patrick hobbs is taking over. he served in the governor's office and led the athletic programs at seton hall. >> all right, thank you very much. >> students and faculty at the university of chicago are being asked to stay away from the campus today following a threat of gun violence. the university is working with the fbi which is investigating the claim that there will be violence this morning at 10:00. the closure comes less than two months after a killing in oregon. >> dozens of students are injured near richmond after a the stufrts were headed back to campus when the driver lost control on a curve and the bus flipped. 35 students were injured and taken to the hospitals. the driver is charged with reckless driving. >> the shooter in colorado springs on friday is expected in court today. three people were killed including a university of colorado police officer and two civilians. the police are sealing the warrants related to the case and not releasing information on the motive or the weapon. the head of the cli

team to bowl games in i've of these first three seasons, in a staimple, statement they announce patrick hobbs will takeover as a new athletic director, we'll have more on the story coming in "sports extra," and wrap up the day in football, a big announcement from kobe bryant in nba, that, knicks, nets, jets and giants. antwan: busy. ryan: a lot going on. christina: tonight nypd is asking for your help in identifying suspect wanted for on fire outside of a home in queens, police released this surveillances video. police say he lit the flags on fire, then took off. anyone with information please call crime stoppers, 1-800-577-tips. antwan: good news for residences in hoboken, water service has been fully restores after a pipe broke last week. hoboken of getting water while repairs were made, the water has been tested it safe but it may be discolored for a short period of time. the roads are also reopen to traffic. christina: president obama? paris for the opening days of a international conference combatting climate change, the president paid a visit to the tribute of the paris attack victims.

the new athletic director, patrick hobbes, comes from seton hall. he also works for the officer of the governor, governor chris christie, praising dean hobbes' selection saying rutgers is fortunate to have him. lucy yang for channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> there is new information tonight about a possible motive behind the deadly attack at a planned parenthood clinic in colorado. authorities say robert dear made rambling, hostile comments about the organization after he opened fire at the facility killing three people and injuring nine on friday. the 57-year-old surrendered through a five-hour standoff. today several republican presidential candidates who support restricting access to abortion condemned the attack. >> what he did is domestic terrorism and what he did is absolutely abominable. >> any hate crime is a horrible thing no matter from where it comes and should be condemned very strongly. >> it's unacceptable and horrific and wrong. >> democratic presidential candidates along with the white house have strongly condemned the shooting and expr

former dean of law patrick hobbs was immediately named as herman's replacement. he was the interim athletic director in 2010 and most of the governor in new jersey. >> chris christie described hobbs as aer. of great character and judgment as well as an effective leader and manager. so now the focus will turn to a new head football coach with greg likely on the top of the list. the former rutgers head coach brought respectability to the program. a program that right now needs a desperate integrity and leadership. >> thank you. >>> hundreds of thousands of people worldwide hit the streets today for rallies on climate change. they're pressing world leaders for a bold international agreement at this week's climate summit in paris. here in new york activists marched to city hall this afternoon. they're calling on mayor de blasio to make new york city a world leader on climate action and to support climate change policies, especially policies that can protect low-income neighborhoods. >> at the end of the day, the neighborhoods, the communities that are in a position o

patrick hobbes was named the new athletic director yesterday. he'll oversee search for the next head coach. according to reports, the scarlet knights could be interested in a reunion with former coach greg schiano. hobbes said no offers have been made yet. >> the process has just started so i can't put a timeline on it. what i can say is i'm going to work as expeditiously as i can to have a coach in place as quickly as i can. >> after this season, the 20th of his decorated career, kobe bryant will call it quits. an announcement he made last night. then he took the court as the lakers hosted the pacers. bryant hit a clutch 3-pointer. in a 1-point game. he had a chance to tie it with 6 seconds left, his 3-point attempt was an air ball. the lakers lost and kobe reflected. >> have to accept the fact that i don't want to do this anymore. i'm okay with it. >>> the rangers will have to snap their current losing skid without the help of derek stepan. he's out four to six weeks with broken ribs suffered the blue shirts go on without him. ahead of tonight

flood took over in 2012. that patrick hobbs will takeover as rutger's new preliminary am athletic director, governor chris christie saying, i have known dean hobbs for many years, he has always been a person of great character and judgment, i could think of few people better suited to step into the role. the search for a new football coach will begin immediately. christina: 3 people were killed after a multivehicle crash in new jersey last night, the driver of a pick up pulling a cattle trailer had pulled over to fix that trailer when a car slammed into it a van carrying 13 people hit that pick up and the driver of the car who had gotten out of his vehicle. the car's driver and two people in the van were killed. no word on the cause of the crashes. antwan: nypd is asking for your wanted for setting 40 relinl religious hindu flags on fire. you can see the suspect lighting the flags on fire early in the morning, anyone with information is urged to call crime stoppers. christina: they are considering sales of microbeads in consumer products, environmentalist say that plastic pollutes waters a

this afternoon wasted no time naming replacements, an a permanent hire for athletic director, patrick hobbs, the former dean at seton hall law school and a former athletic director. he also served the governor's office. >> we have a fan base. are they unhappy? no question. but when we put success on the field, they're going to embrace what we're doing. >> reporter: now, according to the university's president, the new athletic director was actually hired on friday, two days before the coach and former athletic director were fired. live at rutgers university tonight, lucy yang for channel 7 eyewitness news. >> lucy, thank you. >>> from football to basketball, big news tonight from one of the nba's biggest superstars. kobe bryant of the los angeles lakers delivered that news in the form of a letter. eyewitness news sports anchor laura behnke has the details. >> reporter: joe, this wasn't kobe bryant decided to make his retirement announcement in a poem. and he posted it on derek jeter's website. he says he will retire after this season. the lakers superstar spent his entire 20-year career wit

releasing a statement this afternoon, saying this is a change for the university names patrick hobbes as the scarlet knights' new athletic director. lucy yang will have much more on the story as it continues to develop. all that on eyewitness news at 6:00. >>> on this very busy travel day a deadly crash involving a new york state trooper now under investigation on long island. a woman involved in a rollover accident overnight on the southern state parkway was struck and killed by a passing driver. minutes later another passing driver crashed in to the back of a trooper vehicle as the trooper tried to secure the scene. the trooper was not hurt. >>> also on long island, two homes in suffolk county guted overnight by an intense fire. the fire started around 2:30 this afternoon in the 900 block of sunrise highway of north babylon. when firefighters arrived on the scene, the flames had already spread to a house next door. the car parked in a driveway, that too went up in flames. one person was treated for smoke inhalation. prompted the fdny to hand out smoke detectors in flatbush today. th

patrick hobbs takes over as athletic director. he previously served as the first ombudsman in the new jersey governor's office. he also led the program at seton hall for a period of transition. kyle flood thanked wreckers on twitter for the opportunity to be part of this program. by the way, he did not amass a bad record bad record over the four season. he won more games than he lost but in the end, that was not enough to save his job. that is the latest, live from rutgers back to you. >> juliet: if you don't really know about the situation over there and you hear him talking about the achievements, it comes as a surprise that he would be fired. have more to come this morning. >> juliet: audrey is watching the forecast. >> audrey: it's a chilly one across the tri-state area. 3636 degrees in central park, are high numbers are only going to be in the low to mid 40s. we are going to be below average. bundle up as you head out the door. track the weather with us by downloading our weather app where you get live interactive radar and h

patrick hobbs takes over as athletic director. he. he previously served as the first ombudsman. he also let a program at seton hall through. of transition. >> reporter: after firing he took to twitter to thank records for the opportunity. he said the program was built on a strong foundation and the best is yet to come. that. that is the latest live from the records campus. >> juliet: thank you very much robert. moving on now, 511. a recent wreckers graduate was killed in a crash thursday night. the 23-year-old was struck by passenger van after he got out of the car. this happened on route 287. car accident. it happened and bernard started ship in new jersey on saturday night. the family said he graduate from wreckers this year and was working at a manhattan advertising place. >> ben: people are being asked to stay away from that campus today after an online threat of gun violence. the university is investigated the claim they be violent and 10:00 a.m. this morning at campus quad, popular the campus is urging all students to stay inside today, months after a gunman killed college

. >>> patrick hobbs has been director. he served as the pirates' in 2010. >> honestly i think we needed a fresh start. it was like circus act. >> reporter: herman came on in 2013, and flood's tenure here ends after 4 seasons. >>> ohio prosecutors are hoping shed light on a shooting of by police of a 12-year-old boy it shows the cleveland police officer shooting tamere rice who had a pellet gun at the time. the gland jury will decide if the officer or his field training officer should be charged with the boy's death. >>> a man was caught on surveillance video walking into the the front yard of a home in wood haven and lighting a flag on fire. destroyed. >>> the time now 6:19. in the next half an hour, how a local youth hockey team is making a wish come true for a island. >>> if you think dangerous here, look at the conditions midwest. catch holiday-cookie cheer on the tip of your tongue with dunkin' donuts' holiday- cookie-flavored coffees. from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m., enjoy any medium latte every sip. the taste uniquely dunkin'

. >> reporter: the newly hired athletic director patrick hobbes mood. here. what i need to be is somebody who brings some change. hopefully leadership that's welcomed by everyone. >> reporter: but hobbes joins a controversy. there are allegations of failed drug tests. seven football players were arrested for criminal behavior. just two years ago rutgers men's basketball coach mike rice was fired after an abusive video was released. in order to make a change. rutgers hired athletic director julie hermann. hermann is out and football coach kyle flood has been sent packing. >> despite losing flood, it's unfortunate when we lose a scarlet knight. i'm looking forward to the future. >> i think it was a good decision. >> reporter: flood seemed confident about his job status after rutgers lost to maryland friday. his alleged actions involving an academically ineligible football player led to an investigation and he was suspended for three games this season. the new athletic director isn't focused on the past. >> i'm looking forward to do everything i can to help the

in a swift move though rutgers president named patrick hobbs a dean at seton hall university's law schoolead of the athletics department. abc news sat down exclusively with hobbs who said he's focused on the future not the past. >> let's go forward. let's move forward. if people want to look and make statements about the past, the past conduct, that's the past for me. it's all about moving forward with rutgers athletics. >> the changes come during a time of turmoil for the scarlet knights. the football team has gone 12 and 13 since joining its big 10 and several players were dismissed from the team this year after getting arrested and the school could be facing ncaa violations. >> time for sports. ducis is here and eagles coach chip kelly addressing rumors today that he is looking to move on. >> yeah, he addressed those rumors today. he says he's not going anywhere. he says this three game losing streak they've had has not changed his commitment to the birds. when we last saw chip kelly he was humble following that beat down in detroit. he's adamant leaving the birds has never been on his

patrick hobbs the former dean at seaton hall law school and former athletic director there is now in place here. >> the replacement of the football coach raises special challenges for us, so that made it appropriate i think for us to start fresh, wipe the slate clean and take this opportunity to move rutgers forward and to take it to where we know it can go. >> kyle flood, the head coach here whose just fired was with rutgers for 11 seasons first seven as the assistant coach and he took to twitter to thank rutgers for all of his 11 years here and says the best is yet to come. live in new brunswick, new jersey, channel 7 eye witness news. is in paris this morning ready to address the opening session of the international climate conference. that conference opened on a somber note with the entire room rising for a moment of silence for the paris attack victims. the president used his first moments in paris to place the flower, a white rose at the memorial for the victims but that same neighborhood was caught up in a massive protest meant to call attention to global warming. police arres

patrick hobbs takes over as athletic or actor. he also led the athletics transition. kyle flood was busy trying to fill this program back up for next year. he learned that he had been fired. that is the latest this morning. back to you. greg: chris christie. it has not been looking so good. they would not let him into the primetime debate. he has some really good news. rosanna: a key endorsement. what do you think, brett? >> the union leader. it is significant. it could be a game changer. he has kind of found his mojo in new hampshire higher. look for kristi to start to capitalize on that. we are in a crazy season. a lot can change in a short time. greg: he has prosecuted terror. they say he is a fast talking senator. rosanna: donald trump is still leading the polls. >> significantly. a big draw for donald trump. on the issue of foreign-policy. donald trump so far has held his numbers. these huge events. it shows his power. two months. he is still on top. it could happen. greg: huge. rosanna: he is getting into character. greg: that is everybody else. we celebrate don

a new athletic director was hired two days before herman' departure was announced patrick hobbs, former athletic director is now in >> the replacement of the football coach raises special challenges for us, so that made it appropriate i think for us to start fresh, wipe the slate clean, and take this opportunity to move rutgers forward and to take it to where we know it can go. >> the only player to share the reaction was the football team's captain. all he said was this is a business decision that had to be made. live in new brunswick, new jersey, channel 7 eye witness news. >> cala, thank you. >>> 4:36. new this morning one person is critically injured. a bus driver under arrest after a bus filled with college students overturns in virginia. the charter was caring them back-to-school after the holiday last night when police say the driver lost control on a area south of richmond. more than two dozen people got hurt and the driver charged with wreckless driving. >>> a potentially historic meeting on climate change is under way in paris right now. president obama is among some 150 world

patrick hobbs has been named the hugh athletic director. he was at the seton hall school of law and served as the pirates' interim athletic director in 2010. >>> the jury for the sheldon silver trial ended deliberations on wednesday before taking an extended silver is accused of taking kickbacks as favors. >>> pretty skiesover head right now, 36 degrees, and it is cool out there, and these are the air temperature readings anywhere from a 25 to about 40, and you throw in the wind. 25 in the windchill in stanford. freehold, and spring jack lake as well. the teens for the hudson valley. morning sun giving away to afternoon clouds, and it will be chilly all day today, particularly when the afternoon clouds are starting to take over. overnight tonight into your day tomorrow. light rain, and you could see freezing drizzle north and west. warmth front on wednesday, and it's a warm front, and numbers are going to go up wednesday and before they restreet thursday into friday. mary? >> john, thank you so much. we are back with another local update in