this is one of the more residential streets in westchester, the studentses are more over that way. so that actually surprises me. >> westchester borough police believe these are crimes of opportunity, the first happened saturday morning at 3:00 a.m., a 18-year-old student was walking along south new street when a white male in his 40s stepped out from an alley and he shine aid flashlight at his midsection, described as being balled and having a gut. possibly driving a minivan. >> it's upsetting to hear about men showing off their bodies to young girls. >> a man with a similar description struck again the following morning that two students were walking along south darlington when a man approached. police say he exposed himself and took off, jessica mctaggert lives nearby. >> i'm not too worried about it but it's concerning that westchester needs to be taking care of and i'm sure they are. >> the university did send out email alerts so students were aware about what happened. anyone with information is asked to call westchester borough police we posted that information on our websit

highlights from a special celebration in westchester. >> santa is done here. spotted. >> this is kim johnson with my husband john johnson we are stationed in germany with the 86 air medical squadron. we are wanting to wish my mom my sister tina and her husband christmas. >>> welcome back. the wild winter weather has fed- today. carrier is trying to make good on deliveries delayed because of severe storms that interrupted schedule. fed-ex did not originally plan on making christmas day deliveries but workers are putting in the overtime to make it a great christmas for those expecting presents. >>> sometimes you receive a gift that wasn't on your wish list. >> returning the gifts you don't want can be difficult. cbs 2's kenneth craig explains. >> reporter: when shelly goes holiday shopping she tries to want to return. she always has a backup plan. >> i ask for gift receipts and put it in the box. >> reporter: that is a smart reports. the group estimates 40% of americans try to return or exchange a gift they don't like. experts say doing that is becoming more dif

no chill up in westchester. 64 in millwood. we are tracking that fog, but look at these temperatures. 67, bridgewater. this does not look like a christmas eve map at all. tracking winds as well. winds are gusting over 25-mile-per-hours in places like farmingdale, islip, and montauk. it's going to be a breezy day all day long today ahead of a cold front. get used to this wind. at least it's a mild one. here's a look at storm tracker. you can see the heavy rain has en d for now. we are expecting more showers as i zoom out here off to the west. this is a cold front that has to sweep through later on this afternoon. ahead of that front, showers are going to fire up once again. it's going to be on and off. not as heavy as yesterday. still, if you're heading out for last-minute shopping, you want to have an umbrella. here's a look at future tracker. this is 8:00 this morning. you can see showers moving through. could even have a few rumbles of more of a spring-like pattern. set this into motion again. this is 11:00 towards lunchtime.

north of that you'll see the sleet up through dutchess, putnam county northern rockland, northern westchester, northern fairfield. that rain line will keep moving northward, and there might be flooding problems on roadways in long island so see how the temperatures keep warming up 41 by 7:00 and 50 by 1:00 today. i've got a great picture of a snowman to show you this morning from someone who sent that in from long island. >> awesome. >> i saw your car this morning that is a wonderful little iceberg you drove in this morning. >> yes yes and it was fine but i had to chip away at the windshield before i could see so be careful everybody right now starting off on the subway overnight track work wrapping up on the a. e. f, n. r, so watch for a problem on southbound 95 exit 36 in milford with a collision. speeds are down to 45 at the tappan zee bridge because of the poor weather conditions and watch out for an accident garden state parkway north at 155 and 157, paterson a crash 80 east exit 12 is an overturned tractor trailer and sparta has a collision and the new jersey turnpike as you head south

police are looking for the man that flashed westchester university students on campus.hey say they tried to get revenge at the wrong house. and different religions join together for a cundiff i'ded over terrorism. that and much more coming up next at 6:00, for adam joseph, cecily tynan, jaime apody, monica malpass, and the entire "action news" team. i'm rick williams have a good night. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> thursday night and another win for the second casino planned for philadelphia and police say that atm customers should watch their backs after two women are robbed at two new jersey banks, but the big story on "action news" is growing concern at westchester university. police are trying to locate the man that is flashing students, "action news" reporter, katherine scott is live at south new street near the westchester campus. what are the details here? >> reporter: jim, we are standing just a few blocks away from campus right where one of these incidents occurred.

now you're seeing that rain/snow line is right there in rockland, westchester county, fairfield county right at the merit parkway above i287 so you'll get to 84 and that's dutchess county, caramel up the last part of 684 up the ice, sleet and then a few couple hours or so we'll see everybody changing over to rain. will rain until noon and then get to about 52 and all melts off. that's a mess for the commute this morning debbie can tell you about it in for heather how is it going? >> lots of problems especially north of the city as we head to 84 westbound at 684 a car flipped over and right past 684 a truck down the embankment so please take it slowly this morning and also the southbound new york state throughway exit 17 an accident speeds down to 35 at the tappan zee bridge on the d train no service state parkway to stillwell avenue all due to switching problems southern state west at corona avenue and valley stream a collision reported there as wwatch for slowdowns on the new jersey turnpike southbound truck lanes exit 9 accident with all lanes closed and truck lanes and then on the t

mostly all rain here at this hour in northern westchester county. a lot of slushy, soupy kind of a messes with a mix of rain and some of the slush that we had on the ground here earlier. and we can tell thaw the plows have been doing their job. you can see here at -- can tell you that the plows have been doing their job. you can see here, one of the workers beginning to shovel some of the coating that's out here this morning. but we are showing you earlier, and we want to get back to our snowman over here who is managing to hold up in the rain or the snow alien as my photographer is calling it. he hasn't managed to complete melt but the temperature at this hour, just under 32 than what we first came out this morning. again, we have seen quite a number of plows out here this morning. and we are next to interstate 684 where the cars are seem to be zipping by. so the plows and the salters clearly are doing their work here this morning. but with that overnight coating, you definitely want to give yourself extra time before you head out the door. reporti

cross westchester. let's look at your commute. bay road nothing to report on eastbound side. as for the bronx the cross bronx and the alexander hamilton bridge off to a good start, no issues, you are fine, very quiet this morning. the trains everything on or close to schedule but what of an week tied up, construction slowing every one down on the southbound side. ben: on the way to the airport you would think there would be no traffic but you would be wrong. thank you. juliet: police and residents working together to catch a serial arsonist on the losing queens. ben: he met several fires since october and police release new surveillance video, teresa priolo has the latest. >> reporter: >> i have been living here for 53 years. we never heard anything like this ever. >> reporter: an arsonist on the loose, a neighborhood on edge, >> people who just live there. opening lines of communication. >> reporter: seven fires since october targeting, currently under construction. the latest video released by the nyp

big headache, though, in westchester. new england throughway a jackknife tractor trailer accident here northbound slowing everyone down. you can see delays back to the hutch there. jackknife tractor trailer accident is before theater street. airmingt arrives reporting 45 call ahead and blocking a lane. cameras tack a look at the long island expressway by new hyde park slowdown there. a stall and tough to see but off to shoulder here in westbound. everybody slowing down. eastbound sued you're fine. gridlock alert day right now mass transit on or close to schedule. street cleaning rules in effect. ben and juliet. >> thank you. >> there has -- alert. >> her father took her yesterday after stabbing her mother he then fled in a minivan. a little girl was inside, an amber alert issued but canceled after stopped on garden state parkway in clifton new jersey last night. in critical condition. a spike in the murder rate in new york city . korgts the post as of last this is year. number could hilt 350 by 31st could be 5% more than

westchester things are sighing on the thruway, no problems in suffolk county, y. northern and southern state moving fine, let's go to the cameras to look in your commute. this is the bqe towards the right eastbound, the ramp to the lower level is blocked, evel is blocked, tractor trailer flipped over. street cleaning rules in effect. liz: in new york city police troops killed in an attack in afghanistan. kerry: robert moses joins us from the 50th recent in the bronx. good morning. >> reporter: detective joseph lamb live in westchester county, worked in the bronx, that black and purple bunting over there at the doorway testify as to a life well lived and a death that came far too soon. a suicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a joint patrols of american and afghan troops nearby ingraham air base monday, the taliban claimed responsibility. among the dead, 45-year-old nypd detective joseph lamb, a member of the air national guard. according to a statement from bill bratton, lamb was a 15 year veteran of the nypd promoted to detective in january of last year, served

a suspicious death in westchester county now under investigation. a 39-year-old man's body was found last night in katonah which is part of the town of bedford. the victim's identity and cause of death not released yet. police are asking anyone who may have seen a suspicious vehicle or person on oak road early saturday morning to please give police a call. >>> well, in today's health parents and kids. childhood asthma rates are going down. the study in the journal of pediatrics finds the percentage of children with the disease fell to just over 8% in 2013. that's after peaking at more than 9% a few years earlier. however, the rates are a bit so children of color. old. >>> miss universe speaking out about the debacle that accidentally gave another woman the crown. she mosted -- posted from new york on instagram about being grateful for her new title and saying that she and miss colombia have now bonded. she also tells fans who are fighting about what happened to stop. host steve harvey accidentally told miss colombia she had won then minutes later th

joe torres has the story in westchester square for us. >> reporter: administrators at the six schools on the lehman campus sent a letter home to parents asking parents for their help asking parents to encourage their kids not to pull the fire alarms inside the schools. that strategy has not worked. the result? fighting and that's causing major problems. israel leon showed us the public address system. >> kids, can you move out of the way, out of the front of our business. >> reporter: then he sounded the peering siren -- piercing siren. then the video surveillance system that shows why the owners of the beyond beauty academy in westchester square have invested thousands in dollars in numerous security measures. look at the mob of high school students who punch, fight and brawl on east tremont avenue just about every school day. >> i have my son that comes to the school, my wife and these are the type of things that you don't want your family or people in general to have do deal with when they walk in a business. it's unsafe. >> reporter: so unsafe and infrequent that six school admini

winter fest in westchester county has a different feel this year. yes, there are the traditional rides, ice skating, and the christmas tree, but the record warm weather has some people scratching their heads. >> it's amazing. the first time i have come in here and it's 70 degrees, we're just wearing hardly anything. >> reporter: the weather is wonderful. >> joanne smith and her family were out trying to get into the holiday spirit, despite no signs of wintery weather. >> it just doesn't feel like winter. >> no, it doesn't, but at least we get to hang out, and have fun. no mittens, no hat, and just enjoy. >> reporter: earlier in the day, it was more about golf, than winter sports. december 10, it's pretty much over. >> reporter: dean johnson is the head pro, where they had 80 golfers on course on sunday. >> definitely the best we're seen in decades, so we're seeing a good friend in the weather and going full bode. >> reporter: for a father and his sons to be out on the golf course together in mid-december -- >> fantastic. couldn't be better. playing

a police pursuit and crash in westchester county. new york city police were attempting to pull over a the driver then struck the police cruiser and took off. the driver crashed on the sawmill river parkway near exit 4, two people were taken into custody, and a third ran off. police are searching for that third suspect. we are told the officers opened fire but it is not known if anyone was hit. of course we will keep you posted throughout the afternoon at abc7ny. >>> and now let's go to the newsroom and see what's ahead, check in with -- travel that roadway. that is a real mess when it stands still. no traffic moving. we've got a lot coming up on eyewitness news at 4. obviously we're going to be following that story. also a lawsuit in connecticut against trader joe's over a cookie that it sells. is it too similar to another popular favorite. >> and the fashion trends taking shape ahead of the new star wars movie from clothest to makeup, even houseware. we're going to take a look at things that could awaken your inner force. that and m

as you head to westchester county and northern new jersey and into northwest new jersey and into the hudson valley. fairfield county, as well. those are the spots that could see slick travel as you head throughout the overnight and especially early tomorrow morning. now, here's a live look at storm tracker. starting to see some light sleet showing up to the west of town and maybe not hitting the ground just yet, but it is on the move. a massive storm system we have been tracking and nationwi heavy snow in the midwest. here's our precipitation moving in to places like pennsylvania and tracking to the east througut the next few hours. let's time it out for you. this is 8:00 tonight and, again, we start to see some sleet to the west of town. around 11:00 in the city we're seeing wintry mix. a little bit of sleet, freezing rain. rain off to the south and light snow in the hudson valley. quickly coating the roadways and it gets heavy enough. by 2:00 a.m., we see that wintry mix shaded in pink here. westchester county, rockland county changing over to rain and the city in time for your mor

westchester, cool for you. 36 in freehold and monmouth county. and cooler than yesterday. nowhere near the heat of sunday and notice. but notice above normal, high is 43 and we are actually a little warmer tomorrow. it is cooler, with less wind today. and pretty skies, giving way to clouds. and overnight tonight, light rain or drizzle. wet weather tomorrow, in fact, in the afternoon, could see some heavy rain, that wraps up friday, and we see the cooler air settle in for the weekend. >> all right, john, thank you very much. we are back with another look just a moment. >> nice! baby.

westchester county man says his swagway hoverboard caught fire and damaged his home. he's suing the company for not providing a warning about the fire risk. federal investigators are looking into more than a dozen claims of hoverboard fires. >>> it is 4:58. theater on broadway, but the location, no stranger to show biz. the ambassador theater group says it's reopening the historic hudson theater on west 44th street. that theater originally opened in 1903. it's changed hands many times, but most recently it was an event space for the millennium broadway hotel. >> always great to see. a classic theater. >>> tonight president obama is going to run wild here on nbc. >> this is unprecedented. you can see the commander in chief on a track through the alaskan wilderness with survivalist bear grylls. have you seen this guy? have you seen what he can do? >> i hope he's not going to eat that fish. >> he'll eat it and do more with it, i assure you. during tonight's episode, they'll be avoiding bears. i guess the president will eat the bear's leftovers found by the river. >> goin

problems in westchester. new jersey commute doing fine. no issues. the l.i.e. by south oyster bay road things are moving for. the trains are running on or close. >> for a rare move, president obama addressing the people from the oval office. ben: it is meant to reassure was on our safety with the fight against terrorists. >> ben, juliet, good morning to you, this is a card that the president doesn't play prime time address on sunday evening from the oval office. he didn't break policy ground but did seek to reassure americans. republicans greeted his words with immediate scorn. >> in a rare appearance, president obama delivered a 13 minute address on the growing threat of isis. >> the athlete is real, but we are going to overcome it and >> isis taking responsibility for the attacks in paris and tashfeen malik that carried out the shooting in california pledged allegiance to isis before the shooting. >> it is a real problem that muslims must confront without excuse. >> president obama calling for tougher gun laws, including making it harder to buy assault weapon

ines: a couple problem spots, westchester northbound across westchester an accident blocking a lane in new jersey along the wood bridge area on the turnpike or the parkway. let's look at queens, northbound by 100 1st avenue, an accident by means read on the southbound side. the george washington bridge, driving into the city construction wrapped up on time as far as the upper level moving fine, minor delays of of 8095 expressed, so does lincoln and holland tunnel. juliet: students walking to school in queens are understandably going to be a bit on edge. man in a surgical mask to slash the chinese exchange student, robert moses is live in the neighborhood where the attack occurred, whitestone. >> reporter: this is a frightening new york story. imagine walking in an area you are not too familiar with. keep in mind this young woman had only been here for eight months. without warning and man comes up to her and attack her. that is exactly what happened. the attackers captured on that surveillance camera which is mounted new the roof of this home, 13 avenue and 147st street. let's look at

in happier times news 12 westchester covered a story about him. he returned home from a deployment to afghanistan to surprised his daughter who was performing in a singing competition. besides his family, lem leaves behind a city and country that are grateful for his service. he leaves behind quite a legacy with the nypd as well. here's just one story for you on one day back in december of 2005. officer lem then assertion lemm chase haded down three teenagers they were wanted for stack someone inside of a cvs not only did e he chase them down but helped apprehend them. one example of the legacy that detective lemm leave behind. that is the latest live from the kings bridge section of the bronx morning. >> an amazing man we thank him for his service. police in brooklyn on the hunt for a woman slashing two people in brooklyn this is a picture of a suspect police say she got into verbal argument with a man and woman over a poll on the train what haded at 7 p.m. on the train near the j street station. they say she slashed them in the face with somethi

this is eastbound at westchester avenue. that takes up the right lane. then cross westchester expressway eastbound near exit 6, we have a cleanup from an earlier accident. a fuel spill also blocking the right lane. talking about all morning, overturned vehicle and debris spill here, route 3 eastbound. the ramp is closed from grove street to route 3 eastbound. a live look at the lincoln tunnel. moving very well. not bad with the holland or even the george washington bridge. the gowanus expressway, not going to find really any delays. everything is move ing fine through industry city. you will find road closures. 7th avenue shut down 43rd to 48th. broadway, 47th to 48th. and 46th and 47th from 6th to 8th avenue. that's closed for tonight's new year's eve celebration. alternate side, meter rules in effect. more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >>> 5:48. happening today in st. louis, there are more flood worries as the mississippi river is expected to crest at more than 12 feet above flood stage. some of these areas have been evacuated. in others, th

. >>> a dramatic rescue in westchester county. firefighters save a teenage girl trapped in a burning building. this morning, we are learning what may have sparked the flames. >> and a christmastime wave of severe weather continues to make its way around the south as the tornado touches down in alabama. we have an update on injuries as clean-up gets under way. >> meanwhile, some much milder than usual winter weather continues here. saturday, december 26, a stretch of unseasonable weather continues. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm lauren glassberg in charlesworth. meteorologist amy freeze is off, so jeff smith is filling in. >> another mild day out there today. not quite the record-breaking warms that we have had the past couple of days. but ten to 15 degrees above normal nonetheless. york city. the reason we're a little cooler today we have some cloud cover and we have a wind coming off the cooler waters of the atlanta. check out this map. this shows you the departure from normal this december. right through yesterday, 13.6 degrees above no

. >>> this sink hole in westchester county may snarl traffic throughout the day. a broken water main caused the street to collapse. it is about ten feet deep. crews are looking right now. again, it makes take much of the day. >>> extra cash to cover your toll port authority crossings now. toll at the lincoln and holland tunnel were increased. george washington, and other bridges also impacted. easy pass toll during peek hours will rise from $12 to 12.50, if you pay cash, it's $15. costly rides. >>> in today's money report, videos that have millions of people watching on youtube, and toy stores raking in some serious cash. let's check in with bill griffith at cnbc's global headquarters for that and a look >> it's quite a story. friday's rally was about friday morning, the sellout is lower oil prices. oil's down to a seven-year low and energy-related stocks. so the dow is down 144 points, but easily the stock of the day maybe even of the year is keurig green mountain, the company that makes those k-cup coffee makers is up 73% right now on word that it's going to be

throughputtal and westchester counties. here -- through putnam and westchester counties. so we have hours to go between when this starts and then wraps up by friday morning. models i think a lit bit more realistic. on average, closer to an inch. parts of the area will see more of an inch depending on where the bands set up. we're getting wet today. apish out of -- it's a push out of the south. but that adds extra lift to the clouds so a chance for heavier rain. there goes the low shaping up during the big children's hospital fund raiser tomorrow morning with cbs fm. and in the afternoon, starts to look drier but starts to cool down. so you go from almost 60 today to just the low 50s tomorrow without much movement of the temperatures to 41 saturday. and wind chills in the low 30s. so yeah, maybe even a flake or two north and west. 6:15 there abouts. what's going on alex? >>> some changes in new jersey. let's begin there in union specifically. morris avenue is closed in both directions at salem road due to an accident with a downed pole. and a lane blocked on the staten isl

. >>> and a sink hole in westchester. and we have the forecast. >> we started out the week with poor air quality and very mild temperatures. we may end the week with even caring about the things that make each of our clients unique... ...that's what makes >>> in westchester county, crews are working to repair this water main. you see all the water rushing beneath the street there in pleasantville. it happened around 11:00 last night. that sinkhole is about 10 feet deep. >>> the utilities company says it expects to finish repairs today. they tell us that they still don't know the exact cause of the power outage. a malfunction left up to 50,000 customers blacked out in seven counties in new york, new jersey, and pennsylvania. power was restored sunday morning. reactors will remain shut down. a spokesman said several control rods lost power in the unit two reactor on saturday. inspectors with the nuclear regulatory commission arrived to monitor the situation, look for the cause and recommend repairs. >>> coming up when we re

a westchester county man says his swagway hoverboard caught fire and damaged his home. he's suing for not providing a warning about the fire risk. federal investigators looking into now more than a dozen claims of hoverboard fires. >>> tuition is going up at the university of connecticut. the university's board of trustees voted to raise the tuition by more than 30%. this will be over four years. so in-state students will pay nearly $14,000 a year. currently, you're paying $10,500. out-of-state tuition is going to if you go out of state, it's so expensive. >> painful. >>> all right. 5:50. just ahead, this is the sucker punch seen around the world. have you seen that yet? who was on the receiving end of that? >> plus, we're going to tell you what's expected tonight with president obama. he's going to run wild. what the commander in chief agreed to eat in the wilderness. i couldn't believe it. you're going to hear about it. >>> welcome back. it is 54 degrees out there, 5:54. traffic is not so hot in some places. we'll check in with emily in a moment. >>> first, it's not e

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in westchester county as you head to the cross county. the west right at new rochelle road is the bronx entry and an accident being cleared. now heading over to the cross bronx westbound bunching up at the sheridan and a disabled tractor-trailer just getting word that the l. train is back on schedule. so switching problems just about cleared. and l.i.e. west at jericho turnpike a collision and let's go out to the camera i want to show you this volume on the new jersey turnpike. this is right at exit 13. trying to get out to the goethals bridge. the problem is that the construction into staten island. new jersey turnpike northbound bumper to bumper up by exit 13 and alternate side of the street parking rules in effect. back over to you. lori, bob? >>> all right thank you. facebook and uber are giving customers a new way to catch a ride. >> abc reports. >> reporter: hello in today's techbytes, facebook's new choice venture with uber. >> yeah messager and uber will allow facebook users to order the next ride. >>> and google wants to make it

westchester doing fine, you are ok on for way, let's go to our cameras and show you another problem this morning, route 109 you're seeing by rich 440 doing fine but there is an accident over the bridge blocking a lane, hackensack bridge, one lane blocked, south bound with this accident with injuries. and the alexander hamilton bridge those directions moving fine, trains on or close to schedule. juliet: i didn't think it was so bad yesterday. ben: took 40 minutes to get from the upper east side in the 90s to the plaza to see santa. juliet: an escaped prisoner back greg:-year-old barry tune was found in a homeless shelter in brooklyn after 6 hours on the run. was originally arrested for misdemeanors this gave a police vehicle while handcuffed. they arrived at broadway and for lincoln street and he slipped into a nearby subway station to get away, he was the sixth prisoner, to escape. juliet: bill deblasio plans to deal with the homeless crisis in the city, home stats is an acronym for homeless outreach and mobile engagements reaction team. it adds 147 workers to the apartment of homeland s

in the westchester square section of the bronx, back to you. >>> an update on a story we reported earlier this month about a brooklyn bodega that a hit. the giant fence hid the deli grocery in williamsburg. well, after several of our reports here on cbs2, we can tell you the contractors have put away a large portion of see the store and go inside. they have easier access. >>> possible hope for treatment of sudden cardiac arrest. this was believed to stop without warning but a new study in the anals of internal medicine find, many patients experience symptoms days and weeks advance. some symptoms have nausea and abdominal pain doctors say those who seek treatment for the early symptoms have a better chance of recovery. >>> local military veterans took time to say a thank you to one of their heroes. it's andy who retired of a more than a decade as a therapy dog. he was given the canine medal of honor. he has to retire because he's been diagnosed with laryngeal paralysis. >> so nice to see when he comes how their eyes light up having a pet to talk to be and be. >> today, there was a special

northern westchester county, places like mt. cisco, arlington, rock hill. those temperatures around we could see some black ice. be careful tomorrow morning. tomorrow during the day it's a nice one, 50 in the city. a mild one today, winds out of the east. you can see a string of 50-degree days, again above average with 45. breezy with flurries on saturday. temperatures in the low 40s, the chill stays with us. 70s are gone for now. >>> a stanford police officer has been arrested for taking time off ostensibly to train with the army reserves but went on vacation with his girlfriend to hawaii. he was busted when his boss called him looking for him. he told him then he was taking care of his sick father in taiwan. his father wasn't sick, so he ultimately fessed up about the vacation, and he's being charged because the officers give them >>> toys r us are closing their doors on times square. ey shut their doors for good tomorrow. the store and its indoor ferris wheel have been a tourist fixture since 2001. toys r us decided not to renew its lease. the spokesman

a motorized board burst into flames in westchester. should you avoid them this christmas? >> i had blood on my shirt. >> the animal, bloodied and bruised after a trip to the wel veoullhereummoe anlsor yr.lu 40doarba. soo li oca n.t t t pt.etio >>> motorized board is being blamed for starting a house fire in westchester county. these pictures show what's left it burst into flames at a chappaqua home, minutes after the owners plugged it into a charger. chappaqua's fire chief is advising people not to buy the boards this holiday season. this is one of several incidents across the country of boards catching fire. >>> a long island couple says a close shave left their beloved dog injured. they were shocked when they picked up their dog from an east islip groomer. the family discovered coconut was bleeding. the groomer claims the dog had skin problems. the owners are upset. >> the vet said, you know, they couldn't believe that she were shaved so close, and there was some advisable razor burns. >> coconut came in saturday, as well as the family's other dog, in extremely poor cond

if you're headed to westchester county, keep all of this in mind. dave and kerry, back to you in the studio. now, more than 200 bears killed on the first day of the controversial bear hunt. they killed 216 bears yesterday. that is nearly 100 more than were killed on the first day of last year's hunt. that jump could be due to an increase in the number of bears, fair weather as well. hunts are needed to keep control of the bear population, but protesters say it is inhumane. >>> there is a delay in outfitting police officers with body cameras. the state issued a 90-day hold followed complaints by two police unions. they said they weren't included in discussions about the cameras. both sides meeting next month. >>> a december to remember. it is very warm out there. >>> also ahead -- >> a two-inch cut, just five or six stitches, but a $17,000 medical bill. >> it seems utterly unreal. >> the i-team investigates a hospital. are you happy with your bathroom? i wasn't. but for years, i didn't do anything about it. i thought i didn't have the money, until i

he leaves behind a wife and two children, in happier times news 12 westchester cover story about him, he did return from afghanistan to surprise his daughter who was performing in a singing competition. besides his family, he also leaves behind a city and country who are grateful for his service. york". kerry: the students last in the face during a random attack is his name is being withheld, says the wind is very painful, she received 200 stitches and says she doesn't want this to happen to anyone else. the eleventh grader is a chinese exchange student who was walking to school when a random person wearing a surgical mask and gloves cut her in the face with a box cutter. she was wearing glasses at the time of the attack and the glass is likely saved her eyesight. an incredible cliff side rescue of a man who felt how hiking in rockland state park. >> we had contact with the party himself but he is extremely fatigued and has slurred speech at this point. liz: emergency crews pull the 25-year-old to safety after he fell down the side of a mountain and was hanging from a tree. rescuers u

a driver in westchester county accidentally hits the gas and slams into a store. that driver also hit a customer inside. tonight, that man is recovering at the hospital. his family is sharing new details about the crash and his injuries. eyewitness news reporter malory hoff has the story from new rochel. >> reporter: the driver of an suv appears to be parking and the man is knocked to the ground. family says the man in the video is jeff weaner, a new rochelle resident in his 70s. >> he stopped in there to purchase a lottery ticket. >> reporter: he has a deep cut on his leg and ankle broken in three places. >> you've spoken with his cousin's wife. >> yes. >> how is he doing tonight? >> he's extremely shaken up. he's in a lot of pain, waiting to undergo surgery and has been transferred to mount sinai in manhattan. he's scheduled to undergo surgery in the morning. it's a very hard time for him and his family in light of the holidays. >> reporter: the woman driving the suv was 88 years old. she was initially trapped inside but was not hurt. >> it's frightening. >> rep

a few problems, right now with the westchester there's an issue on 684 on westbound. the sawmill soft bound ashford staten island is fine on the expressway. no problems on the gowanus or belt parkway bridge. no problems on the 106107, upper and lower level is moving fine. street street cleaning rules are in effect today citywide. >> juliet: thank you ynez. the president was on television last night in prime time on a rare occurrence. hoping to ease americans fear of terrace. he makes a primetime address. >> ben: 's address is meant to assure us that our safety and security is a top priority. we have more and what the president has to say. he's being criticized on what he did not say. >> reporter: sure, good morning good morning to. how rare is this? address to the nation twice in 2010 when the deepwater horizon was leaking oil in the announced the end of combat operations in iraq. office for third time in an attempt to calm a nervous nation. >> reporter: and a rare appearance of the oval office president obama delivered a 13 minute address of the growing isil. >> the

you see where it has been raining, westchester, parts of long island, connecticut. this is where i think we're going to see some of our heaviest rain. long branch, toms river. we could push up to an inch of rainfall. and west, not as home. rain in the morning hours, patchy and light. new jersey might not even see train in morning hours. but probably improving conditions during the evening puddles. there's the drizzle, especially steady from great neck over new rochelle and stanford and greenwich. still some drizzle in new york city. a lot of rainfall here coming from the gulf. that's what's heading our way. watch how their involves. just some scattered drizzle overnight. the same thing tomorrow morning. focused from the city north and east. then the rain gets steard by late morning. some heavy rain depicted from morristown down to belmar and toms river. it is moving quickly so after 3:00 or 4:00 i think we start to see improvement into the early evening hours. that's why i'm say improving conditions. heaviest rainfall amounts could get over an inch, lesser rainfall

westchester, 42 degrees so in the meantime today have the umbrella candy. we will go mostly cloudy, showers taper off and tomorrow we start with clouds and we through by the middle of the day. friday we look good with plenty of sunshine and temperatures cool off by then. today will be mild with high readings in the middle 50s which is above average for this time of year and tomorrow we dropped to 5190 will be breezy in new york city. 49 friday, a 15 saturday, we stay in the 50s for the weekend the beginning of next apps called myfoxny.com weather. on beat live very dark, the cameras, 106-107 moving find city, you are fine, or close to schedule. across the hudson river and saw both towers and floated. and more importantly continuing to cheer when they heard the world trade center, both towers had imploded. saying what you had listen to the radio. hah we didn't get calls from jersey city or any other locations and there were no there -- no other reports that if the stress to was the only credible report. not affiliated with one another calling at different in

. >>> calls for action after a cyber hack of a dam in westchester. hackers from iran broke into the bowman avenue dam near ryebecause to see if they could access it two years ago. here's investigative reporter jim hoffer. >> reporter: what national security officials determined in 2013, that iranian cyber control system of this dam, they madely told the white house. but no one thought to tell anyone in westchester county. >> i read about in the wall street journal two days ago which is unacceptable. >> reporter: an angry county executive today blamed homeland security for failure to communicate, saying that breakdown was as much of a wake did you know call as the -- a wake-up call. >> if this were important enough to alert the white house then why wasn't the county alerted as well? >> reporter: senator schumer came to the say it to call on the department of homeland security to do a complete investigation into how often critical infrastructure has been hacked. >> dams, highways, utilities, railroads, all are connected to the internet and are >> repor

. >>> wreckage removed from the scene in westchester, hours deadly shooting. tonight, lanes are just reopening after road closures caused a traffic nightmare. >> cbs 2's tony ayeleo is following the story. >>> it will take months to decide if deadly force was justed in this case. it took hours for the saw mill parkway to reopen, after this car chase became a foot chase, and then a fatal shooting. in the darkness, the traffic jam glowed like a river of light. drivers stuck, and using technology to try to break free. initially, just traffic, i fired up one of the apps and it said get out. >> reporter: the tie up began around 11:30, with an attempted traffic stop in the bronx. police say a silver nissan fled into westchester county, with hudson parkway. at one point, the suspect dangerous decision. >> whether they saw other police vehicles ahead, they made a u-turn, colliding with several other civilian vehicles. >> police found akeem mark smith of yonkers injured inside. cops pursued miguel on foot. >> a confrontation ensued. one shot was discharged from the new

a wake will be held in westchester county. serving our nation overseas. >> he was killed by a suicide bomber last week. teresa priolo is live this morning with more. harrison. offering their condolences to the family. he is also a husband and father. as it was described yesterday, a real-life superhero. one final journey home. his body arising monday. his grieving widow, his young son. his comrade. waiting. watching. saluting. >> he lives his life as a hero. he returns as a hero. it does not erase the pain. >> serving as a sergeant with air national guard when he and five other soldiers were killed by a bomber last week. staff sergeant of long island. the 31-year-old was also a member of the stewart -based security unit. he also served 12 were in iraq. he has also received a purple heart. this is video from news 12. during one of his surprise visits home. >> seemingly scentless loss. he was in the prime of his life. who knew him. >> reporter: the 4-year-old son ryan could be heard over the bagpipes and eulogy. he wore his shie

it's 38 in westchester, 37 in pottstown, 39 in allentown. so now we've gotten down into the 30s, and now we see how low they are going to get during the night tonight. have to watch them closely and see what's going on at 11:00 tonight. when i'll be back to take another look at that. 38 degrees in westchester. we're not only going to get to 32, in most cases we'll have to go below that because the roads have been so warm because it's been so warm. we're in the mid 40s elsewhere. 20 to 25 degrees colder than it was at this time yesterday. and we have a couple more weather advisories, one for the poconos, that one looks like it's a pretty good bet there are going to be slippery conditions and temperatures well below freezing, sleet, some freezing rain, more marginal berks county and the lehigh valley with the temperatures kind of critical. the only place on the ground of the official airport stations reporting anything, lancaster, light rain right now. a lot of this that you see on the radar is not reaching the ground yet, low levels of the at

as with you head into westchester, rockland counties and hudson halley and fairfield county. that's where the chances are to see the slick roads for your tuesday morning commute. here's a wide view of our storm. lots of heavy snow across the midwest and this is the rain that's moving in. colliding with some cold air that is in place now across the northeast. starting at that snow across western new york state. it still has to build in here. let's time it out now. 8:00 tonight and still dry as you're making your way home. no umbrellas needed here. i'll set this into motion. bands of a wintry mix from new york city north in the hudson valley around 11:00 you're seeing light snow and duchess counties. watch the green, though. that's the r ]n and that slides north as the night goes on. so, by 2:00 a.m., it's over in the city in terms of anything frozen changing over to rain, long island same story here. it's areas north of town. more on the timing coming up in just a few. back to you. >> back to winter. >> thank you. >>> the nasty weather is also using major travel trouble across

. >> the gift cards can be purchased for homeless families in suffolk, nassau, westchester, dutchess and orange counties. and if you would like to do that, for more information, go to our website, cbsnewyork.com. >>> pickup time at school and a boy with autism cannot be found. you can imagine. tonight it's raising questions about safety procedures at a newark school. cbs 2's tony aiello spoke with >> reporter: i was beaten on my car. i was devastated. i couldn't understand where my child was. >> reporter: wednesday afternoon her autistic 9-year- old antonio was missing from louise spencer elementary at pickup time from the after- school program. no one knew where it was. >> somebody has to be rational. only thing we know the little boy said we saw him walk out the building. >> reporter: the parents say almost immediately, their minds flashed back to new york city 2013 and the sad case of a avonte oquendo. he was found dead after wandering out. >> they need to be watched. >> reporter: booker and brown said they learned a school aide failed escort antonio to the after-school program th

. >> could the murder of westchester person be linked to a double homicide, more than 90? >> we actively are seeking any kind of information. >> because of the backgrounds? >> hey everybody a five-year-old girl from upstate new york who lost her family in a fire once christmas cards from around the world. she lost her father and three younger siblings in the 2013 case of intentional arson. she suffered severe burns and walk lost her right hand and foot. she now lives with her aunt liz and she bought her tree to hang cards on. there has been an overwhelming response, if you want to send a card you consented to the address on the screen n now. >> they're both elderly victims found dead in their expensive homes. they're they're both owners of past food franchises and they're both leaving investigator stumped on who did it and why. could the murder of westchester socialite, lois, be possibly linked to a double homicide more than 900 miles away? that's a question one sheriff in georgia is asking when he heard of a november murder. >> their victims, wealthy victims, exclusive ne

reporting in westchester county, back to you. >>> lonnie back now. we're going to talk more about our official -- we're on the calendar for winter but it looks like we'll experience it. >> i dent think it will be a big snowstorm. but ice i think sometimes is a lot more dangerous than snow. >> sure. >> sometimes the snow getting packed and you can get your grip with your tires. here's what we are seeing -- if we goest west of new york city, 36-degree reading from anthony in cedar grove. he's seeing a little bit of it. it's like a rain/sleet mix. sleet has just begun, he says, 23 minutes ago. this is when the weather watchers, are worth your weight in gold. i can get those up-to-the- minute readings. in new york city, there's your picture. the skies are partly cloudy. it's 40 degrees out there. the picture looks nice. as far as the storm moving into the area, will it be rain and snow for everybody? we'll break it town. it does look like it wants to begin as the wintry mix for many folks. some of you will see nothing more than raindrops. foremany some s

just northern westchester county, not southern westchester county included in that. in tomorrow and with that wind out of the northeast it will lock in cold air at the surface. an approaching storm system, the same one that brought the severe weather to the lower plain states will move its way toward us. it will hit that cold air. we will get sleet and maybe a little bit of snow out of the system before the changeover to rain. i'll time out the changeover and what you can expect with future tracker in the seven-the day forecast. back to you. >>> you can track this forecast any time on your phone or tablet. download the news 4 new york app to see the forecast and interactive radar. >>> tonight an 18-month-old boy is still in the hospital recovering from a gunshot wound. mina bichet was sitting in his car seat when a stray bullet shattered the back windshield and hurt his cheek. we just spoke to the father. ray, what can you tell us? angry. he said his family moved here from egypt three years ago seeking a sense of safety, that sense of security shattered with yesterday's incident when the

ines: your commute doing fine, 95 no problems in the norwalk area towards westchester, merritt parkway looks good, new jersey commute, and the parkway over the drizzle bridge and the turnpike on 287. let's check what i've done, the lie by cherry red no problems these down or west bound, george washington bridge find this morning, let's go to that camera shot no delays on the upper or lower level, 495 towards the lincoln tunnel doing well as well as holland. to skip out on tolls, the agency wants to suspend registrations of vehicles that evade payments, the and the bridges and tunnels committee approved those regulations last night, the full m.t.a. board is scheduled to consider that matter to oh. 45 a public common period on this proposed regulation ends on january 4th. ben: look at this. surveillance video out of oklahoma, a truck slamming into a hotel lobby late last week just barely missing two employees you see there behind the desk. apparently the driver of a pickup wasn't happy about his final bills the decided to barrel through the entrance on purpose nearly killing those two. h

. >> plus, a man hurt after a car crashes into the front of a store in westchester county. the entire thing thought on camera. good evening everyone. i'm sandra bookman. >> i'm ralph powers, joe torres >> it happened this afternoon in new rochelle. surveillance video shows the driver losing control, rolling through the glass door and hitting a man who was standing at the register. mallory has the story. >> reporter: we have heard that the man hit is going to be okay. we are told an 88-year-old woman was driveing the car that plowed into the store. we are told she is fine tonight. as you can see t store front has been completely removed. this whole car plowed through the store. gary phillips was buying a lottery right next to the man who was hit. >> he was on alert. he was complaining about his leg. >> i was trying to help him out. >> he was frightened. >> reporter: again, that man is it is still unclear why this woman lost control. live in new rochelle, mallory huff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> police in long island trying to figure out who threw a brick on an overpass i