josh einiger, channel 7, wabc news. >>> breaking news from the middle east.sengers and five crew members onboard and passengers being allowed off the airbus. no word on what the hijacker is demanding and we'll stay on top of the incident. >> the government lawsuit over and's security is over. the fbi was able to be hack an iphone used by a san bernardino shooter without apple's help. experts wonder if the hack applies to all iphones or just this one. will apple now try to strengthen the encryption? the fbi is investigating after hackers crippled computer systems at medstar hospitals in washington administrators say there's no evidence of compromised information but a virus stopped doctors and nurses from accessing e-mail accounts and medical records. authorities are trying to figure out if that virus is so-called ransomware >> a co-pilot arrested for allegedly being drunk has been charged. abc's clayton sandell has the details. >> reporter: this american airlines pilot went from having his hands on the controls to handcuffs charged with operating under the in

wabc's kristin thorn with the story. >> reporter: art can come in many forms and so can artists. >> paintr is a 3-year-old black l quite an eye. >> pick a color. go ahead. pick. >> reporter: his owner yvonne dagger says she's just the director. >> every stroke that you see on the canvas is dagger's, dagger's mark. >> reporter: she took in dagger as a training puppy for canine companions for independence but there was a different plan for him. one day yvonne herself an artist was working in her had he massapequa studio when -- >> he just started nudging me and i said dagger, do you want to paint? so his tail started to wag. and i said okay. well, now let's see. >> reporter: but like any budding artist, his works aren't free. >> come on over here. yeah, there you go. >> reporter: a 12 x 12 painting will cost you a $50 donation to canine companions. >> we've taken in so many orders for paintings. he was painting yesterday. and he'll be painting again today. dagger's works are actually getting to be quite all over world to make them works of art. so far, he's raised more than $1,000 for canin

. >> and here with a look at all the latest automotive innovations is wabc's joe torrez. >> foreign orhard top or convertible, super economical or exotic. if you're in the market for a new set of wheels there's one place to be, the new york had automo plenty of cars you've never seen before. >> i think there are 26 all new models that are debuting there year across model lines. there's lots of new iron out there to check out. >> naturally, it's the high end performance cars that will get plenty of attention. but reality for most car driving new york area he commuters is something like this. the chevrolet sonic costs about $16,000. >> great fuel efficiency. great infotainment technologies, the addition of apple car play and a number of new safety features. we know new york traffic can get fussy. >> more luxurious interiors. they're making them nicer. even though it's an economy car, you won't be in an economy space on the interior. >> reporter: economy is not a word you would associate with many of the super cars at the show. some will set you back an arm and leg and maybe a pair of kid

former "world news now" legend rob nelson reports for wabc. >> elmo, arrested.ggressive solicitation. groping a teenager. these are just a few samples from a long list given out by city leaders looking to reign in commercial activity in new york's pedestrian plazas. one-times square employee wrote "a friend's son was grabbed by one of the costumed characters to solicit a photo op. the mother was told to give $10 and the character would not let go of the child until the money changed hands." susan, a manhattan resident said, "i have been aggressively approached multiple times by the cd and picture hawkers who don't much like the answer no. it makes it highly enpleasant to walk through the area." the new law would give the transportation department the power to regulate plazas including regulating zones a move designed to give people the option of avoiding the characters and topless women who have generated so much controversy in recent >> we need to protect the uni e uniqueness and excitement of times square while bringing some order out of the chaos. >> reporter

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. >> it happened during her husband's first term, we get the latest from wabc. >> no doubt she was her husband's greatest defender. nancy reagan always perfectly coiffed. always ronald reagan's biggest fan. she had her own mission -- her just say no to drugs campaign. >> i didn't know that was the whole answer, obviously, but it did serve a purpose. >> reporter: and she could be impulsive. in 1983, they were in seoul, south korea, she suddenly insisted of being two of the youngsters back with her on air force one so they receive life-saving open heart surgery in new york. >> how absolutely gracious she was in and just the epitome of a first lady. month later to exchange christmas gifts. >> i love you. just wonderful. i'm so happy. thanksgiving and christmas all rolled into one. >> reporter: some points of trivia, she was born no new york city as anne francis robins. after their eight years the white house it was not an easy retirement for the glamorous hollywood couple. the president would be diagnosed with alzheimer's and she would become his fiercest nurse. guarding his legacy, suppo

de blasio (ray will pick sot)ingested in interplay as 5533 de blasio security presser times square wabc is?and seeing really the elaborate and sophisticated operations the nypd ghas in place to protect everyone. and as brussels mourns...an international sign of solidarity. messages of prayers and condolences...scrib bled in chalk on the streets of brussels. other late developments tonight.. police are getting a break from the taxi driver who brought the men to the airport.. telling officers exactly where he picked them up. the state department is urging americans in europe right now to be extra careful. in the united states... police departments in new york.. washington.. are visibly on patrol. around 2-dozen university of cincinnati students are in belgium tonight--thankfully, all of them safe... but still rattled by these attacks. 9 on your side's john genovese spoke with one of them tonight. he joins us live with his account. john. here at u-c and taking part in a co-op program. he describes this day as surreal...and as the bombs were going off... he was a short train ride away <

during the last few seconds of the wabc newscast tuesday night, lightning hit the top of we might see it again in a second. oh, there we go. and now today the faa is investigating after an american aiairlines plane headed for new york's laguardia airport was forced to land at jfk after being hit by lightntning. 55 passengers and four crew members were onboard and described the terrifying experience. >> it was bad. it was -- i thought we got hit by a missile. >> no. >> there e was a flash of light. and big explosion. feet, i don't know. it felt like i was on a roller coasteter and thenen i smelled smoke. >> thankfully, nobodydy was hurt. >>> caught on camera, a car slams through the front doors of a pizza shop. restaurant surveillance video cacapturing this suv pulling into the e parking lot. but he didn't papark, he went righght through and there are people sitting right there. they disappear under the all that crashed glass. incredible. well, authorities claim the driver simply lost control. both diners are expected to be okay. all of this happenening down in oakland park in broward

during the last few seconds of new york's wabc's newscast on wednesday, lightning hit the top of one world trade center. there you see it. >> good timing. >> today the faa is investigating after an american airlines plane headed for laguardia was forced to head to jfk after bebeing hit by lightning. 55 passengers and fourur crew members were onboard and one describes the terrifying experience. >> it was bad. it was -- i thought we got hit by a missile. >> no. >> there was a flash of light. and a big explosion. the plane dipped about 100 feet, i don't know. it just felt like i was on a roller coaster and then i smelled d smoke. >> whoa, that will scare you on >>> well a change of vevenue this year for the hillsborough county special olympics summer games. a local high school is now hosting after a long tradition of providing volunteers. >> our school really does care. so much about helping these kids and allowing them to express their talents and abilities. >> reporter: senior matthew rule startrted volunteering his freshman year but the relationship between jesuit high and the hillsb

caught on camera at the end of a news broadcast.this was the last shot viewers saw during new york's wabc's newscast. lightning struck the top of one world trade center.it's not the first time one world trade center has taken a lightning strike but the multi-forked lightning bolt let get your latest nine first warning forecast. cooler out the door this morning with dry conditions means a quiet start to thursday. skies stay mostly sunny today as highs increase to 60. you will notice that winds pick up from the west this afternoon and gust up to a texas mother says a frightening encounter left her.. inspired.she ended up inventing a product to help women protect themselves during an attack. attack.jennifer cutrona developed "booby trap bras" after she was almsot mugged by a man while running.the bras have have a pocket in the front, where a small knife or pepper spray can be hidden. cutrona says her goal is to empower women in case they are faced with a potential threat. :43-51 (jennifer cutrona/ inventor, booby trap bras) it had to happen for me to move forward i guess. i'm really excited th

wabc's kimberly richardson has that story. >> it hasn't sunk in. >> reporter: that come monday morningtimillion dollar direct deposit will appear in his account. it's why gregory's co-workers here at gateway garage are smiling. >> did you believe it? >> i didn't believe it. now i believe it. >> reporter: across the street muhammad is also wishing him well. you see, this is where gregory bought what turned out to be the single winning ticket during the february 25th drawing of cash for life. it was the first time the 58-year-old had ever played the game. the jackpot was $7 million. >> 8:00 at night, i was kind of bored. and let me take a walk across the street and just see what they got to play for tonight. >> reporter: gregory left work, didn't watch the drawing. the next day word spread someone had bought the winning ticket at the shop. kwku looked up the numbers and asked gregory to see his ticket. >> gregory, you are the one who you won the numbers. he said what? i said yes. that's it. >> reporter: instead of $1,000 a day for life, gregory chose the lump sum. aftertachs just over $4

wabc's kimberly richardson has more. >> reporter: he's had several successful business ventures but hisrising and some say most significant. come the fall, you may bump into sawn diddy coves here at this building at the corner of 5th and 104th street. that's when the rapper will open capital preptory charter school. >> it's real cool. going to be impacting on the community no less. >> reporter: students will soon share space was kids from boys and girls har ver, a non-profit organization that runs a prek and after school program. capital prep will be free and admission is done by lottery. but some admit in general, they're not fans of charter schools. >> they overrely on testing many of them. and i find that many of them are there to break teacher's union. >> reporter: in the works for with community leaders here in east harlem and education experts. know no one was available from the school to speak on camera, many are excited. >> i'm surprised. i've been living here my whole life. you don't see any rappers or anybody giving back to the community. it's a good thing. >> reporter: the de

wabc's rob powers has the story. >> it's going to be like a good learning experience to feel what it feels like to be under pressure and i'm going to have a lot of fun. >> reporter: fun for him, fun for the whole family, jack qualified for the national drive, chip and putt competition this sunday. just before the big guys tee off at the masters. uh-huh. he's playing augusta national. >> heaven on earth that place so hard to put into words even still. we're just proud of them regardless of. can you imagine your son being there competing set foot on the 18th hole where no one gets to plays in you're a professional. >> reporter: he wears red and woods, goffing since 18 months old and makes it look so easy, so effortless, it's not. and on super tuesday he's 1 of only 40 boys putting the swing to the test and this good golfer, this good kid with wiz dom way beyond his nine years with advice for any golfer. >> have fun. you should always have fun playing golf. whether you're not -- whether you're good, whether you're bad, you should always have fun. >> reporter: and now not just this huge

i say right here because wabc is located right near juilliard. >> well, we are based in brooklyn, but we do have flagship program classes available in manhattan, the bronx, and queens. >> fabulous. if somebody wants to get in touch, they can do so. we have a phone number there, right on our screen. and of course, we'll have links at abc7ny. to you, i want to thank you all for being with us today. >> thank you. >> this is a fabulous program. david, i think you kind of like it. you give your thumbs-up? >> sure. [ laughter ] >> thank you so much, all, for being here. >> thank you. >> wonderful to meet you all. and for information on all of the organizations you've missed part of the show and you want to see it at your leisure, do visit us at abc7ny.com/viewpoint. we're coming back with a new book, "a lesson for ms. fort." and it's all about the education [ theme music plays ] >> welcome back to "new york viewpoint." i'm ken rosato. our next guest has spent 31 years teaching in new york city public schools and 6 additional years teaching remedial reading and writing to cuny students. his

during the last few seconds of new york's wabc's newscast on wednesday, here we go, hit the top of one world trade center. amamazing that they caught that. >> yeah, great timing. >>> and today the faa is investigating after r an american airlines plane headed for new york's laguardia airport was forced to land at jfk after, lightning. 55 pathologiers and four crew members were onboarard and one experience. >> it was bad. by a missile. >> no. >> there was a flash of light and the big explosion. the plane dipped about 100 -- dipped about 100 feeded, i don't know, it fefelt like i was on a roller coaster and then i smelled smoke. >> that had to be terrifying. thankfully everybody is okay. >>> the family of a texas woman who died while in custody will be able to review the texas ranger's investigation report. you might remember sandndra bland, she died in police custody last summer. authorities ruled her death a enforcement of being directly responsible for bland's death. the fbi initiaially declined to show the report to the family. they argued it was protected under law enforcement privi

this is the wabc party go go, whoo!d >> that song was absolutely contagious, and i think the teenager found a voice. ♪ i can't hide >> here's what's happening, baby, the beatles! ♪ i can't hide ♪ yeah, you got that something >> there was a moment where you just heard, this is our music now. it was like hearing the future. ♪ i wanna hold your hand >> but i have to ask how you first found out about them. >> when i first heard about the beatles, it was at london airport, with an enormous crowd of kids gathered around. sylvia and i asked them what was going on, and they said the beatles were here. we didn't even know who the beatles were, never heard of them. and that night, i booked ringo starr, paul mccartney, george harrison and john lennon for three shows for $10,000. >> you know, for four white guys who are british, to come out of nowhere and be everywhere was quite unbelievable. >> the beatles are a bunch of guys from liverpool. i mean, people in london would have looked down at liverpool back then, but liverpool was

these photos obtained by wabc showing burn marks with damage done to the wings, tail and body. >> everything okay? >> yeah. n't send us through there again. it's pretty bad. let's go to jfk. >> janine: for the passenger onboard a frightening flight. >> it's the first time for me. big explosion. the plane dipped about 100 feet. >> janine: but experts say there's nothing to fear. lightning striking a plane is relatively common. and as these videos show, jets are designed to sustain the shock of a lightning strike so that electricity never penetrates the interior. in this boeing lab with engineers show how they make lightning to test the dura built of aircraft when it's struck. >> whoa! >> janine: it's several safe, experts say, duty that doesn't mean it can't be scary. >> it's pretty terrifying. i'm not going to lie. >> janine: and that plane land safely, no injuries were reported. the faa says it's investigating what happened. >> laurie: strong storms bringing in heavy hail and high winds across socom parts of the country. people living in mississippi, for example, look at this, hail the size

now, mcguirk, you are in the talk radio business on wabc in new york. >> yeah. >> you do the 10 to noon in the morning" and 10 to noon. >> bernie and said. nbc radio.com. >> so, do you see in talk radio a fiz zure. >> power o105. i see you. i see that fizzer between the trump radioq people and cruz radio people. can i name them. it's easy toll it they tolerated trump for a long time. the original tea party guy, they are the effective leaders of the tea party, these people on talk radio. people like mark levin, let's just say, is he down with donald trump. there is a fizzer and there is other people like laura ingraham who don't woman out and flat and say i won't support trump but you get the feeling you know where they lie. >> all right, gentlemen, we appreciate it as always. watters on deck. we sent him out to a mega def concert. it's a heavy hettle rock group. all right? but, watters isn't talking music. is he talking politics. then the tip of the day on irish and booze. we're coming right back from south flori ♪ every day, america prints about half a billion dollars. wow! sadly, a wh

along the major employers voicing disappointment, american airlines and disney, the parent company of wabc. the law prevents the state's local governments from passing antidiscrimination rules and instead imposes a statewide standard that leaves out sexual orientation and gender identity. demonstrators gathered today in charlotte to protest. >> we're going to come out and say we're here and this is what we voted for and we won't tolerate this. >> we've all got to band together and make this hopefully change. >> well, the law requires public school and university students to use only those bathrooms that match their birth certificates. democrats say north carolina risks losing billions of dollars by conflicting with antidiscrimination regulations. >>> well, just president obama's historic visit, one of the world's most legendary bands will rock out cuba. the rolling stones have arrived in havana, ahead of tonight's open-air concert which is expected to draw up to half a million people. some fans started lining up early this morning. back when fidel castro first came to power, rock & roll wa

wabc's kristin thorne has more. >> reporter: why have pictures of your wedding from the ground when you can have them from the air? >> you're able to see your affair from an angle that you've never been able to see before. >> reporter: drones are just one of the new hottest trends happening in weddings. photographer brian ozegovich of park avenue studios on long island says he's done more than 100 weddings like this one using drones. >> i literally have the drones play with the guests. i'll land it on a table as they're sitting there and they'll wave and the thing will take off and fly away. there's all new things happening at weddings. this is one of them. >> reporter: then there's people like samantha roberts who you can hire to live tweet, facebook, instagram and even periscope your wedding. her company is called maid of social. >> brides usually spend about 14 months planning their wedding. the star of the show. and so this really makes them not only the star of their wedding but now of the social media of bridal world that day. >> reporter: wedding guests, there's something new for

major employers voicing their disappointment, american airlines and disney, the parent company of wabc. the law prevents the state's local governments from passing abbott tie discrimination rules, but instead imposes a statewide standard that conspicuously leaves out sexual democratten straighters gathered -- demonstrators gathered in charlotte. >> we've all got to band together and make this hopefully change. >> the law requires them to use only bathrooms that match birth certificates. north carolina risks using billions in federal aid. >>> a jetblue flight attendant accused of trying to smuggle 70 pounds of cocaine is being ordered to return to california after prosecutors appealed a judge's decision here in new york to release marcia gay reynolds to home confinement on half a million dollars bail. she will remain in custody until an april 7th hearing. last week, tsa officials at l.a.x. say reynolds dropped a bag full of cocaine and then ran when she was pulled aside for a random screening. >> i was filling in for candice with lori when we did that story. lori was trying to mention a

these photos obtained by wabc showing the burn marks where the lightning hit the wings, tail and body. >> everything okay? >> yeah, don't send us through there again. it's pretty bad. let's go ahead and divert to jfk. >> reporter: for passengers on >> i didn't know what happened. it's the first time for me. >> it was a flash of light and big explosion. the plane dipped about 100 feet. >> reporter: but experts say there's nothing to fear. lik striking a plane is relatively common as these videos show they're designed to sustain lightning strikes so that the electricity never penetrates the interior. in this lab they showed me how they make lightning to test the durability of an aircraft when it's struck. whoa. it's safe, the experts say but that doesn't mean it can't be frightening. >> pretty terrifying. i'm not going to lie. >> reporter: he's not going to lie. the plane did land safely. nobody was injured but, robin, as we said it's surprising and these planes are designed 0 shed that lightning. it doesn't peen it isn't scary, though. >> terrifying, all right, david, thank you. >>> no

we want to turn to wabc mallory hoff at jfk airport right now and mallory, what are you seeing at the airport this morning? security? >> reporter: well, george, just in the last few minutes we're actually seeing additional police officers here but before as usual. folks coming and going this morning. port authority police say they'll be stepping up security at jfk, laguardia and newark, they'll have heavy weapons and also high visibility anti-terrorist patrols at the world trade center. there are a handful of direct flights to brussels that do leave out of jfk, we're told those flights have all been canceled. all other flights, though, this morning are on time. right now we do know that the nypd is monitoring the situation developments. we're told we can expect an increased law enforcement presence at major new york city locations, subways, major transit spots, we're told this is all out of an abundance of caution and i have spoken with a number of passengers here this morning. they tell me there is certainly some level of anxiety when it comes to traveling here today but they say rig