pda president pat lynch is urging the community to show support. >> we need your support. these police officers need your support as we are bury our brother police officer, but it can't end there. we need your support every day on every corner in every neighborhood so we can continue to carry ourselves like superheroes, so we can save you and protect you. >> reporter: and we're told when his father got the news, when his father found out son has died, he was actually seen comforting other officers in the force. this is clearly an incredible family that will never be the same. live in east harlem, mallory hoff channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. >> four officers murdered in the last 11 months. that's about as bad as it gets. baderinwa shows us these tragic scenes are playing out par too often. >> shots fired. >> on december 20th, officer rafael ramos and officer win gin lieu were shot and killed. the gunman shot can killed himself the slain officers posthumously promoted to detective were shot amices a rise in antipolice sentiment across the u.s. following a string of

pat lynch, president of the p b.a. pat. >> we just had the unfortunate responsibility to tell the father his son is not coming home today. a father that understands what it is to wear a uniform, and he knows what it means, that emptiness will never go away for him. new york city police officers every day go out and carry themselves like super heroes on the street. but the reality, when we're attacked, we bleed, when we bleed, we day, and when we day, we cry. we need your support. we need your support. these police officers need your support as we bury our brother police officer, but it can't end there. we need your support every day on every corner in every neighborhood so we can continue to carry ourselves like super heroes so we can save you and protect you. we ask you tonight, before you lay your head down, please say a prayer. say a prayer that that family can get through this terrible emptiness they will hassles. >> we have time for a few questions. it's very early in the investigation. but we'll take a few. anybo

pba president pat lynch is urging the community to show support. >> we need your support. these police officers need your support as we bury our brother police officer, but it can't end there. we need your support every day on every corner in every neighborhood so we can continue to carry ourselves like superheroes so we can save you >>> officer holder was living in brooklyn. his mother and father, we're told live in queens. now they will bury their 33- year-old son. live in east harlem, mallory hoff channel 7 eyewitness news. >> mallory thank you. we will send out any updates as we get them at abc7ny and our news app. stay with eyewitness news for continuing coverage throughout the day. >>> now we shift gears to baseball. the mets road to the world series is as short as it can be. they have four chances to get one win to send them to the fall classic. what a game last night. >> game 3 of the nlcs in chicago included something that we've seen a lot of lately, a daniel murphy home run. he tied a post season record by hitting a homer in the 5th straight game and the mets won

. >>> pat lynch, president of the pba. pat? >> we just had the unfortunate responsibility to tell a father his son is not coming home today. a father that understands what it is to wear a uniform. and he knows what it means. that emptiness will never go new york city police officers every day go out and carry themselves like super heroes on the streets. but the reality is, when we're attacked we bleed. when we bleed, we die and when we die, we cry. we need your support. we need your support. these police officers need your support as we bury our brother police officer. but it can't end there. we need your support every day on every corner in every neighborhood. so we can continue to carry ourselves like super heros so we can save you and protect you. we ask you tonight, when you all go home, and the people out in our neighborhoods before you lay your head down, please say a prayer. say a prayer that that family can get through this terrible emptiness they'll always have. >> thank you, pat. >> two questions, very early in the in

pat lynch issued a statement calling this a recipe for disaster. specifically the requirement that every officer file a two page report every time force is used. the police commissioner said he respectfully disagrees with the president, says this will actually improve police community relations. live outside of police headquarters in lower manhattan, andrew siff. >> a new jersey community said final farewell to a high school quarterback who died after a game last week. his class mace cried and consoled each other. the 17-year-old honor student died last friday of massive internal bleeding from a raptured spleen. >> the man accused of killing nine people at a historic black church has to wait a bit longer for his day in court. roof is charged in the deadly shooting spree in charleston on june 17th. jury selection was to start next month but the trial is delayed until january. suspected arizona freeway shooter could face more than 100 years in prison. police say ballistics connected merit with four of the eight freeway shootings. it carries a sentenc

also a press -- a statement from the police union president, pat lynch, a lengthy statement, reads, more paperwork coupled with the shortage of police officers and continued second-guessing of their actions is a formula for disaster. as shiba pointed out, a harsh report. even an inspector general for the nypd during the press conference here said the police department is living in the dark ages. reporting live, katherine creag, news 4, new york. >> all right, kat, we will see what the commissioner says later. >>> russia launches more air strikes inside syria but which side are they targeting? >>> also, new rules for credit cards. what you need to know about the chips instead of the swipes. >>> and we done to track hurricane joaquin as it churns through the bahamas. rafael's complete forecast is up next. >>> coming up today on no, live, we are checking out some of the city's coolest spots with one of new york's best soccer players. >>> author and tv journalist joan lunden is stopping by and cute puppies ready to be adopted in our weekly pet project on "new york live" at 12:30. i'm only in

pat lynch blasting the ruling, saying it is no surprise that the ccrb, which continues to be nothing more than cop hating branch of the new york civil liberties union would substantiate the use of force complaint in such a questionably public manner. >>> we have new information tonight about a frightening kidnapping and a dramatic escape in connecticut. a teenaged girl lured in to a woman's car. the girl was assaulted and then with the car moving, as you can see, the girl jumps out. all of it caught on camera. police in bridgeport looking for the kidnapper. here's eyewitness news reporter josh einiger. >> reporter: the video shows the teenage girl's dramatic escape from what cops call a would-be abduction, the 17-year-old barrel rolling from to drive around town. police want your help in finding the driver, a woman in her 40s. >> a woman? that's different. >> reporter: it started here at the corner of boston and palisade in bridgeport, the teen walking to school early monday morning when police say the driver of that charcoal gray toyota lured her in to the car and started assaulting

pat lynch voiced the anger of his members after the arraignment. >> this coward couldn't even stand up. yesterday evening, he was able to run. he was able to pull a gun. yesterday evening, he was tough enough to pull that trigger and kill a police officer. >> reporter: the 30 year old accused killer ignored questions and kept his head house 23 hours after the chaos of tuesday night, as heard on police scanners. >> confirmed officer down? >> reporter: a day later, you see bullet holes and broken windows from the gunfire. tyrone howard allegedly part of the drug-related shoot out. they say he fled the scene on a stolen bike with police pursuit. >> he puts the bike down, he pulls out his weapon, and he fires one time striking the officer in the front of the head. >> reporter: the murdered cop, an immigrant in guyana. his father was himself a police officer in that south american nation. the mayor and police commissioner visited to share the grief felt by the nypd and all new yorkers. >> the world needs to know that young man was irreplaceable and the sacrifice he gave to the city was just

here's what pba president pat lynch had to say moments ago. >> once again we're here in a courtroom to try to start the process for justice. but the reality is we should not be here again. violence against new york city police officers has to stop and it has to stop now. >> it's hard to overstate how emotional that court hearing was. you could see shoulder to shoulder front to back. it was lined with police officers from all over the city and some family members. one woman identified herself as officer holder's sister, angrily shouting at the suspect accusing him of killing her brother and of the room told the suspect to burn in hell. >> reporter: limping, thanks to a police officer's bullet that pierced his leg, tyrone howard said nothing and studiously avoided eye contact with a pack of reporters as detectives placed him in to the back of a police car for the beginning of a very long legal journey facing a charge of first degree murder for the execution of one of new york's finest, a department, an entire city now in mourning. after last night's mayhem, the chaos across east harlem s

pat lynch released a statement calling oscar winner a cop hater who "makes a living glorifying crime and violence." tarantino said the timing of saturday's rally was unfortunate and said many people had traveled to new york city to attend the event. he said "i'm here to say i'm on the side of the murdered." >>> the 25-year-old woman accused of driving into parade spectators at a home coming game is expected to appear in court today. adacia chambers has been charged with four counts of second degree murder. police say chambers plowed into a crowd at the oklahoma state university home coming parade on saturday. four people died including a 2- injured. chambers was initially facing a charge of driving under the influence but her lawyer says intoxicated. >> she only remembers from what was communicated with me the end of the crash, people removing her from the car, and her being extremely confused while at the same time trying to maintain the ability to cooperate. >> chambers' attorney says she >>> and happening today, many of new jersey's top politicians hit the jersey shore for a hard

and they vow that they will be there every time howard goes to court. a president pat lynch rallied the crowd of officers after the hearing. take a listen. >> if you're gunned down in new rk city as a police officer, what chance does the average citizen have? once again we're here to shoulder our brother and take him into a church. once again a police officer is going to have to stand by the thousands patch to patch. >> and it was a very emotionally che arged night inside that courthouse. holder's family, officer holder's family, one of his family members saying how many times do we have to go through this, referencing the other police officers who have been killed. today we also heard from investigators who gave us more information about what happened just before officer holder was shot and killed. under the glare of flashing camera, 30-year-old accused cop killer tyrone howard kept his head down as he was led in handcuffs through the 25th precinct. the man described by police as a career criminal facing a slew of new charges, including first-degree murder in tuesday's killing of nypd

last night police union president pat lynch blasting the ruling saying, "it is is no surprise that the ccrbhad which continues to be nothing more than cop hating branch of the new york civil liberties union would substantiate the use of force complaint in such a questionably public manner." >>> a retired new york city police officer wanted for the murder of his wife on long island is now under arrest. 49 year old paul lightgeb was arrested in upstate new york wednesday accused of killing 42 year old trisha ordierda, as she was found dead last week inside her home in lake grove. police have not released the cause of death. also happening today a former f did into y captain convicted of sexually molesting two young brothers will be sent elsed in a los angeles court. he care id out the assault while visiting family in la last year. the 51 year old from bay shore long island has negotiated a plea deal. he will be sentenced to five years probation and must serve 270 days in county jail. he must also undergo a year of therapy and register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. >>> time

information about the to the station house to console the other officers after the passing of his own son, pat lynch after the community to support them. >> we had the unfortunate responsibility to tell a father his son is not coming home today. he understands what it is to wear a uniform and he knows what it means. that emptiness will never go away for him. >> reporter: holder is the fourth officer killed in the months. in disasters officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu were killed and ryan moore died two patrol car. commissioner bratton said last night this is the most difficult part about that job. he said that will never change. he asked the city to say their prayers for the holder family. we have seen a steady stream of officers coming in and out of condolences to the officers here. we can expect to see that throughout the day. live in east harlem, back to you. juliet: thanks very much. cops meantime are searching this morning for prisoner who escaped from custody in brooklyn with hands cuffed behind his back. officers were attempting to transport 39-year-old joel brooks to the 70 third precinc

police union president pat lynch blasted the ruling saying it is no surprise that the ccrb which continues to be nothing more than cop hating branch of the new york civil liberties union would substantiate the use of force complaint in a questionably public manner, volkswagen's american ceo in the hot seat on capitol hill. >>> members of congress grilled michael horn about the emissions cheating scandal and when he first learned about the problem. abc's bazi kanani joins us from washington with details on the testimony and what's next. >> reporter: good afternoon david. lawmakers are pushing for answers about when vw management first knew of the emissions problem and who is to blame. in the hot seat, for his company's deception. >> i would like to offer a sincere sippling. >> reporter: apologized repeatedly as lawmakers vent their anger over the admitted cheating on pollution tests in nearly a half million diesel vehicles in the u.s. inserting software that would only turn on the controls when the vehicle was being tested allowing cars to pollute the rest of the time up to 40% more than al

. >> one of the largest police unions, pat lynch claims that you and your case got, these are his wordsecial treatment by the review board likely a response to the speed at which their investigation was completed. do you think you got special treatment? >> no, i think i got, i think i got some pretty unfortunate treatment on september 9th and to say that it's special treatment to have an officer hopefully held accountable in about a month, i don't feel like it's special treatment and patrick lynch made a lot of pretty jarring comments to say that, to defend the officer in question and i think that's, as i've said all along, i really respect what the police do and i have a lot of respect for the good officers, the ones i consider heroes and i think this is an officer that wouldn't be put into think that he will lose his page or he should? >> i'm not a judge. i'm not a jury. i don't know the entire process but, in my opinion, he should. the final determination comes down to commissioner bratton and i hope he has the same view that i do. >> i wrote an editorial about you and i said i thoug

pat lynch, a good friend, a good union leader, he does what he does, he has to say what he says.k this year alone the first time in 15 years. cops will have more than enough time to fill out the forms, we learn from every incident, learn, do the tactics work, the training we give officers, is it sufficient, do we need to change it? again, the vast majority of you incidents in new york city police department justifiable? the phrase, looks awful buts's lawful. >> is paperwork enough? i know you have body cameras, you are in a pilot program now. what is your thinking on whether those need to be on every single officer. >> your point of why this wasn't done years ago, we are evolving, now do have body cameras. >> not on every officer? >> in our case, 35,000 cops, it is gonna take a while. everybody now has a camera and video camera, that changed the way these incidents are looked at and that is a positive because it will, in fact, hopefully control police behavior when inappropriate but also control public behavior and the public understands that their acts of stupid, their acts of c

. >> reporter: pat lynch says that bratton's reform plan will actually overburden police officers even more by giving them paperwork. but bratton says it will have the opposite effect. it will empower the officers because now they'll have a chance to have their side of the story on the official record. we're live in lower manhattan, i'm lisa evers, fox 5 news. dari: and there is a town hall meeting in the bronx to talk about the latest cluster of legionnaires' disease in the morris park neighborhood. health officials say 15 out of 35 cooling towers tested positive for legionella bacteria. one person has died and 12 more have been sickened. tonight's meeting starts at 8:00 at maestro's caterers. steve: it has been found in cooling towers at two long island high school. smithtown east and west. they were taken offline and decontaminated. they're now back up and running safely. in a statement, the superintendent expressed there have been no reports of legionnaires' disease at any of the school district schools and they have remained open. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu rene

police union president pat lynch blasted the ruling saying, "it's no surprise the ccrb which continues to be nothing more than cop hating rights of the new york serve ill liberties union would substantiate the use of force complaint in such a questionably public manner." >>> well the new police academy class shows the nypd has been listening to complaints about a lack off diversity. a third of the recruits being sworn in are hispanic the highest such proportion in city history. black candidates are expected to be close to 17% of the new hires. asians about 10% and women about 18%. >>> good morning america is coming up next and george is >> reporter: good morning a lot coming up including that tweet overnight from rupert murdock saying it's time for a real black president talking about ben carson. twitter exploded after that and we'll get into the news with the campaign trail and that woman making broadcasting history, espn becomes the first female analyst to ever call a major league baseball playoff game tuesday night probably a sexist backlash and she will sit down to talk about it al

pat lynch is calling for a boycott of tarantino films and he is saying the timing is unfortunate. >>> and will is fiery crash on a new jersey tush turn bike that killed a truck driver. the tanker exploded into films trying to avoid a mattress that had fallen off of a van. the driver of the truck was cited for thot not having the mattress properly secured. >>> a former united nations leader facing tax charges is said to be released on bail. prosecutors say former general ablebly president john ash took more than a million dollars in bribes from a chinese real estate mogul and other business he will be released with an ankle monitor and on a million dollars bail. >>> this is the final term of a new york state board of regents chancellor meryl tish. she will not seek another term. she served the board since 1996 and her current term ends in march. she is a former first grade teacher who has seen significant shifts, including adapting to common core learning standards. >>> the university of mississippi took down the state flag in a call for removal, with the confederate battle emblem and

pba president pat lynch is urging the community to step up in response to four police killings in less than a year. >> once again, we here in a courtroom to try to start the process for justice. but the reality is, we should not be here again. violence against new york city police officers has to stop and it has to stop now. >> reporter: and back out here live. you can see bunting now hung over the entryway to the department. clearly an entire police force now in mourning. this, as we're learning more information about funeral arrangements for this fallen officer. we're told there will be a public viewing in far rockaway on tuesday. and a funeral service on wednesday. he will be buried in his native guyana. live in east harlem. mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> all right mallory thank you. and stay with eyewitness news for any developments following the death of nypd officer randolph holder, it's 5:10. >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. meteorologist bill evans has the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> a look outside. look at south camer

the union president pat lynch is upset that the oscar winner appeared at a rally against police brutality just days after officer holder's murder. tarantino joined hundreds of demonstrators in manhattan saturday. the union is calling for our boycott of tarantino's movies. >>> it's a lesson learned for governor chris christie. don't talk on the quiet car. yesterday the presidential hopeful was kicked out of the quiet car on an amtrak train from d.c. to new york. a passenger took these photos, claims he hopped on at the last minute, started making phone calls. about ten minutes later, the conductor asked him to stop or go to another car. governor christie did to that. his camp issued a statement saying in part, the governor promptly left once he realized the serious nature of his mistake and enjoyed the rest of his time on the train from the cafe car. sincere apology ies to all the patrons of the quiet car that were offended. >>> happening today, mets fans will be rallying in front of queensboro hall to cheer on their team in the world series. the mets are in kansas city for game one agains

pat lynch of the new york pba said no surprise, someone who glorifies criminal violence is a cop hater. >> i agree. any solutions whatsoever, agitated the crowd and everything was against the police. >> thank you very much, rod. >> good to be here. >> we should point out, we invited that organization, rise up october, for an interview. but they have refused our request. shocking. >>> meanwhile, straight ahead. a dangerous mission like you've never seen before. new video shows the moment special forces freed hostages. a former navy seal breaks down that daring raid. you've got to see it to believe it. >>> then my kansas city and new york are going to battle is out in the world series starting tomorrow night. who knows more about their hometown team, me or brian? we're going to take a swing at some kansas city royal and new york mets trivia coming up next. play along at home. >>> happy birthday to keith urban. he's 48 today. when my doctor told me i have age-related macular degeneration, amd we came up with a plan to help reduce my risk of progression. and everywhere i look... i'm remind

pats win the fourth super bowl and seahawks handed it off to mar sean lynch. what happened on sunday, the colds with the swinging gate trying to make the pats burn a time-out. they get caught with too many men on the field. the pats special teams had it covered. for reasons no one will understand, pats had it all the way, colts never had a shot after that. the swinging gate formation, scoring the game-winning two- point conversion in 2011 and tweeted to indy yesterday, hey, colts, this is how it's done. the pats, by the way, host the jets on sunday at 1:00. that's sports for now. >> it's interesting seeing the look back at the plays gone wrong. >>> general bush may be a presidential candidate but also a big fan of fantasy football. >> 's got one star on his loster that's allowing had imto beat his relatives. >> gronkowski, my number one pick. the guy's a monster. as long as he doesn't get hurt, he will continue to allow me to beat up on all of my family members. >> one went another step further inviting gronk to his new hampshire town events. maybe he'll get to

pats and jets, followed by the fifth quarter post game show. >>> thursday night football, seahawks and 49ers. all seattle. wilson 43-yard touchdown pass. lynch ran for a score, they win it 20-3. 3-4 on the year. 9ers fall to 2-5. >>> next week on thursday night football, pats host the dolphins, we'll have it for you right here on wbz. knicks preseason basketball. they win it 99-85. the preseason finale is tomorrow night against the 6ers. >>> some great news from red sox nation, today they announced that he had been diagnosed with knowledge hodgkin's lymphoma. he's thankful for the outpouring of support he's received and looks forward to getting back to work and bringing another championship back to boston. the president of baseball operations said they all look forward to having farrell back at their manager. after a lot of speculation, tonight remy will be back in the broadcast booth to do 100 games. over to you. >> coming up, celebrating one of our own. >> a big honor for jack williams and pumpkin excitement is back at dunkin'. pick up your favorite pumpkin-flavored baked treats and beverages, like the new pumpkin macchiato people of the c

lynch also ran for a score. the seahawks win it 20-3. niners fall to 2-5. next week pats host the dolphins. we'll have it for you right here on wbz. now. have a good one. dies, over to you. >>> fans are willing to shell out big bucks to catch a home game. that would make mets tickets the most expensive in world series history. >> as well as the yankees aren't in it, i'm pulling for them. >> not as much as about the sox. >> chez stadium is where i went and that no longer existsp. >> you're so old. [ laughter ] >> just kidding. >>> a contractor at logan airport under investigation this morning. on the wing of an airplane. >> plus, paul ryan making it official and declaring his candidacy for speaker of the house when lawmakers could vote on it. pamela? >> sunshine and cool temps today. if we have a warm-up coming up and if we have any rain in the >>> welcome back. the investigation and a search for a suspect. >> a worker at logan airport caught taking a selfie on the wing of a plane. why the plane is now temporarily out of service. >> new details on the latest problem for the big dig and what

lynch. stiff arming defender and running into the end zone. andrew short on the quarterback, nice road to pat, a better catch in the end zone envelope the ends, it was the eagles who would get the win in this one. how about this, cam, to spencer potter, i seen number 12 throw like that before. final score 35-14. they win and advance. remember, the world series tonight on fox 25 at 8 p.m. see you here, bryan salmond, fox 25 sports. >> if you don't like needles, for the flu vaccine. but that option is in short supply this year, not expected december. the reason doctors say you shouldn't delay no matter how much you hate needles. i hate them, but -- >> the sunrise 7:16 this anticipating to see those temperatures in the 20s and 30s rise to about the freezing mark right around 8 o'clock. if you're going to be travelling for the day today, 50s is where we're headed. coming up hour by hour what to expect in your neighborhood. >> and yes, the holiday shopping season is fast approaching, black friday deals already on the horizon. doors on one of the most look okay, so everyone is saying, "hurry! you g