shannon sohn in newscopter 7 above it all. shannon. >> reporter: yeah, this has been just a disaster but a little bit of good news here. look at this. this car right here was brought to the rescue and got our disabled out of the way. he is now pulling away. so you are seeing it live here this common ramp to the george washington bridge and the cross bronx expressway. we want to show you what it has done to traffic because this west side is a bumper-to-bumper nightmare that takes you all the back to the 50s, that disabled was there for over an hour. reporting live over the george washington bridge, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> that's going to take a while to clear. shannon, thank you. >>> we are learning new details in a robbery in brooklyn where a cop opened fire less than an hour ago police released new photos of the weapons that they recovered. police say two of the three suspects used a semiautomatic handgun to rob a wireless phone store in bensonhurst. when the suspects made their getaway, an employee followe

shannon sohn is over the scene section with the latest. shannon? >> reporter: and, liz, you can see that some of the other students are just now being released from the school at this point but what we can tell you, you can see the police activity still in front of the school, but the students that had the reaction have been brought to the hospital. this is the private girl school that houses grades k through 12. it was a 4th grade classroom that wax affected when a teacher innocently brought in a plant, said to be a swedish ivey plant. unknown how many students were brought to the hospital or the severity of the reaction. there was a reaction in this school here on ocean avenue between avenue i and h. several were brought to the school after reaction to a swedish ivey plant. shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> shannon, thank you. >>> new information about the suspect arrested for slashing a woman in chelsea. police are linking kari bazemore to another slashing just a week ago. reporter kemberly richardson in on this story. kemberly? >> rep

shannon sohn is live in newscopter7 above this. still lots of snow on the road. >> what happened here, it looks like there was an earlier accident and that accident sent a car up in to the embankment, and september the embankment tumbling down. this is right by little neck parkway but there's so much snow blocking off this right lane that police had to come to block it off. what this is doing to traffic, as you can imagine, it is not pretty. as you get in to little neck parkway, you've got nothing but volume. >> [ groans ] >> exactly. try for the l.i.e. instead. not going to be great but it's going to be better. shannon sohn, channel 7 >> feel for those people in those cars. >>> an intense manhunt widening out west tonight for three jail escapees. they escaped custody at a jail in orange county, california. investigators say the men cut through a metal grate in a holding cell. the relatives are pleading for the men to turn themselves in. >> turn yourselves in. don't let it drag on. i miss you and i want my son back. >> the three fu

shannon sohn is in newscopter 7 with the latest. shannon. are doing work. in this area here, that is the problem area. expansion joint repairs, from what we can tell. but this has been out here since before noon. only the right lane squeezes look at this volume. hour. unfortunately it does not look like it will be out of here any time soon. we will take you back as far as we can with the helicopter. this delay goes all the way parkway and not getting any better. reporting live over the b.q.e. shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, shannon. >>> also new this half hour, a dozen dogs taken from a home in the bronx. the animals are living in filthy conditions. police were called to the home after complaints from neighbors. one person has been taken into custody. >> eyewitness news reporter kemberly richardson is in the mortan i can't section with the store -- morrisania section. >> reporter: james hines new police were coming for him. the 46-year-old is inside the 42 precinct facing narcotics and animal cruelty charges because of what police fou

albans section of queens, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> all right, shannon. hope everybody is all right. >>> possible major discovery in outer space. signs of a 9th planet in our solar system. astronomers announced evidence of a giant planet up to ten times the size of earth. where was it hiding. astronomers are calling it planet 9. it or bits so far away it or bits the sun once ever 10,000 to 20,000 years. planet 9 yet but they expect to see it with a telescope in five years. pluto is a dwarf planet but maybe we can get it back up to 9. >>> a woman from our area is going above and beyond. you will find her at the hunts point market. she is not a chef. she is a nun. >> she made it her mission to get fresh fruits and vegetables to some of the people that would likely go without them. michelle charlesworth has the story. >> we try to give out what we receive and give and show them how much god loves them. >> reporter: sister elizabeth ann is up before 5:00 a.m. and on the road to get fresh fruits and vegetables from hunts point market. who loads up the van? a f

shannon sohn in news copter 7 over the scene in park slope. shannon. >> reporter: and david all of them were children that were on board this school bus when it overturned. they are getting ready to upright the school bus. we want to bring the picture to the side a little bit to show you this mustang with the front end damage. he was also involved in this accident. injured. view hospital. six of them are in stable condition but there is one in serious condition and obviously they're going to have to upright this school bus before they can reopen the southbound side of 4 4th avenue. they've got a fluid spill to deal with as well. on the top part of your picture, you can see on the northbound side of 4th avenue, as you come past 1st street, they did manage to reopen that. you are down to one lane obviously 1st avenue shut down through this scene as well. getting around it, certainly easy enough. take it over to 3rd avenue. 7 children injured after their school bus overturned. report live in park slope, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>

shannon sohn updating us with the latest. >> this is what no progress looks like. we have the accident cleared out but the broken sand barrels remain all over the northbound lanes of the garden state parkway. this all happening northbound just beyond route 280. only that left lane gets through. and it's been like this for the better part these delays are now passing the 8-mile mark, pass the union tolls and in toward kenilworth and not getting any better. shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> as we continue with eyewitness news at 6:00 for this wednesday night, we just got word mike piazza has been elected as the second met ever to be in baseball's hall of fame. rob powers will have the story coming up in just a few minutes. >> and talk about an extreme makeover. big changes ahead for the outdated penn station. how will governor cuomo's renovation plan to affect the commutes of 600,000 people a day? >> an effort to save a 300-year-old inn on long island, it pays off. we'll show you how. >> raise your hand if you feel like a little money. that's what i though

live over staten island, shannon sohn channel 7 eyewitness news. >> shannon, thank you. a major construction project to repair a bridge may shut off water to niagara falls. officials are working on a plan to replace the 115-year-old bridge linking the mainland to goat island which millions of people visit every year. to make this happen, crews have to build a temporary structure on the u.s. side of the falls that would then redirect niagara river over to the canadian side. process could take about nine months to do. is set for wednesday. >>> two days after the storm, the story of commuters left stranded. >> i don't think it was going to be this bad. like no transportation really, like not everybody has tar. >> this is not right. they're not cleaning the streets. >> the frustration over the conditions of the roads in new jersey's largest city. >>> and a desperate plea to capture three dangerous inmates who escaped from a prison in california. we have new details on how they >>> and actor mark ruffalo asks in new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. all across the

shannon sohn is over the scene in newscopter 7 with the latest. what do we know. >> reporter: the call came in a few minutes ago about an odor of you can see the fire department is there. letter they have roped off that section of the sidewalk. as you mentioned, they have evacuated that building. if you were on 7th avenue, you can see the fire department activity and it does stretch for blocks. they called con ed to the scene as well to figure out where the odor of gas is emanating from. you have a couple of lanes open on 7th avenue which is an improvement. for a while all lanes were shut down. lots of fire department activity. it's tying things up on 7th avenue. no idea where the gas is coming from yet but fire department and con ed is on the scene. the building in question has been evacuated. live over midtown, shannon news. >> thank you. keep us posted. >>> still to come on "eyewitness news first at 4:00," a heart-breaking update about singer celine dion and her husband. >> big changes the state of new . >>> celine dion's husband has died. the

shannon sohn is live in newscopter7. this is the car in question being hauled off? >> they just pulled him away. here's the bad news. that was the last car in a three-car accident that slammed in to a construction zone and all of those cars went through not one, not two, but several of those construction zones spewing debris all over the northbound sound of the garden state parkway. even though all your cars are now cleared, they still have a huge mess left to clean up at the moment. only the left lane gets through on the northbound parkway just past route 280, that's exit 145. look at this volume. at one point we had all lanes shut down. unfortunately down and out for the count. these delays go all the way back to route 78. reporting live over a jam packed garden state parkway, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> that is jammed packed. >>> half a billion dollars. half a billion dollars. that's what the powerball jackpot is up to now and it's got a whole lot of people lining up to buy tickets. the drawing live here on channel 7 tonight. but between now and t

shannon sohn is over the scene in newscopter 7 with the latest. shannon. >> a horrible scene here. you can see the police activity in front of the playground. the shooting took place on pennsylvania avenue right off the intersection with lavonia. they set up a crime scene. as you mentioned, two were shot. one was killed. the other is in stable condition at brookdale hospital. what we know at this point is that police do have three suspects in custody but the details surrounding this shooting remain in question. you can see that park literally adjacent to the crime scene about a mile or a block and a half, really, from a nearby high school. reporting live over new york in brooklyn, shannon sohn, channel >> thank you, shannon. >> all right, shannon. thank you. >>> meanwhile, it's just bone chilling out there. is it bone chilling or are we not used to it. >> i think we are not used to it. it's a cold january day, no doubt about it. we are below freezing. we have seen a lot worse. >> it doesn't feel like it. >> it's starting to kick in. second day below freezing. the last couple of hou

shannon sohn is over the situation in newscopter 7 with the latest. shannon? >> reporter: liz, the 24-inch water main break happened in front of the shops at lincoln harbor here in front of 120 ohare bore boulevard. what we want to show you as we bring the camera in, the water is bubbling out of the street. they have crews on the scene trying to get the upper hand but they have yet to cap the water main break. on the flip side, we can show you with skywriter 7 that storm drains are doing the job. most of the water is going in the storm drain then out into the hudson. so, it's keeping the water to a minimum. the other good thing, this is mostly an industrial area affected. however, new jersey transit is having to detour some of the bus routes because harbor boulevard is shut down between riverview and 19th street. this is affecting the 63, 64 and 68 runs on the new jersey transit buses. the 24-inch main broken and they have yet to cap it. reporting live over weehawken, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, shannon. >>> a police charging a high-

shannon sohn live in newscopter7 for us. >> it's really the worst possible conditions for them to be fighting this blaze but the wind really pushing this along. you can see the fire is shooting through the roof of this two-and-a-half-story house at 335 east 236th street. police were called to the scene along with the fire department just after 5:00 this evening but you can see the fire went right through the cloth and the second floor of this two-and-a-half-story single family home. we see firefighters inside the house. at this point there is no word on any injuries. that is your good news. has gone to two alarms and firefighters clearly having a difficult time with the cold and wind getting this blaze under control. reporting live over the woodlawn section of the bronx, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> we've got lee here. you were just looking up the wind conditions in that area. >> i'm also looking at areas to the east like mount vernon where some of the smoke will probably go. you can see it was pretty actual -- accented in that picture. we have a cold night tonight the

shannon sohn above the scene with an update. >> a horrible scene here. police do have three suspects in custody following today's shooting but the shots rang out at about 2:46 this afternoon right around when school is betting out. as you mentioned two teenagers shot here. one of them was killed. the other one brookdale hospital but all of this happening right at the intersection of pennsylvania and lavonia avenues. it's happening directly underneath the railroad tracks. we want to give you a little perspective on the scene. a huge crime scene. police trying to figure out exactly why the shooting happened but to the upper left-hand side of your screen, that's jefferson field, a playground literally less than a block away and a block and a half away is thomas jefferson high school. one teenager dead, one in stable condition following the shooting. reporting live over east new york, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> tonight we've got an eyewitness news exclusive. for the first -- you want to take that? >> for the first time in our exclusive, dia

shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> we've got breaking news we're following. an arrest in the case of a random slashing in the east village. anthony christopher-smith was attacked on east 6th street on saturday. he needed 150 stitches to close the wound on his face. police arrested a 28-year-old man. they say this is the second time that he has slashed a stranger. he's accused of slashing another man over a cigarette back in october. >>> driver lost control of his suv running over an off duty police officer's foot and then pinning another pedestrian to a building. this happened in east harlem. the woman who was pinned is in the hospital in critical condition. this happened at 102nd street and lexington avenue. lauren glassberg in east harlem with the latest. >> this happened at about 2:20 in the afternoon at the neighborhood laundromat. the at the scene remains behind me that land rover still right up against the laundromat, the exact spot where a woman who was described as being in her 20s or 30s was pinned this afternoon. for those inside and those on the st

shannon sohn is in newscopter 7 over it. what is going on? >> reporter: it looks like no big deal. two-car accident. it's on the northbound side of 440. with the emergency crews and just where it is, just before you hit with truck route 1 and 9, not a great place for an accident. you are down about two lanes at any given time. look at this volume. we bring it back to you can see 440. this delay is bumper to bumper all the way back to danforth avenue. not a great way to get around this. this will be a rough one will be cleared out any time soon. shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, shannon. >>> a homeowner in a former community in a jersey community forced to shell out $10,000 to fix two large sinkholes on his property. they opened in the backyard of andrew cough's home in mine hill. one is 19 feet deep. years ago new jersey opted out of a federal program to help homeowners pay for sinkholes on the property so he will be responsible for the repair cost. >>> turning to vote 2016, a new but familiar controversy for republican front-runner donald trump. he is pushing

we have shannon sohn over the scene. what can you tell us. >> we have two broken rails and six lines are having major subway disruptions. we want to show you this picture, s queensboro plaza, the truck on the right side of the screen that houses the n and q trains and as you mentioned, because of the broken rails, n and q is not heading to astoria. what you need to know because there's a lot of service affected here. northbound n service stops at q service terminating at 57 avenue. you can take an e or 7 line to get into queens. that's really your only option. southbound r are running on the f line from 36th to queens to west 4th street in manhattan, and you'll have to switch to the d train to dekalb avenue. all in all, you have these lines affects, b, d, f, n, q and r. the least of the worries are that you will have delays. it's a big mess this evening. report live over queensboro plaza, shannon sohn channel 7 eyewitness news. >> keep us posted. thank you. >>> well, a special vigil held today in honor of an nypd detecti

shannon sohn with details. >> reporter: what a mess this has been. the northbound side of the entrance of west 155th street. the dark car on the backside was overturned but obviously he hit that car that is now on the wrecker as well. a big accident here. for a while we had all lanes shut down. in fact since about 3:20 this afternoon we had all lanes closed. they just managed to get two lanes open but the damage already done. it is a mess. these delays take you back onto the fdr drive, well back into the 30s. if you can take it to the west side, certainly going to treat you better this afternoon. report live over the harlem river dry. shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> a long drive home on a friday, shannon, thank you. another commuter alert, big changes to subway riders who use the n line to get from brooklyn to manhattan. starting monday, the mta is working on the manhattan bound platforms of nine stations. that leaves two open of ohs inconvenience. 7 on your side disruptions because of construction and this time it will last more than a

we've got shon shon above the scene -- shannon sohn above the scene in newscopter 7. >> reporter: it just almost caused an accident. this guy is sitting on a common ramp from the northbound side of the west side highway. bring that picture out for you so i can give you a better idea where this is. we will show you with sky rider 7. that is the ramp that takes you to the george washington bridge heading this way it is the ramp that takes you to the cross bronx expressway. this guy has been out here for at least 30 minutes now. we saw him with a police officer, the police officer left and there he sits. really bad spot. people are trying to get around him but just not doing a good job. it's affecting you coming off of the riverside drive area. look at this delay on the west side. it is a mess. this is a sea of lights that takes you all the way back into the 50s, riverside drive treats you better until you get up to this point. if you can take it over to the east side, certainly going to be a better ride. reporting live over the west side highway, shannon sohn, >> i feel for every singl

shannon sohn is over the scene with an update. >> unfortunately the damage already done despite them getting the upper hand. you can still see the smoke billowing out of this home. we've got tape from about 20 minutes ago. this fire started shortly after 5:00 this afternoon and quickly raged through the second floor we still have pockets of fire that the firefighters are trying to deal with but at this point they're starting to get the upper hand on this second alarm blaze. at this time there's no word on any injuries but east with a ton of fire department activity. reporting live over the woodlawn section of the eyewitness news. >>> another fire to tell you about. this one in jersey. it was fierce , fast moving and tonight three buildings are flames breaking out residential building. happened in bergen street and newark. firefighters pulled out and one of the buildings collapsed. it out safely. no word on what started that fire. >>> also in newark, dozens of people hurt when a new jersey transit bus swerved off the road and crashed in to a tree. the impact ripping off the upper righ

shannon sohn is over the scene in news copter 7. shannon. >> yeah, this is a bad accident. the car went off the roadway. you can see the top of it completely gone as it went through the fence separating the southbound side of the garden state parkway from the galloping hill country club. you can see the right two lanes are blocked off. >>> if you drive in the morning you've probably done it. maybe you start your car to heat it up before you drive it. >> and it may be convenient but it may put you in danger more anything else. >> reporter: watch these car thieves roll up on this car in denver, seeing it's empty, moments later they steal it. this man walks up to the car that's on but it's locked. the owner scares the thieves away. the owner comes out to try to stop him but it's too late. cars left running to warm up on bad guys call them a golden opportunity. and police departments across the country are warning drivers to not leave their running cars unattended. >> came out, started up the car. less than 60 seconds. >> reporter: that's all it took to steal gregory carol's ca

reporting live over jersey city, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> police in france are questioning a man arrested for carrying handguns into a hotel near disneyland paris. the 28-year-old man was detained in the new york hotel, part of the disneyland complex there. an x ray machine found two small caliber handguns in the luggage. a woman was arrested but the park is open. it closed briefly after the november 13th attacks in paris. >>> "washington post" reporter who was recently released from captivity in iran today returned to work for the first time. he was released from tehran in a secretive prisoner swap this month. he was emotional as he thanked the governor and newspaper for never giving up on him. >> for much of the 18 months i was in prison, my iranian tear gators told me "the washington post" did not exist, no one knew of my plight and that the united states government would not lift a finger for my release. today i am here in this room with the very people who helped prove the iranians wrong in so many ways. >> his release came as the u.n. certified

reporting live over a very bad bqe, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> we have more now on breaking news that we told you about at the top of the broadcast. two women shot, one killed in far rockaway queens. just moments ago we spoke with the mother of the victim who was >> i mean my daughter was a medical biller, lived her life, beautiful person, very smart, go to church, very intelligent. >> the search continues right now for the suspected killer, tyquan long. shirleen allicot will have much more from the mother tonight on eyewitness news at 6:00. >>> tonight the mta has a message for customers. no hoverboards. the transit authority announced hoverboards are now prohibited on the subways, trains and buses. you'll start to see the new advertising campaign. the head of the mta says the ban is going in place because of safety concerns. >>> we got lee back with the weather and warmer temperatures and snow melting away. >> should i remind people to moisturize? it smells like a glade plug-in over here. >> you would just tell everyone. >> it's overwhelming. you just have to use