but it hasn't really -- as we showed in stacey sager's story, hasn't really been enforced. do you want to see more enforcement? >> i really do, and i will say that is the number-one thing that i think we really want drivers to do -- slow down. everything else that's happening on the new york city streets -- things that are unexpected, whatever it might be -- if you're going at a safe speed and you do unfortunately have some kind of a crash, that crash is much less likely to be fatal. so, that's the number-one thing. i said this at the time we lowered the speed limit. slow down. drive at a safe speed. be calm and relaxed behind the wheel. you're gonna get where you need to go. >> you want the nypd to crack down a little more? they have not really done that. last week. i wish i could have had you guys on together. they have their own issues about law enforcement. >> no, no, and, listen, i think the nypd actually has stepped up quite a bit. don't get me wrong. but i'm very glad they're doing this enforcement blitz. i think it'll be a big help. >> you think that they need to ti

in midtown, stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> told you it was a bizarre story. way. evening commute is much worse than the morning commute. >> no doubt about it. more like driz zle then it gets steadier during the afternoon. mild. such a great night. meanwhile we're think ing holiday season because the empire state building is lit in christmas colors. we're at 57 right now. wind is out of the southeast. humidity increasing. barometer still high. high today 58. 5 degrees above average. still on pace for the warmest november on record. more than halfway through. there are your sunrise and sunset times on a rainy thursday. average rainfall through the 18th, 2 and 1/3rd inches. we're running a deficit over an inch and a half. we'll carve in to that a little bit tomorrow. only drizzle by dawn. really minor issue s for the morning commute. the steadiest is in the afternoon. first part of tomorrow night, might last longer than 10:00 east of new york city. balmy tomorrow. in the 60s . light rain coast. gusty winds can go to 30 at times. about an inch of rain on average. mayb

. >> mapping it all out for us, here's eyewitness news reporter stacey sager. >> reporter: 50-year-old ronald dazier has been driving a cab in new york city for 15 years now, seeing plenty of drunk passengers, but none who have actually tried to steal his cab. according to a criminal complaint, that's exactly what happened after 27-year-old real companion got in to his cab in the wee hours of friday morning. it all started when he picked up the two women here on washington street and little west they asked to go to 23rd and lex. that's when they got a bit hazy. >> they don't know where they're going. >> reporter: new destination, 21st and 1st. according to ronald, when he stopped here at 21st and first, the two women actually got out of his cab and tried to get in to another taxi until he warned that cabbie they were drunk. then he says it was 51st and first, and you get the picture. in an effort to help them he diverted the trip to the 13th precinct. but just as they got out, tabares got in, stealing the cab. then she was nabbed by police just five blocks up. ronald's bad night didn't

live in richmond hill, queens, stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> that baby is now safe. >>> coming up, a syrian refugee family welcomed to connecticut after being turned away from indiana. we'll tell you about the new battle taking shape. >> a warning before you go re >>> the governor of indiana is facing a legal challenge after turning away a syrian family connecticut. the aclu has filed a lawsuit against mike pence. pence announced he would allow migrants from syria to be relocated in the state. the civil liberties group says the protection clause in the constitution. >> the governor has no right to bar refugees because by doing so clearly violates equal protection. it is discriminating against these refugees on the basis of their nationality. >> governor pence says he stands by his decision to ban the refugees based on what he claims are problems with the vetting system. >>> four new jersey state troopers teamed up to make a special delivery on the new jersey turnpike. a pregnant woman went in to labor yesterday as her husband was driving her to a checkup. troopers respon

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eyewitness news reporter stacey sager is live in lower manhattan with more for us. stacey? >> reporter: diana, jonathan pollard walked out here just a short time ago after serving 30 years as a convicted spy for israel. he was swarmed with cameras, swarmed with reporters and said very little. >> i'm sorry. i can't comment on anything today. >> reporter: pollard is now 61 years old and he was granted parole this summer after receiving a life sentence in 1987. pollard admitting he gave classified documents to israel when he was a civilian analyst for the u.s. navy. it has been one of the most extraordinary spy sagas complicating relations for years. today the lawyers called the conditions of his parole unreasonable and unlawful and in fact, they have petitioned to court to have those conditions changed at this point. meanwhile, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is very supportive of pollard's release with this so say. >> as someone who raised this case before a success of u.s. president miss times, i long -- many time, i longed for this day. after three long and diffi

stacey sager. >> wow, 30 years. >>> as we continue, a family's heart break. >> they're pleading for the return for a stolen package, inside a quilt made from the military uniform of their son. >> and i'm meteorologist lee goldberg, a lot easier to get around tonight. dry, actually pretty comfortable, but there is some winter on the weather map. snow approaching chicago. >>> breaking news about the terrorist attack at a hotel in mali today of the 27 people who were killed, the state department moments ago confirms an american citizen was among them. out of for the family they have not yet released the person's identity of gender or anything about the person. again, one american killed among the 27 people killed in the terror attack in mali. >>> when while new at 6:00, a family in new jersey heart broken after somebody stole an irreplaceable package from their front porch. >> it was a memory quilt made from the clothes and military uniform of their son who died last year. surveillance video shows someone taking it. >> here's anthony johnson with more. >> reporter: this is video of a heart

stacey sager is there with the story for us. >> the man who lives here in uniondale wasn't having any of this last night. he fought back, and he fought back hard, even holding down the suspect for a while and that's despite being whacked with a big wooden fraternity paddle. fortunately it all end would an arrest. >> you're not going to steal from my family. you're not going to steal from my community. i did what i had to do. >> reporter: and clearly this homeowner here in union dale was the wrong guy to mess with last night. today 19-year-old keno jamel ramsey has a bruise on his forehead and faces a host of charges after police say he jimmied a basement window, stole some collectibles but then made his way up to this 53-year-old man's bedroom. >> his struggle ensued. defendant ramsey picked up a large wooden spoon, paddle, and repeatedly began swinging it at the victim. >> reporter: despite his injuries, the victim, who does not want us to use his name, wouldn't allow ramsey to get the best of him. >> i came through the kitchen, drug him through, and told my son call the cops. call t

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where a democratic madeline singus is running against republican kate eyewitness news reporter stacey sager is in manhattan with more. stacey? >> reporter: well, liz, made line singus is the acting district attorney here in nassau county. a career prosecutor. kate murray meanwhile is the supervisor of long island's largest town for the past 13 years. what so is interesting is is how close this race has become. in fact, the latest polls show only one percentage point between them. >> long, long day. >> reporter: a long few months for the two women hoping to be the next nassau county district attorney. there's the acting da madeline singus who's been on the job for the past ten months. >> i have 24 years of standing up for victims and 24 years of ensuring that justice is done every single day. >> reporter: and her republican challenger, kate murray, who is the current supervisor in the town of hempstead. both vying for position as top prosecutor. as a time when there's centerly no shortage of crime there. a heroin problem steadily getting worse. and gun violence that only a few weeks ago took

eyewitness news reporter stacey sager is live on the upper west side with what's being done. stacey? >> reporter: well, you know diana, it was only four days ago that an 88-year-old grandmother was killed on this block her block west 109th street. memorial is really a sad reminder of why most new yorkers will tell you the city can and should do more. well, today they were. the nypd spending time and south street here on the lower east side. one of many places across the boroughs where additional police are now out on the streets. more than 1700 of them. working more than 12,000 hours. the crackdown? on bad drivers. and giving the number of pedestrian fatalities in new york city in recent weeks, enforcement is badly needed. it has been horrific. more than a dozen pedestrians now killed since halloween. three at once here in the bronx. among them, a 10-year-old girl, and her grandfather. and here on the upper west side, last sunday, 88-year-old louie so rosario was killed by a driver so tired he didn't notice her in the crosswalk. today her grandson just hoping the new initiativ

stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> tyrone howard, the accused killer of a new york cop tonight indicted for that murder. a career criminal now charged with murder, robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon. police say he shot and killed detective randolph holder in east harlem last month. >>> a u.s. postal service worker facing hate crime charges tonight for allegedly harassing muslims in brooklyn. police say 34-year-old coley seen in this surveillance video. two sisters say he insulted at them, swore at them and swit at them. postal service police helped detectives identify him. >>> it might be the safest place to be in new york city on thanksgiving, that according to authorities. a big parade perhaps with some of the most intense security since the terror attacks since 9/11. local and federal authorities insisting there are no known threats. still the beefed up security will be palpable. eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer with the story. he's at columbus circle for us. >> come thursday morning, this place, columbus circle and the entire parade route down 6th avenue is

our own stacey sager, breast and ovarian cancer survivor, helped plan the event. along with speakers fellow survivor songwriter cara diagardi who said her story inspired her to get tested in turn saved her life. they in turn became very good friends. >> stacy interviewed her and they got together and became very good friends. >>> how long is the yuck going to be out there? >> it's been yucking for the better part of 16 hours now. so it's got to end at some point. it will as we go through the early morning hours tomorrow. the last raindrops will take maybe until 7:00 or or 8:00 in the morning. this is our camera that's been shaking all evening. the wind will still be a factor tomorrow morning. still a little nasty tomorrow. the high today, 57. we'll get to that maybe a little bit above during the day tomorrow. for all those hours of rainfall, not a lot of rain to speak of at least in new york city. quarter of an inch. a lot more in the jersey shore. unfortunately i don't see a lot of sunshine. maybe a couple peeks in the afternoon. 48 in monticello. rather raw in t

i mean, so many people we know here -- we have stacey sager who works for us here at channel 7, and of course amy robach on "good morning america," robin roberts on "good morning america." we've heard of so many women who, because of these ladies, they were encouraged to get a mammogram and have found out that they had breast cancer. so, yeah, your story today hopefully will encourage people to at least give the self-exam and hopefully, if they find anything suspicious, immediately go to their doctor and get checked. >> absolutely. >> and then your own treatment was what? >> my own treatment was chemo. it was four cycles, three weeks apart. and for anyone who's ever experienced chemo, you know that it can easily break your spirit. >> mm. >> there were moments when i didn't think i could handle it because it weakens your body to the point where you feel like it's failing you. and it was my son -- i would only look at my son to put things in the proper perspective, because he was doing chemo, and he was getting through it, and he was being so brave. and it was his courage that gave >> so

stacey sager has more from us. stacey. >> reporter: well, the suspect in this case is 29-year-old stanley gray of brooklyn. authorities now say not only have they recovered his box cutter from the crime scene, they say they also found two steak knives inside his jacket when they arrested him on tuesday. >> it was a completely random crime and so it strikes fear in anyone who rides the city subways. authorities say it was tuesday here on the c train in bedford that 29-year-old stanley gray took out a box cutter and passengers. one of them, 23-year-old matthew ruff, who moved here only a few months ago from florida and now told us he has 28 stitches on his head. passenger slashed, o'neil mendez >> did your son do this? >> no comment. >> the suspect's father said nothing on his behalf today. authorities said plenty. first, they uncovered the box cutter from the crime scene and found two steak knives inside gray's jacket when he was arrested. as for his criminal history, eyewitness news learned he has used three differe

stacey sager. channel 7. >> he is awesome, and cute. still ahead, one of the first diverse classes in the history of fdny graduates. >> eyewitness news at 6:00 starts now. >>> this is new york's number one news, channel 7 eyewitness news with bill ritter and liz cho. rob powers with sports, and lee goldberg with your forecast. now eyewitness news at 6:00. >>> a big break in a case of a hit and run accident that killed an 84-year-old woman. police have now found the bus from the deadly scene. but first a man is killed in new jersey, and a woman and six so he recalled girl are injured. i'm -- six-year-old girl are injured. i'm liz cho. >> and i'm bill ritter. the police now know the identity of the shooter. >> the young girl was wounded in the leg, and a woman also injured in the incident that happened late this afternoon in the union county city of plain field. >> it's breaking news and our lead story. >> reporter: well, bill and liz, we learned the six-year- old girl was shot in the leg, and it went through her leg, and we learned a thi

eyewitness news reporter stacey sager is here with what it means. not good news for the president, stacey. >> reporter: that's right. it's a stinging blow to president obama and it's veto-proof. those who voted yes are very mindful of the paris attacks and the political climate here at home. >> 289 to 137. the bill is pass ed ed. -- bill is passed. >> all but two republicans and 47 democrats who voted to support the legislation to keep refugees from syria and iraq out of the united states for now. it re quires the fbi to run the checks on incoming refugees and also requires top national security officials to personally sign off on each one. >> democrats who oppose the bill argued it goes against what america is supposed to be about. their voices were muted today. terrorists. >> three-quarters of them are women and children. a quarter age. refugees are not the enemy. >> in fact, more than 2,000 of them already live here. none with ties to terrorism. with more than 30 governors now saying their states won't accept anymore and with the feverish climate

stacey sager is outside of the story. >> reporter: well, liz, this has been a attorney and and -- a thorn between the united states and israel. and pauler's lawyers began to petition the court to change the aitions of had is -- conditions of his patrol. we caught up with him as he left court with his wife, he was actually granted patrol -- parole over the summer but here in federal court, his lawyers are challenging some of these parole conditions, namely the electronic monitoring device on his anklele. they say he was diabetes and swelling of the ankles. they are challenging the computer monitoring. that will prohibit him in his new job and the fact that he has to remain in his job five years. he is saying hardly anything about this but israel 'prime minister very supportive. >> people of israel welcome the release of jonathan pollard. i long for this day. now after three long and being released. i wish him on this first day he spends with his family, a lot of joy, happiness and peace. may these be the hall marks for the rest of his life. >> reporter: and once again, jonathan pollard say

. -- 1-800-577-tips, i'm stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you, we are also following some breaking news in new jersey. the mayor there just updated reporters on the gas explosion. he spoke about what the gas company found at the home of. >> on monday, monday morning of this week, the gas company was notified or there was a scheduled turn-on for the company to come to the apartment on the first floor and turn on the gas. the gas company arrived on monday morning and found that the unit was already receiving gas for the unit. >> one person died and more than a dozen others were hurt in the blast. we will have much more coming up from the mayor at 12:30. >>> and more breaking news, the second suspect in a triple shooting near penn station in midtown has been arrested. police say 23-year-old francisco alfina was taken into custody in rhode island. he raised suspicion at a hospital when he gave his real name. the other suspect 27-year-old vincent arcona was arrested at bronx lebanon hospital yesterday. one person was killed and two others wounded in the shooting on monday.

stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> i have semuch stuff -- so much stuff. i don't take many pictures of my dog, though. maybe i better get on that. >>> a bullet came flying through the walls right where a little girl sleeps a at at -- sleeps at night. >>> and robin williams peas widow speaking meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and we're always looking for ways to enjoy more. so we called time warner cable and got even more than we expected. call now to get more. more speed. like, 300 meg. more tv shows and movies on demand. more places to make more unlimited calls. call now. for $89.99 a month, you'll get 100 meg ultra fast internet, hundreds of hd channels, and unlimited calling to international destinations. we find more good things every day! more ways to watch more shows. on more wifi connected devices in our house. time warner cable made switching easy with a one hour arrival window. they even made sure all of our connections were up and running before they left. why settle for less, when you can get more! call now. for a limited time, get a fr

eyewitness news reporter stacey sager is heading to the church and going to check in with aeroat 5:00. >>> -- her at 5:00. >>> now to the controversial subway campaign, shuttle cars wrapped with symbols from nazi germany and imperial japan. all part of a new amazon tv series. >> yeah, but it didn't sit well with some strap hangers and late this afternoon the campaign was suspended. eyewitness news reporter darla miles is outside grands central terminal with all the details. >> reporter: well liz i tell you the mta says that that ad capable did not -- campaign did not violate any of and neutral standards. and they say they had no grounds to reject them because they are a governmental agency. but the antidefamation league says because so many people were offended by the ads perhaps that policy needs to be reviewed. >> that was the initial response, you walk into the subway and you see the image of -- the nazi third reich you and they don't understand why that's there. >> reporter: this image, pretty confusing. the american flag? and the nazi symbol all over a new york city subway car. >

. >> all right, let's go right over to the stacey sager and talk to you about the -- subway status, now if you are going on to route 21 northbound, the ramp to route 3 is closed down. it's an overturned tractor- trailer. and then going to the nesconset highway. we have an accident and all lanes are closed town as you go through that spot. and of course up to avoid the south end of hoboken at the jersey city border because of this water main break, alternate side of the street parking is suspended today in hoboken but in the five boroughs. lori over to you. heather thank you and developing overnight. at least five people have been shot during a protest against the deadly police shooting of a black man in minneapolis. >>> now the latest shootings happened about a block from the police precinct where protesters have been demonstrating for the past nine days. protest organizers say three people in masks walked away from the crowd and when some of the crowd follows them the three opened fire, there's no word yet on a motive and there have not been any arrests. >>> 4:50. the city of chicago i

last night $8 million was raised for the cause and our own stacey sager a breast and ovarian cancer survivor helped plan the event. among the speakers, fellow survivor songwriter kara dioguardi. >>> this morning's health alert being overly concerned about your weight could lead to mental health problems. researchers say stepping on a scale several times each day to check your weight, that could lead to depression especially among women. weight fluctuates during the day depending on the eating and how often you go to the bathroom and how much water you drink et cetera. researchers say there's no proof that monitoring weight every day actually leads to losing pounds. so -- just eat drink and be merry right? no, just be -- the old moderation rule. just don't get on the scale every day. your doctor always says once a week. >> don't be a slave to the scale. >>> 4:46. someone told me scale is not sexy. [ laughter ] >> never get on a scale in my life. >> i'm just saying. >> i just do what you know -- we do in new york city. you wear the dark and wrinkled clothes you're just fine. you see the roadwa