sabathia left the team on the verge of the playoffs saying it was just time. so his fans would understand if he injured a knee but his disease needed immediate attention as well. >> what are you looking forward to? >> being back with my teammates in yankee stadium. enjoying the fan and pitching. that's what i love to do, competing. i'll be back out there 100% ready to go. >> cc sabathia talks about alcohol, rehab, and getting back to the yankees tomorrow morning with robin roberts on good morning america starting at 7 a.m. >>> matt harvey, the national league comeback player of the year went 13-8, 2.71 e.r.a. through 216 innings. all of this after missing the entire 2014 season because of tommy john surgeries. he not only came back, he came back strong. curtis granderson had surgery today to repair a torn ligament on a left thumb. after that granderson still nailed three home runs in the world series. he too will be ready for spring training. >>> injured receiver victor cruz started running since the first time he hurt the calf muscle in september. jason pierr

sabathia realized his drinking problem went as far back as 2012. unraveled in baltimore the final week of the regular season so when he told his manager joe girardi and made his decision to enter rehab he felt a weight lifted from his broad shoulders. i spoke with cc in times square tonight. >> it's been good. you know, i got a chance to go out and hit the reset button and i'm looking forward to spending the rest of my life and doing the right things. >> the support that we heard from brian cashman and joe girardi and all your teammates was unwavering. what did that in the moment mean to you? >> made me know i did the right thing and made the right choice and these guys have been with me here 1,000% behind my back. >> probably the scariest and probably my most proudest day of cc when he went into rehab. i'm so excited to see what his future holds and his new chapter in life. >> cc's wife. host its fifth annual challenge rules party in central park tomorrow. he had this weekend as a goal targeted to reach. he wanted to be here. he tells me he'll be

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sabathia told abc news he will be ready for next baseball season after seeking treatment for alcoholism just before the yankees played in the al wild card game. in an interview with robin roberts set to air tomorrow on good morning network -- america he said he had no other option. >> fans were upset and people don't understand but it was a disease. if it was my knee or anything else people wouldn't have a problem with it. it willing alcoholism it's tough for people to swallow. it's the same thing. >> cc sabathia talks about alcohol, rehab and getting back to the yankees tomorrow morning with robin roberts on good morning america. >>> happy 23rd birthday odel beckham. victor cruz worked with targets to return the week was out there as well doing whatever he can to make his season debut against the bucs. pier-paul wants to play. >> i'm jason pier-paul, i'm the same guy i was last year and throughout my life time. it's just a tragedy that happened but it is what it is. the hand is going to come along. it's only been 4 months. i'm out here getting it, doing what i got to do. >> at jet prac

cc sabathia completed isn't about the hall rehab in rehab for alcohol abuse but the general manager says that is not binding decision. nick will be offered four weeks. injury before sunday's win over the jacksonville jaguars. and the jets will be at metlife stadium. we are watching rex ryan wright here. hills coach rex ryan picked up waivers, the day after the jets cut him in august of the incident. when asked about kicking him as a captain, he will only say he would make anyone captain that played for the jets, jets players called the move, quote, typical. first place giants again ready to face the patriots at metlife stadium. the giants' offense and defense case of last night but not against tom brady. this was in the kitchen for the taste of the giants event which raises money for and anti-poverty hunger relief group that affects the bragging rights for sunday's game. he is looking forward to serving >> this is one of those games by was circling on my list and is any thank you so much. did you say honey? hey, try some? mmm that is tasty. is it real? of course... are you? nope animated

cc sabathia left the team, you may recall for treatment, ahead playoffs. he defended the timing of his decision two days before what turned out to be the yankees' only postseason game. 3-0 loss. >> there was no other option for me but to get help. and i understand where fans would be upset and people don't under but the disease it -- it was anything else, then people wouldn't have a problem with it. but you know, being alcoholism it was tough for people to swallow. it's the same thing. >> he also says this was his first stint in rehab and that he has never drank before a game. >> got a lot of support from his teammates and other players. >>> you know, lee, we tried to get him back in the studio. suddenly, he's back outside for some reason. >> reporter: i don't want you to miss this. the place it's been so dramatic and warm out here. it feels great. like a photographer's dream. sometimes challenging but the contrast and the different clouds it's been beautiful. we're still in the low to mid- 70s out here. it will be very comfortable. even though a cold fron

. >>> yankees pitcher cc sabathia start of next season after he entered himself into a alcohol rehab program. he announced he was seeking treatment the day before the yankees al wild card game last month. in an exclusive interview he told robin roberts he had no option. >> if it was any knee or anything else people wouldn't have a problem with it but being alcoholism it's tough for people to swallow but it's the same thing. >> sabathia released a statement at the time saying that while the team needed him he needed to get himself and his family right. you can watch the interview with sabathia tomorrow on good morning america begins at 7:00 right here on channel 7. >>> it's still pretty warm outside but it's muggy, drizzling a little bit. >> yeah. it's not as pretty as yet but it's still comfortable. you just need your umbrella out there. not bad for november again. we're going to have record warmth into tomorrow. the empire state building kind of eerie there with fog. it is in teal for the alzheimer's association of america. there you go. there's delays at the area airports from the

yankees' pitcher sabathia is looking to next season. after this year was cut short due to his battle with alcohol. >> next season, what are you looking forward to? >> just getting back on my teammates and being back in the stadium with the yankees. enjoying the fans and you know pitching. that's what i love to do. competing. and i'll be back out there 100% ready to go. >> he is making his first public comments about his decision to enter rehab as the yankees reached the playoffs. he says he knows the timing was bad but it was simply no other option to get help. you can watch robin roberts' exclusive interview on "good morning america" at 7:00 a.m. right after eyewitness news this morning. >>> it's 4:38. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. and bill with your accuweather forecast. >> all right, here we go. we take a manhattan. well, we think that's lower hasn't. i mean we're looking from -- manhattan, we're looking from the camera in brooklyn here, battery and wall street and bowling green and south street

. >>> an exclusive interview, cc bateau opens up about his -- sabathia opens up about his personal battle. >> just such a relief that everybody knows now. >> the yankees' pitcher talking for the first time about his decision to check into rehab and why he wants to share his personal struggle with the world. >> and an incredibly close >>> closing arguments are being held today in the lufthansa heist trial. jurors will decide vincent asaro's fate. he's accused in the $6 million robbery at kennedy airport back in 1978. fuel log i the heist -- following heist he blew his share of the money at the racetrack. >>> also new at noon, the former prison worker who helped two inmates break out of a facility in northern new york will pay the state about $80,000. joyce moisture ill agreed to pay the -- mitchell agreed to pay the fee at a court hearing this morning. prosecutors were originally calling for $120,000 in restitution. but the cost of tracking the two fugitives who were on the run for three weeks. years for helping the prisoners escape. >>> and a teenaged girl in new jersey narrowly escapes b

. >>> thank you very much heather, 6:24 and yankees' pitcher cc sabathia is looking to next season after this year was shortcut due to his -- cut short due to his battle with alcohol. >> being back at yankees stadium. getting back with my teammates enjoying the fans and you know pitching. that's what i love to do. competing. and i'll be back out there 100% ready to go. >> well, sabathia is making his first public comments about his decision to be rehab as the yankees reached the playoffs. he knows the timing was bad but there was no other option to get help. and you can watch exclusive interrue with robin roberts coming up on "good morning america" right after eyewitness news this morning. >>> and we are closing in on 6:30. still ahead this morning, a deadly accident at a busy intersection in queens. authorities in new york and connecticut think they may have found the bus involved in a hit and run. >> a little girl sitting in her home becomes the innocent victim of gunnery license. her mother now -- gun violence, her mother now talking about the t near tragedy only to eyewitness news. >

. >> cc sabathia and his wife amber open up about their struggle. >>> and "gma" turns 40. we're cooking up a great celebration. the hottest celebrity chefs who got their stt here and the most popular dish ever with our viewers, all ahead as we say -- >> all: good morning, america. >> wee! >> wdo say good morning, there you see ginger and the gang with rob, they're there with "dancing with the stars." they're on a cruise ship, the giant cruise ship, you see there. >> how do you get that gig? >> in new jersey. we're going to find out. we're going to find out. >> have the weather for it. >> yeah, true. things not so bad being here in times square. >> yeah. >> wonderful. did you see this? it's a bucket list. go to "gma," you're now on "gma." so that's check, check. oh, and meet all the -- >> hey, nice to meet you. >> done, done and done. >> bucket list done. over here, this morning we're celebrating 40 delicious years of food on "gma." mao, sara and emeril. and we are going to have the most searchehed for repe of all time. do not show it yet, guys. >> i wonder who it could be.

cc sabathia will get a paycheck but doesn't mean he will be in the starting rotation, the keys minimum of $30 million for the final two seasons of the contract, $25 million next year and that is 2017, $25 million if he doesn't stand on the disabled list. the general manager brian cashman says the 35y will have to earn a starting spot in the starting rotation according to espn new york, cc sabathia just completed a stint in rehab for alcohol abuse for general manager brian cash and says that is not the decision, rather the number on the team and in accordance to the new york post general manager brian cashman is not interested in bringing daniel murphy to the yankees which is interesting. i thought maybe they would kick the tires because he is an excellent hitter, defense isn't his friend. ben: i think the yankees have seen the light on that little bit. duke: signing a guy over 30 for four years. ben: never take. and brian cashman has learned that. would that be nice to get $60 million? guaranteed? juliet: i would buy you guys gifts. if i win the lottery i will buy you a car. you, too a

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sabathia speaking out since getting out of rehab. he sat down on "good morning america" and says that dates back to 2012. sabathia was criticized for the timing of his decision entering the rehab center just a day before the team's wildcard playoff game. he says he had no alternative. >> no other option for me but to get help. i understand where fans would be upset and people don't understand, but it's a disease. it was my knee or if it was anything else, then people wouldn't have a problem with it. but being alcoholism, it's tough for people to swallow. it's the same thing. dari: that's brave of him. steve: he says the breaking point came on the final weekend of the season when he went on a 48 hour drinking binge alone in his hotel room on the road. dari: surveillance video gives us a look at tennis star serena williams in action, stopping a cell phone thief in his tracks, the incident happening this week at a san francisco restaurant. you can see her there running after the man at full speed. finally confronting him on the sidewalk

. >> and you're going to hear cc sabathia explain why he left the yankees >>> well, it is official. no recreational fishing for dungenes crab in california. as expected, the california game commission delayed it today because of a dangerous level of a neurotoxin in the crabs. abc 7 news reporter is live at fisherman's wharf in san francisco tonight. >> this delay could last as 180 days. >> candy traveled all the way from wyoming to this restaurant on fisherman's wharf and for this. >> it actually has kind of a mellow, sweet taste to it. >> she's describing dungenes crab. in this case, from washington state and likely to remain imported from washington state. >> we actually don't change the market price. we absorb any spikes in the price that are market-driven. so we're, right now, not doing very well on crab. >> especially after this morning when california's fish and game commission indefinitely delayed the start of the season. blaming warm waters encouraging an algae bloom that created a potentially fatal neurotoxin in the crab. after this morning, it looked like a ghost town. >>

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sabathia will get a paycheck, but it does not mean he will be in the rotation next year. general manager brian cashman tells espn new york that the 35-year-old will still have to earn a spot in the starting rotation. the number of live arms. the post say that brian cashman is not interesting and free agent daniel murphy. finished, you know, a great postseason with the mets. all right. how about this. former jets who punched gino's smith and broke his jaw and august will be a captain thursday night. rex ryan used to coach the jets, as we all know. the jets cut him and august over the incident. when asked about it, he said he would make anyone that place for the jets captain. jets wide receiver called the move. other jets kicker will be out at least four weeks. that is a big deal. how many games in the nfl are won and lost by three points. giants facing the undefeated patriots. this was in the kitchen. raising money. taking home the breaking rights last night. now back to sunday's game. looking forward to serving the patriots. >> i really want to play this game. they are un

cc sabathia is talking about his he basically hit the reset button. many were there to support him and supported him in the last month as he fights his drinking problem. he made his first public appearance. >> for you how important was it to be here for this tonight? >> the foundation is 100% of what i love to do and to be here for this -- i had to. so it feels good. >> we all know that he went through a difficult situation making a decision to get better. but at the end of the day as a teammate we support him.oshe's back with us and hopefully stays strong and continues to get better. >> i think i speak for everyone when i say it was good to see cc last night. enjoy the rest of your saturday. >>> coming up next at 6:30 on concerns this morning about an intersection where an elderly woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash. >>> plus a crime that may make your shake your head. cameras catch a man stealing from a church's collection box. >>> and it's been a warm november so far but there's a chill heading our way tonight. i'll tell you who will see temper

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. >>> yankees' pitcher cc sabathia is out of alcohol rehab and speaking exclusively to abook news. robin roberts -- aback news, robin roberts tweeted -- abc news. robin roberts tweeted out this photo today. it went into rehab a month ago the night before the wild card game with thes a stows. he released a statement at the time saying that while the team needed him, he needed to get himself and his family right. you can watch the entire interview or much of the interview friday morning on "good morning america" beginning at 7:00 a.m. right here only canal 7 and -- on channel 7 and robin is going to join us tomorrow on eyewitness news at 5:00 with a preview. >>> well, coming up, serena williams takes action when someone tried to steal her phone in restaurant. what she did has now gone viral online. >> also another fee for flying? why being dropped off or pick up at the airport could soon cost you more. >> you're most likely familiar with 1-800-flowers, but what you may not know is that the company is on a mission to give developmentally disabled people jobs and they're starting right

we're back with yankees pitcher ccno sabathia who'o saying the support he received from his manager and teammates showed him that checking into rehab was the riiht move. he opened up about the move to get his drinking and life in check last night at his eentd times square. cc says he couldn't wait another day to battle his addiction. >> it's cuen good. i got a chance to go and hit the reset button. d you know i'm looking forward to spending the rest of my life and doing the right things. >> good for him. cc's chathrity hosting another event today in central park. he's looking good. >>> it was graduation day for the new york city firefighters. it's one of the most diverse classes in the department's history. there were four women who walked across the stage to bring the number of women up to 49 in the ranks of the fdny. is it enough? >> reporter: the first graduating cw ss of 2015 is also marking another first for the fdny. >> with four new women in our firefighter ranks we continue to better represent our entire city. >> reporter: 49 women are now re firefighters, the most ever in the d

sabathia will get a paycheck. the yankees are obligated to pay the left-hander a minimum of $30 million over the past two seasons of his contract, but the tells espn new york the 35-year-old will still have to earn a spot in the starting rotation. >> wondering about this this morning, are baseball players paid all year long? or is it just during the season? >> i think a lot of times it depends how you structured it, but a lot of players get during the course of the year. football, i know, is just during the regular season unless you have off-season bonuses. >> huh. okay. >> thanks, duke. righ for the girl scout meeting... for the soccer team... for the girl scout meeting... how many meetings are you having?! p at stop&shop, prices are down. savings are up. my stop&shop. i'm caridee. i've had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis most my life. rbut that hasn't stopped me from modeling. r my doctor told me about stelara . it helps keep my skin clearer. with only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses stelara helps me be