15-minute parking. the mayor posted a video on youtube showing how it works. the free 15 initiative allows downtown or to grab takeout. the authorities devised the plan after meeting with business owners. a lot of people who shop in the area love this idea. yep, yep, yep. >>> coming up next, manhattan's d.a. has harsh words for google and apple and how he says the tech giants are standing in the way of fighting crime. >> a robber gets an unexpected surprise inside of a store. >> and she is known for the hit "how to (cell phone rings) where are you? well the squirrels are back in the attic. mom? your dad won't call an exterminator... can i call you back, mom? he says it's personal this time... if you're a mom, you call at the worst time. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. where are you? it's very loud there. i do everything on the internet. but it's kind of slow. my friends say i should get fios because it's the fastest.

a meeting with administrators was held last night in nyack. the proposal calls for breathalyzer tests to be given at high school students attending school events like dances or football games. it would be given to students who show signs of drinking. the plan has yet to be voted. >>> 6:43. a pennsylvania judge will rule today on whether to drop sex crime charges against bill cosby. a former da who declined to arrest cosby a decade ago testified yesterday that he believes cosby can't be prosecuted. he says he granted the comedian lifetime immunity from prosecution so cosby could testify in his alleged victim's civil lawsuit. and a model who accused cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her at the playboy mansion in 2008 dropped her >>> martin shkreli says congressman are trying to rack up chief publicity by calling him to testify today about the price hikes he imposed on cancer and aids medications. . an investigation shows shkreli's company expected to make huge profits by raising the price of old drugs he acquired. the price of one medica

children had any suspicious alone time with 18-year-old volunteer wrestling coach marcus stroud of nyack. you see him in this video wearing black and orange. from his time high school wrestling in east ramapo p police say he sexually abused a young teenaged boy in a youth wrestling program. police are careful to not inadvertently identify the young victim by giving his age he was in. >> it's alleged that the 18- year-old male suspect had basically, um, lured a young male into sexual acts through social media snapchat as well as some other forms of social media. >> reporter: stroud participated in programs with kids not only in rockland but also in westchester and bergen counties. parents noticed messages dating back to months and went to police. stroud is charged with felony criminal acts and several other charges and endangering the welfare of a child misdemeanor. police say there are no signs of a prior criminal record perhaps nothing to red flag stroud before he was hired coaching kids. >> it's just very scary, you don't know who to trust. >> there's not pump parents can do, you know?

. >>> nyack officials today announce free 15-minute metered parking. mayor white posted a video on youtube showing how it works. the free 15 initiative allows drivers to make a quick stop downtown for an errand or to grab takeout. >>> brooklyn may soon be the site of a soaring new skyscraper. two developers have submitted plans for a 73-story tower. it's gigantic and going to be built in downtown brooklyn. if approved, the building would it would be almost twice as tall as anything near it. the plan calls for the building to house stores in nearly 500 rental apartments. >>> disappointing news tonight from the bagel shop in brooklyn that gained national attention with its rainbow bagel. the bagel store announced on its facebook page that its location on bedford avenue in williamsburg will be closed indefinitely for renovations. the store made about 800 rainbow bagels every day. the other store on metropolitan avenue will remain open. >>> did you know the academy award comes from new york? they were created using the scans of the 1929 snatch with the, a

who is from nyack, met the alleged victim through a wrestling program and lured him with social media. >>> an arrest tonight in a string of package thefts in new jersey. police say 51-year-old lauren miller is the woman caught on surveillance video stealing packages off the porch of a home in middletown next week. they've also identified two other victims. miller is charged with three counts of theft. >>> police in long island arrest a man accused of burglarizing his 22-year-old michael farris was asked to watch his friend's dog. while the friend was away farris allegedly stole property from the man's home. the homeowner says he was not given permission to enter the house. >>> mexico's drug king pin known as el chapo will likely have a trial in brooklyn. if he's extradited he will be tried here in federal court. new york is one of the cities where guzman is facing the cartel he led is believed to have been the largest supplier of cocaine to our area for years. >>> now to the battle between security and privacy playing out between apple and the fbi. at issue, unlocking the phone that b

south of i-84, decent snows over northern bergen and nyack, north shore of long island, basically new york city has changed over to rain for good, though wet snowflakes or sleet can mix in. the intensity is getting lower. that happens during the evening hours. there's still rain around and icing and snowing going on over to the north. there's our lull, not that it's totally stopped but at least the precipitation is light in the morning hours. 32 in monticello. slippery spots in the far northern suburbs and things ramp up during the mid-day and afternoon and it's flat ugly as we go through late day tomorrow, and all ends with a squall line around midnight. look at the temperatures as temperatures -- numbers as temperatures rise through the 50s. and quiets down thursday morning. with an inch or two of rainfall, there can be ponding and standing water thursday morning. let's rewind to the snow totals here, winding down shortly. it's a coating to a slushy inch or two and surfaces off to the north and the slippery spots. here's your accuweather 7-day forecast, windy and wet as we go throug

they're going to do it anyway. >> reporter: if approved, nyack high school would be the first district in the lower hudson valley to ask students to take a breath test if suspected they have been drinking. the superintendent, james montesano. >> if we get a positive reading, the first time it's administered, we wait 10 minutes or so and then a second reading is then done. >> reporter: the policy would target students at school and after school events. a student can refuse the test, but will still be subject to the original policy, which means suspension based on reasonable suspicion. the school superintendent works with the school board and convinced parents to change an early version of the policy face as reasonable suspicion for intoxication, calling it anything but fair, especially at sporting events. >> people thought as you were entering into the stadium, everybody would be lined up taking the breathalyzer test. >> reporter: there can still be legal issues, though. other districts nationally have run into problems with objections raised by the american civil liberties union. the s

moms like jennifer nyack. >> my oldest son robby and be he's 11. he was born missing the center part of his brain but it looks like autism. >> michael: she started rob oh cbd and is already seeing a huge difference. >> it allows robby to function & in a much more calm way. >> michael: wend pottedler also swears by cbd.>> i'm always up in the night, and i am able to get a good night's sleep when i use it. you don't want to take pills and you don't want to be medicated, and this doesn't put you down like you're medicated. >> michael: , of course, it's big business. you can eat it, drink it and even wear it. >> it's the strongest cream we sell. >> michael: prices can range from $15 to more than $100 per product. and it only takes about 45minutes before you start to feel the effects. >> there have been several >> michael: but it's not without controversy. >> with hundred vials of liquid tht. >> michael: here in florida just last year investigators busted several smoke shops for selling product labeled cbd that actually contained thc. that's why busines

he says that someone knocked him off his bike friday night along cadence way in west nyack people delivering newspapers his money his backpack his cell phone. all of that story just have to really be careful after dark i wouldn't be out by myself no wonder she and about and yet just be aware of your surroundings listen watch john says someone found his backpack and his cell phone has no idea who attacked him but he still hopes the police may be able to find the person with the people who did it well some breaking news overnight in the race for the white house donald trump does it again and yet he swept the republican caucus in nevada with forty four percent of the vote and as usual he was intended when he took the stage after is when you listen to the ponds we weren't expected to win too much in our winning winning winning well you'll see more of the donald today when he comes to virginia beach to speak at regent university believes brown is live at his visit coming up at five thirty and the man who came in second overnight is town today marco rubio won about twenty four percent of the voter

officials in nyack say breathalyzers tests would ensure the safety of their students. school board met yesterday. one parent after another expressing anger over the tests. they say their children have likened the move to the nypd's practice of stop and frisk. >>> i don't see the purpose in >> policies -- they're going to distrust. >> some students say they support the plan. they say some of the classmates show up drunk at school. no date has been set to vote on the proposal, though. >> they're looking to albany to see if they'll get paid family leave time. they approved a bill for the fifth time allowing you to earn your salary while caring for a newborn or sick family member for 12 weeks. it wants to make new york the state to extend that benefit. >> united states remains the only industrialized nation in the world to not offer paid family leave or sick leave. that is uncon shanable. >> that bill faces resistance in the state senate. also governor cuomo has competing plans to extend family leave. >>> new jersey is one of only three states that mandates the time off. >

searched the store but the store had to be closed for several hours. take breath tests -- this is in nyack. it is up for discussion at tomorrow night's school board meeting. the policy would apply to school and school sponsored events. not all students would have to take the test. only tho suspected of drinking. >>> in this morning's cnbc money report, there's a new development in the chipotle e. coli outbreak. landon dowdy joins us with those details and more. this was a defining moment for this company. >> michael, that's exactly right. the cdc is reported to declare an end to the e. coli outbreak soon as today. the "wall street journal" says investigators still haven't pinpointed the cause of the contamination that impacted chipotle sales and stock price. they're planning an ad and social media campaign to woo back customers. >>> papa johns fires the latest shot in the pizza wars. the fourth largest pizza chain is launching a new ad campaign ahead of the super bowl. j.j. watt, joe montana and pledge that any customer dissatisfied with their pizza will get their next one for free. papa j