staten island zoo will hold its annual event with staten island chuck where he will mak his prediction about whether we will see six more weeks of winter. let's see what's happening. ather and traffic on the 4s. weiehaegin with what is going to be a lovely day out there. lots of sunshine for us but we are going to see a very different story as we head through tomorrow. heavy rains blanketing the area. we need the precipitation, certainly, and this is going to be a realelp for the reisservoirs around the area. but it's going to be a very sloppy commute and we have some flood watches to talk about. let's see what's happening as we head out to the island right now, north babylon, 33, melville at 32. east setauket at 31. farmingville at 35 degrees. sa buyvil, we say to you, you're going to wake up with thrive degrees. 37 degrees in bridgeport. white plains, 33 degrees. dutchess county, poughkeepsie, gorgeous where you are, 27 in monticello monticello. skies relatively clear. it's been a nice ov.jnight, albeit chilly. this is our troublemaker, working in our direction for tomorrow, packed w

i'm talking like staten island >> staten island chuck two. >>> "new york live" next at 12:30. >> here's a look at what's ahead. >> coming up, chris martin joins ja s core den for some carpool karaoke and the latest role for the late late show host. >> and a family friendly to becoming a night, we're sitting down with ethan hawke. that and more right here at 12:30. >> not too shabby. >>> still ahead, the birds of prey trained to take out technology. >>> experts at the world health organization say the spread of the zika virus may be connected to the el nino weather fa no, experts say the latest el nino caused more rainfall which is usually connected to more mosquitos that transmit this virus. a vac seep is likely to be the quickest solution to the zika virus. >>> so drone dangers not just a problem here in our area, but overseas as well. dutch police are now considering using large birds to pluck these rogue drones out of the sky. here's pictures of them being trained. i guess they're trained to think that flying machines are their prey. police say the birds will be rewarded every time t

. >> big crowd and big joke from the staten island zoo. to make his an annual weather prediction but not before bureaucrats with a truckload of jokes. >> getting a head start off on my farming. nobody calls that a whole. we find out if winter will last for another six weeks it is "groundhog day" so we have teamed chaser coverage on staten island. but i want to start down by the river because it is also the first shadow. >> on february 2016. those reluctantly. >> to say clearly i had seen six more weeks of winter. >> "groundhog day" on the staten island zoo. [laughter] big crowds and big jokes as they turned out to see him make his annual weather prediction. he did his thing but not before bureaucrats assailed the crowd with the truckload of jokes. >> groundhogs only play on >> please make him stop. >>. [laughter] let me listen to that. i want to see a groundhog, out of whole. >> but that's is when they've bright in things up at least two notches. >> you are afraid of your shadow? >> blinding flash to the obvious school children geniuses. p

reporting from staten island. >> thank you. three hours now until a presidential debate right here on cbs. the republican contenders will be going toe to toe in their first faceoff since the new hampshire primary. craig boswell has more. craig. >> reporter: cindy, good evening to you. there is a lot on the line here tonight and this race is volatile. as we saw in new hampshire, debate performances matter. now add to this the death of antonin scalia which changes the tone of this debate, likely the tone of this entire presidential race going forward. this is the final time these six candidates will take on one another on the same stage before voters in south carolina cast their ballots in a week. before tonight's debate in greenville, john kasich and jeb bush continued to work the campaign trail in south carolina. >> i hope you will vote for me next saturday. >> reporter: the state has been good to the bush family. both his brother and father won here. but bush and the other republican candidates are all the new hampshire primar

>> groundhog day. >> does staten island chuck do his thing today? >> he's no longer around. >> well, the new one. [ laughter ] >> the other one was exonerated from his duties. >> i did research. >> i heard something about 6:30 to 7:00. >> so it's sunrise, like, after 7:00. >> i can't believe all of this talk about the groundhog. >>> four trains have track work so they are suspended around 83 and grand concourse and this is another accident that they are taking care of. then 68th street closed between 2nd and first avenue with ongoing fire department act. the goethals bridge is a traffic hold. so we'll show you how that looks at this point. this is traffic leaving new jersey trying to get over to the goethals bridge and traffic leaving staten island going into new jersey. you can soo he that hold is in place for ten more minutes. street cleaning rules are in effect. ken, over to you. >>> the guardian angels are back. the 1980s and '90s crime fighters and red berets have returned for the first time since 1994. the group of volunteers is back the nypd

. >> the child died in the park hill section of staten island. eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer is there tonight with our lead story. >> the residents and the neighbors who live here also know this young boy and his family can't understand what's happened. >> we can't understand. i've seen the baby just the other day. and he was all running around and everything. >> 16-month-old anthony delgado seen here in an earlier picture found in cardiac arrest late sunday night. ems first responders found the baby here at this apartment building on stuban street in the park hill section. he was rushed to staten island university hospital where he died. eyewitness news is learning hospital doctors observed

a search is underway for him right now on staten island. police say maurice scott raped then robbed a woman inside an office building. >> he's often seen in the mariners harbor neighborhood and police want to get him off the streets. eyewitness news reporter sandra bookman is there with the story. >> this suspect is well known, not only here in mariners harbor, but in several other staten island neighborhoods as well. he is said to be homeless. he has been arrested nine times before this reportedly for robbery and assault. accused of rape. very scary. >> reporter: a similar reaction up and down forest avenue today as word spread about a recent rape here. a 44-year-old woman working alone in a second floor office friday night was sexually assaulted and robbed. this is the man police believe is responsible. identified as 28-year-old maurice scott. and described by some as the neighborhood homeless man. in fact, several local residents at a nearby bus stop told us they recognized him from photos released by police. >> but you see him in other

>>> and we continue to follow that breaking news on staten island. a deadly stabbing inside a hotel. we now know that one of the three children stabbed has died from the wounds. the child's mother also killed. two other siblings are in critical condition. >>> we want to get another update from eyewitness news reporter darla miles. she is live at the scene there. darla. >>reporter: well, shirleen, we have now learned, as you mentioned, that this 2-year-old has died as a result of the stabbing that happened here on staten island about two hours ago, and since our last update police have issued a photograph of the person of interest in this case. it's 23-year-old michael sykes. this is his picture. he is the father of the youngest child. stabbed this morning, ages 2, 1 and 5 mols. again, that 2-year-old has been pronounced dead, sadly, since i checked in with you last, just a very tragic story, very difficult to talk about. but it is important that the nypd find this suspect in this case. what we have learned is that he allegedly called his mother this

he was last seen on the staten island ferry. if by chance you do come across michael sykes, you are urged to call 911 right away. dray clark, channel 7 "eyewitness news." >> thank you, dray. >>> police in brooklyn are investigating a stabbing attack as a possible hate crime. the man. the victim was stabbed in the back as he stood in crown heights outside of a building. he is expected to survive. >>> they are finally home. a seven-day cruise that sailed into stormy seas. some passengers quickly made their exit when the ship docked but there are still hundreds on that ship even now. good morning to you, mallory. >> reporter: ken, good morning. this is a frustrated group to put it mildly. the remaining passengers will make their way off of the ship this morning ready for this so- called vacation to come to an end. you can see here, passengers making their way off of the ship last night. it came back home, and passenger video shows the horrible conditions for those on board of the anthem of the seas, the world's third largest 125 mi

staten island, and path trains on saturday schedule. we still have this problem in princeton, 206 and mountain avenue, all lanes are closed suspended. over to you. >>> 6:02. a new video of a brutal battle for fdny crews, and freezen conditions over night. and making the clean up from this fire even harder eyewitness news reporter live with this story. >>> it is not just the icy conditions the fire took a tole on these two homes, we can zoom the damage to these homes two building now so unsound that fire investigators can't get into they will they are waiting to take a look so they could get in there and figure out how this started as for the cold we spoke to a deputy chief with the fdny, it didn't affect much of the fire fighting at all used to working in these sorts of conditions broke out on diamond street in greenpoint, four people suffered minor injuries again according to the deputy chief the cold really had no affect on the firefighters they did just fine used to working in these types of conditions. >>> the cold is always a chall

. >>> breaking news on staten island. police say the man who allegedly killed his girlfriend and two of her young daughters during a stabbing rampage has been arrested and charged. cbs2's brian con bear. >> reporter: christine, after hours of questioning, michael sykes has now just been charged and he is leaving the 121st precinct as we speak. he is now facing three counts first-degree murder. one count of. >> amber: ed murder, and one robbery charge in the brutal stabbing of his girlfriend and three baby girls at a staten island hotel that doubles as a shelter for homeless families. michael sykes of brownsville, brooklyn, was the subject of annan intense three day manhunt. staten island ferry after the blooding stabbing in the will owe brook section of staten homeless families. investigators say six murdered his 28-year-old girlfriend rebecca cutler, their four-month-old daughter maiyah, and cutler's one-year-old daughter ziana. the only survivor was a miracle. cutler's uncle told cbs2 this week he was heartbroken by the

staten island was found guilty of three counts of second degree murder. the victims are all men over 50 of middle eastern origin killed with the same sawed-off shotgun and faces a maximum of 25 years to life in prison. >>> the end of chris christie's presidential bid. christie and carly fiorina dropped out of the race yesterday reducing the field to seven. meanwhile donald trump is campaigning in south carolina. last night he spoke to reporters--supporters during the rally at clemson university i had the chance to ask him about a potential opponent waiting in the wings, mike yacht bloomberg. >> i hope he does. i'd love to see michael run. it'd be a great thing. i'd love to compete with him and see him run. >> south carolina republican primary is nine days from now. the next chance to face off will be this saturday right here on cbs. live coverage from south carolina begins at 9:00 p.m. >>> south carolina democratic primary february 27 meanwhile new hampshire's big winner bernie sanders was here in new york yesterday in an interview with scott pelly sander

he returned to staten island and the love of his life. they've been married 73 years. he keeps busy by proudly sharing his story the schools. and he shares with us the secret for staying so sharp. >> they always tell me have some greens, have some vegetables. i said they look pretty, no thanks. give me another hershey bar. [ laughter ]. >> reporter: and that's an order. >> that man deserves quite a salute for his service. >>> three new jersey officers with being hailed as heros tonight for rescuing a little girl from a burning building. >> they say the child deserves all the praise. nine-year-old sophia was forced onto the third floor balcony as fire broke out inside. when officers realized the only way to save her was to get her to jump, she took that leap without hesitation, falling 25 feet into their arms. the fire destroyed six units in the complex. but nobody was injured thanks to those officers. >> impressive on all fronts. the little girl jumping, pretty scary. >> very frightening. >> you were talking about flooding earlier. well, here we are. the southbound sid

staten island ferries on the regular route and schedules. major commuter lines look good alternate side of the street parking rules back in effect. >>> the nypd searching for a man who killed a mother and two of her young daughters. katherine creag is in willowbrook willowbrook, staten island, where this terrible crime happened. kat? >> reporter: heartbreaking crime, indeed, michael. a couple of officers just walked in here to this ramada inn. you might be able to see them in the win dope in the lobby walking around. this is where the victim and her children lived. >> all right. we're going to try to reconnect with katherine creag as soon as she talks about the search for the suspect in that murder in staten island. >>> today, there is a rally planned in support of the victims attacked in random stabbings in brooklyn. here's the suspect seen on surveillance video running from the scene on tuesday. the victim was walking down the victim is recovering in the hospital. >> i came into the shop where he was. i spoke to him. asked him what happene

staten island ferry commuters, staten island ferry is operating on a modified schedule for the morning rush because of some mechanical difficulties. >>> lauren, thank you. chris, one more check of the weather. >>> storm tracker, a lot of green out there. that means there's a lot of rain sitting out to the west. that's not money, michael. sorry. rain to the west of us. just working to west central portions of new jersey. you can see that filling in. through the morning commute, it will get damp. hudson valley and long island, the bottom line is the heavy stuff comes later on this afternoon into the evening with increasing wind as well. look at the temperature, upper 50s to near 60. it's very mild. showers tonight wind down after midnight. clouds early tomorrow giving way to sun. still not bad at 51. into the weekend, we stay in the stay dry friday, saturday and

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janice will be here at 5:00. news on staten island. a mother and three children stabbed. >> we still have marc there with new information. >> reporter: several different now. i first want to show you the scene. this is the emergency services yund with nypd. scene. take a good look at this man. this is michael sykes. nypd says he is a person of interest in the stabbing, the stabbing that took the life of a mother and young daughter, also left her two other daughters in critical condition. he's a person of interest. if you know smiek l sykes, you're asked to call police immediately. new information just into the noom daughters, they were homeless. you're taking a live look from chopper 4 right now. they're a dhs family. they were placed by the city here at the ramada inn. this hotel is used in part to houston the homeless and nonhomeless. it's been used in the past to house residents displaced after hurricane sandy. they've been brought here to this ramada inn. it's just off the expressway here in staten island. we have learned in just t

. >>> plus, we have new information for the man wanted for rape on staten island. >>> and governor cuomo taking it to the streets. the push for one big plan. "today in new york" starts now. >>> good morning, i'm darlene rodriguez. >> and i'm michael. >>> good news, we're still above freezing, even if we get wet snow in here, not likely to stick on the paved areas. especially in the city. north and west, in the 40s. we have concern that there could be slushy accumulation. storm number one, here comes a with cold air later on. midday, we'll rain sleet and snow break out. more snow in the north. a mix into the city and more rain in the south. for the morning commute, it stays arrive b dry. a winter weather vice through sussex county and morris count and warren later through the morning and afternoon because there could be a prolonged period of a wintry mix of snow and rain even freezing rain there. cloudy this morning, 36. a mix moves in by noon time and changes to rain as temperatures hold steady and slowly rise through the 30s. commute. let's hope it's a quiet ride. >> it's a very quiet r

the staten island ferry is also on a saturday schedule. staten island railway is on the holiday schedule. ben: thank you, ines and welcome back . ines: think you.ben: accused of choking a woman at the plaza hotel. charges. good morning to you. >> ever since the failed bid , elliott has faded into civilian life.he is back in the headlines in a big way. >> elliott spencer is providing for the tabloids. and she says she is returning to her native country of russia. he got angry , reports say , there is glass and she cut herself. >> police will not confirm details but they will say they are investigating the assault allegations. allegation. he's linked to a prostitution ring. >> i am deeply sorry i did not live up to what was expected of me. i sincerely apologize. >> trying to make a political comeback in 2013 but the bid is the city controller and it failed . spitzer and his wife split that year. >> parked here at the plaza with officers seen entering . the allegations has not been cooperating with authorities. police would not confirm any of

live on staten island. channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> so sad, thank you so much. 6:36. this is a big day for the nypd, mayor deblasio william bratton will discuss the latest technology available to the top brass. this is called comp stat 2.0. system let all police officers see a break down of crime trends in every sector of the precinct. >>> this is a deadline day set by the senate armed services committee and the pentagon says it is finally ready to give congress its plan for closing the detention facility at guantanamo. the obama administration's plan was supposed to have been presented, but delayed so the pentagon could look up numbers on the closing, 35 cleared for transfer to third countries. >> congress is considering president obama's financial request to fight the zika virus, the president asked lawmakers yesterday to set aside $1.9 billion to prevent the spread of the illness over seas. says that the funds would protect american's health and safety. republicans have suggested the president tap into left over >>> you are never more than 7 minutes away from bill

>> staten island -- >> the staten island ferry is amazing. >> listen, i grew up in staten island and left when i was young. been back. we bought the house three years ago and really moved back after "sons" ended last year. staten island is the most unique place i've been in my life. the big difference is, you know, conceived in l.a. in new york, we execute them. >> boom. >> that's kind of the way it is. >> well said. >> being back here, it was like that hustle and that going. >> congratulations. >> raised new yorker proud. thanks so much, theo rossi. the movie is getting great re i was not aware of how much acidity was in my diet. i was so focused on making good food choices, i had no idea that it was damaging the enamel of my teeth. i wanted to fix it, i wanted to fix it right away. my dentist recommended pronamel. he said that pronamel can make my teeth stronger, that it was important, that that is something i could do each day to help protect the enamel of my teeth. pronamel is definitely helping me to lead the life that i want to live. soup and sandwich and clean and real, and fe

he walked in here to the staten island ferry manhattan. wanted posters blanket the howard houses in brooklyn. sykes lived here with his parents and younger brother. >> i'm devastated. i saw him grow up as a baby. sot's shocking. >> reporter: video obtained by news 4 shows sykes strolling the eyes of a staten island bodaga and using rebec cutler's card to pay. just an hour later after leaving, police say he stabbed cutler, their four month old daughter and another child to death. a third child, a toddler, was >> it's not easy, but they're bearing with it. >> reporter: james mathis and his wife helped raise rebecca. she wasn't a bad person. >> he comes from a good home, the young man. don't know what happened. don't understand it. >> reporter: from east new york to disbelieve. she delivered in message. >> wherever you're at, michael, turn yourself in, because god knows -- he knows. just turn yourself kn, your mother and dad is worrying about you. >> reporter: we're told michael sykes called his mother after the attack. right now a reward is

steve: a message in a bottle made it from staten island to france. >> we went too staten island, wolf's pond, a freezing day in october, tossed the bottle there did not think much of it. reporter: george is an artist with a message. >> most of my work is about man, nature and hugh we how we react with wildlife. >> wine bottle size, made the drawing, got the letter roll it cotton string, drop them in bottle, cork it, wax it. reporter: drawing are all birds. >> they have their range getting close to new york city at different times of the year. reporter: he calls it a addition to his regular work on display in the city. >> this was about ocean plastics, gash an garbage out in the ocean, and how if you live in new york, never that far from water that we're connected to this stuff. reporter: he is thrown 20 bottles into atlantic since 2011. >> first one of tawtsed tossed from dumb in brooklyn, then it was found in reporter: then the one in fran. >> i was shocked. reporter: a beach in france. >> i have no idea, it did not get rammed by a cargo ship. >> a husband and wife found it, she is an

right now, it's chilly, not terribly cold. 36 in chelsea. 36 in staten island. everybody above freezing in the city across long island. this is all going to work in our favor. even if wet snow doesn't break out. it's not going to stick or accumulate in areas. sussex, 27, newburgh, 27. it's these areas there could be accumulating wet snow, again in the highest of elevations. two storms. here's the first one. the bigger one, second one, is tomorrow's storm, the rainmaker. let's deal with the first one here, though. that the the one moving towards us this morning. the bulk of the precipitation heavy. we get kind of a glancing shot out of this system with light wet snow that breaks out later sleet and rain. again, coastal areas of new jersey and central areas of new jersey south, it's all rain here. the city facing shorelines again, closer to mainly rain. a little mix from the city north and west outside of town. that's the areas shaded in pink. suburbs and north shore of long island. and all wet snow mixed with rain and sleet at times. up here, you could see snow a

it staten island facing new jersey. we have traffic held there so expect delays. usually last 15 20 minutes. >> the lie let's go to that camera shot over by the grand central parkway. >> politics this morning with surprises coming out the iowa caucus. on the democratic side hillary clinton and bernie sanders are tied . ted cruz trams over donald trump. robert moses is following the situation and he joins us now. >> good morning, ben and liz. it was a disappointing night. donald trump still promised to get the republican nomination . loss makes next week's primary all the more important. >> tonight is a victory for the grassroots.[cheering] iowans have spoken. they rewarded ted cruz who gave strong support for evangelical christians the win.>> it's a victory for courageous conservatives across iowa and across the grease great nation. crews capture 28% of the vote and donald trump finished in second.marco rubio had a strong third place.ben can ben carson and rand paul had a minimal operation iowa. still, his second place finish was humbling for a man who only talks

it's not all staten island chuck. staten island looks pretty in the city now. it is 39 degrees. but this afternoon, lots of sun and around 48. we will see wet weather return on your wednesday. we will talk more about that in a bit >>> in new jersey, east orange, there is an accident blocking two lanes at exit 147. delays back to exit 148. stick to route 21. lengthy delay. alternate side is in effect citywide. drive. back to you. >> thank you, alex. >>> the yankees get bad news. greg bird, set to start the season in the minors, out for the year now with shoulder surgery. >> otis livingston has the latest. >> reporter: tonight, the knicks host the celtics. they've lost five of six now. brooklyn nets hosting detroit, pistons right at home. jennings going off the glass for the big throwdown. nets hangening thanks to brooke lopez with a game high 27. but they keep couldn't keep drummond quiet. he had a double-double. 18 boards. the nets fall 105-100. i'm otis livingston. that's your cbs 2 sports update. >> all right. >>> in this morning's 2 talkers, kermit the frog and steven colbert

. >>> an update on the fire on staten island where five firefighters were hurt. the cause of this was electrical. the blaze started in the basement of a house on sinclair avenue in huguenot. probationary firefighter -- fell through the for the and into the fire and suffered 2nd degree and 3rd degree burns. everyone who lived in the home did get out safely. >>> new information on the occurred one-year ago tomorrow. the husband of ellen brody is suing for interception. five passengers on the train also died in the crash. brody was the mother of three, preparing to celebrate her 50th birthday. >>> harsh accusations from horse carriage drivers. they claim that politicians are pushing them off the street to pave the way for pay raises. hazel sanchez is now demanding answers. >>> the tentative deal between the city and the union representing horse and carriage drivers will kill his livelihood. the plan would cut the number of working horses from 180 to 95. >> my livelihood is not a deal. >> reporter: the city council is expected to vote on the friday, the same day they

staten island. but i did not pick up any accent at all. [ light laughter ] just no, i would have no sense of where you grew up.w, we got bikes here. [ light laughter ] young people running down. but we have bikes, too. i'm like a 45-year-old woman from staten island. >> seth: yeah.round by bikes mostly, you know. >> seth: i've never seen -- i've known you a long time. i saw the bike thing, i was like, i've never seen jost ing than he is of this bike. until i saw the next thing on a video. >> oh my god. >> seth: which is, i guess this is -- cause obviously a lot of our friends, kristen whiig, lie jones, all in the new "ghostbusters" movie. >> uh-huh. audition for that. let's take a look real quick. t for shooting ghosts! these are new water blasters for you know. [ light laughter ] they shoot like water and stuff, but watch this. [ light laughter ] well fol you saw it there. [ light laughter ] the one place you saw it most was at the jost family!lause ] >> oh, my god. so r. >> seth: so, sst family. >

i was living in l.a., i moved back to staten island after sandy. >> big movie star living in staten island we love that. by the way, i believe was -- in indiana jones. karen alan in the movie. >> she plays my mom. best opening scene in a family -- so glad she's in it. >> good stuff. you can see it everywhere are. >> everywhere. itunes download, whole world download you can see it on someone's face at this point. everywhere. >> if but a lot on your plate. >> a lot coming up. >> tv show for netflix marvel, parts of the daredevil jessica jones hoping that's going on. movie universal coming out and when had the bow breaks coming out, and more importantly i have a son who turned eight months old yesterday. >> congratulations. >> i keep that private. you trust us. 100%. >> favorite restaurant that you go to which one -- >> besides, obviously, your family's restaurant fresco i would say dinino best pizza in new york city. >> that's in staten island. i think we may need to try that. where he went with a knife and fork, it might be. [laughter] yeah. >> you mean the mayor. >> that guy. don't bring u

live on staten island, a.j. ross, eyewitness news. >>> thank you. meanwhile new details in the death of another toddler in brooklyn, this time left home alone when the house caught fire. the body of the two-year-old discovered under a bed after the fire was put out this morning. nearly three hours later saying she left the daughter with a babysitter while he was out all night -- she was out all night drinking, but the buy by sitter denied that. >>> now a developing story, a teacher accused of throwing a 7- year-old student across the hallway is charged with assault. a sigh of refrom the boy areas -- relief from the boy's mother that called for the arrest of the teacher. carolina leid has more. >> reporter: that teach were was suspended westbound spented from his -- teacher was suspended from her last week, and tonight just an hour ago he was officially charged in the case. the 53-year-old teacher is charged with assault and acting in a injurious to a child. >> >. you can see him, he grabbed him and threw him across the hallway. >> reporter: she says

. >>> a search continues for the man who went on a stabbing rampage at a staten island hotel accused of killing two children and his girlfriend. andrea grymes joins us live from the west new brighton section where the lone survivor is hospitalized. andrea? condition. police initially said they believed her attacker and the man who murdered her family michael sykes might commit suicide but sources this afternoon believe he is still alive. people who saw him before the murders told us something didn't seem right. >> he had an attitude like he was frustrated with something. >> workers at the deli in the castle ton corner of staten island said he seemed suspicious when he came into their shop for a coke and cigarettes yesterday morning. >> his face was like he didn't want to look at him. >> they had no idea a little over an hour later he would go on a murderous rampage at the nearby ramada inn. he stabbed his girlfriend rebecca cut cutler inside their daughters. only miracle survived. >> we find him going into the room at 8:50 in the morning and leaves four minutes later so we believe th

crews responded to the house on staten island last night. family members in the home were able to escape. at least five firefighters, though, you were injured in that firefight. the most seriously hurt is that probationary firefighter. >> we had a probationary firefighter fall through the floor, the first floor collapsed and he fell into the fire. he was rescued by members of rescue 5, taken to the hospital. >> reporter: the probationary firefighter now in serious condition. he is expected to be okay. this morning, though, still no word on what started the fire. mallory hoff, channel 7 "eyewitness news." >>> new in morning, police hope that someone can identify the suspects wanted for knocking a police officer onto the subway tracks in queens. this happened early sunday morning at the parson and four fare beaters allege lid fought with the officers who tried to stop them. they then knocked one of the officers onto the tracks. to safety. by then, the fare beaters had gotten away. >>> 6:39. you are never more than seven minutes away from weath

cool side, at least refreshi hong. 37 in city island, 40 in murray hill. 38 in jersey city, 34 in staten island. a wider picture shows very cool valley, poughkeepsie at 25. 27 at monticello. 26 at sussex. newburgh at 27 degrees. 26 degrees in bridgewater. as far as the day goes here's what we can expect everybody. we are at 40 degrees right now in central park. brilliant sunshine. bright out there. 46 at noon. it's going to be really, really very nice today. partly cloudy at 6:00. tomorrow, a much different story, rain in our direction and flriood watches to talk out. first, let get your trip off right and say hello to lauren. >> thanks, dave. we do have one accident on the roads. we'll head to the sprain brook parkway. tuck ka who road, that blocks one lane. to the goethals bridge with construction. remains closed until 5:00 a.m. next weather and traffic on the an historic close race on the democratic side. the republicans donald trump finds himself in second place. >> darlene, good morning to you. did anyone get any sleep in iowa because we were getting results overnip t. even less than an ho

. >> and so my parents, i grew up in staten island. my parents live in staten island. my mom answered the phone. it is probably 1:00 a.m. >> seth: your mom, a doctor. >> my mom, a doctor. she answers the phone. she goes, colin, what's going on? i go, you gotta do something. [ light laughter ] this girl poisoned me. she gave me pcp. why i went to pcp? >> seth: yeah. [ light laughter ] >> i don't know what the side, i don't think it's available in cookie form, i don't. [ light laughter ] then my mom, being a very loving parent, said don't move. we'll be right there. [ light laughter ] but then, because i was also still super high, i went back into the other room and forgot that i had called my parents. [ laughter ] so like an hour later, this girl and i are in my living room. there's a knock at the door. and she says, understandably, who could that be? [ light laughter ] i know who that could be. [ light laughter ] and i open the door and my parents come barging in and they yell at the poor girl, we know what you did! [ light laughter ] you poisoned our son! and this gir

let's go to the cameras now with delays on the staten island expressway. we had a traffic jam towards the bridge because of a traffic hold. it's been done with so you are fine if you're headed towards the outerbridge. the metro-north and the new jersey transit are running on or close. the republican and democrat kennedy are pushing towards many people for the iowa caucus. >> people will be voting. >> of you part of this. >> donald trump in bernie sanders could benefit with nontraditional participants turning out. there is a preview of today's event. >> the largest sound in iowa is the ticking of the clock. that's because time is running out for the campaign , the candidates in the undecided. >> donald trump is employing cruise control and attempt to slow down his biggest rival in iowa. >> he wants to pretend he is robin hood. he forgot to mention that he has brought a lot of money at almost no interest. anyone would take the interest rate because he takes nothing from goldman sachs and citibank . >> ted cruz kicked trump in the billfold. >> if you look at

michael sykes captured on video this morning at a deli on staten island. not far, police say, from where he stabbed his girlfriend and three of her children including his own 4-month-old daughter. eyewitness news reporter aj ross with the latest in the westerleigh section. >> a young mom and three little girls viciously attacked by the man who was supposed to love and protect them. tonight we have new exclusive video of 23-year-old michael sykes who police say went on a brutal and senseless killing spree inside this staten island ramada inn. >> reporter: this is new exclusive video of 23-year-old michael sykes entering a nearby staten island deli minutes before police say he went on a killing rampage. in the video he appears to be going about his normal routine but just a short time later investigators say he snapped while visiting his girlfriend, her three small girls, ages 2, 1, and four months inside this ramada inn. >> it said somebody was stabbing babies. >> reporter: panic after they discovered them lying inside a room motionless. 2-year-old miracle

you had a wonderful staten island youth. you had ectoplasm, you had bikes and you couldn't eat the regular cupcake. you jest went to town on the icing. >> i'm sure right after that, once i got the icing off, i just throw the [ inaudible ] [ laughter ] i am a disassembly line for cupcakes. >> seth: thank you so much for being here, buddy, you're always the best. >> oh my god, yes. collin jost. "snl" this saturday 11:30, larry david, the 1975s, we'll be back with l.a. reid. (burke) at farmers, we've seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a stag pool party. (party music) (splashing/destruction) (splashing/destruction) (burke) and we covered it, october twenty-seventh, 2014. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum buying smartphones for the whole family is expensive. not at t-mobile for a limited time, check out our half off smartphone event. get one of our most popular smartphones, and get the second one at half price.

newark and elizabeth and staten island around 30. and the humidities are drying out, but taking the ferry over today, we have a northerly wind from staten island over from jersey city. so, dress warmly. it will be a pretty good day with high clouds. we will have sunshine today. look at that, a lot of sun showing up, temperatures in the mid-40s by lunchtime. temperatures creep up from the 30s. weather and traffic together every 7 minutes. >>> happy monday to you. >> happy monday to you, if there is such a thing. bqe southwest at the williamsburg bridge, an accident northeast at the williamsburg bridge. you have police activity and closures in both directions. you can see delays in both directions on the bqe. on the new england thruway, heading southbound near exit 19, playland parkway, there is then the belt parkway east, flatbush avenue, earlier disabled vehicle cleared. subways on or close to schedule. no major problems. the street cleaning rules are in effect for today. ken and lori, over to you. >> thank you, heather. >>> 5:23. st

carolina leid in the park hill section of staten island with the latest. >> police of course trying to figure out what exactly happened here. they're talking to both the woman who was watching this child and her boyfriend. but really the focus tonight was on this vigil. dozens of people who surrounded all of these candles, so many cope with such a tragic loss. >> happy baby, good baby. really cute baby. the cutest baby ever. >> reporter: 16-month-old anthony delgado was remembered at a candlelight vigil outside a staten island home. an emotional night for friends, family, and neighbors. many praying for his grieving father and mother. >> he meant everything to her. he meant everything to martha. everything. her life revolved around that baby. >> reporter: hospital doctors observed possible signs of trauma on the baby's body. the baby's grandmother found him unconscious and unresponsive. police are questioning his 31-year-old babysitter. they're also talking to her boyfriend. that babysitter has nine prior arrests. her 53-year-old boyfriend has 25 prior arrests. a spokesperson said in a

. >>> a therapy dog is missing on staten island. the maltese helps the disabled boy. now his grandmother has launched a search fearing that the dog was stolen when their our reporter heard the pleas from the little boy's cousin. >> we are heartbroken. >> reporter: a plea to find charlie has over 19,000 views on facebook. the family is hopeful it will help because his best friends are missing him. especially roman who has tumors in the chest and has had 20 surgeries in his five years. >> the dog would come, pull the sock, throw the ball, throw sock it gave him like physical therapy. >> reporter: the woman and her husband came home from dinner on saturday and found their door unlocked, this gate open. and no dog. >> he usually greets us at the top of the steps. there was silence. i don't want to believe that he is dead somewhere. he didn't even make it past my house. please give him back. >> reporter: she is canvassing her staten island neighborhood. >> so call. i hope you are nice and warm. >> reporter: while roman is in philadelphia today going through yet another sur