nbc's tracie potts joining us with what else is happening on the campaign trail. tra traci tracie. >> questions for ben carson on whether he was a violent youth. now a new "wall street journal" report denying whether or not he actually protected white students during a riot when he was in high school. ben carson says that's old stuff and a lot of it is being brought up now because of his rise in the polls and as he put it when we caught up with him, he's a threat to progressives. donald trump says he's going to have to explain. raising taxes for the rich or tax rates, climate change, medicare, those are the types of things he's concerned about when it comes to ben carson. also looking ahead, will rand paul go after marco rubio. he's comparing marco rubio to hillary clinton. chris christie, someone who you won't see on the debate say it's not so much about the debate but new hampshire and roy's happening there. >> thank you, tracie. >>> thousands of young people are set to march this morning. they're demanding changes on race, climate, and the region. simple you want to look out fo

tracy tracie strahan has more. >> the holiday season was ushered in on central park west. >> we can't wait to see the balloons, the clowns and all of the fun. >> big balloons were escorted by hundreds of volunteers and kids who woke up earlier than normal for a prime spot were filled with excitement. what's the coolest thing you've seen so far in. >> the wimpy kid. >> my son's favorite, red from the angry birds movie is making its day pew this year. and for the spectators and some of the celebrities, this was a day filled with a lot of firsts. >> i've actually never been to the parade live. this is a first. >> as santa ushered in the holiday season, first timers gave thanks for the tradition that shows no sign of slowing down. >> happy thanksgiving. >>> all right. an army of cops were on high alert se kushing today's parade. no big issues but there was a drone spotted flying above the balloons and only news4's camera were there when the police confiscated it from the man responsible. brynn gingras is on the up west side where this unfolded. >> reporter: the response to the drone flyin

tracie tracie. thank you. now to katherine creag in gerritson beach where a car made a deadly plunge into the water. kat. >> reporter: they're investigating whether this was an accident or foul play. the car went through the fence as you see here and ended up in the water. there is surveillance video showing the vehicle going extremely fast. according to the nypd, this was monday, 4:50 in the morning but it wasn't until the next day the resident noticed the damage to the fence. neighbored tell us they heard a commotion. it was so dark they didn't see anything awful happen. the victim was pulled from the car, james miro, 31 years old. we'll send it back to you. >> thank you very much. we want to check in with lauren. >> slow. we're going to head to queens where we have an accident and then one reported eastbound out by there. take your pick there. and we still have an accident on the southbound by the hutch at orchard beach. >> thank you. chris, one more check of the weather. >> slow spin. we've got showers out

tracy morgan. welcome back. >> welcome, tracy. >> now tracy continues to recover. here's a story that is breaking our hearts. it's about country singer joey speith. this shot is of joey in bed holding her baby girl. joey stopped her cancer treatment. she's receiving hospice care at home and a lot of you are offering love and support. we will make sure that joey receives your mess joey actually says that her difficult time. it's a new faith-based movie that is heading to theaters starring jennifer garner. this is the film that jen was making right after the split from ben affleck. "miracle from heaven." >> that is interest. >> okay. >> love you. >> love you. >> jen is mom to a joyful anna. but when anna gets sick, they can't find the cause. >> mommy? >> i'm coming. >> mommy, it hurts. >> when anna got sick, i just couldn't understand it. why was this loving little girl going through this? there is something wro our little girl. >> you need to be calm. >> i'm not leaving this hospital until i know what's wrong with my daughter. >> there is no cure for anna's consider

traci tracie, thank you. >>> we turn to new troubles for donald trump. he canceled an event today in new york after learning he would not get endorsements that he thought he would. nearly 100 black leaders say they never had any intentions of backing him. this is after claims that muslims celebrated after 9/11. >> i have hundreds of people who agree with me. >> you're running for president of the united states. your words matter. truth matters. >> on saturday trump denied knocking norm times recorder sergecover. >>> new developments in ben carson's campaign. the republican candidate for president says refugee cams in syria should serve as a long-term solution for refugee advi crises. others could an soush refugees that couldn't find a home in those camps. >> now to democratic front-runner hillary clinton. she's in washington. she'll speak on a national event on women's leadership in latin measure. >>> maryland native alan gross speaks out for the first time on 60 minutes about his time in prison in cuba. prison authorities jailed him for setting up inter

tracys. blackish star tracy ellis ross giving your tracy a diana ross dance 101 lesson. >>> plus the secret to jared leto's success. next. >>> welcome back to extra from the village at topanga. while there's nos denying it's that time of the year again. forget everything you know about christmas carols. sleigh rides and traditions. >> you have dogs. >> the night before is the holiday movie that turns them all upside down. >> pretty much the premise of this movie was how can we have a ton of fun every day at work. >> when do i get to start wearing this? >> now. >> today? >> the comedy about three best buds and their annual night before christmas rituals. >> do i look weird now? >> yes, you look weird. still weird. >> what do you guys like to do the night before christmas? >> i usually go to see a movie like most jews. i'll see "star wars" probably. >> we're home. >> oh yeah. anyone else. >> i'd go see a movie the first night of hanukkah. >> what is the craziest christmas memory you have? >> i am a tree catch on fire once. if you don't water it, the lights get hot. i used to have the big ghetto

"today in new york's" tracie strahan has more. tracie y cie tracie. >> he was the unintended target of gunfire. we'll show you a video individual video of it. when i asked the police if he was in the hospital, they confirmed it to me. he's now at university hospital. early reports early on said a bullet entered a wall of a home. we don't know if that was internally or if the bullet entered from outside of the house. again, we're working to confirm reports that a minor here on wolcott street was the unintended target of gunfire. when i asked, however, darlene, if they were involved in this, they said no. >> thank you. >>> this morning a man was zap and slashed by two robbers. police say this was an inside job. police say these two men were armed with a taser and nievgs. they forced their way into the apartment. he was attacked when he tried to fight back. they got away with money and a safe and two watches. the man's roommate helped the crooks. he was arrested. the other two men are still on the run. >>> a police officer is expected to file a lawsuit.

tracie strahan is there where the fire is still going strong. tracie. >> reporter: darlene, we're being absolutely choked by smoke out of here. it's coming out of every side of the abandoned armory building here in patterson. it's been going since 11:00 last night. the chief just updated us saying it's showing no signs of slowing down. 100 or more firefighters from area departments. this is a fire that they're putting 5,000 gallons of water on per minute and they have been for hours. thermal imaging cameras have captured images of the flames in the basement of this building that broke out around 11:00 last night. the chief said this is a deep seeded fire and they expect to be here trying to get it under control for quite a while. take a listen. >> kick all the windows open, ventilation but at this point it's a very deep seeded fire. extensive operation. a lot of water. >> reporter: bring you back live now to patterson. you can see the water that is being pumped on to this fire. it has been for some time. one firefighter did suffer a minor injury to his back. he's being treated for that at a local hospital. darlene, as a result of all of the operations around here and all of the streets that are blocked off, three schools have been advised to make alternate plans today. all of the schools in this area may not have classes today. all students are being advised check with the schools. of course, bring you more updates on this fire as they become available. back to you. >> tracie strahan. tracie, thank you. >>> new information on the police-involved shooting we've told you about all morning yesterday. all three suspects accused of trying to rob an nypd deal tekttive are tekt detective are in custody. 20-year-old altron atwater pulled a bb gun on the officer. he fired hitting him in the stomach. the other two suspects are 16 and 15 years old. >>> today kings park high school in long island. some students suspended over a sexting scandal say they're going to go to class anyway. they arrested two 14-year-old boys from smith town for recording and distributing an explicit video of an underaged girl. parents say school administrators went too far when they suspended any student who received or forwarded the video. >> why do you have it on there? he said other kids in the group chat said they had it. i said, just because they had it doesn't mean my son had it. >> now parents say they were told that their kids would be arrested if they showed up at school today. the

tracie strahan. tracie. >> reporter: darlene, we're now hearing from the director of the alliance against homelessness in bergen county that runs what was a group home on berkshire road. that person saying that two people died inside of this home. others were inside at the time when flames broke out just before midnight. we have video of thick, black smoke billowing from a second floor bedroom before midnight when all of this was happening. several area departments aided in the operation here. we spoke off camera to a fair lawn police officer. he says that one of their officers actually tried to rescue someone on the roof of this home when all of this was going on. very chaotic scene. i did reach out to fair lawn police department. they told me that one of their officers actually did suffer a minor injury as a result of this. it's unclear how many people were inside of the home at the time, but we can tell you, darlene, bergen county prosecutor's office now in charge of this investigation as the alliance against homelessness that helps people with mental illness or addiction issues says that two people that lived in the home on berkshire road were killed here today. back to you. >> tracie strahan. tracie, thank you. >>> we are following breaking news. a russian fighter jet downed by the turkish military, now we have new video. turkish officials released this tracking map to back up the plane that the russian plane violated the air space. they shot the jet down near the syrian border after repeated orders. you see the plane going down. now we see russian helicopters. are they looking for them turkey. it shows the pilots parachuting to the ground. >>> four members of the u.s. military killed in a black hawk helicopter crash in a training mish shan at fort hood, texas. the pentagon is looking into the cause of the crash. we don't know the names of the victims. we know they're members of the first army division training west. >>> the nypd tweeted overnight 26-year-old roberto turned himself in. police say he attacked and robbed three women in their 60s and 70s, hitting them, sometimes even throwing liquid in their faces in order to steal their purses. no word yet on which

nicole: it's been a good day for asian stocks, let's take a look with tracy chang, tracy is a reporter for chinese television station. >> tracy3% with every i single sector mark marking, the hong kong -- sorry, excuse me, stock program will be in place before year end, the same news market in hong kong as well more than 2% and in tokyo japanese stock had 1.3%, gains on wall street overnight and claiming the 1 is 9-thousand level in three weeks. also strong debut and finally in south korea, kospi also landed in the green gaining about two tenths of one percent but investors stay cautious. everybody is loving it. >> cheryl: that was was a huge ipo. stock correction is over. it ends with somewhat painful period for you. shares were off 10%, concern of slowing demand in china, came better than expected putting the stock back on track. closed at nearly 2% yesterday. >> nicole: well, coming up from the apple products to some beer, guinness says no more fish bladders in beer. we'll explain why. how you reply to your emails and how you should. we will tell you about that. right now dow futures up 11. s&p down a quarter of one point.

. >> tracie strahan. tracie, thank you. >>> breaking news now on the investigation into last month's russian plane crash in egypt. the kremlin now says traces of explosives have been found in the wreckage. russian security officers say investigators did determine a bomb with the equivalent of more than 2 pounds of tnt brought down that plane. 224 people were killed and after being briefed this morning, russian president vladimir putin vowed to find those responsible and to punish them. >>> now to the terror attacks in paris and the new threat to isis. terry barrett is here in the newsroom. >> reporter: absolutely. first i want to give you the latest numbers on some of those overnight raids. french authorities made 128 of them with a total of 300 raids in france since that attack. french police said they made 23 arrests. they seized 31 firearms. this is a nationwide sweep on these respected islamic militants. police officers saying they seized computer hard drives, telephones and illegal drugs. also this morning,

than 15 years, is tracy morgan. [ cheers and applause ] tracy was in an accident and he's better now. and he recently came in to a large monetary settlement. and with that money, tracy made what guillermo and i thought was a very unusual purchase. we're going to the zoo zoo zoo how about you you you you can come too too too we're going to the zoo zoo zoo if you want to slow crime down in america, you need to get that running. >> hello there. >> hey, jimbo. what's up, baby? >> what's up, tracy? >> how you doing? >> you finally made it. >> i just bought the zoo? >> what do you mean? you bought a zoo? >> i bought the zoo. >> you bought the whole zoo some some? >> all the animals? >> with all the animals, the whole works. i bought everything with it. everything except that one rock but we're going to get that done. craig, craig, all that you're saying to me is unnecessary. >> jimmy: which one is craig? >> right there, the big one stretching his neck out now. i just came back. all they got is big mac meals. >> guillermo: what do they eat? >> some of them eat big mac meals. a lot of them like whis castle. this one frls the west coast so he love fat burgers. >> jimmy: i di

tracie strahan is on the scene. tracie, what are police saying at this point. >> the prosecutor's office tells us that that veteran newark police officer wasn't on patrol but simply coming into this 24-hour sunoco at 12:45 this morning. he walked in on two men demanding cash from workers. one had a gun. we'll show you video. they roped off the whole area trying to investigate what happened here. according to the essex county prosecutor's office, one suspect in critical condition with a gunshot wound. he was shot by that veteran police officer who came inside and interrupted this robbery in process. the workers inside said that suspect pointed a gun at them abdomen demanded cash. when he said there was no money in the rental register, he jumped over-the-counter. then things took a turn. >> pointed to the safe. i don't have the safe key. so he said if i i don't have the safe key. i'll have to deal with you. i said i don't have it. only my boss have it. after that the other guy told him the police officer is coming. so he jumped here. i heard -- that's what i heard. >> reporter: now, again, those two men in connection to this robbery in custody at this hour. the one man shot by the police officer in critical condition at university hospital. michael, if you can believe it, those workers say they were hit by robbers on halloween. they don't believe it was the same two men. but right now, that gas station is open for business. back to you. >> despite all that's happened there. tracie, thanks so much. >>> want to update you on breaking news from iraq. american forces are providing air cover for an important anti-isis offensive. kurdish fighters are trying to retake the critical town of sinjar. we're seeing new video of the peshmerga soldiers firing rockets and advancing on the ground. the americans are providing air strikes. sinjar fell to sigh sis 15 months ago. it's used by isis as a critical supply route to militants in iraq. >>> this morning, the demolition process is going to continue on the site of that deadly house explosion in new jersey. security video captured the blast nnd blew the roof off a duplex in elizabeth. you can see the debris fly into the air. the explosion killed a 24-year-old man, injured more than a dozen others, including an 11-year-old child. >> from there, it came a lot of -- very scary. >> i didn't know what happened. i didn't know until i came up what happened. i thought a plane crashed or something. i don't know. >> shawn: city officia

. >> thanks, mike, the drive patterns have been good overall but a little slow out of tracy and tracy to dublin taking 42 minutes, traveling southbound 680 to mission boulevard from dublin to mission boulevard it is taking you 18 minutes and that is all right. the drive from highway we we over to cupertino in the south bay is taking 20 minutes through highway 85. san jose, 101, a look at that for you at 880 junction, it is moving, traffic is fairly light, but, we do want to tell you not too far away in morgan hill as you go down south police are asking you to avoid the parkway because morgan hill police are working with the fire department and they are getting a report of a possible structure fire so we will give you an update when the road is open. avoid that area. >> breaking news from the north bay, amy hollyfield is in napa county where a woman is missing on the napa river. >> it is cold. dark. erie. a fog. right before the war. you hope she is not waiting to be found and freezing. hopefully she is at a friend's house or something, it is hard to imagine her out there suffering. th

tracie potts is on capitol hill. tracie, these developments could transform security in that region. >> no question. they're already doing that. the british have decided not to allow flights in and out of that airport where this jet took off. and new this morning we're learning or we're just getting information on this, that russia has decided to ground its fleet of metrojets and do safety checks while this investigation continues. the search among the wreckage in egypt is expected to wrap up this afternoon, but the investigation into what brought this plane down, that could take weeks, maybe even longer. was it a mechanical failure or was it as some u.s. officials now suspect, was it something more nefarious like isis and a bomb. there are no hard facts yet found on the ground to substantiate that, however, the u.s. says there is pretty good reason to expect that. britain says it is a significant possibility that this was an act of terrorism. officials say possibly a baggage handler at the egyptian airport placed the bomb on the plane. as you know there was a heat strike in the area where the plane was last to be. it could be mechanical or something else. the investigation is still ongoing. as of this morning the russian jets are grounded. >> all right. tracie potts on capitol hill hill for us. thank you, tracy. >>> 4:47. alonzo smith died early sunday while in the custody of security guards at marbury plaza apartments in the southeast. d.c. police officers responded to an assault and found smith handcuffed, unconscious, and not breathing. the security guards where he worked is not commenting. >>> police say baby girl is seriously hurt because of this man. james brown now facing a list of charges in prince george's county. police say he threw the 7-month-old down the stairs on esday and hit her motr the head with glass bottle. officers say he knew the 24-year-old woman he attacked. police say he forced his way into her home. >>> this morning we're look aket the first glimpses of an ambulance hijacked. you're looking at sebastien isaacson who calmly drove away after assaulting emts. shortly after that he crashed the ambulance, killing a retired math teacher. he pleaded guilty. >> he is a danger to society. >> isaacson will be sentenced in ja

tracie strahan has more, tracie. >> reporter: police say the ep tes that were hurled during that attack early this morning made that unmistake bli a hate crime. but they won't be sure if what happened here on rogers is the same category. these posters were tacked along as a call to help find a masked flasher on the run. detectives and officers continue to con vas the area on the hunt for the suspect wearing what police describe as a hockey mask, much like jason in the friday the 13th movies who allegedly slashed a man around 8:30 last night. but another attack just this morning in the same area is raising concerns, that they may be linked. >> i really, really hope not. i hope they were random. >> reporter: sarah called 911 around 5:45 this morning after seeing her neighbor reading a prayer on his cell phone on his way to synagogue attacked. >> the religious jew was screaming, help, help, he's attacking me. and another guy came from across the street to help him and some other people, but it was relentless, it whe like going around in circles. >> reporter: 36-year-old christian rojas was finally arrested after knocking the victim's cell phone out of his hand, purging him in the face, and making these chilling remarks. >> he was screaming, you know, watch this face, i'll be back. i hate all the jews. it was very, very, very upsetting and sad to hear that. >> reporter: the nypd's halt crime unit is investigating that, but so far has not put the slashing on eastern parkway in the same category. news 4 investigates was able to uncover this security camera video showing the moment ambulances rushed to the corner to the victim, a volunteer for the emergency unit serving communities. he radioed in his own call for help. he is expected to recover, but there is fear about what both incidents could mean for the area. >> as the winters it gets dark early in the evening and early seems to bring out the worst in people, i don't know. >> reporter: as we bring you back live to eastern parkway, its been made even busier by police activity over the past 12 hours. you can see the officers there, the crime stopper signs are still up, weapon has not within recovered here, but we can tell you that both men in both incidents are expected to make a full recovery. we're live in crown heights, tracie strahan, news 4 new york. >>> brooklyn high school cancelled all classes today after someone posted a threat on facebook. that threat against bishop memorial hospital in ft. green was posted some time today, but was later removed. police say they know who posted it and they're looking into it. school officials who made the decision to close say they weren't willing to take any chances. >> where we are today, i think it requires that we are on the side of safety. so whether it was credible or not, i have no idea. but i do know it was a threat and our primary concern is the safety of students. and that will always take precedence. >> well, at this point nobody has been arrested. classes will resume tomorrow. >>> new at noon today, a former nypd transit officer accused of killing his wife faces a judge on long island. paul pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his way of. he was taken into custody just last month on the run in duchess county. his wife, trisha was fou

tracy morrison: i saw it. >> whitaker: what did you do? >> tracy morrison: dropped the plate of food. i dropped it. and i was hysterical. >> whitaker: tracy's daughter jenna is 25 now. she knows she's lucky to be alive. >> jenna morrison: in my addiction, i have been to rehab 17 times, and i had been to jail six or seven times. so every time i went to jail, i got out, went to rehab, came home and relapsed, and then did it all over again. >> whitaker: you overdosed, as well? >> morrison: uh-huh. >> whitaker: how many times? >> morrison: i only overdosed once, and i woke up in an ambulance. >> whitaker: jenna would have died if emergency medical technicians hadn't injected her with naloxone hydrochloride, it quickly reverses the effects of opiates in the brain. >> so this is the kit... >> whitaker: the heroin problem in ohio is so big, families and friends of addicts-- not just health professionals-- are being taught to administer narcan, which is now available without a prescription. >> this is what it looks like. this is the little purple cap, actually is the medication. >> tracy morrison: this is a hurricane. >> whitaker: though she's a nu

tracie potts is with us from capitol hill. tracie, good morning. >> aaron, good morning. we've seen the surge, it's dr. ben carson. they are tied at 47% in a theoretical match-up. the other keenum coming out of our poll is that independent write for carson if it were a split between carson and clinton. he's up by 13%. independents often decide these races. you have the party bases on both sides and oftentimes it's those in the middle who decide who wins the presidency. now, in terms of republicans, no one else beats hillary clinton, however, marco rubio comes closest. he's within 3 percentage points, and that's within the poll's margin of error. if you're wondering what happened to donald trump, put him up against hillary clinton and he's back 8 percentage points. aaron. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you, tracie. >>> now on the hill. how a man and a woman died this week. john-michael robinson shot desiree cooper monday afternoon and then he shot himself. officer found their bodies inside a row house. colleagues describe cooper as an amazing person with a beautiful mind. friends say robinson was a popular and successful personal trainer. >>> now to southeast washington. we're looking to find the name of a man who died yesterday afternoon. the shooting happened on benning road. >>> a developing story this morning. a new name has surfaced in the new leader for metro. that's paul wiedfeld. earlier this week we learned another candidate for the job was no longer being considered for that position. >> we're looking for somebody who has good leadership ability and someone who can turn this agency around, and that's what we're looking for. >> transportation director adam tusk spoke to some of you who rode metro. many want the right fit tofor t job. >>> virg

eddie and tracy are going to team up on the big screen in new richard pryor biopic. tracy is set to play redd foxx. that will start shooting in april here in new york. >> good to see him doing so well. >>> samantha harris will be sharing a health update after tomorrow on "the doctors." >>> coming up next, i'm here with oprah, one of our "e.t." icons. you have to see lady o's reaction to our decades of covering her. from 1985. >> oh, my god! >> 1986 oscar nominated oprah winfrey. plus at home with tom brady talking about those super bowl rings ben affleck's nanny got that's ahead. soo li oca n.t t t pt.etio what dear? oh! oh, you're bad. stop that! i'm sorry. (vo) a new york millionaire spent $714,000 to learn how to be a pet whisperer. what? oh ho ho! (vo) you'd make a way better rich person. >>> tom brady is giving david beckham a run for his money for title of sexiest man alive. >> i'm probably in the gym two or three days a week. >> that's his dog stealing a bit of the spotlight when gq went to brady's boston area home for their annual men of the year issue. tom's got f

tracy morrison: i saw it. >> whitaker: what did you do? >> tracy morrison: dropped the plate of food. i dropped it. and i was hysterical. >> whitaker: tracy'sis 25 now. she knows she's lucky to be alive. >> jenna morrison: in my addiction, i have been to rehab 17 times, and i had been to jail six or seven times. so every time i went to jail, i got out, went to rehab, came home and relapsed, and then did it all over again. >> whitaker: you overdosed, as well? >> morrison: uh-huh. >> whitaker: how many times? >> morrison: i only overdosed once, and i woke up in an ambulance. >> whitaker: jenna would have died if emergency medical technicians hadn't injected her with naloxone hydrochloride, also called narcan. it quickly reverses the effects of opiates in the brain. >> so this is the kit... >> whitaker: the heroin problem in ohio is so big, families and friends of addicts-- not just health professionals-- are being taught to administer narcan, which is now available without a prescription. >> this is what it looks like. this is the little purple cap, actually is the medication. >> tracy morrison: this is a hurricane. >> whitaker: though she's

tracie potts is live on capitol hill with more. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: hey, eun. she is tied in that poll with dr. ben carson 47% each if the general election were held today and they were the two candidates on the ballot. now here's what's interesting about that, among independents, those in the middle who often decide these elections, carson had a lot more support, 13% more than hillary clinton. matching her up against others, as you said, no other republican can beat her. marco rubio comes close. he's within 3 percentage points. that's within the poll's margin of error. donald trump, the fallen front-runner as of now for the republicans, not even close. 8 percentage points behind clinton if that election were held today. >> tracieotts, thank you, tracie. >>> developing in d.c., we're working to find out when the d.c. general homeless shelter will close. according to "the washington post" the d.c. council approved the mayor's plan to shut it down. under that plan six smaller shelters will be built to house families. >>> later today, two developments in a case of an 11-year-old boy missing since 1989. paty wetterling and her husband spoke yesterday. after 26 years. yesterday police in st. paul, minnesota, identified a person of interest. >>> a suspect in a brutal rape in a capitol hill neighborhood was arrested two weeks before the attack. a judge allowed him to go free. the attack happened back in october on a street in the hill east neighborhood. the suspect forced his way into the woman's home and raped her. at the time of the attack the suspect was under supervised probation. that stems from a july 2013 armed robbery. two weeks before the attack the man was charged with felony drug possession. neighbors say t

definitely had some strong moments last night. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. tracie, thank you. >>> today ben carson will be in virginia. he will have the protection of the secret service this morning as well when he speaks at liberty university in lynchberg. carson may be going for the evangelical vote here. liberty describes itself as north america's largest weekly gathering of christian students. >>> here's one you haven'teard before, man faces assault charges for trying to launch something over the white house fence with a sling shot. secret service arrested the man on the north lawn yesterday. agents swept the area but didn't find anything suspicious. >>> two men authorities call white supremacists now facing charges in virginia for planning attacks on synagogues and black churches. the fbi says robert doyle and robert cheney tried to buy guns and explosives from three under cover agents and were arrested in henrik could outside of henrico county. >>> some students at george washington university want to revote bill cosby's honorary degree. they cite the many se

that's the very latest in the story in queens, tracie strahan, back to you. >> tracie, thank you. >>> nypd issued a silver alert for a missing woman with alzheimer's. gonzalez. she was separated from her port authority bus she has not been seen since she's from the 97th avenue in queens. and if you're seen here. you are asked to call 911. >>> connecticut man now acing criminal charges after climbing over the fence at the white house. happened before 3:00 yesterday afternoon. as the first family was celebrating thanksgiving. officials have identified that man there as joseph caputo. witnesses say he was draped in an american flag when he unexpectedly scaled this fence. secret service and guard dogs had him in custody just a few moments later in the white house was placed on lockdown for more than three hours. >> he's like, whew. crazy. >> he hopped the fence with a knife before being tackled inside the white house. >>> coming up next at noon, france pauses to remember the victims of the paris attacks. >>> and donald trump under fire once again. this timet or thatn characterization of a

tracie strahan has been bringing us updates from the scene all morning, tracie? >> darlene, another update for you. you can see an nypd squad car has returned to 28th street. that is the street where around 2:15 this morning that 21-year-old woman was grazed in the leg. now according to police, she was not the intended target. she was caught in the cross fire. two men that she was walking near on 28th street were engaged in an argumen and that's when gunfire erupted. i want to show you now on the other side. broadway, that's the nomad hotel. according to police, that woman ran inside for help after she was grazed in her right leg. they were able to call an ambulance for her. she is currently recovering in stable conditi at bellevue hospital. but as for whomever fired those shots, well, police still aren't sure. they are on the hunt right now for a dark colored or black suv possibly with new york plates and, darlene, they don't know how many people were inside. back to you. >> tracie strahan, thank you, tracie. >>> police in brooklyn are searching for the thieves who stabbed a teenager on a subway platform. they spotted the suspect running from the east street station last night. they attacked and robbed two passengers waiting for the j train at the cleveland street stop. a 17-year-old man stabbed a 20-year-old man punched. both victims in serious but stable condition. >>> a brooklyn food delivery man is in critical condition as police investigate a freak accident that put him in the hospital. the 50-year-old man was hit by a falling branch while riding a motorized bike at red hook's coffee park. rml construction crew was cutting a tree down at the time. parks department says certain safety protocols are supposed to be in place. now police are investigating if those protocols were followed or if the delivery man ignored any rules. >> shouldn't have been able to access this area. that is negligence on behalf of the contractor. >> parks department says outside the o

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tracie strahan, news 4 new york. >> even in the rain, put that mask on, tracie, thank you. you saw her with the umbrella there, tracie, we want to turn to weather now. off and on for the rest of the day. but when it stop? let's check in with dave price, dave. >>> all right, consistent rain through the day is what we're talking about most likely. ending tomorrow before the parade. this is the low pressure system we're dealing with. let's go as local as we can right now. you can tell from union city out of la guardia, we're seeing rain spreading through a good portion of the area. and it's not going away any time soon. now, out to the island we go, this is where we're seeing the heaviest rain within the past hour or so. this is going to push to the north and push to the east. heading up to the north as we take a look at stanford through the 95 corridor, up through route 100 greenburg and over towards rockland county over the bridge, moderate rain continues to fall. this is not a flooding condition that we're going to see as we take a look down by the jersey shore, but it is a steady consistent rain, all day today, into

tracie strahan is at penn station, tracie, so far, no specific threat to new york? >> reporter: that's exactly right, shiba. and you heard david speaking about it in paris, here at home, we have seen layers of security since before day break, really, just now we saw new york state police troopers patrolling the area, and we spoke to a lieutenant from the mta police, he said passengers have been giving them an extra glance, especially since the city's top cop said what happened in paris could certainly happen here. it was nearly impossible for a commuter to walk through a major transit hub in the area without passing some form of extra security today. >> i saw three additional police officers in the main waiting area. >> reporter: extra national guardsmen stood post at penn station during the morning commute. deployed along with mta, amtrak, and nypd officers. the patrols and surveillance have become routine, but in the wake of friday's terror attacks in paris, some felt the increased manpower was a welcomed sight. >> what happened in paris, yeah, there should be more. >> security i'm pretty sure is tight enough, you know public. >> reporter: k-9 units patrolled at day break break, and subway riders that random bag searches and random uniform patrol could be part of the morning rush. while he insists there's no indication of a specific threat, police commissioner bill bratton says the extra lay yers of security have been activated based on the blaef that new york is always a top terror target. and he plans to add another 500 people to a direct counterterrorism effort. >> and here we have the financial capital of the world, the institute capital of the world, the news capital of the world, it is all that they hate, so we are the most likely target. >> reporter: as a result of that, things like those random bag checks and extra police on platforms is something you'll likely see during the evening commute as well. being asked by all of these agencies to be as vigilant as possible. we're live in penn station, tracie strahan, news 4 new york. >> thank you. we will continue to bring you any breaking updates on the paris attacks throughout the day. you can also get update any time on nbc new york.com. and on the news 4 new york app. >>> coming up next here at noon, a medical break through, how doctors in new york gave a firefighter a new face. >>> and a special honor for an american hero who took center stage at the stock exchange today. >>> and we're talking about some colder air, much colder air working in our direction, and the possibility of rain as we head through the midweek, we'll tell you about it and give you the timing coming up in just a >>> right now, cameras are in court for a hearing for the convicted killer known as the grid kid slayier. john juco was convicted of killing college football player mark fisher back in 2013. today family members of both fisher and juka are in court along with a witness that testified against him. prosecutors are reviewing evidence that the defense says co

nbc's tracie potts is live from washington. tracie, which candidates are waking up to good news this morning? >> certainly ben carson even more than we've already seen. and the poll tells us the economy is still the number one issue with voters. but they're split over whether democrats or republicans should be in charge here. >> new from our nbc "wall street journal" poll, americans are frustrated. just over a quarter think we're headed in the right direction. more than half think the deck is stacked against them. more than half would fire their member of congress. >> you can't just tell congress you're fired and go to commercial break. the biggest surprise, ben carson at 29%. the biggest lead of any republican so far. >> what you're seeing right now is the conservative and the outsider wing has really taken charge of the energy of the party. >> carson is leading the charge to reform the next debate. >> i think there's a general agreement that the last debate was a farce and that something needs to be done about it. >> john kasich, ca

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"today in new york's" tracie strahan is there. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: darlene, good morning to you. now that the flames have been contained here, the bergen county prosecutor's office is actually on the scene going in and out of this home on berkshire road that we're hearing is a group home. we are working to confirm reports that two people were killed here just before midnight. want to show you some video now of the scene and the large response from neighboring fire departments. the smoke could be seen billowing out of a second floor bedroom. now we can see that smoke and we can also hear some victims being removed from the building there. even a rescue was reported from the roof here. now i reached out to the fair lawn police department. they do confirm that one of their officers sustained a minor injury trying to help in this effort. now a quick search of this shows that this is an address that belongs to the alliance against homelessness of bergen county. they call themselves supportive housing for homeless individuals again, as we bri