in the grass mere section of staten island, tracee carrasco, cbs 2 news. >>> caught on camera here, a bank manager single handedly foils an attempted robbery. the manager of the north carolina bank was standing in the lobby when he saw a man in black running across the parking lot. that manager grabbed a door, held it shut, and after a short game of tug of war, that suspect ran off. by the way though, he hasn't been caught. >>> actor leonardo dicaprio met the actor later gave the pope a check for his environmental charity. pope francis gave to dicaprio, a leather bound copy of his book, and offered his blessing. >>> lonnie quinn is standing by. did we say some winter weather is headed back? >> a little bit. >> the pieces are just not looking like they're going to line up. i think you could see snow flurries tomorrow. not too much. my weather watchers are out there as of right now. look, we've got a 35 up in connecticut. this is from stan. i want to tell you that one of my weather watchers sent me in a time lapse. the great south bay, how pretty is this? >> that's gorgeous. >> let me t

cbs 2's tracee carrasco is live in bayonne, where firefighters will likely be all night. >> reporter: crews have been out here's since 4:30 this afternoon, when the fire started. behind me, you can see the two destroyed buildings. a third damaged as well. the fire chief tells us this fire could have been much worse because of tonight's strong winds. >> has anybody been accounted for? >> reporter: tears fell as residents watch their themes burn at 7:43 and 744 east broadway in bayonne, new jersey. shaft between the two firefighters worked from every angle to keep the fire from buildings. >> this could have gone up and took the whole block with it. >> reporter: up above, two stories of apartments. the fire chief tells us right now, everyone has been accounted for. that includes karen's dog milley. >> i was at work, and i just got a phone call from my home crying her heart out saying the building is on fire. i just got scared, i don't care if everything gets on fire, just save my dog. >> and the firefighters got her out. >> yeah, because we kept claiming that she was in there. they final

. >>> cbs 2's tracee carrasco has this story. >> people are generally respectful, so this was the first time that i really felt targeted. >> reporter: this brooklyn woman who doesn't want to be identified, says she and her husband were victims of a bizarre, and disgusting attack, as they walked through their prospect garden neighborhood. >> we heard somebody. a man clearing his throat. to the left, i looked over, and saw this man, his face looked really angry, and he was spitting. >> reporter: spitting in their faces. according to a community facebook page, there have been more than a dozen accounts in the last two months, including two children. leslie saw the boy spit on a 3- year-old. >> he's like, oh, my god, you're so disgusting, and she was in tears. >> reporter: creating this map, showing where some of the because this is usually only a violation or misdemeanor, it's been hard for police to do much. >> it's something that really affects people emotionally. they've been spit on, and the problem is from a procedural issue, it's not that high of a big deal. >> reporter: the spitter

cbs 2's tracee carrasco joins us live from bushwick brooklyn. >> reporter: christine, as that woman left her home, headed to chelsea for work, she says it's a day she thought would never happen. randomly slashed in the face. police are looking for that suspect, hoping to catch him strike again. the 24-year-old victim posted these pictures on facebook, bloodied and bruised, showing the deep wounds to her face, the result of an attack in chelsea around 6:00 a.m. this morning as she went to work. the suspect seen casually walking on west 23rd street. the victim past her, and then without a word, he lunges at her. the victim turned to the nearest diner where workers stepped in to help. >> she was bleeding a lot. she was crying. she walked in and she said that somebody slash her in the face. we tried to help her a little bit. she went to the bathroom, to wash her face. after that, the blood didn't stop. >> reporter: the victim said was attack, i was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, and put in an unfortunate situation. the victim says she's never seen her attacker before, but i did

cbs 2's tracee carrasco has more. >> reporter: it has gone untouched since the snow fell and as we have seen, this problem is nothing new. >> this is really, it's very dangerous. scary. >> scary is just one word used to describe the path off busy route 3 west at main avenue in cliffton. still unshovelled and uncleared three days after the blizzard. a grim reminder of last year when we first reported this problem. as you can see, not much has changed. >> it's same thing, every year over and over. >> i understand, they have a lot of things to do. meanwhile, we would love for them to make it a priority. >> reporter: they're forced to walk in the snow or the street, neither a safe option. you walk down the street in the middle of the road and a bus and bicycle almost hit each other. it's a mess. it's better than hiking through this. it's cold, and it's wet, and it's dangerous. >> we just have to make sure that the buses and the cars don't run over always. >> reporter: at route 3, and passaic avenue, the bus stop conditions aren't much better. dominic tells us after this weekend's snow, work

cbs 2's tracee carrasco reports on the long island crash landing. >> how did you manage to land in the most perfect place? how did you not hit those wires? >> because i saw them. >> reporter: confident words from joseph lombardo as cell phone video shows the inside of after crash landing in the middle of a lindenhurst neighborhood around noon. >> i look to my left and i see the helicopter right next to me. i saw it go under the trees, and the power lines and just tip over. >> reporter: exclusive surveillance video shows when the helicopter of the experienced 26-year-old pilot, and his student falls out of the sky. >> all of a sudden the puttering got worse, and i watched the propellers actually stop. i saw the man's face in fear. and i started going like, just land, just land. >> reporter: air traffic controllers know the chopper was in trouble from this mayday transmission. >> mayday, mayday, mayday. engine failure. >> helicopter 4 are you able to make it to the field? >> negative, negative. >> reporter: lombardo managed to land the chopper in the intersection of buena vista neighborh

live tonight from bellevue hospital, tracee carrasco, cbs 2 news. >>> it has certainly been a rough week on wall street. since monday, the dow has dropped more than 900-points. today, the index closed down 392 points. the nasdaq lost 146. cbs 2's dick brennan has more on what's behind the slump republican the sell-off began at the opening bellment the plunge was the third triple digit loss of the week. once again, the trouble started in china. the chinese market was shut down in less than half an hour after plunging 7%. it was the second shut down this week. god, what's really going on? >> reporter: chinese regulators say they're suspending the automatic shut downs, since they may be adding to the panic. investors worry that the chinese don't have a grip on their economy, and that could mean trouble for the rest of the world. >> china was the main driver for global growth for most of the last decade. >> reporter: the dow lost more than 900 points this week alone. that's more than 5%. analysts say hold firm. >> if you are a long term investor, the best strategy is to stick to your game pl

we're live tonight from central park, tracee carrasco, cbs 2 news. >>> tracy thanks. a preview of the storm already wrecked havoc in the nation's capital. a burst of snow caused hundreds of crashes and spin outs. many drivers were stranded in their cars for hours. some even overnight. a state of emergency was declared in washington, d.c., and the mayor apologized today. says the district has hundreds of plows and salt trucks ready to tackle this weekend's bigger storm. >> we are very sorry for inadequate response. if we had gotten out a little bit earlier and had more resources, we may have seen a difference. >> schools in the region will be closed tomorrow and d.c.'s metro system will suspend service this weekend. the storm by canceling flights. american eagle canceled all saturday flights from jfk, laguardia, and newark. american airlines is canceling all flights after the late morning on saturday. and all airlines are waiving fees for people who rebook flights. >>> now to some breaking news. a woman was shot in the head in an attempted robbery at a hotel near jfk.

new jersey, tracee carrasco, cbs 2 news. >> stay safe. >>> governor. jersey. he was in new hampshire campaigning for president. christie held a briefing to officially announce a state of emergency and also detailed plans to shut down new jersey transit overnight. >> service will halt at 2 am. then, they will make an assessment. that will allow them to use plans on the tracks, get snow cleared, and then they will make an assessment themselves tomorrow as the storm moves through when they will resume service. >> the governor again reiterating people to stay off the roads. there is high anxiety tonight along the base and canals of long island south shore. not only are they concerned about the storm but like the jersey shore, possibility of flooding. three or 4 feet above normal tomorrow night. the snow in new york city arrived within the past hour or so. cbs 2's dave carlin is live in maspeth queens. we can see it coming down right where you are. >> reporter: that's right. right here sticking to the jacket. it has been about a half hour for us here in maspeth. ov

we're live tonight from the west village, tracee carrasco, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. >>> it was a scary ride for children on the school bus in brooklyn. the bus ended up on its side after it was t-boned on its side on 1st and 4th. four children and three adults were taken to the hospital. >>> the man accused of stealing is suspected of breaking into a school. 63-year-old frederick nelson was caught on surveillance video inside the bronxville school during school hours and from an office. that has parents concerned how the building. >> they are really good about school security but i'm stunned that he got in that easily. so, it is a bit troubling. >> one week ago, police say nelson was caught on camera stealing donations from st. joseph's catholic church. it happened just one day after he was released from jail. >>> wi-fi while you wait. system is getting some high- tech upgrades. year, 29 billion-dollar plan. this includes all 277 underground subway stations service. also, some 1500 buses will have wi-fi hotspots, and usb charging stations by 2018. will be installed on 200 subway cars b

tracee carrasco cbs 2 news. >> i'm so guilty of whatever. [ laughter ] literally and bae. just say baby. glimpse let's check in with meteorologist vanessa murdock. you may want to cuddle up with your bae today. >> baby it's getting cold outside. especially monday and tuesday. out there this morning it's chilly but nothing compared to what we will experience. live outside at this point in time it's looking awfully lovely out there. bright skies, clear skies. 35 degrees. we have southwest winds at 10 miles an hour and your sunrise is three minutes from now. what can you expect from this forecast? for today sunny skies and a chilly breeze. and then it's an arctic blast to start your workweek. we are talking windchills in the single digits. lowest chill anticipated tuesday morning. and a mild dry stretch to end the workweek. next saturday could be a wintery mess. right now 35 in the city. 18 in liberty. 32 for stanford. now we look at forecasted windchills. for this morning most of us will feel like the 20s. this afternoon we will feel like the 30s out there with highs in the

tracee carrasco, cbs 2 news. >> the mother says a store spokesman apologized. cbs 2 viewers have been our facebook page. >> you can join the conversation at facebook.com/cbsnewyork. >> if the person likes the item that they're wearing, just let them buy it. >> no complaints. >> okay. >>> the snow piles are slowly melting away. >> slowly. will ice be a problem? lonnie quinn in the weather center. >> there will be patchy black ice. it will be cold throughout the area. some of you in the teens. new york city down to 29 degrees. bridges and overpasses will be freezing first so keep that in mind as you make your commute in the morning. as far as snow melt is concerned, saturday 11 p.m. we were at 26.8. yesterday i told you we were at 17.0. so just about 10 inches we lost yesterday. today we lost another eight inches. we are down to 9" in the park. at this rate by the time you get to the weekend the weekend is going to be warm. of green grass here or there in central park because this stuff is melting quickly. vortex satellite and radar, a couple of little snow flurr

tracee carrasco, cbs 2 news. >> can you imagine? >> the whole selfie thing going on. >> read a book. i mean -- >> it would be like, hey. >> driving is tough enough as it is. one thing missing is hoverboards. they are banned from the show. why we keep calling them hoverboards i don't know because they don't whoever. they just burn up. >> you get lost at that show. so many brilliant idea. >> want to go. >>> coming up next, new research says that women who start menopause early could see another side effect later in life. >> plus a new milestone for prince george and the cameras were there. riders. coming up at 6:00, they are trying to cheat the system. new high-tech crackdowns in parking lots. plus -- >> i have to tell you this is fun. i want to see how this -- >> a long island man spicing things up at the young age of 92 proving it's never too late to follow your dreams. i'm neil patrick harris and new york is my home. no place has more world class culture. come winter, i can't wait to visit our must-see collections of art and superb

tracee carrasco, cbs 2 news. >>> all right, tracy. new tonight, three inmates who escaped a southern california maximum security jail are considered armed and dangerous. from the men's cell. they say that the trio got ahold of tools, and cut through steel bars. they made it to the roof, where they repelled to the ground, using a makeshift rope. >> it appears to be a very sophisticated operation. we will not stop until these individuals are back in our custody. >> the sheriff's aves is investigating how the inmates got the tools. a $30,000 reward has been offered for information leading to their arrest. >>> coming up next, the dos and don'ts of winter fun. how to make sure you and your sledding. i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who've had no prior treatment. it's the one and only cure that's one pill, once a d

reporting live on long island, tracee carrasco, cbs 2 news. >> i don't like helicopters to begin with, but i want that guy flying mine if i have to be up there! . >> incredible. >>> 4:49. tony tantillo has this week's diamond deal. >>> and a long island woman wasn't going to let a blizzard traffic coming up next. >>> a suffolk county woman in need of a kidney transplant will remember the blizzard of 2016 as the day she got a second chance at life. 64-year-old melanie of bohemia had been waiting a year and a half for a new kidney. during the storm, she got a call from a nurse saying they had a perfect match, but emergency crews doubted an ambulance could get her to stony brook university hospital. so a determined paramedic stepped in and picked her up. >> it was like a miracle. it really was. she calls and says we have a kidney for you. i almost fell off the bed. >> she hopes more people will sign the back of their driver's license to become organ donors. >> how about that paramedic, going through the blizzard. >> that's a great picture there. >>> 4:52. traffic and weather on the 2s. j