and i was thinking she was sick. >> reporter: this woman was on duty in patterson. more than 1,000 other nonessential workers are on pins and needles, waiting to see if they'll work at all. it's the result of a budget standoff between the city council and patterson's mayor. he called for a nearly 6% property tax hike. he says the city will save an estimated $225,000 per day by series pending services like garbage pickup, after school programs, and he proposed crossing guards as well, much to the chagrin of parents. this sign on patterson's main library branch tells patrons they'll be closed for the day overflowing. they've made emergency arrangements to keep crossing it's unclear just how long they'll stay. >> i won't be back this afternoon. >> reporter: now, if the budget is passed, those nonessential workers could be back on the job as early as tomorrow. if not, city hall says those services will be suspended indefinitely. we did reach out to mayor torres for comment on this. they said he won't speak until after tonight's meeting. news4 new york. >> thank you. >>>

tonight, one question, did patterson tax dollars pay for any of this private work? torres. this is his home. on some days you might find patterson city workers at his house, like the time these two city workers carried a big beer cooler into the mayor's home. or this city worker seen washing the mayor's scooter and fixing his car. or when workers showed up in a city truck to move construction debris and other trash. ordinary citizens don't get that kind of service. ordinary citizens would have to pay a private company for a job like this. or numerous tapes from the mayor's house that show city workers coming and going, at times with tools in hand. then there was this saturday in august where a group of city workers met at the mayor's house. one tells us this job was to help the mayor's daughter move. we asked the mayor for an interview about what city employees were doing apt t his home, but he declined our request.

this video investigating the patterson air using public employees to do were cad his home. so i headed to patterson myself and he avoided me at all cost. >> is the mayor available? >> what do these have in common? they have been working together 20 years. >> so it is the "chasing" news. ♪ seven check out the shocking the video obtained by channel for investigating that patterson mayor using public employees to do work at his home on his motorcycle and party pressures. i tried to find out what he had to say the heat of voided me at all cost. >> i called and asked if he could schedule an interview with no call. and in fact, i stood there so long they handed me a statement and i even went to his house and land a knock down the door. >> the mayor? day you know, when you are expecting him? >> these allegations are not a surprise. i spoke to as a council member from the last election. >> a couple of people noticed there were irregularities of overtime spending and we pointed that out is cecily's to read these allegations are serious including using city workers for private use an

shiloh patterson: i saw her afro, and i was like, oh my gosh, please don' destiny. patterson can' s shiloh patterson: i was really like i am still in shock. , i can' she was smart, she was funny, very intelligent. she was just an all around amazing person. matt: the joint homicide task force says 15-year-old destiny bargman was shot to death inside this home on sheeler hills drive in apopka where a bicycle sits outside. investigators have charged a 16-year-old with second degree murder, accusing that person of shooting and killing destiny. officials have not named the suspect and the motive is , unknown. shiloh says destiny was a ninth grader at wekiva high school. shiloh patterson: she was an all around amazing person, and she didn' t deserve any of this. matt: around 12:40 saturday, apopka police received multiple 911 calls reporting a shooting. shiloh says she still can' t believe her friend is gone. >> she wouldn' t do anything to hurt anybody. matt: did you hear that she was killed tonight? >> i didn' t want to be her. matt: condolence messages are coming in on social media. for anoth

outside the patterson home, you can see where the bullet pierced a window. the sound of gunfire sent people running for cover. some people shelt cover inside a liquor store. residents say the gun violence is not new to the territory. take looking for the shooter. >>> the new york appeals court temporarily halted the enforcement, and as of right under the law, little salt shaker warning symbols will be placed to high sodium items on city menus. >>> coming up at 4:34, time for weather and traffic on the 4s. let's check in with storm team 4's chris cimino. chris, can we repeat what we had yesterday? >> not quite. 60 degrees. well above normal temperatures. we're starting out pretty mild in the 40s right now. we may lose a few degrees but bounce back in the 40s for the afternoon. both commutes are going to be dry. mixed sun and clouds so a good looking day out there. highs back in the 40s, as i said, a few degrees above average then the wins get gusty. patchy clouds with 46 degrees. clouds break up for sunshine. we'll see the temperatures drop back a few more de

patterson is a state run district. he says they are continually flat funding this and it has been a problem. so i asked was to blame for it. >> the state has not funded us properly. there are some cuts that they can make within themselves, within the main office right here. >> john mack and t president of the parent association says it stems from an illegal, underfunding of the patterson school district for years that by the state. >> were being told were facing a one 86,000,000 dollars short hole in the next five years. they will probably try to do a lot of the same. >> this is an achaemenid to problem. they are forced to cut $45 million from this year, next year, what's next? there was no final decision about the budget cut but there are items like closing down several schools, they want to stop paying outside contractors for work as well as there will be cuts, teachers and administrators who lose their jobs from this. there is another meeting on jfk high school on wednesday and the final decision will be at the end

>> the patterson city attorney confirmed the state attorney general served the city with two subpoenas seeking records. this as the city council prepares to meet tonight for the first time since the i team broke the story. rob, back to you. >> should be interesting to see what happens there. we'll have complete coverage of that meeting tonight on news 4 at 11:00. can you watch jonathan's original report. >>> still to come tonight, a fitting end to a historic trip. president obama takes in a >>> how the national pastime helped these two nations find hey, have you heard? heard what? before school starts in september, all kids going into 7th and 12th grade have to get the meningococcal vaccine. it protects against diseases like meningitis. that can be serious, even deadly. yeah, that's why they can't start school without it. something to share? (giggling) actually, yes! talk to your health care provider. even kids who've had one shot >>> right now, 3rez obama is in route to arounden teen, that not diplomacy in cuba. before wrapping up his historic three-day visit, . during the game, mr. o

the driver, eric patterson, is now facing two charges of death by vehicle. victor told us he pull patterson from the car. >> i smacked him across his head and tried to wake him up, then dragged him out of the car. he was like knocked out, and he didn't say one word to me at all. >> reporter: at a vigil, family and friends filled the sky with balloons and struggled to understand why this happened. tears were shed by many, and as night fell, the vigil only grew in size. one of the boy's mothers fainted and had to be hospitalized. students told us school isn't the same anymore. >> today at school was like really depressing. everybody was like sad. >> reporter: police are looking into whether patterson was under the influence when the crash happened. he entered a plea of not guilty. we learn he was driving with a suspended license. >> he should be locked up. i'm sorry. a person who has a suspended license should not be on the >> reporter: news 4 investigates has also learned in response to this tragedy, police plan to increase speed checkpoints in the area. mich

new jersey motor vehicle records prove patterson was driving on a suspended license. he's had 23 suspensions, 14 violations including speeding and open container in a vehicle. his license is on indefinite suspension and he's had no driving privileges since 2014. >> eric patterson was charged with two counts of death by auto in the second degree. one count assault by auto, nonfatal. and that's in the fourth degree. he was also charged with driving on a suspected license. >> so many people are out here to support these families. >> that was toni yates in north bergen in new jersey. >>> there's been a verdict in the erin andrews stalking lawsuit. a jury aawarding her $55 million. michael barrett found to be 51% at fault. that makes him liable for about $28 million. he was convicted in criminal court of stalking andrews. he spent two and a half years in prison. the company who owns the hotel where he took a nude photo of her will pay more than $26 million. >>> a brooklyn deli owner is hoping surveillance video will help catch the man who robbed the store. the man walked i

patterson rebuttal. >> thank you ryan patterson for the permit holder first say that this allegation about the rental complaint is untrue mines that planning respond to that complaint went out and confirmed that is not true the suggestion that the owner has gone after the appellants and the lower tenants this is very interesting thing to say because the only reason why the lower units received an owner move-in eviction the appellate defrauded the landlord to not complete the owner move-in eviction in that unit as a direct result of that fraud the lower tenant has unfortunately been on the receiving end of the fraud i do want to speak briefly on the issue again with the story count this is the planning department definition of a story and i'll note at the very bottom definition the space below first story when sufficient floor to ceiling height for the occupancy the appellant noted in here brief and confirmed that is not the case to this property not sufficient floor ceiling height so you know again, i'm not seeing any non-compliant and cause for equitable belief sheelt not be affecte

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hundreds of employees in patterson got a day off of work because of a government shutdown. the city has suspended several nonessential services for the day. this includes garbage pickup , crossing guards and senior services. the issue is at odds over the mayor says the city will save usd200,000 worth of employees paid . the city hopes to resume the services tomorrow. >> in patterson, the seven-year-old boys recovering after being struck in the shoulder by a stray bullet. this happened around 6:15 pm . the boy was the time of the shooting in his home. they don't believe it was he was a target but they are still looking for the shooter. ben: the driver hit and killed a seven-year-old girl in new jersey. juliet: there asking the prisoner left the scene to turn themselves in. reporter: a community is in shock after a little girl was killed on the way to school. run over while hitting her holding her mother's hand. it happened in the hudson new york around 8:20 am. the surveillance photos released by police show the chevy tahoe responsible. according to authorities, driver turn

patterson is on the video link. >> reporter: eric patterson wasn't in court but appeared by closed-circuit tv. finds himself just now in a world of trouble. >> the court will impose the bail of 2 million cash or bond. >> reporter: patterson is charged with two counsels of aggravated manslaughter in connection with the horrifying deaths last week of 16-year-old noel herrera. surveillance shows a car driven about i patterson blowing red lights and driving 70 miles-per- hour in a 25 mile-per-hour zone on kennedy boulevard just before the crash. prosecutors have since announced he tested positive for pcp. we spoke to a man who was injured. >> once we turned our heads, we seen a car coming by real fast and didn't know what to do. it came out of nowhere. >> reporter: today, the wake for noel herrera is just 16 years old. >> not seeing him anymore is hard. it's like an empty spot in my heart now. >> reporter: she said she used to go to knollle when she had boy problems. so many people here with similar stories, that he was always there for them. these youngsters, these teenagers nowhere near read

there's plenty of people in patterson that are looking for work. >> some say the mayor called or for a specific job to be done. they say sometimes they were paid cash. other times they say they volunteered their time. the issue is expected to be a heated topic at the next city council meeting set for tuesday. >>> police on the hunt for a gunman who opened fire injuring a 28-year-old man. the victim near or possibly in his car on avenue l at about 11:00 this morning. he was hit in the neck. at least nine bullet holes pierced his nissan. the area blocked off today as investigators search for the gunman. >> there was like three or four shots. they weren't worried about people walking by here or nothing. >> the victim is expected to survive. >>> a plea tonight from sandy hook families to congress, pass tougher mental health laws. the victims of the sandy hook massacre made that plea at the state capital. the bill proposed to identify show signs of mental health issues. that plan also expands medicaid options. >> one thing i think about is what could have been done to prevent what happene

. >>> are patterson taxpayers being ripped off. two workers step forward and say yes. workers are billing a lot of over time all while doing private jobs or even no work at all. . >> claimed made by two workers who tell us the alleged over time issues could go all the way back to the mayor's office. >> each worker contacted us separately, each of them unaware of the other. do you consider it stealing? >> absolutely. i'm quite sure it's not what the >> reporter: this city worker says after seeing our story last week that shows patterson city employees doing work at the mayor's house, it was time to speak out. >> he's getting work done for free. why pay when you have city workers that will do it for free? in the sense of free, i mean you don't have to pay them out-of-pocket. >> reporter: a second worker reached out to us too. he says a truck like this might show up to do removal for the mayor, but for parade duty, snow removal, some supervisors and workers simply don't show up for work, but still bill taxpayers >> it's an ongoing thing. >> and there's the allegation that

to new jersey now, where a budget battle forced a partial government shutdown in the city of patterson. told to stay home from work. the alternative would be to shut down some of those city services permanently. kirkpatrick elementary school today, we spoke to security guards who jumped in to help students safely cross the street. >> the lady down there is not there, i was thinking she was sick. >> you have kids, they may run loose, you have to protect them. >> street cleaning after school programs and senior citizen services were also suspended today. today's partial shutdown saved the city $225,000. >>> a story we first brought you last night at 11:00, a 4-year-old boy left in the hallway of ps-198 in harlem. he's seen kicking and throwing the trash bags around him. the school separated from his class because the school said he had behavioral problems. she felt officials mishandled the situation. the department of education says allegation and taking swift action, saying there will be additional guidance counselors and social workers at the school today. our top priority is keeping a

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jeff patterson, newschannel8. >>> a bill that protects members of the clergy who refuses to marry same sex couple is headed to the governor's desk. it provides protection for pastors from being sued for refusing same sex couples. >>> a bill with new rules for it also says the sale and donation of fetal remains from abortions is prohibited. the bill is headed to the state senate. >>> flying to cuba could be a little easier. several airlines are bidding to fly to havana. several could depart from tampa. >> reporter: georgiani chavez is making her first trip to cuba. like most americans, she chartered her flight, but that could soon change. several airlines hope to offer commercial flights to the island soon. several u.s. carriers applied to the u.s. department of transportation for u.s. cuba flight rights. u.s. and jet blue would have several flights a day out of tampa international if approved. cuba, only a few carriers from chosen airports will get to fly to havana, the mecca destination. >> it will be a competitive environment for winning the flights. there are only 20 slots allowed f

i am adrianne patterson, thanks for joining us . let's get started with stororm team meteorologist bryan bennett. what are we in for this weekend? >>we will have a chance for showers and storms today. i wish we could call for a bebeautiful, sunny dry day. let's take a look at it right now. we're at 70 degrees right now and 60s in saint paul -- manatee county. just a few sprinkles and light showers drifting across the area but nonothing to really write home abouout. we do have some pretty big storms right now south of tallahassee. that's drifting to the east southeast. rough timing for that heavy rain moving through, maybe between 1212 pm and roughly 4 pm. kind of smack dab in the middle of the day. we could see a heavy downpour are two possible. possssible -- partly cloudy, a shower possible, temperatures in the upper 70s -- upper 80s, with scattered midday showers and storms. >>> in breaking news a motorcyclist is dead after an early-morning crash on kennedy boulevard. it happened right here downtown. with the victims family yet, s

of a man accused of abusing several of the kids he fostered speaks out about his own experience. patterson are stepping forward claiming taxpayers are being ripped off in an over time billing scandal in that city all of this after we showed you videos of city employees doing work at the mayor's house and a private business. >>> and cuban americans in new jersey react to president obama's historic trip to their old country. >>> we begin with a news 4 exclusive. an interview you'll see nowhere else with the adopted son of a man accused of some truly terrible crimes. >> he is accused of abusing at least seven special needs kids in his care as their foster parent. >> reporter: we're not going to identify this one-time foster kid, because he claims to have been a victim of sex abuse. but we met him here outside the ridge home where he says he endured that abuse for some nine long years. but he's doing this. >> reporter: this 30-year-old doesn't want his face shown but says he was both a sex abuse victim and adopted son of his foster dad. >> i never imagined he would do that. he was pretty sick.

so interesting to see how this jeff patterson, thank you. hectic. it has been a rerelatively quiet spring break, but it is spring break time. we have not had a lot of disturbabances on pinellas county beaches. >> coming up next, we will show stays that way. >> also ahead, a wild video by viral. are nonot amused. >> looks fun though. we had a high temperature at tap pa international airport of 82 degrees. we had 40s in the forecast. i'll have your temperatures an the details about tomorrow's >> welcome back. believe it or not, we are approaching the peak of spring break. pinellas beaches have avoided marked years past. marked years past. and newschannel8's mark douglas joins us live in clearwater. . something is working out there mark. what is it? >> reporter: well, it's not the sun today, josh. pretty foggy out here in clearwater beach. but police say their proactive strategy is paying off here. clearwater beach is ground zero for the pinellas spring break. but it is also a no alcohol zone. officers are making sure it stays that way for better crowd

dark grainy video, that's it. >> jeff patterson says we are expecting hundreds of pages of documements to be released in this case. we expect the documents will contain depositions from bubba revealing. we will certainly pass along that information to you. >>> and brace yourselves, a loud weekend is in store at the macdill air force base. the thunder birds and the para commandos are set to perform. now the big question is, will the weather cooperate? for that answer, let's go to chief meteorologist steve jerve with your air forecast forecastst. >> reporter: we definitely have some challenges especially for saturday with the clouds and showers. maybe a thunderstorm mixed in. all day long, but that chance of showers does exist. take a look at the forecast for saturday. tempmperatures are fairly warmment the possibility of a passing shower generally. the air force and the patrollers are aware they can dealal with some type of weather out there for your knowledge. might be a good idea to bring along an umbrella or a slicker in case it decided to rain. sunday looks better. breezier and cool

jeff patterson is demanding answers tonight about what is being done about the long lines and he joins us live from the irs office in tampa. this is really frustrating to say the least. one woman told me they just need to fix this. >> reporter: yeah, good evening rod. you have seen the line here, the office is closed now. the line is gone. but it is more than likely the line will be back here tomorrow and people will be standing around for hours without getting help. at the irs office in tampa, people are angry. >> it is my third office today. >> reporter: lee denise jaquez said she had to show up with a photo id to prove who she is. there. i am from orlando. >> reporter: the long lines today, we called the irs to ask what is going on. >> as you know, we have been reporting about long lines at the irs office in tampa. can you tell me what is being done about that now? >> first of all, you know, we causes. >> reporter: we are not the only ones asking for answers. u.s. senator bill nelson wrote the commissioner of the irs asking him to respond appropriately to the long lines at the tampa

old boy is reekerring in the -- recovering in the hospital after being hit by a stray bullet in patterson. he was inside his home when a bullet came flying in the he was pit above the hart and able to -- hit above the heart and able to call 911 himself. >>> new jersey transit trains are operating on or close to schedule after lengthy delay this is morning. a northeast corridor train hit and struck an amtrak employee at 44:35 -- 4:45 this morning. >>> the cdc has confirmed a second travel in new jersey. starting a special campaign to raise awareness among pregnant women, college students and health care workers. officials are urging people to avoid travel to zika effected countries. >>> a critical turning point in the race for the presidency. people in dozens of states heading to the polls as minute stops across the country. reporter: right now, polls show both donald trump and hillary clinton could win big at the end of this primary day, especially here in virginia. there's a reason why it's called super tuesday. its the biggest voting day of the year leading up to the general election. v

. >> richard patterson is the director of the old barracks museum. >> we don't have a receipt from washington. if we had a paper trail that went back a century or more, when you have some items that are attributed to a particular person, particularly a famous person, that sort of adds to the level of documentation that you would like to have. it appears to be authentic to the period, and it's something that, quite plausibly, was carried by washington. >> mild-mannered barbara can't believe the museum, after all these years, is waffling on the wallet. >> i really am very sure that that's george washington's pocketbook. >> "plausibly" just doesn't cut it for her. washington biographer richard brookhiser understands. is it okay if we just believe it, or do we really need to know for sure? >> no, we want to know for sure. >> and we do know for sure, insists appraiser lori verderame. i ask her to make her case. >> the first thing we're gonna look for is age. i'm also gonna look for construction. the binding is just like what we would typically see. it's made the same way cambridge university would

steve patterson, nbc news. >>> what an awful sight to see a crumpled school bus like that. a close call on the road today. this one at 200 miles an hour. spanish driver clipped the end of another car at australian grand prix in melbourne. his car careened off the track, flipped twice, went airborne and broke apart before coming to a stop at a safety barrier. the driver shaken up, but amazingly able to walk away from the crash. incredible. >>> on this first day of spring, we are watching a winter storm as it brings snow to the northeast tomorrow and into this evening. let's get the latest. >>> we have winter weather advisories and warnings across where we will see most of the higher snowfall totals. the storm will strengthen out over the water overnight. the mid atlantic brushed by the western side of the storm. we go through the morning. southern new england will see heavy pockets of snow. moves up into maine by early afternoon monday. new york area, just about an inch on grassy surfaces. farther east, higher the snowfall totals will be. 6 to 10 inches, southeastern mississ

jeff patterson, news channel 8. >>> the boys and girls club of tampa bay received a record vinic and his wife announced they are donating $2.5 million to the organization. that money will now help renovate the rec center at winston park. the current facility includes tennis and basketball courts, but you know with vinic's hand in the mix a roller hockey rink will be included. >> just because we are in florida, because just because we are in tampa bay, florida, doesn't mean hockey isn't a great sport. we want everybody to experience it and enjoy it. >> this is the largest individual gift in the 90 year hist riv boys and girls club in tampa bay. it will be renamed. >>> chief meteorologist steve jerve joins us now. i am amazed you made it into work that the throngs of happy people didn't keep you from coming in. >> mean, man, especially yesterday. yesterday was just exceptional. >> today is a little bit warmer. we saw temperatures close to 80. i think 80s will be with us the rest of the week. if you get a chance to go out this evening in jupiter after 7 p.m., as soon as it turns 7 -- it

jeff patterson joins us live from ybor city. there are mixed emotions about the president's historic trip. >> reporter: yeah, good evening jenn and josh. here we are in front of the cuban club in ybor. kathy castor is there. but some people are actually angered by the fact the president of the united states is on cuban soil. not since calvin coolidge has a sitting american president visited cuba. the saint petersburg mayor is also there pitching for a cuban consulate in his city, but not everyone thinks it is a good >> i think it is breaking down barriers. >> reporter: tampa mayor bob buckhorn says he thinks the embargo is a failure. >> out of the respect of the people i represent, thousands of whom built this city and were thrown out of cuba, some spent decades in castro's jails, out of respect for that experience, i personally am not going to cuba. but i don't stand in the way of other people doing it. >> reporter: some in west tampa are not happy the president is there. every american citizen. >> reporter: these lady haves fa

i'm grateful that it wasn't worse. >>> that was s sve patterson reporting. that train car is still partially submerged in the water and there is no service on the line today as crews work to make sure that track is safe. >>> we've got some new video this midday, the moment a plane parachutes down in long islana. take a look at this. we told you about this miraculous landing over this past week. take a look at that. it looks like a toy almost. this is surveillance video of that crash landing as it was happening. there's a closer look. obviously, that plane takes a pretty hard hit. there it is, it literally looks like a toy plane. plastic inside the the father and daughter coming home from a college visit in rhode island. luckily, no one was huht. >>> it's been a cloudy start to the day but we've been rain-free for the most part. although we did see a few sprinkles across coastal areas earlier this morning for broward county and especially into palm beach. right now our first alert radar looking pretty good. dry. drier than we saw this morning so good news the

jeff patterson, newschannel8. >>> tonight, we are getting an takedown. coming up, we will show you more of this video shot by body cams on pasco deputies and why they say the man they arrested posesed a big risk to the >> pasco deputies see a man high on drugs leading them on a chase and it was caught on body cameras. tonight, jamel lanee showstous scary momements. >> reporter: christopher conti had no regard for human life as he sped through the streets of new port richey. >> there could have been a family coming home from practice, from picking up the kids at the day care and this individual would have absolutely destroyed them. >> reporter: it started around 6:30 when fhp tried to pull him over. deputies joined in as conti kept running. this deputy tries to stop him but gets hammered by his truck. deputies finally swarm the truck when stop sticks take out his tire and they wrestle him >> you have a person drugged out of his mind driving a 5,000- pound vehicle. that is like somebody running through a mall with a gun waving it. >> reporter: conti is fac

as for bail for eric patterson, at a million dollars cash. he's facing up to 30 years in prison. coming up at 6:00, 4 investigates looks into what can be done and will be done to try to make these streets safer here in north bergen, union city, bayonne. >>> new at 5:00, a new delay in the etan patz case. pedro hernandez's second trial was supposed to be today. but the lead defense attorney has hurt his back and may need surgery. jury. police say hernandez confessed to strangling etan in 1979. >>> police are searching for a leaving work three months ago. why are police just now learning about her disappearance? >> reporter: sibila, she hasn't been seen for three months, but wasn't reported missing until this past friday. investigators spent the weekend out here digging up concrete in the front yard searching for any sign of her after her husband and daughter left the country. the nypd now guarding her home. her front yard a pile of rubble as investigators search for any clues in her mysterious disappearance. >> they've been in and out of the apartment. >> reporter: the 30-year-old

we are learning the driver may >> reporter: 23-year-old eric patterson just arraigned on charges. police say on saturday night around 9:15 p.m. he was driving on kennedy boulevard when his car jammed into noel herrera, from cliffside park middle school and brian rodriguez from union city high school. both sighed at the scene. >> the dev station, the worse accident -- devastation, the worse accident i have seen. >> reporter: a third teenager was critically injured and now recovering. >> doctors have been treating him for multiple fractures of his legs and other injuries. he is recovering and his condition is now stable. >> reporter: while friends and classmates mourn. they were like brothers to all of us. >> reporter: police say eric patterson was speeding at 70 miles per hour. in a 25 miles per hour zone. although they can't be sure till had investigation is complete. the police are asking asking for the public's help. >> slow down. these lives were lost by senseless act. >> reporter: they might never have to deal with such tragedy again. >> reporter: now, eric patterson, the driv

now, as our steve patterson reports, her foster parents are fighting to get her back. >> reporter: the moment is tough to watch. a young girl sobbing. her foster parents pleading. >> it's gut wrenching. >> reporter: summer and rusty page knew the day might come, when they brought lexi into their lives four years ago. >> food isn't worth eating. sleep is overrated. it's all about what we can do to get lexi home. >> reporter: their adopted daughter is 1/64th choctaw indian. she falls under a federal law that keeps native american children with their ancestry. members of the choctaw nation have been advocating for lexi to live with her extended family in utah since 2011 and say these relatives have visited and called her during that time. the choctaw nation of oklahoma said, "we appreciate the concern for lexi and want to assure everyone she is in a safe loving home with her relatives and biological sisters." >> the law was passed to protect kids like lexi and to make sure that they have robust connections with their tribal communities. >> reporter: but the adoptive family continues to fi

jeff patterson joining us live st. petersburg. jeff, hogan is a wrestling figure, always acts larger than life. how is he in the courtroom? >> reporter: yeah, good evening, keith, actually rather soft spoken today, black suit, black bandanna, silver cross, courthouse today the release of the sex tape ruined his life. >> i was aware of a security camera inside the house. >> reporter: heather clem is the ex-wife of radio personality, bubba the love sponge and the woman seen in a dark and grainy security camera sex tape with hulk hogan. jurors saw her in a recorded deposition. they say terry balea, hulk hogan in person. >> the character is larger than life. it's the all american character. >> reporter: hogan told the jury about his relationship with bubba the love sponge. >> i believed in my heart he was my best friend. >> reporter: he went onto tell the jury about his failing marriage with linda balea and how bubba and heather started talking about how heather wanted to have sex with him. hogan claims bubba approved of the sex. >> i

today a judge doubled bail for eric patterson. it is now $2 million. the charges against patterson were also upgraded. he's now facing two counts of manslaught er. police say he was high on pcp and speeding when he struck the teens. >>> coming up, a scare in the sky. >> declared may day, may day. >> the plane forced to make an >>> plus, stolen art facts about to go on sale until the feds swoop in. find out where the goods were found. >>> and a daring rescue. officers raced to help save a man from a burning car. the incredible video when we come back. alright guys. i want to show you some cutting edge technology. this is a vhs tape. push that tape in and hit play. this is a flip phone. have you seen these before? it's called a compact disc. oh. looks like we're getting a facsimile. at year is it to you? it's old. you'd rather use newer technology? definitely. we ll, i've got something to show you. this is the 2016 chevy volt. it uses extended range electric technology. the prius hybrid uses battery technology developed 15 years ago. chevy expects volt d

nbc's steve patterson has more. >> reporter: today top tennis in the spotlight.irst round of play at the miami open, but the tennis world is distracted after controversial sexist comments by california tournament director raymond moore. >> in my next life rs when i come back, i want to be someone in the wta. they ride on the coattails of the men. they don't make any decisions and they're lucky. >> reporter: moore told reporters male stars have carried the sport. >> if i was a lady player, i'd go down every night on my knees and thank god that roger federer and rafa nadal. >> the state's top female player quickly took the offense. >> women have come a long way, and we shouldn't have to drop to our knees at any point. >> reporter: moore later apologized in a written statement, saying in part, quote, i made comments about the women's tennis association that were in extremely poor taste and erroneous. but the damage is done. tennis legend billie jean king, who once defeated bobby riggs in the famous battle of the sexes match more than 40 years ago, tweeted, he is wro

jeff patterson, news channel 8. >>> chief meteorologist steve jerve joins us now but check this out. look over there. that's the sunset from eagle 8 hd, photo journalist paul lamison shot that about 45 minutes ago. that's what it looks like out in the wild at night when we are in here working. >> did you see the shots that we took earlier from siesta key? the daytime is as nice as the nighttime. makes you want to go, doesn't it? >> stay focused. stay with me here. >> take like at our evening forecast if you're lucky enough to be outside, temperatures pleasant. 69 degrees this evening. a few clouds still on the warm side, maybe some high clouds but a lot of these should dissipate. few clouds in the forecast for tomorrow because a cold front is headed our way, not a big impact front but it may add some clouds and bring a slight chance of a few showers as they roll through the area. 73 degrees tomorrow afternoon, the front will pass and then the winds will shift more northerly and help to draw in slightly cooler air. we will feel that especially as we get into thursday morning. right no

patterson rebuttal. >> thank you ryan patterson for the permit holder first say that this allegation about the rental complaint is untrue mines that planning respond to that complaint went out and confirmed that is not true the suggestion that the owner has gone after the appellants and the lower tenants this is very interesting thing to say because the only reason why the lower units received an owner move-in eviction the appellate defrauded the landlord to not complete the owner move-in eviction in that unit as a direct result of that fraud the lower tenant has unfortunately been on the receiving end of the fraud i do want to speak briefly on the issue again with the story count this is the planning department definition of a story and i'll note at the very bottom definition the space below first story when sufficient floor to ceiling height for the occupancy the appellant noted in here brief and confirmed that is not the case to this property not sufficient floor ceiling height so you know again, i'm not seeing any non-compliant and cause for equitable belief sheelt not be affecte

nbc's steve patterson is in the storm zone tonight. >> reporter: tonight the fury of spring storms slamming into the south. the thunderstorm threat, whipping winds, torrential rain, powerful gusts packing pounding pounding hail, already wreaking havoc in arkansas and missouri. now, 27 million people in the path of severe storms, a possible twister touched down near linndale, texas. tornado watches have already been issued in four different states, with the threat stretching from kansas to mid-mississippi through the night. >> this storm may have quarter-sized hail or larger, could even be golf-ball sized. >> reporter: anoer threat, flash flooding. heavy rains in arkansas making for a dangerous evening commute, so bad it swept away this dumpster in a nearby park. the ground in much of the mississippi valley already saturated from days of flooding in early march. communities in the south already taking several severe weather punches. the fear, a hay-maker is coming with the potential to be thrown from any direction. and tomorrow that threat area expands. 37 million people from the gulf coast

jeff patterson live for us tonight. thanks, jeff. >>> 72 degrees, some high sun city center but overall a beautiful day. we have been talking about the warm temps in some of the inland areas and 70s have been fairly common but we have also seen low 80s in some of the inland areas, southwest winds now at 5 miles per hour. basically variable and light. a little bit of movement here with the tree but again at the lake club it looks very nice. astronaut scott kelly is coming home after a year in space at 8:05 p.m. the spacecraft undocking, it will deorbit at 10:32 and land in kazakhstan at 11:25 p.m. for the last year, spectacular photos, tweets sent from space just absolutely incredible, the aurora borealis, that's manhattan with central park right there. that was his last year in space and he's coming home today. kind of studying him, almost like a human guinea pig for a potential mars mission down the road. 69 degrees, a few clouds, still warm and again we are talking about mostly high clouds here for us. tomorrow mornin

charles are both charged with aggravate assault and disorderly conduct. >>> two city workers in patterson, new jersey are now stepping forward claiming that taxpayers are being ripped off in an overtime billing scandal. city workers seemingly seen doing repeated work at the mayor's house. smoo do you consider it stealing? do you think that's stealing money? >> absolutely. i'm not sure that's not what the >> this city worker says after seeing the video last week, it was time to speak out. >> why pay when you have city workers? >> a second worker reached out to us too. he says a truck like this might show up to do removal for the mayor, but for parade duty, snow removal, city building projects, some supervisors and workers simply don't show up for work, but still bill taxpayers for overtime. >> it's an ongoing thing. you just know that you got someone getting paid for thing they didn't do. falling on the taxpayers' back. >> and there's the allegation that dpw supervisors assign on duty workers to do private construction projects. >> they're using city workers and city vehicles to transport

steve patterson has the details. >> how did you escape? >> reporter: convict capture. >> walking and running. >> reporter: this afternoon, police announcing the rearrest of the 29-year-old. >> he stepped out the front door and came out and surrendered. >> reporter: the man he escaped with also captured. the convicted murderer smirking, sneering, quipping with reporters. now back behind bars. >> i got busted. >> reporter: their capture ending a three state manhunt. they were described as dangerous and for a good reason. >> shots fired. >> reporter: claw defined by a history of violence including assaults and armed robberies seen here in 2007 shooting directly into a police car officers on a 95 mile an hour chase. they were last in custody before their escape wednesday night. the pair being transferred between two new mexico prisons. at the time, fully cuffed and shackled 80 miles from the texas border. somehow managing to escape. then just hours later, security images taken from a hotel. the men smiling in street clothes. >>murdered people.

joseph's hospital in patterson tonight. >> i finally saw him. i'm like, oh, my god. >> reporter: struck by a stray bullet while looking out the front window of his home around 7:00 monday night. hit in the shoulder, avoided a mortal injury to the heart by just a few inches. his family also says despite his wound, the second-grader comforted his mother and grandmother and calmly dialed 911. >> he told my grandmother, i'll take the phone and call them myself. he gave the address. he was very brave. didn't drop a tear at all. >> reporter: they know the dangerous gun fights in the street exposing innocent people. a cousin was shot and killed two years ago just around the corner from their home. >> the police need to have their eyes open in these areas that are more -- you know, they're high crimes. >> reporter: jaden is back home, expected to make a full recovery. this shooting still out there tonight. gus rosendale, news 4 new york. >> brave little guy. gus, thanks so much. >>> calls flooded in to 911 over this. a mystery boom rattled parts of suff