this is the staten island bound verrazano bridge. for those doing the reverse commute from brooklyn into staten island, this will be a problem. the bridge, the upper level was entirely shut down for 10 or 15 minutes. they got the van on a tow truck. now they're awaiting a crew to come out here and clean that fluid spill up. take a look at this delay already. it's a long delay all the way across the bridge back on to the gowanus expressway. if you're heading from brooklyn into staten island this morning, no alternate available. it's the verrazano bridge, low some extra time. at the very least head for the lower level. >> let's tell you what's also happening as we head to our maps heading to the inbound side of the bqe. stop-and-go traffic by the brooklyn bridge with construction just cleared away. problems continue at the tappan zee bridge into rocklin. two lanes blobbed, accident and a fuel spill -- two lanes blocked, accident and a fuel spill. the deegan southbound northbound by the stadium. it's that ongoing construction and altern

. >> janelle burrell has the story from staten island this morning. >> reporter: well, chris, the staten island president says that the building could come down as early as this week. this building has been empty since 1979. and even before marcos castillo's death, people have been asking why it is still standing here. five days after the 16-year-old tumbled seven stories to his death inside of an elevator shaft in the abandoned staten island hospital and after his grieving father demanded answers -- >> i want the truth. >> reporter: a permit has been issued for the building's demolition. >> why they wait till something happen to take it out? they should take it out before. >> reporter: tuesday cbs 2 news asked the staten island borough president that very question, why were he and his friends able to access the building? >> we pushed to have this eyesore become something that's a positive for the community. >> reporter: but there was no security? >> yeah that's a tragedy. >> reporter: and he says ownership of the structure was in legal limbo, stalling any action. officials with the city

the investigation underway into two deadly pedestrian accidents on staten island. the first on highland boulevard on bay street in the rose bank section before 7:30 last night. hours later another person was hit and killed on island boulevard this time in the annandale section. the victim pregnant. eyewitness news reporter kala rama outside the diner where she worked. co-workers there devastated right? >> reporter: they are devastated here, especially considering so many of them witnessed this horrific accident and of course to have two deadly incidents on the same street just 20 minutes away from each other is a tough situation. the first incident happened around 7:30 last night where a 61-year-old man was killed. here in annandale, this tragic accident where we're told that waitress who works here at mike's place was crossing the road just in front of the diner here in highland boulevard when she was struck and killed here. she was 31 years old and six months pregnant with her third child. shannon lies had been a waitress at mike's place for two years and was know

new jersey, christine sloan, cbs 2 news. >> christine, thank you. >>> ands on long island and staten island are -- and residents on long island and staten island are cleaning up this morning after they were already hit hard by that storm. allana gold joins us from castleton corner on staten allana. >>reporter: diane, this morning dozens here on staten island are without power because several of the transformers here were damaged during the storm. one of them was right here at this intersection, but it has since been fixed. we want to show you this video. take a look. you can see the storm has definitely led to some scares overnight. the wind took down power lines in great kills, winds erode and this is the fiery and smoky scene. the wind has also taken a toll on suffolk county. this video from lindenhurst on 9th street shows that the area was flooded during high tide. it was underneath several inches of water. the wind here caused some damage too, knocking out power and tearing down trees. this is just one of the trees that came crashing down in stoneybrook. it's at the corner of north coun

talk to your doctor or pharmacist about >>> a tragic death at an abandoned building on staten island. a teenager falling seven stories down an elevator shaft. >>> we have terrifying dash cam video of an out-of-control driver on long island who slammed into a car with children inside. >>> plus mets fans are feeling real, real good this morning. the national league division series gets off to a good start in los angeles. the boys looked good last night. we will have a recap of game one. >> very good. >>> good morning, everybody. taking a live look at lower manhattan. it's very blue, very eyewitness news blue on this saturday, october 10th. chilly outside, very chilly. coming in this morning i was, like, okay, i'm awake now. >> yeah. look at that. look at that. you know everyone is talking about it today, the headline right on, boom. >> that's one. >> it's one of those i was, like, oh, i fwot a go to bed early. i wanted to stay up and watch the game, but could not. >> it's all right. >> it's all right. >>> good saturday morning, everybody, i'm michelle charlesworth >> and i'm rob nelson.

we're live in new brighton on staten island, i'm kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> kristin, thank you so much. >>> it was a terrifying moment for a mother and her two young daughters. it was caught on camera on long island as a woman accused of driving drunk repeatedly crashed into their car. it happened thursday afternoon at the intersection of ocean and woodside avenues in patchogue. the video shows the driver of a honda suv just slam into the car head on several times. the driver, 53-year-old linda spina of seldon eventually was stopped. she was taken to brookhaven hospital and arrested for drunk driving. no one inside of those cars was hurt. >>> and better news, mets fans are very, very happy this morning >> whoa! >> after the team started off with a win on what we hope is a road to the world series. division one game in l.a. ended with pitcher jacob defwrom trying a team record for strikeouts after he struck out 13 players. looking good. >> 13 strikeouts, crazy. >>> let's stay with the mets. national fallen firefighters stair climb takes place this morning at their hom

. >> we go staten island how hurricane sandy victims are >>> today the nypd unveiled a new use of force policy. the announcement came hours after an nypd inspector said that the department was in the dark ages for not keeping track of when officers use force. nypd commissioner said that characterization is untrue. >> it's an outrageous comment. this department is nothing close to being in the dark ages. >> our use of force policy tell us things we can't do. don't do this. don't do that. our new policy will give officers guidance about what they can do. >> the new guidelines which take effect january 1st will define levels of force for officers introduce force incident reports and require officers to report any excessive force they may witness. >>> a violent attack on an elderly woman have neighbors outraged in wasngton heights. surveillance cameras were rolling when the victim was pushed do the ground. her daughter said the suspect wouldn't let her walk outside and then attacked her. the woman suffered a broken hip from fall. police arrested hansel ramirez and charged him with assault.

we begin with a horrifying event in that abandoned hospital in staten island. a 16-year-old high school sophomore fell from the 7th story of the empty building on casselton avenue in new brighton friday evening. marcus castillo was playing with friends at the closed site before he died. now his family is devastated t mallory hoff has new details on this tragic fall. >> reporter: investigators tell us it happened on this 17- acre abandoned property. investigators say the teen was inside of this dilapidated building with four other kids. tonight we're hearing from his mom and dad for the first time. family members are mourning the loss of 16-year-old marcus castillo of staten island. clinging to each other and fighting through tears, his parents remember their son. >> only 16 years old. [ crying ] >> he's beautiful. he's lovely. >> reporter: investigators say the teen died of severe head trauma after falling 7 stories down an elevator shaft at an abandoned hospital or castleton avenue on staten island. the abandoned building has been closed since 1992. people say

blinds for life. >>> dual tragedies on staten island. two pedestrians killed in separate accidents. >> people given flu shots all with the same syringe. >> plus, the yankees return to the postseason tonight but they will be without one of their aces on the mound. "today in new york" starts now. . good morning, everyone. tuesday morning, october 6th. >> i'm michael gargiulo. it's a little early but are we going to have good weather for playoff baseball? >> looks that way heading into the evening. nice. temperatures probably upper 60s. beautiful night for a ball game. a little chilly in the northwestern suburbs. franklin, 41. belvidere 41. flirting with dipping into the 30s in a few locations. thinning down to 52. the shore, long branch coming in at a crisp 46 degrees. lots of sunshine from start to finish. noon temperatures start to bounce back in the 60s. 68 degrees. forecasting mid afternoon high of 73 degrees. nice looking weather. let's see if the commute is nice looking so far. lauren? >>> we have a new problem coming in. pretty big

still 60s for staten island and larchmont n. the city, as well. cooling at monticello 52. 62pl islip and 61 long branch. there's the thunnerstorms from earlier this evening. they just did miss ctti field. mainly to the south, brushing near parts of long island. now the front is passing through and cooler air rolling in. a few sprinkles around buffalo and may see a few in 0 our area tomorrow but not a big deal. tonight, it will start to clear out briefly. then the clouds will pop up on midday tomorrow. like i said, maybe a couple of sprinkles and that's it throughout the afternoon. a mix of sun and clouds and slightly cooler and breezy, as well. you will feel a little chill but nice across the region. thursday morning we may see 30s on the map in terms of temperatures. a cool start at 8:00 in the morning, 57. mid to upper 60s throughout the day. a couple of light showers here and there. for the weekend with, it is windy, blustery and the first cold wave of the fall season. the temperatures will not get out of the 50s during the day. in some cases n

it happened at the richmond county bank ballpark, the home of the staten island yankees. more than 9500 runners took part in the half miles per -- -- took part in the half marathon. a perfect sunday to run, to do anything you wanted to do. >> really it was nice. ourf temperatures were only 70 degrees in boroughs today. if you like the fall feel and look of the day, we'll see if we can get a repeat in here for columbus day. tomorrow a lot of folks will be down at the parade. if you're headed in that direction, it could only be short sleeve weather. you could take a little extra layer for early on. beautiful weather pattern we're under. 66 humidity at 45%. southwest wind which is behind all this warm air and above average temperatures will continue through tonight and tomorrow. here we are at the normal for this time of year, 66. the record, 85. is this a 30-year average. we beat this today. we can beat it again tomorrow. definitely temperatures above average for the next couple of days. as far as temperatures go, on the island, low 60s. holding on to nice weather. as sunse

now also the staten island expressway westbound victory boulevard construction over on the new jersey turnpike northbound western spur at 15 w all lanes reopened that accident investigation finally cleared. over on the cross bronx west it's construction and let's go outside i'll show you more road work here the north bound van wick bumper to bumper traffic through q gardens with ongoing road work. alternate side in effect. back over to you. laurie ken? >>> debbie thank you. 4:56. a woman received quite the scare at a cemetery of all places in queens when a headstone fell over on top of her. can you imagine? this happened inside mount lebanon cemetery yesterday. now the woman was trapped underneath the had headstone. the cemetery workers were able to pull her to safety. her injuries not considered serious. it's not clear what caused that headstone to tumble over. >>> 4:56. a new report has the u.s. ranked first and last in terms of pre-obamacare health figures. commonwealth fund looked at healthcare spending by 13 nations before the affordable care act took effect. it found the u.s. sp

the storm also slammed part the of long island and staten island -- parts of long island and staten island. cbs 2's alana gold joins us live from lindenhurst in suffolk county with a look at the damage there. >>reporter: diane, this morning it's been raining out here. we're dealing with quite a bit wind and there's also some flooding. take a look. this is bayview avenue. you can see water is covering the street, it's going into driveways and yards, and this isn't the only neighborhood here with problems. we want to show you this video. it's from 9th street in lindenduring yesterday's high tide. the area was under several inches of water. the wind in suffolk county knocked out power and tore down trees. this is just one of the trees that came crashing down in stoneybrook and crews are cleaning up damage out here for hours. there were also problems on route 111 in smithtown after the storm took out a large tree and crews were also on scene here overnight removing the debris. and we've also seen damage on staten island. there was a fiery and smoky scene in great kills when power lines went do

so staten island where i work, long island, and parts of new jersey we're seeing a huge increase in at of heroin use. what we're really seeing in these communities, people are taking prescription pills and then the prescription pills lead into heroin because it is really a financial decision. the pills cost 20 to 30 dollars per pill. where a bag of heroin is $5 to $10 so switch happens financially. >> there's impact that it has on family, joe's film goes into day. just is it as you have it as we can only imagine as depicted around every corner? >> absolutely. clip that i saw was so accurate to what families experience, and like joe said it is really not just about the adibted person who suffers the whole family has to kind of change what they do, and react to the behaviors of the sick person. of the addicted person. a lot of time we'll see families really struggle, break apart. you know not know what to do with themselves because they're all trying to figure out what they can do for this person. and a lot of times it is unhealthy behaviors until people can start healing together. >> te

the former site of staten island hospital closed its doors almost 40 years ago. the building had been condemned months ago and sealed up, though it was too late for marcus castillo. friday when he fell seven stories to his death. kala rama is live with more for us. >> reporter: lori, let me show you something here. you can still see a memorial sitting outside the gate of this abandoned building. flowers and candles still there four days after this teen was killed here. finally today demolition will start to tear this eyesore down. this as the teens wake is also today. we obtained documents showing back in february an emergency declaration was issued for the building to be demolished along with an order to seal the old staten island hospital on castleton avenue, but after eight months the building was still standing and accessible. police say 16-year-old marcos castillo, and four others were playing in this abandoned building right before he plunged to his death in an elevator shaft last friday. now castillo's family wants to know why a permit to demolish this eig

they should take it out before. >> reporter: cbs 2 news put that question to staten island's borough president who says the building is privately owned. >> i can tell you there was a building that had a demolish ordered by the city months ago. and this young man died records and while some were hoping to see the building repurposed, an option previously discussed. >> they should make an apartment building or a school. >> reporter: most just pleased to see something now being done. >> children are always playing in there and it's dangerous. >> reporter: the family says they still haven't heard from the people who were with him when he fell here last week. the funeral is scheduled for tomorrow. reporting from staten island, janelle burrell, cbs 2 news. >> and officials from the department of buildings say the company called shore holdings uk. >>> new information this noon on a hit and run that left a college student in a coma. he was struck while walking last thursday night. police are now looking for a dark colored pickup truck, possibly a ford f-150. the 22-year-old victim's car was

it happened at the former staten island hospital on castleton avenue. rey viellda spoke to this heartbroken family. >> he was a good boy. >> reporter: marcos castillo always came home minutes after leaving school. he was a sophomore at curtis high school. always quiet, the oldest of two boys. friday afternoon, marcos never came home. in spanish, relatives tell me police came to the door instead. there was an accident, they were told. police say castillo fell to his death at an abandoned hospital. investigators say castillo fell seven flights down an elevator shaft. >> he was a great kid. had a bright future. >> reporter: now castillo's family is asking questions. mainly, why was this building not secured in the first place? hours after his death, you can see they were building a fence to try to prevent people from getting in. >> someone has to bring down that building because i don't want somebody else to lose their son like us. >> reporter: the abandoned building was staten island's first volunteer hospital, built more than 100 years ago. it's been sit

staten island 50. 55 around jamaica queens. queens all got southwest winds today making for what's going to be a beauty of a day. sunshine and 70 by parade time at noon and 75 this afternoon. heather's looking at your commute. it's weather then heather. nice to have you back. >> good to be here. this is someplace you don't want to be. that's the l.i.e. let's take a look at the webcam want to get stuck in this traffic. let's go to our maps. it's on the l.i.e. it's westbound. it's right near 108th street. we do have delays coming into the kew gardens interchange into the accident scene. subway status, 1 train signal problems at south ferry and the r trains signal problems at prospect avenue. alternate side of the street parking rules suspended. metered rules are in effect. >>> thank you. in an effort to save lives and help teenagers who could fall into a dark time in their lives, gay, lesbian and transgender members of the fdny are speaking out in ground breaking new video. >> definitely gets better. >> it will absolutely get bet

that is the latest from staten island. >>> we will have the latest tonight. is there light at the end of the political tunnel for the republican party? perhaps there is tonight. the possible compromise has -- paul ryan is thinking about running for speaker of the house. >> reporter: paul ryan says he will spend this weekend considering the offer. he also says he will be doing a lot of playing. it is the latest development in a fight against republicans. >> the pressure is on paul ryan to become house speaker even though he has said he does not want it. >> reporter: republicans trying to clean up the chaos of yesterday. >> no one knows anything. >> reporter: kevin mccarthy dropped out of the race. he could not get a small group of conservatives to support him. >> i am angry that a small group has been allowed to hijack the party. >> reporter: this congressman claims that small group for hassling john boehner so much that he called it quits two weeks ago. >> it is their way or the highway. >> reporter: one conservative pushing for the job is jason chaffetz but,

we'll take a live look at the staten island expressway by victory boulevard. smooth sailing. no construction getting in your way. >> okay, lauren. >>> more commuter news. some headaches may be on the way. mta currently planning a construction project for the verrazano bridge. it would take two decades to complete. the agency says work has got to be done to rehabilitate the ageing bij that turned 50 just last november. some of that work now being designed includes replacing the lower deck. >>> plans for a new rail tunnel under the hudson river are slowly moving along. nj transit's board gave approval yesterday for an environmental study. the environmental study alone could take up to three years to complete. >>> the mta is tackling a problem it faces every autumn. fallen leaves leave behind a slippery residue. special trains will drop sand on the tracks to improve traction. >>> most people are happy to find a few spare coins if they go combing on the beach. one woman made a real find in seaside heights. she picked up a prehistoric spearhead. she went to new jersey state museum

staten island at 49. 51 in floral park. the cooler air, look at that, up north 41 in newberg. 43 in poughkeepsie. we're in for a great day. the live radar picks up absolutely nothing. all thattooiste e was out of the night. as we head through the rest of the day today, you're in for a very very nice holiday weekend. if you're one of the lucky ones and have monday off, good for you. saturday, today, 65 degrees. sunday, 71. and m i did not know autumn was only a cay long. day long. >>> we are learning more this morning about a teenager who fell to his death in an abandoned building. >> that building was a former hospital fa on staten island that's now abandoned. >> reporter: good morning. city inspectors were here this morning after that teen died yesterday. according to police he fell down an elevator shaft. news 4 has done some digging and it turns out there have been complaints filed here about this building with the city for this very situation, children playing in the old building. 16-year-old marcus tas tee castillo was

once home to staten island hospital, but it has been they can for over 30 years. they are putting a fence around the building.>>> katharina and queens for a march on safety -- gathering in queens for a march on safety. the remains of a 14-year-old were found months after his death. a group gathered at hunters point park hoping to educate the public about the importance of school safety. >>> there may be no crying in baseball, but for the mets, there were a lot of broken hearts and even a broken leg. getting off to a good start, the game took an oddly turn in the seventh. leg. he slammed into the shortstop and he flipped and bell. looking closely, it appears that utley never touch the base. the series is now tied at one of these and game 3 is at citi field tomorrow. we will have the rest of the sports after break. >>> a campaign supporting the lgbt community.>> i am not your [ null ] paramedic or your tall paramedic or your female paramedic. i am your paramedic.>> the department says that the project is inspired to improve the quality of life for the lgbt community

. >>> a family on staten island is in mourning after a teenager died. he fell down an elevator shaft of an abandoned building. police say the 16-year-olds with his friends when he fell seven floors down the shaft yesterday. staten island hospital which has been vacant for 36 years. >> it's very dangerous. nobody should be in the there. >> they should have security. have a guard or have someone patrol the area. but as soon as school is out, this is where people hang out. >> he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. >>> now to a developing story out of california. initial reports indicate nine construction workers have been injured after a bridge collapse late last night. it happened at a construction zone about 50 miles south is east of los angeles. no word yet on the condition of those workers. >>> president barack obama met with families mourning the loss of loved ones killed after a gunman opened fire at a community college in oregon. the meeting came hours after two campus shootings stunned students in arizona and texas. >> reporter:

really busy on the staten island east. let's go over to our mass transit update chart, tell you what's happening. passaic branch about a 30 minute delay because of earlier problems. alternate side parking rules in effect. back to you. >>> 6:02. we're following developments this morning in the mysterious death of a dog while it was out for a walk with its owner in central park. eyewitness news reporter kala rama is live now in the upper west side with details for us. >> lori, late last night a guy was walking his dog off the leash. the dog ran down the hill, and by the time the dog owner caught up with his pet, the dog something went horribly wrong. now police are trying to figure out how this dog died here. police say the call came in as shots fired, and reports of a dog suffering head trauma around 11:00 last night. the dog, possibly a black lab, was off his leash and had run down the hill. the dog owner told police he thought he saw something come out of the bushes, and the next thing you knew by the time he caught up wi

. >>> breaking news on staten island and politician searching for man accused of stabbing a passenger on a bus. us. >> reporter: police tell us those who men were arguing over a seat aboard that s but behind me, the s-74. that's canal street. police are still on the scene. this happened several hour ago around 1:45 this afternoon, we're told. now, we're also told by police the 24-year-old man was stabbed multiple times in the chest and aboard the bus. witnesses at the scene say when the bus stopped, they saw a man run off and then saw the 24- bus into an ambulance. >> he was stabbed somewhere in this area like between his chest and stomach area. there was a lot of blood. he was, like, gushing out blood. >> reporter: that victim's name has not yet been released. he was taken to richmond university hospital, where we're told he is in critical condition, fighting for his life tonight. police are still looking for the man who stabbed him. live in the stapleton section of staten island, app allies gaynor. >> thank you. >>> we have new information in an arrest in a manhattan nightclub shoot

staten island is a dumping ground no longer. said the deer population is approaching crisis proportions. good or bad thing? >> bad. >> reporter: so you don't want any more than you have? >> correct. >> reporter: this person says she doesn't mind the new additions. >> we get so excited to see them. >> i think it's a good move, sure. he ain't gonna make it in brooklyn. he will make it over here. that's for sure. >> reporter: the parks department agrees sending us this statement. the movement of this deer was a one-time occurrence due to the lack of appropriate parkland in brooklyn and the need for a humane response. and the parks department believes the deer came from staten island in the first place. vanessa murdoch, cbs 2 news. >> well, the city says it's working toward a comprehensive deer management plan on staten island. >> meanwhile, an nypd car did collide with a deer just last night. the officers were not hurt. >>> that's it for us here at 5:00. we'll see you again at 11:00. the news at 6:00 starts right now. comments@capt

low 60s around the five boroughs, 58 staten island, 60 long island, really there from western suffolk county to montauk. 60 to 62. today we're looking at cloudy skies. it's going to be a very mild day, 73. can't rule out running into a spritz, sprinkle or shower. grab an umbrella. baseball weather for tonight. going to be much cooler tomorrow and very fall-like weather returning. how's it going out there? >> we're going to talk about track work as far as metro north is concerned, we do have some track work on the new haven line. a couple of changes for those who are hopping on and off of the trains. nothing major. you have long island railroad running on or close. new jersey transit no major problems to report. if you are going to take the subways, it looks like we have one little bit of a difficulty with overnight track work. other than that everything is doing just fine. we have our street cleaning rules back in effect for today. >>> thank you. on long island, a man accused of killing his girlfriend's 1- year-old son will face a judge this morning. eyewitness news reporter darla mil

lawn chairs on staten island helping direct first responders to the most urgent damage. emergency response teams spending the night in emergency operations trailer keeping tracks of accidents and downed lines. >>> trains tonight running again on the franklin avenue shuttle line in brooklyn. is after the storm toppled a tree onto the tracks about 6:00 tonight. crews cleared the bridges from the tracks in crown heights by 8:30. there were residual delays. >>> hurricane joaquin lashing the bahamas, knocking out power and triggering the storm, uprooted trees and toppled power lines today. emergency officials say floodwaters trapped some people in their homes and cell service was knocked out for many. fortunately, there have been no reports of anyone seriously injured from the storm. coast guard crews are desperately searching for an american cargo ship that disappeared at the height of the storm. there has been no sign of the ship called el faro. ship called el faro. it was heading from florida to puerto rico when it sent a message reporting engines problems. 33 people on bo

mark was on staten island as it hit and he became part of the community as it rebuilt. he's in ocean breeze with a look at what that area looks like tonight. marc? >> reporter: three years ago this neighborhood was submerged. as a matter of fact, the water finally crested at 10 1/2 feet. just about the rails right there. today you can still see the scars but there have been progress. this staten island neighborhood is humming. >> i expected to be home. >> getting there hasn't been easy. two contractors, thousands of dollars lost, but she says the city's post sandy build it back program is making a difference >> reporter: if you had to give build it back a grade, what would you give them in. >> at this point i would give them 100. >> reporter: 4 investigates checked when mayor de blasio checked, no homes had been built under mayor bloomberg ears bill i.d. back program pin since 2014 there have been 2,015 construction starts and 1,217 completes. 486 in queens, 339 in staten island. but there's not enough. we have to finish the job. >> this is not a victory lap. victory la

eyewitness news reporter darla miles it is live in staten island with more. darla? >> reporter: well, shirleen, i spoke to the attorney for pedro abad junior. he told me that he is looking to get the case against his client dismissed if blood tests reveal that someone inside this club slipped him someone in his drink. >> if he was drug, with a drug that encourages you to drink more and make you pass out, this is exactly the type of drug that could be the reason why he crashed. >> reporter: the wrong way crash on the west shore if expressway in march killed two men including an off duty linden police officer. another officer from linden was in the car and also injured. all four had been out partying at a strip club in staten island before the accident. pedro abad june investigator was -- junior was behind the wheel. >> we hired an expert to review pedro's medical records. he said that he sees physical evidence that he may have been drugged with -- called the date rape drug ghb. >> reporter: abad appeared for a hearing thursday morning still in a wheelchair from the c

sheepshead bay the same and jfk and elmhurst all with 49. 45 staten island. cooler in the north and west but not by a lot. nothing like the past 24 hours when we saw temperatures in the teens to the north and west and record-setting conditions. central park this morning was 31 degrees. the same in newark. bridgeport 30. 36 la guardia. islip 29. live radar picks up nothing. and that's the same story through the week. tomorrow morning, we may see clouds popping up. those will burn off and get out of the way. same story wednesday morning. to the north and east of the city, but pleasant weather and warm conditions. that's what we will see. so let's put it together for you. 5 degrees is going to be our low tonight. mostly clear. not as cold. in to tomorrow, winds will kick up anywhere from 10 to 15 miles an hour. maybe a little more than that. 68 degrees. small craft advisory for the sound because of the windy conditions. partly cloudy other than that and pleasant. seven-day forecast looks like this. look at that. 72 degrees on wednesday. 71 on thursday. back at a

. >> yep, a kangaroo on staten island! matt kozar with more on this aussie's big adventure. >> this jumping joe, this feisty marsupial causing calls to 911. >> reporter: when the brothers opened up their shot on saturday, they saw something moving around their parking lot. >> i thought it was a deer. >> reporter: the kangaroo belonged to a man visiting a friend at this house on victory boulevard. the pet somehow unlocked the fence and escaped. >> reporter: buster the kangaroo became dangerously close to getting hit by a car, safety, past the auto body shop. >>> surveillance video shows the happy hugetive hopping back and forth, but buster it's big adventure stopped when the cops showed up. 3 years ago in the same area azebra and a pony got loose after their owner left the gate open. >> it's something you don't see every day. matt kozar, cbs 2 news. >>> let's check in with elise finch with more on the fall freeze. too cold for the kangaroo. >> you would think, but all the hopping around, keeping him warm we have falling tem

the building on castleton avenue was once home to staten island hospital but it's been vacant for 36 years. >> it's very is dangerous. nobody should be in there. >> they should have security. have a guard or have someone patrol the area every so often. but as soon as school is out, this is where people hang out. >> the teen was taken to richmond university medical center where he was pronounced dead. >>> and a developing story out of california. construction workers have been last night. it happened about 50 miles southeast of los angeles. no word on the conditions of the work -- the condition of the workers. >>> president barack obama met with families mourning the loss of loved ones after a gunman college in oregon. >> reporter: the moment marine one landed, the president was met with protesters who say he size the tragedy by push -- rushed to to make it political. >> reporter: mr. obama met with families grieving their loved ones following the mass shooting at umpqua community college. the gunman shot and killed nine people before turning the gun on himself. >> i've got some stron

juliet: staten island, why take on staten island to give big show of support for charter schools, thousands marched from brooklyn to manhattan to end what they call education equality. jennifer hudson lent her a star power to the cause singing a couple songs. organizers say thousands of school kids get trapped in underperforming schools, they want bill deblasio to support the growth of charter schools and alternative. >> every school should be the same across the board. we are here today to write what has been wrong for so many years. >> it is not in the same playing around for everybody. >> reporter: bill deblasio was not at yesterday's rally but he released a statement saying in part the majority of kids are in traditional public schools and that is where the resources are. and he is going to try to turn failing schools around. ben: university of connecticut student caught on camera demanding macaroni and cheese from a campus cafeteria worker has left the school. have a look. he didn't just want macro in cheese but bacon. >> then he pushes the guy. >> luke goudy floating his belongings in

get fios. >>> good news for staten island residents who use the bridge. your toll discounts are staying put. the yaus supreme court rejected an appeal by drivers who challenged discount bridge tolls for staten island residents. motorists in new york, pennsylvania, new jersey and connecticut argued that offering discounts to a select group of local residents violated their constitutional right to travel. >>> a queens lawmaker says the faa has failed to do anything about plane noise affecting the borough. the noise has gotten worse since 2012 when the faa implemented new flight paths. the new route for planes departing laguardia have increased the frequency of flights. legislation that calls for the epa to step in and take over this issue. >>> comg up when news 4 at 6:00 continues, the dea of one new jersey woman who touched many lives. why her friends and colleagues say her passing in an accident is a huge loss for people withhe blood cancer. >>> chuck and i will see you >>> friends and colleagues say that stacy weathers death is a huge loss for people wit

the staten island expressway background up to the developings bridge. let's go to our cameras, lie, this is by jericho turnpike eastbound, partially blocking the right lane. traffic jammed up for at least a mile traveling eastbound if you want to take the northern state parkway, right now that's looking byrd. westbound side, you're fine. the westside highway, there was a flipped-over vehicle by 125th street, that's been cleared away, still a slow ride between the 150s and the 120s. and be with the trains, new jersey transit morris and essex line, there's a 15 minute delay because of a stalled train. back to you. >> oh, boy, this is going to be tough, but it's certainly possible, right, rosanna? >> yeah, totally possible. they couldn't get out of kansas city fast enough after losing the first two games to the royals. last night not such a great game -- >> it was a blowout. >> i think they need some hometown love, and we're going to give them plenty of it friday night. duke castiglione is still in kansas city. the team's not even there anymore! you should

the old staten island hospital that stood abandoned for decades is finally being torn down. this action comes just days after 16-year-old marcos castillo died after falling down an elevator shaft in the building. action. more. >> reporter: they have been making preparations all day. they have taken the teen's memorial and moved it to the corner here. it had been growing along the fence outside of the front of casselton avenue. you can see they have closed off the sidewalk. they have orange cones all neighbors say it's about time. heavy machinery is here. place. and other prep work is being finalized to tear down the old staten island hospital. >> i think it's a disgrace, they had to wait for a kid to die, you know, in order for >> reporter: 16-year-old marcos castillo died last friday after falling 7 stories down an elevator shaft inside. but neighbors along casselton avenue say he is hardly the first kid to venture inside at band on the building. >> after all the complaints we coming down, someone had to die. breaks my heart every time i city. >> i called up plenty of times

it's a kangaroo, in a parking lot. >> on staten island. >> on staten island, of course.his name is buster -- he has a name -- and he got loose while he and his owner were visiting from upstate new york where they live on a farm. owner and the rogue roo have since been reunited. in case you're wondering, it is illegal to have a marsupial in new york city. i know we were talking about that earlier, sara. >> why do people do that? just let animals be where they're supposed to be? >> it escaped. it was visiting staten island. >> it was illegal to own it or visiting staten island. >> we'll clear it up. >> we'll clear it up in follow-up. >> you can't own it in new york city. i don't know if you can bring a marsupial to new york city. >> we've seen stranger things in new york city. >> in the subway? >> than a marsupial. >> or a boxing kangaroo. or i was hoping. >> maybe a street fight of some sort. >> that would be more new york. >> oh, geez. >> you thinking "west side story"? >> looking for better tv. >> that's a very nice suit. >> thanks. >> we have to turn to a story that is

you guys have been talking about the staten island ferry. new overnight service you do have half hourly service now instead of just hourly. everything as far as the ferries go all running on or close to schedule. we'll take a live look outside at the bqe. it's moving along at the speed limit. normally this is already jammed up. despite the construction, it doesn't seem to be causing a problem today. good thursday morning commute. >> all right. sounds fantastic. out on the roads as well, mayor de blasio helping and overnight department of transportation crew pave some roads on staten island. these photos were taken in the pothole ridden stretch of arthur kill road. part of a city wide project back in may. the mayor announced he was allocating more than $240 million in the budget to pave 500 additional miles of roads over the next two years. >>> starting today, if you're riding on amtrak, you may have to pay baggage fees. bags on board for free. you're allowed two carry-ons weighing up to 50 pounds each and two personal items up to 100 pounds.

today family and friends will gather to remember a teenager kill kd on staten island. he fell to his death in an abandoned building. katherine creag is live with the story. >> reporter: those plans by the building, it would happen sooner rather than later. the parents of the teenage boy who died here wonder why the city didn't take action years ago. they wonder, would their child be alive today if it was demolished when it was supposed to be decades ago? news 4 has learned the city has issued a demolition permit to tear down the building which used to be a hospital which turned into condominiums in the '80s. 16-year-old marcus castillo fell to his death days ago inside the building in an elevator shaft. his parents are asking why it's taken decades for the city to make plans to demolish it. it has sat vacant for decades. as family members prepare for the teenage victim's wake, which will take place tonight, his father said this. >> they close it before they wreck down that building before, my son still be alive. why they wait too long? >> reporter: and in trying to get

but there are a few showers left around this morning. 64 is the temperature. 63 sunset park. 62 staten island. 60s up the hudson river valley. 59 monticello. island, coastal connecticut, up the hudson river valley. batch to the west comes in later today. i think that dries out, windy, warm, 73. the front moves in and makes it cooler tonight and for the weekend which we will talk about next in the accuweather forecast seven day weekend forecast. heather is looking at the commute. >>> the west side highway we have an overturned vehicle. the vehicle is traveling southbound. it overturned on the median. you can see we have tons of delays southbound. we had reports all lanes were closed down. they were. i see some vehicles getting past the area. northbound side a delay with everybody rubbernecking. let's go to the maps. west side highway south south of 125th street. you have to slow it down, especially when the roadways are wet. bruckner south near the hunts point drawbridge another accident is being cleared. grand central flooding at little neck then more flooding kew gardens into jewel avenue. m

this is causing heavy delays on the bridge coming from staten island. let's go to the bq week, there's orleans are open on the manhattan bound brooklyn bridge. the metro-north has some mechanical problems. at a 20 to street cleaning roles are back in effect. spee2 6:04 am. after 25 years, a quarter century five years, a quarter century behind bars. a man john for a notorious crime has been released. >> kerry: 's conviction was overturned today after being convicted in 1990. robert has more. >> reporter: the morning. since his conviction, witnesses have come forward saying they never saw johnny on the platform where he is accused of committing the crime. he says for him justice is long overdue, but he is glad he finally came. >> 43-year-old johnny can copy walked out of free on bail and says it feels so good. >> i feel wonderful. i feel free. >> reporter: he was one of seven walk-ins at a tennis tournament. he was stabbed in 1990 on a tack. >> even though he was pitching they never got on board. the yankees now look forward to a long off-season to regrou

dave evans is mayor de blasio on staten island today. >> reporter: we are in maple terrace. the day after sandy the water was 5, 6 feet deep. i want to point out a couple of houses that were rebuilt. this house has been elevated street level. that is for any possible future flooding. you have to do that if you participate in the built it back program. this house is rebuilt and elevated 9 1/2 feet above the street. it has been a long three years for marilou and frank. they lived out of a suitcase for so long. this is the neighborhood in the weeks after sandy. on staten island sandy killed 23 people, displaced more than 75,000 destroyed hundreds of homes. they are part of the city's once troubled built it back program. they have now elevated their home. the windows and siding are new and so is the kitchen inside. but they moved back in just last week. >> i don't know, nothing like your home. no matter how bad it was, we >> when the mayor took office, the built it back program was so badly run not one repair job was finished. 93 homeowners are in the program. more than 5,000 ha

the staten island how come he's here." and his brother opened up shop saturday morning at alb's auto repair on travis avenue, they saw something hopping around their parking lot. osmani/mechanic) "i see something move i thought it was a police say the to man visiting a friend at this house on victory they say the somehow unlocked a backyard fence and escaped. the kangaroo was on the loose for nearly 10 minutes. ( standup - matt kozar) "buster the kangaroo came dangerously close to getting hit by a car, bouncing along travis avenue, a very busy road. fortunately, he hopped to safety passed the auto body shop." surveillance video shows the furry fugitive happily hopping back and forth. but buster's big adventure ended when the cops showed up. they cornered and released him into the custody of his owner? who has since brought back upstate. three years ago in the same area, a zebra named razzi and a pony named casper got lose after their owner left a gate open. the two dashed down victory boulevard. (too quick to font blron os

we're live here in staten island, kala rama channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you. a developing story overnight. former pro basketball star and queens native is fighting for his life. he was found unresponsive yesterday at a lethal brothel. ranch. since saturday. arrangements had to be made to fly odom to the las vegas hospital but he was too tall to fit in the helicopter, so he was taken by ambulance. odom is known outside the sports world as well for having been married to chloe kardashian in 2009. we'll have a live report from the queens high school odom attended ahead at 5:30. >>> meantime this morning we're hearing from the father of a young woman shot to death outside a manhattan nightclub after the arrest of his daughter's suspected killer. dalone jamison is to be arraigned on murder and other charges in monday's early morning shooting. police say this he opened fire district. he was aiming at the club's bouncer but hit walikque faussett and two of her friends. faussett died at the hospital. her father has no sympathy for her killer. >> i don't know. >> polic

it was visiting staten island. >> it was illegal to own it or visiting staten island. >> we'll clear it up. >> and folw it. >> you can't own it in new york city. i don't know if you can bring one into new york city. >> we've seen stranger things in new york city. >> or a boxing kgaroo. or i was hoping. >> maybe a street fight of some sort. >> oh, geez. >> look st side story? >> looking for better tv. >> that's a very nice suit. >> thanks. >> we have to turn to a story is that wild end at a college michigan state stunning g the wolverines in a crazy final play. everyone is talking about this this morning. >> i know this is sensitive for paula right now. it's what everyone is talking about on social media. we've got michigan and michigan state playing. let me show you the video first and then i'll tell you. go ahead and look. >> oh, trouble with the snap! the ball is free! it's picked up by michigan state's jalen watts-jackson and he scores on the last play of the game! >> the snap was flubbed and michigan sta picked up the ball, ran it in. now, there were lilike eight seconds on the c

not so much here in our part of town but parts of staten island seeing rain and through bronx and brooklyn. and more widespread coverage of that rain for parts overlong long island and don't forget, -- parts of long island and another don't forget, a stray shower. and from the 70s to cooler temperatures. >> thank you so much. another check of news and weather in 25 minutes. >> i am mary calvi. >> and i am chris wragge. have a great day. . >>> good morning. it is tuesday, october 13th, 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning"." a big day for the democrats, hillary clinton's rivals attack her, she warms up attacking donald trump. "cbs news" investigates contamination of blue bell ice cream. two workers tell us the company ignored unsanitary conditions. >>> playboy looks to the future by turning its back on fully nude photos. but we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >>> these other three, how hard do they go in attacking bernie sanders and/or hillary clinton? >> first. i think they need to show up.

same at jfk. 44 in staten island. as we widen the picture a little bit, you see much cooler temperatures as you head out of the city. we have a frost advisory in effect until about 9:00 in orange county. keep in mind same story in sections of the poconos and the catskills as well. 46 in bridgeport as you head through connecticut. 36 in danbury. 37 in poughkeepsie. 41 in morristown. 34 in sussex. one more for you. monticello at 34 degrees right now. radar picture does its swing 360 degrees around and finds nothing. we are going to have a dry day today. storm tracker picks up a couple clouds to the north, but they're high clouds and not particularly thick. so we're going to see sunshine for everyone. they should burn off as the day progresses. moisture stays well to the north and south. it is a changing picture. we're going to see some precipitation in our forecast probably as we head to tuesday. october norms, high of about 45 degrees on a day like today. we get to 70. we continue that trend of above normal conditions