. >> i'm toni yates in for michelle charlesworth. always glad to have you. >> and always glad when weather gets better. this is definitely the better half of the weekend. >>> no question. beautiful skies out in. it looks really great. don't let it deceive you completely because it still feels very cold. there is a freeze warning in effect until 10 a.m. we've got about an hour left of that. just now temperatures above freezing for central park, the official reporting station. the tpz are so cold north and west of the city are below freezing. trent on, lake hurst are at freezing. islip is above freezing. it is cold and we've got a wind chill making it feel colder than the thermometer readings. the freeze warning will lift and warmer temperatures are expected tonight. we're about ten degrees warmer tonight than last night. clear skies take us through the second half of the weekend. lots of sunshine and temperatures pushing towards the 50s. upper 40s is where we'll stop. light rain will come in before dawn tomorrow morning. i'll have det

i'm rob nelson. >> i'm toni yates in for michelle charlesworth. always glad to have you. >> and always glad when weather gets better. this is definitely the better half of the weekend. >>> no question. beautiful skies out in. it looks really great. don't let it deceive you completely because it still feels very cold. there is a freeze warning in effect until 10 a.m. we've got about an hour left of that. just now temperatures above freezing for central park, the official reporting station. the tpz are so cold north and west of the city are below freezing. trent on, lake hurst are at freezing. islip is above freezing. it is cold and we've got a wind chill making it feel colder than the thermometer readings.

eyewitness news reporter toni yates is live now in st. george us. good morning, toni. >>reporter: good morning, lori. police say 46-year-old robert costanzo actually admitted pulling off several burglaries here on staten island between 2007 and 2008. this was after he was arrested for a burglary in connecticut where a woman was held at knifepoint before $75,000 worth of jewelry was taken from her safe. now, costanzo is a level 3 sex offender, he was accused of a 1989 rape here on staten island, also a 1996 sexual battery in florida. now, during this ninja burglary spree here on staten island, 19 homes have been hit. a few homeowners had even come face to face with a six foot tall man dressed head to toe in black. he was once stabbed by a victim, but he got away. one homeowner says she was threatened with none shots. the crimes were never officially solved, but after into custody for that 2014 connecticut burglary, together evidence. eventually they say it tied him to the staten island. now, d.a. michael mcmahon will hold a press conference at 1:00 to announce the arres

. >> and i'm toni yates in for michelle. >> michelle has this weekend and next weekend off. just some much-needed vacation time. rain all the way. >> the wind is really going to i think that will make the real headline this weekend. looking hid town the empire state building down to 1 manhattan. the winds try to pick up. check out the numbers, 54 degrees, and so mild, the temperatures will end up likely being the high temperatures for the day as the cold air tries to creep in this is the april arctic chill coming in, and it reminds us, we are in the seasonal battle of winter. the temperatures in the low 50s for the island. temperatures in the low 50s. peak wind gusts are expected at 50 miles an hour over the next this hours, and expect it to be windy and breezy. the thermometer temperatures approaching 30 to 40 miles an hour. the wind warning for the area here until 2:00 p.m. there's showers coming down at times, and some of this rain is spotty. you see it split. more heavy north and east, and we will see how its down throughout the day. the accuweather 7-day forecast coming

. >> new jersey reporter toni yates is live in bloomfield with the details. >> reporter: yes, i want to start out by saying it is an absolutely beautiful day to be out here at the park. there are a lot of people taking advantage of the weather out here. but what you will notice, if you come out to brookdale today is a larger police presence. lots of police vehicles making the rounds, and again, if you come out here, you will see essex county sheriff's units, and police vehicles. it's an added show of security while they continue to investigate what they are still calling at this point, a possible attempted luring. a group of five kids, ages 11 and 12 told police that yesterday a man walked up to was a police officer, and said at some point, in some way that man said that he would throw one of the kids into his van. the kids saw no van. that's what they told police, but they did run away, they told their parents who then contacted police. this all happening at about 5:30 yesterday. one kid also telling police that the man looked to be about in his 50s or so, and that he was heavy set.

tony yates is there with the details. tony. >> reporter: this afternoon the park is filling up especially on this beautiful day and as this afternoon wears on what of brookdale park at this point as a larger law enforcement presence. especially when they try to figure out if they have a predator to worry about. they are still trying to figure out exactly what happened. the sheriffs department being proactive set up these temporary cameras at the entrances to brookdale park. this is after the five kids said yesterday man said he was a cop and threatened to throw one of the kids in a van. this happened sunday around 5:30 in the evening. >> you've got to watch your kids, really. some people just let them ride around. you know. without supervision. i would never do that. >> reporter: bloomfield police describe the person as man in his 50's, stalky. less than 24 hours later they posted the cameras, set up patrols, both sheriffs offices the park is busy under warmer skies and more people are out. >> i feel safe, i feel secure. t

i'm toni yates in for michelle charlesworth. i haven't seen her in a while. >> she's in florida. >> what's going on, amy freeze? >> much. winter we went without snow. we're looking at snow last week for parts of the area. cold temperatures in spots but 38 degrees is the start. a lot of the times it's just so warm that it turns out more wet than white. plus, a lot of the energy to the smith is to the south of us. the farther north you are this morning, even though temperatures are very cold, white plains is at 29. we have filtered sunshine and through south jersey, we are clouding up. here's what you can expect. rain mixes with the wet snow and develops by 10:00 a.m. the band will have parts of south jersey. western new jersey maybe to icy roads tonight when everything refreezes. it will be wet weather for new york, south and west today. and we can see it showing up already for south jersey. light rain beginning to moisten the atmosphere. here's the snow and white on the north end of the system. once this exits or pushes off to t

tony yates with the details. >> reporter: good afternoon. awning there behind me, is a fine art gallery. it opened up in 2007. apparently, by january of this year someone complained about something they saw in the window. now, broadcast tv overseers have their own rules, too, about what we can show. so this is a tv appropriate version of artwork that hung in the window. it is a nude from the back. now, there is quite a few pieces inside that show nudity just like most museums across the globe. in 1992, englewood added an ordinance that said a nude buttocks can't be displayed for the public to see. not on art. not on walls inside a public place like a gallery where people can see it. the owner said this is absurd. so does her attorney who is taking this to federal court to erase the ordinance from the books. >> i don't know what they told them in 1992 when the ordinance was adopted. counsel would share the same view. it was not this gallery and it was not art galleries that motivated that ordinance. it was an overly statute that has wide rang

. >> and i'm toni yates in for michelle charlesworth. welcome to eyewitness news. >> i was up a little late watching the carolina syracuse game, but i swear i saw a few flurries. and these flakes accumulated in parts of the area. poughkeepsie, let's get started first, the winds are wild outside. we have 37 degrees on the thermometer but we have also got the winds gusting above 40 miles per hour and combine those two and you have a pretty serious windchill that feels uncomfortable and that's the way it's going to stay. peak wind gusts 5 52 miles per hour in philadelphia. 44 miles an hour for islip. high wind warning remains in place until 2:00 p.m. told. we're go to -- going to feel the effects of the wild winds in the afternoon. peak wind gusts have been approaching that 40 miles per hour range pretty much across the board. it's not out of the question that we'll see some of these winds peaking and gusting, 50 to 60 miles per hour. you have heard the winds howling. it's going to feel uncomfortable. and watch for things that are not secur

eyewitness news reporter toni yates is live in st. george. toni. >>reporter: good morning again, lori and ken. and police say 46-year-old robert costanzo admitted to pulling off several burglaries here on staten island in 2007, 2008. they say he admitted this after he was arrested in connecticut where he was accused of holding a woman at knifepoint and forcing her to take $75,000 worth of jewelry from her safe. now, costanzo has a long criminal past. he's a level three sex offender for a 1989 rape here on staten island. also a sexual battery charge now, during this ninja burglary spree here on staten island, 19 homes have been hit. a few homeowners have even come face to face with costanzo who stands six feet tall. he was dressed head to toe in black for all of his crimes. he was once stabbed by a victim, but he got away. one homeowner was even threatened with numchucks at one point. the crimes were never officially soffed by police, but after costanzo was taken into custody for the 2014 connecticut burglary, authorities began piecing together the

toni yates with the details. >> people like this suffer and they don't take their medication. that's when they're most dangerous. >> reporter: that's the first point the father wanted to make about his hostile encounter. this man, a former student of the prep school until mental illness forced him to leave back when he was a teenager. >> he's had a history with his family. but the problem is getting him somewhere where he can be taken >> reporter: the man walked in to st. mary's church agitated. >> he's usually polite. it was totally different but i think i recognized the fact that i do know he's mentally ill and i'm sure he's on medications and i'm sure that it was a case of just being off his medications. >> reporter: he punched father edwin and ran out of the church. father phillip and a few parishioners followed. >> we followed him down to broad street and a couple times he held his distance. >> reporter: he was taken in custody charged with simple assault but the police say the real crisis is the lack of long-term care for the mentally ill who wanter without steady help.

toni yates, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> eyewitness news news at 5:00 begins right now. >>> polls are still open in new problems around the sea and tonight, the city comptroller said it's so bad he will investigate the board of elections. >>> but first, breaking news, himself froms of appeal after a former nypd police officer avoids jail time and a judge reduces his sentence. >> the judge sentenced peter liang to probation for the shooting of akai gurley and reduced the charge to criminally negligent homicide. both sides say they will appeal. >> have the latest from downtown. >> reporter: not only will peter liang not serve prison time but the probation, that is not part of the sentence because the judge reduced and modified the manslaughter homicide, a decision that is infuriating gurley supporters. an emotional reaction to peter liang's sentence outside brooklyn court as supporters of the former cop and akai gurley and the media clashed. no jail time and the brooklyn da's recommendation for six months of house arrest not part of the punishment with the judge saying that liang was no

. >> toni yates is in riverdale with the story. >> what an incredible joy to bring people a story like this. a police officer comes face to face with a man who was probably experiencing the darkest hour of his life and that police officer did what he needed to do to save his life. >> reporter: that's the calm his dashcam video showing him arriving at an overpass where a young man is distraught. >> i got about halfway up there and phone calls started coming in that he was now running in to traffic. >> reporter: things quickly escalate. the sergeant is barely out of his cruiser when the young man decides to go for it, heading the overpass presumably to jump. >> no, come here! don't do it! don't [ bleep ] do it! >> he focused on the edge of the bridge and i knew he was going to take a run for it. i started screaming don't do it. don't do it and just ran as fast as i could to stop him from jumping. >> reporter: after his duty in the air force, sergeant bogert came home to riverdale where he served 18 years on the police force, a tight knit group, most who were mentored by one of the police

. >> toni yates is in paramus with the story. >> this is still under investigation, see just pups is not in the clear yet. the owner definitely wants to reopen, but protesters want it shut down permanently. >> reporter: the owner of just pups opened his paramus store to and pens filled with puppies, sharing his side of the story after paramus police and the spca confiscated 67 puppies found in cages they say in unsanitary and cold conditions in a van behind the store sunday night. but vincent losacco there said nothing was against the law. >> as long as they're heated, water, food, for instance, in my store, we leave at night. they're in cages. >> reporter: some local students protested outside the store after hearing about the animals. >> this is our community. and animal cruelty is still happening. >> reporter: pet owners who say they bought their dogs from just pups also showed up. bruno was purchased four years ago. >> he was very ill. he wound up staying at the vet twice overnight. $3,000 worth of pet bills. >> reporter: mccarthy says his dog maggie was sick but the store owner

eyewitness news reporter toni yates is live in north bergen with more. >> you see behind me the slow down traffic signs are out, including the signs that tell you how fast you're actually going, but there are still speeders out here and that's why the prosecutor's office is committed to this crackdown at least through the summer because there seems to be some kind of learning curb about what driving 25 miles per hour actually feels like. down, save lives looks like this. cops are out in force, enforcing the 25-mile-per-hour speed limit. >> everyone is consumed with their cell phone and their e-mail and they're in a rush and working multiple jobs, and rushing to our next point. we need to take stock in the fact that distracted operation of a motorcycle vehicle could have a tragic result. >> reporter: last month teenagers brian rodriguez and noel herrera killed when someone jumped the curb, slammed in to the boys and another teen who was critically injured. february 29th, west new york, shayla pachardo killed. july 2013, an 8-month-old killed when a bus jumped the curb along jfk in wes

i'm toni yates in for michelle charlesworth. >> i'm rob nelson. thanks for tuning in for "eyewitness news." we're in store for a wintry- like weekend and even snow for folks in the area. more in jersey. let's get right over to aimy freeze for a look at what is coming today. >> it is going to be very winter-like, even though we are on april 9th. looking at a weekend, a lot of people don't like to hear the news. the optimistic viewpoint is it's not a lot of precipitation. not everybody sees it. it is a big recovery for the second half of the weekend. that is the best way i can spin we're going up the hudson here towards the this live picture. you can see that we do have some cloudy skies, cloudy conditions, built for the most part -- but for the most part, we're actually dry in and around the city in the boroughs. it won't be until we get into the later part of the afternoon or i would just say maybe around the lunch hour, 1:00 that we start to see precipitation in the city. look at the temperatures. upper and low 40s close in opinion farther up to

new jersey reporter toni yates is live in hillsdale with more. >> that's exactly right. the two high schools here in the district would also have to provide for those students a single stall facility or at least a private area for a transgender student to change if they felt more comfortable with that, and the students out here, they've been actively involved in this discussion. >> reporter: these four seniors graduate soon. others to college. they'll leave high school well versed and rehearsed on what it means to make a difference, stepping up to have their say on the transgender policy to be for good reason. >> we have friends that are transgender in school and stuff so we heard the opinion of them and we understand how important it is to them. >> it's not a huge community but there is a and the more people that speak up, the better it is because it shows more people agree with it. >> reporter: the district superintendent says that's adopted in several new jersey school districts looks to protect. >> assuming what the policy passes, it would allow for a transgender stu

i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm toni yates in for michelle charlesworth. the whipping winds caused downed trees throughout the area. our state new jersey was hit the hardest. >> here's a look at the latest numbers. nearly 46,000 homes are in the dark in new jersey. pse and g says 28,000 customers are powerless. jcp is reporting 17,000 outages. >>> and we got new video in from the bronx where powerful wind caused a vacant building to partially collapse. you can see the damage done to easen we would. the -- edenwald, the department of buildings is monitoring the damage. >>> amy freeze is here with us. any end in sight? >> we have to get through the next 36 hours with the combination of winds, maybe more snow accumulating tonight and the feels like temperature is pretty extreme. teens and 20s through tuesday. just looking out the window, you may not think it's such a bad day at all. blue skies trying to peek through here. looking up the hudson, we have visibility to the gwb. feels like temperatures are in the 20s. 34 for the thermometer reading and a high win

i'm toni yates in for michelle charlesworth this morning. >> i'm rob nelson. welcome to eyewitness news sunday morning. i can see clearly now, the rain is gone. >> the snow is gone. my son had had a baseball game and we had fat snow. >> yeah. amy, you didn't see that, did you? >> those were huge flakes. i just saw your facebook mentions. you're right. you can see them very well on the camera. south of us got the most action. this is just the way it turned out. our temperatures were warm here in the city and so it was just rain sort of soaking the streets and that was about it. the cold came in quick and it's mang in place any morning -- it's remaining in place this morning. 30 degrees, 31 degrees in central park, and mix that with the winds that we've xwot got out there. there is a transition toward warmer winds, but cold to contend with for the early morning hours. it will be a northwesterly flow that we have through the midmorning. temperatures right now are in the 20s for poughkeepsie, monticello, trent on has 29 degrees, 29 for writes town. everybody tryin

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. >> tony yates has the story. tony? >> reporter: yeah good afternoon. you know the governor says he a caller into his radio show says they have a problem he thinks shut not be a problem. today he helped isaac replace his learning permit. as promised last night during his radio show, governor christie governor christie met stacey and her 17-year-old son isaac and took care of business. >> reporter: what was the problem? >> listen the problem folks here did not give these folks clear instructions about what they needed to bring in order to replace the permit and quite frankly, i think they got frustrated in there and didn't remember that these are our customers. >> reporter: isaac had washed his driver's permit in his jeans. mom spend four months trying to get it replaced. >> i think maybe you and i maybe you and i tomorrow, together, if you have time, should go to the south plain field mv c. >> reporter: they are inside, speaking with staff, getting isaac's driving permit problems solved. >> most of our employees are good. and did a good job. but all you

toni yates is live with more. >> reporter: good afternoon. it was in an upstairs apartment in the building where the shooting took place. police are investigating and followed a few leads including finding a weapon that might have been used. take a look at this video, a gun found a block away off halsey street. police have not confirmed that 21-year-old shani patel was shot around 9:56 last night and his 22-year-old roommate who also graduated in rutgers was shot and survived and is being treated at university hospital. sources are telling eyewitness news that marijuana and cocaine were being sold out of the apartment that the two victims shared. so this may have been a robbery for drugs, money, or both. police have not confirmed that but say two men were seen running from the area and one of them had no shirt on, running down hallsy street in the direction where the gun was pound. no confirmation that it was the gun that was used. most of the restaurants in that area that time of the night are closed. police are looking for any cameras that

live in booton, toni yates, eyewitness news. >> thank you, toni. >>> still ahead, hillary clinton at a town hall but it was a town hall with no questions. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. . >>> from long island, getting ready for a donald trump rally draw thousands of people including lots of protesters. this, as clints clint holds a -- hillary clinton holds a rally ahead. primary. >>> but first, how to deal with weapons brought by students to schools including not only gun but a meat cleaver that you will see in this picture. >>> we'll begin with the traffic mess on the west side highway, northbound at 123rd. crews are evaluating the facade of that retaining wall as you can see from chopper 7. two northbound lanes are closed. >> it's just a mess. aj ross is on the west side highway. hey, aj. >> reporter: it's a mess out there. we just passed the retaining wall and are trying to get back

. >> tony yates has our lead tony this afternoon. tony. >>reporter: incredible video, isn't it . that driver told us today he was just driving and in a split second, this happened and he had absolutely no time to react, but as it turns out, timing was on his side. >> you've seen the video. everyone's talking about the timing of it all when the tree crashed. the fact that buton township -- his dash cam captured the moment that a lucky driver escaped injury. we met alex >> it happened so fast, you know what i mean, and i didn't really have time to i hit the brakes, but it didn't help because by the time the tree came down, i was already impacting the tree, you know. >> police showed alex the damn cam video at the scene. >> i was shocked. i was happy that i was still in my seat, you know. i was lucky i went over the tree. i probably would have hit the windshield or the hood. >> these were pictures taken by the tow truck driver. >> i call trees the silent killer and thank god he was not hurt and there's not a scratch on him, and you know, thank god because that was something you coul

toni yates eyewitness news . >>> thank you, toni. >>> a plan to charge new may be closer to reality. the bill goes before a vote next week council speaker. if passed, shoppers who do not bring their own bags will have to pay a 5 cent fee for paper or plastic bags. the original fee was 10 cent, but it was cut down to show more support. >>> this is marathon week on long island. it kicks off on eisenhower park with a -- 5k races are held on sunday. the 10 -- the 10k races on the coliseum. you can >>> still to come, one city's way to curve bullying, fining parents for their kid's bad behavior. how much the parents could shell out. >>> see how -- to protect babies dropped off. >>> and i'm meteorologist lee goldberg, rain along the freeway and through i-84 and orange county and monroe and moving towards putnam counties. showers blossoming over western new jersey. have your umbrella during the evening hours. we're looking at weather active days. you're looking at sunday i'll have it seems like a cold at first. you can't concentrate, can't sleep. before long it's all you can think about. you

new jersey reporter tony yates now with the story. tony? >> reporter: yes david and that 21-year-old man who was shot, he is recovering. this was a road rage incident that could have killed him. the man who shot him, he is in jail on very serious charges, thanks to his sister. look at the video. this is 26-year-old charles jumpsuit charged with attempted murder, weapons and aggravated assault. his sister, 38-year-old natasha peyton is charged with second degree assault. at 3:00 in the morning on april 19th peyton rear-ended the victim's car on west clinton street, which runs behind the apartment block where the brother and sister lived. she got out of the car, argued with the 21-year-old driver, punched him in the face, and then called her brother who came downstairs and shot the young man while he sat in his car. then the brother and sister left the scene. the victim called a relative who took him to st. joseph's hospital. this past monday the brother and sister were arrested. she spoke to us about the senselessness of road rage. >> we hav

specifically focusing on one of >> new jersey reporter toni yates talked with officials and joins us live along kennedy boulevard. >> reporter: yes, the message and you see it behind me, is plain and simple. speeding on this road can kill. slow down and not just during these extra patrols. slow down all the time. operation slow down save lives began today. this heightened awareness campaign is going to run through the summer months. this morning, speeding tickets were issued. patrols had radar guns trained on cars. you're supposed to be going no more than 25 miles per hour on jfk from bayonne to north bergen. a major artery that has seened major fatalities from speeding. just last month, a car going more than 70 miles per hour jumped the curb and hit them. law enforcement, local leaders have really taken the speeding problem on as something that must be stopped. i was at the scene. it was one of the most horrific scenes i've ever seen in my career. i spoke to the chief from union city right across the street was terrible. as a father you see something like that, and it breaks your he

. >> tony yates, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> severe weather turns deadly and spawns one tornado in east texas. the town of lynn dale, east of dallas, was hit there were no serious injuries. further south in the town of palestine, a grandmother and her four children died in a flash flood and another man is missing after he was swept off a highway. >> really bad weather in that part of the country today. >>> nothing like that around here, but tomorrow we are struggling to reach the 50- degree mark with rain much of the time. we head outside right now, and we take a look at people enjoying today. i feel like every weekend we see more and more people out in metal. the south wind coming in around 6 miles per hour. pressurize frog 30.23. 65 was your high, about normal for this time of the year. the record was 91 back in 194- 267-8961 newark. 59 at laguardia. islip and montauk low 50s. mid-50s down the shore at bell mar. 60s in new burglary. the radar satellite not showing a whole lot. we cleared out nicely during the afternoon. now fair weather clouds areas popping up north and west of t

. >> and i'm toni yates in for michelle charlesworth. glad to have you back, and i'm glad to be here. we will see when the nastiness will roll out of here. >> reporter: i wish i could say we have major improvements on our way. we are looking for a serious change over the weekend. high wind warning has been posted, and we have showers right now but the next change up will be the wind warning. and careerry out there, and limited visibility where the rain is coming downright now, and temperatures are upper 40s to low 50s. much of the day will be in the low 50s for the five boroughs. across the board, it's a high wind warning in effect until 2:00 p.m. then the winds will settle down. the impact of the winds, we will have had rain in place to sort of loosen the soil and make for weaker holding down of the roots, and then we have wind coming in that could gust up to 60 miles an hour. anything that is not tied down, you may want it secured. the high resolution futurecast, showing the wind comes after the rain and this is starting to taper off.

for live here in paramus, toni yates. >>> new at noon, a rally was held on the steps of city hall, to push for the passage of a new bill that will push wrongful conviction. they are demanding the new york state legislature take action on resolution, 979. it requires police interrogations to be fully reported and will help end false confessions and misidentifications. members of the central park 5, the men falsely convicted of raping a central park jogger in 1989 were also on hand to honor the bill. involved eyewitness misidentification. an additional 14 involve false confessions. there are simple, readily- available reforms that we could implement today, that would prevent these kinds of miscarriages of justice. >> the city council will hold a meeting on the legislation later today. >>> uber drivers are facing off today on the proposed ban on ride-sharing. they are opposing the ordinance that would drive uber out of not only the airport, but also the train station. this ordinance would require that every driver pay $1500 annually, in order to continue working in newark. >>> connecticu

our new jersey reporter toni yates has the story behind their success. >> it's going to be one heck of a fall semester act. >> holy cross in massachusetts. smith, massachusetts, or wheaton college. >> reporter: these two dynamos have one thing in common. new jersey leap academy. that's njleep. >> reporter: the after school program here in newark run by seton hall school of law also stands for excellence, propelling its students to college-ready status. they latch on to these kids in the beginning of 9th grade and take them on an academic ride for the next four years. >> we're a program that uses law to teach transferrable college readiness skills. everything we do is about but also the social emotional skills our students need. >> unlike most of my peers, i'm more willing to do more work. i'm not as easily intimidated. >> they help me with my skills. they help me become a better public speaker. >> new jersey leep has 30 seniors and all are expected to go to college, some with four-year scholarships. part of the success of this program is they make this a family affair. >> we push our k

toni yates, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> still ahead, important new clues in the attempted rape of a woman jogging in brooklyn's prospect park. >> will you recognize the suspect? eyewitness news at 6:00 starts right now. >>> purple rain >> he was so much more than just a music superstar. he was a life force. and tonight that life force is silenced. the artist known as prince dead. music and the enormous impact he had on new york. >>> but first, an eyewitness news exclusive. we talk to an innocent bystander shot while getting out of her car. good evening at 6:00. i'm liz cho. >> i'm bill ritter. the 58-year-old victim hearing gunfire and suddenly realizing she'd been shot in the leg. >> two teenagers have now been arrested. the victim has a message for his parents. >> it happened in passaic, new jersey. tim fleischer is there with the exclusive report and our lead story. >> very painful. >> right here. very painful. >> reporter: having been shot in her right thigh, it is painful for santa guerrero to walk now. this crossing guard coming home wednesday night, the innocent victim of a

. >> i'm toni yates in for michelle charlesworth. >> good to have you back in the saddle. >> good couch time. and meteorologist amy freeze has your weekend weather. >> good morning to both of you. just looking at the numbers, high of 61 just after midnight, go down in the history books. from here on out, temperatures cooler, most of the day in the 50s. winds picking up significantly. we will start with the temperatures right now, north and west of the hudson valley, temperatures near 50 degrees, and that's where we are through the afternoon and down the shore, look at the winds. funneling in from the east and some from the west. the northerly wind will overtake want wind today. the strongest of the winds could come overnight. anything that you don't have sort of tied down or secured on your properties accident make sure you have that taken care of. there's a drizzle left for noon. winds are gusty. could be dangerous and damaging as well. heads up for that, and an artic air mass arriving tomorrow that

. >> i'm toni yates. as we begin tracking the weather, marking the sunday morning, horrendous. owners are being told to secure their site. that's because of the very high winds outside. also, all crane operations have ceased as well. utilities crews are stepping up their manpower and getting equipment on stand by, in case power lines come down because of the ongoing high winds that we have been talking about all morning: i want you to take a look at this. this is a look at our interactive map at abc7ny. it's showing where high wind warnings are in effect that will last until 2:00 p.m. >> a few more hours left of this. meteorologist amy freeze is here now with another important update on the conditions. good morning, amy. >>> those winds have verified into damage. we have seen trees down in rutherford, power outages and there was actually some thunderstorm damage that came through in raritan. all of that happening in the new jersey area. meanwhile, snow accumulating for parts of the hudson valley, and all the way up into sullivan and duchess county. here on the west side, hard t

toni yates, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> that was a good save. >>> still ahead, controversy tonight over a popular airport. >> a new flight plan for teterboro has folks in several towns furious and covering their ears. >>> disturbing new video tonight of a little boy with autism punched on campus by a schoolworker. now the child's angry parents are fighting back. >> a warning about a new gun that looks very much like a smart phone. but tonight a new push to stop the gun from ever hitting the market. good evening at 6:00. i'm bill ritter. >> and i'm liz cho. much more on those stories in a minute. >>> we'll begin tonight with this wild weather. a freeze warning has been issued for tonight. outside right now, oh, yeah. it is definitely winter jacket weather. >> this morning several inches of snow falling north of new york city. that's how that morning started there, like this winter scene in poughkeepsie. in new jersey the problem was heavy wind gusts. one tree taking out two homes. this is in the essex county city >> opening day for the yankees fell victim to the rain and the cold. t

. >> i'm tony yates. it was a beautiful sunrise, though. >> it was. >> now it's over. >> things change. amy ashowers us better days -- coming -- belter days coming. >> it's rude to have snow on a saturday. we're starting off with filtered is up shine in some spots. the farther north you are, the better the skies look. looking, well, up the hudson right now, it doesn't look so bad over the upper west side. temperatures are above freezing. we still see the gwb. so visibility is just fine. once we have the mid-afternoon, we'll see the heaviest bands of snow happening in south jersey. we're at 42 now in the park. basically, one of the major hurdles you have to get past is the temperatures. anything that falls will be more wet then white. there are parts of the area with colder temperatures. monticello is at 38.