coming up, a familiar face in new york city politics -- christine quinn. she was the city council speaker and a candidate for mayor against bill de blasio. now, as it happens, she's in charge of a huge organization that helps homeless women and children, and she's working with the mayor and his folk. >> welcome back to "upclose." she wanted to be the first woman to become mayor of new york, and for a while, she was the front-runner, the candidate to beat, until bill de blasio grabbed that mantle from her. christine quinn is here. her new job -- head of one of new york's largest and most respected homeless-service agencies for women and children, called win. christine, nice to see you. >> thank you. >> so, your new job -- what's it like? >> seven weeks in, and it's amazing. you know, we at win are the largest provider of shelter and permanent housing to homeless families in new york. we house 4,700 people a night, 2,700 of whom are children. and the staff at win -- they're on the front lines every day, trying to help these families children. >> and when you

new york city. york city. it will be raining over parts of connecticut and long island another hour or two. outside we go, folks are going with the umbrella. the rain is coming down lightly in new york city. the deluge has been waning. 59 right now. the rain is light. 5 miles per hour. the planner the next few hours, shut off the rain after 7:00. nothing more than a spot shower or drizzle and temperatures hold in the 50s until the winds shift to the north later tonight then the temperatures drop. different when we talk about port jefferson, suffolk county. you have to wait between 8:00, 9:00 for the rain to come to an end. during the day tomorrow, 9 front moves away but it's just a little too close for comfort. we have to be concerned about cloud cover, especially the first part of the day. the clouds will cling to the coast as well. sunset. temperatures wobble around the 40s and 50s. winds sustained 8 to 16. chilly tomorrow afternoon. long island. rain is heave over miller place, heading to yaphank and we go

new york city, we reduced our carbon footprint by 20%. in america, by 15%, with no action from the federal government. and the people saying it is bad for business, i can tell you new york has one of the lowest on it when it rates the highest growth rate in all of america. one of the reasons is that people want to live with their lives are going to be better, healthier, longer. and when you recruit, you have to talk about the environment. it is fascinating. in america, people talk about we are going to lose jobs if we reduce the use of coal. number one, there are very few who work in the industry more. it is not the billy elliot days in london. it is done by stripmining, enormous machines. very few work in the industry. but there has been an enormous amount of jobs that have been created in solar and wind power. the net number of jobs because of environmental considerations has gone up, not down. number two, i cannot get -- maybe bloomberg news should do a story about this -- how do you compare jobs versus lives? if we will lose one job an

for new york city, points south, it's going to be that wintery mix that we had. i went out for dinner at 6:30, 6:45 and there was sleet in the city. you go just to the north of the city. start off with snow showers, transitioning to sleet right now. it's going to eventually make its way over to rain. then you go well north, duchess county, it's snow, sort of that icy mix. you may never get a big wash of rain that comes over you. could see some rain, i just don't think you're going to see near as much as anybody else. how much snow? if you catch snow, it's in the areas north of the city. we're thinking 1 to 2 inches for some folks. now the maps are saying, new york city could see a tenth of an inch. as of right now, the first trace of snow has fallen officially for the season in new york. central park at a trace of frozen precipitation. ice is going to be the big problem. we talked about this at the top of the newscast, this is the concern. anytime you put a tenth of an inch of ice or sleet on the road, you could have a problem. rain, these numbers are decent. new

move to new york city. [laughter] that cannot guarantee everyone will live three years longer, but i can guarantee on average they will. and so it shows you can do some things. what have we done? we put grades on restaurants. the number of deaths from salmonella fell overnight. we put smoke detectors in apartments come and the number of fire deaths collapsed. we put in strong measures to stop kids from carrying guns, and our murder rate went down dramatically. in fact, and new york city, it is still hard to get murdered. >> do you think information is key? mike: in the end, the public is a lot smarter than they are given credit for by the press and the government. in the end, john, i have always believed that we have incarcerated all of the irrational people. so when somebody does something that does not make any sense, it isn't that they are irrational. you just do not know what they are trying to do. the public cares about themselves, and maybe their kids and grandkids. and they would do whatever is in th

laura ingle live in new york with the response in the big city. we start with trace gallagher in los angeles. what more do we know, trace, about the specifics of the threat? >> reporter: we do know, shep, we believe both new york and los angeles did get the very same e-mail. there might have been some minor changes but for all intents and purposes we believe it was the exact same. superintendent ramone cortines says the l.a. unified school district gets many threats a year but this was particularly credible. it talked about backpacks, packages and explosives and mentioned not one but several schools. he was very concerned because of the recent san bernardino attacks although very early on authorities knew there was no connection to san bernardino. those who have read the e-mails say the threat was made by a self-described muslim extremist who misspelled allah, used a pornographic reference and made highly unrealistic claims. though law enforcement strongly disagreed with closing the schools, during the news conference there was a unified front. lis

new york city, we reduced our carbon footprint by 20%. in america, by 15%, with no action from the federal government. and the people saying it is bad for business, i can tell you new york has one of the lowest on it when it rates the highest growth rate in all of america. one of the reasons is that people want to live with their lives are going to be better, healthier, longer. and when you recruit, you have to talk about the environment. it is fascinating. in america, people talk about we are going to lose jobs if we reduce the use of coal. number one, there are very few who work in the industry more. it is not the billy elliot days in london. it is done by stripmining, enormous machines. very few work in the industry. but there has been an enormous amount of jobs that have been created in solar and wind power. the net number of jobs because of environmental considerations has gone up, not down. number two, i cannot get -- maybe bloomberg news should do a story about this -- how do you compare jobs versus lives? if we will lose one job an

hour by hour, this is for new york city. new york city, 7:00 p.m., i don't see too much out there. 40 degrees. 9:00 p.m., 38 degrees. i know it's above freezing but you can still have sleet mixed in. 11:30 p.m., 35 degrees. wintry mix. 3:00 a.m., 40 degrees. this will be just rain. by 6:00 a.m., 45 degrees. some of that rain could be heavy. i'm talking a lot of rain, 1, 2, even more than that. icing will be a problem north of the city. please keep that in mind. back to you. >> it's winter, right? >>> travelers are seeing delays at airports thanks to stormy weather in the midwest. the biggest problems at chicago o'hare. airlines canceled 250 flights because of icing. parts of the country are cleaning up from deadly tornadoes over the past several days. we'll have more on the twisters coming up in just a few minutes. >>> and where ever you are during this week with the forecast on the week, the weather app is free. >>> breaking news. hikers had to be rescued after getting trapped on a ledge. it's the same park where another hi

soldiers, including a new york city police detective.m nicole petallides. >> lori: hi, i'm lori rothman. we will have the details. >> nicole: we are seeing down arrows. had it been higher a couple days ago, dow down 30, s&p down just over 3. >> lori: all right. spacex makes space travel history. >> three, two, one, zero. we have liftoff. >> lori: and it lands dramatically, we will show you coming up. >> nicole: more problems for chipotle mexican grill, officials reporting a new e. coli strain. >> lori: quarterback drew brees making all the headlines, we will have all the monday night football highlights. >> nicole: welcome to fbn:am, first look at morning markets and breaking news and what to expect on your day ahead. >> lori: all right. >> nicole: detective had been deployed twice to afghanistan, once to iraq, leaves behind a wife and three children. new york city police commissioner saying, we grieve and we remember this public servant. the taliban has claimed responsibility for yesterday's attacks. the deadliest attack on internationa

right now it is legal to buy, york city, but it's illegal to ride them. police can ticket you as much as $200. some lawmakers are proposing a new law to make the devices gal, arguing they're no different than skateboards. >> nypd has a lot of work they need to do. the last issue we need to worry about is young kids riding on hoverboards. >> new yorkers don't want to see hoverboards on the already crowded city sidewalks. >> absolutely not. they're already annoying. >> reporter: and this comes at a time when people are questioning the safety of hoverboards. many have been injured from falls. and while they're a hot christmas gift, some worry a little too hot. >> the hoverboard is on fire. >> reporter: the consumer product safety commission tells news4 they're investigating 22 hoonverboard fires in 17 states, including cases in cha pequea ek wa -- chapequea and staten island. >> let's make sure people are riding them safely. let's make sure there's regulations when it comes to this. >> reporter: even if this law passes, one thing it doesn't do is say where h

a record warm december for new york city. 52 boston. 53 in the city today. 56 philly. 58 in washington, d.c. upper 40s to the north and west. we're looking at milderha t avage temtures by 10 grees. fox 5 sky guardian showing a couple of showers that have appeared. one areas you get up to neurgh, stewart apor and extending northward to about the woodstock are a couf shors eastern pennsylvania. we'll see more as the night goes along. more so after midnight. notice how the bandhs out conserably as it getsloser and closer to us. it will be another areaf rain that will slide in here tomorrow doest look likheavy rainfall, a lot of rain, but casional rn will be coming in after midnight and through tomorrow. lower 50s in new york city. right now, we're around the high. 53 at belmar. same at islip. 56 montauk. upper 40s towards poughkeepsie. the wind was gus earlier. figure the southwest wind stays tonit and a southerly wind as we head into tomorrow. here's futurecast you can see the area of rain i spoke of down here from memphis down to new orleans. and a cold front is off to the west. ahead o

you can see the back ems approaching new york city. we've had thunderstorms over the east end over the past hour. now there's heavy rain over upper manhattan, bergen county, fort lee, over into rockland and westchester and fairfield county. futurescan showing that within an hour the back edge of moving into fairfield county and suffolk county. we're going from downpours to drizzle after midnight, and the street flooding will subside. good news for your morning travel but lingering low visibility will be a problem. we are obviously still on track for 70s being at 64 now. the record high is 63. there won't be much drama break that at midnight. the question is do we get that all-time december high of 75. we have a real shot. so we'll talk about the christmas eve and day forecast. we've got more record warmth on the road but always shot of chill and maybe a wintry icy mix down the road. temperatures. it's an up and down seven-day accuweather forecast. >>> from the roads to the airports, no matter how you were trying to get around it was an

a snow alert in new york city. the department of sanitation here on the lower east side and all over the city gearing up with tons of salt as you can see at the ready. this after some cold, wet and at times icy rain fell on new york overnight. the sanitation department says salt spreaders are ready to go and some are already on the street but by in large for the event. let me tell you, we'll take it. so far, live on the lower east side, scott rapoport, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. >>> and now thed to the letter who was shot in the face over the weekend. he will be -- and now to the toddler who was shot in the face over the weekend. >> reporter: the 18-month-old is now home with family recovering from a gunshot wound his cheek is still swollen from the injury. he was injured when a stray bullet hit his family's car. the little boy was sitting in the car with his father and sister while his mother picked up a package at the post office. after surgery and a few days in the hospital, he was released. after the shooting, th

of food bank for new york city. so nice to have you here. >> thank you for having us. >> first of all, i don't think a lot of people realize how big the problem is... >> absolutely. >> ...and just how big of a job your agency oversees, what, about 1,000 smaller operations? >> yeah. there are about 1,000 charities, and even in some schools, that are members of food bank for new york city. they are connected to us not only through our food inventory but the 18 to 20 tractor-trailer trucks that we have on the road every single day and other programming that we make sure we seed in the neediest communities around the city. >> and why is the need so great? i know that there's not the same amount of federal funding. in particular, the snap program took a hit a couple of years ago, and i think $18 is the amount less that some families are getting a month. you know, to me and you, that may not seem like a lot, but if you are literally counting every penny, it makes a difference. >> absolutely. you know, inside of the city,

new york city transit buses they are operating on a holiday schedule as well as nj transit for new york city, though no bm 1 through bm 5 buses. beeline no service today, . as far as rail service goes everyone is on a limited service. are suspended today so enjoy that. more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >>> a child was one of three people hit by a car on christmas eve in nassau county that accident happening just before 10:00 in hicksville. police say a car jumped a car at old country and new bridge roads. this new video shows shoes lying in the street and also a look at that badly damaged car. an investigation shut down the busy intersection for several hours. at this point no word of any charges being filed against the driver. >>> in brooklyn a shocking development in a sexual assault investigation. police have arrested a 14-year-old boy for allegedly attacking a woman inside her apartment building in east flat bush. you can see that clear video of the suspect after the attack happened. authorities say the teen grabbed the 33-year-old woman from behind, sexual assaulted her

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 north and west of new york city. so cloudy and damp, fog and drizzle at sunrise. up to 59. still a mild day. rain is steadier in the afternoon and south and east of new york city. then the rain will quickly taper to drizzle. on friday more evidence now that this storm is going stay offshore on friday giving us some clearing and maybe just a shower at that time shore. saturday, got to add that flurry. windchills around freezing. sunday is the bert half of the weekend, middle 40s. on monday clouds a

the threat of isis has changed for cities like new york. they will throw everything at it from the land, sea, underground in the subways and from the air over the city to protect the entire city during the new year's eve celebrations. they will have lots of bomb-sniffing dogs out and available. they will have radiation detectors and cameras to keep tabs on things. the mayor of new york saying because of paris and san bernardino, it has changed the way they look at security. >> we pride ourselves in the city. we are the best prepared city in the country. the best prepared city to prevent terrorism and deal with any event should it occur. there will be a tremendous number of officers who you will see and many you won't see. there will be obvious security measures you will see and won't see. we can assure you the preparations are extraordinary. >> reporter: new york city saying the special response team is able to respond to dozens of incidents at a time because of the san bernardino and paris attacks. they want to be able to hone in and respon

computer models are spit out 1, 2 inches. 2.5 for toms river. 1.7 for new york city. ice is more dangerous than rain obviously and when you go north of the city, these are the numbers we were showing you earlier and they've been updated now. we're on the trend here. we feel this area north of 287 sees up to .25 for some folks out there. ..10 for danbury, can net kit. it will be tough in the morning. it will turn to rain for everybody. it's all about the timing. snowfall, it's not a big player, not in this particular storm. not this setup, the air column is too warm to support the snow. maybe 1, 2 inches well north of the city. we see the pink showing you where the sleet/rain wintry mix is. the whites and the grays, that's where the snowflakes are flying. from warren county into morris county, you have some of that sleet that's falling out. ocean county wet, little rain showers. bigger picture shows you how big the storm is. there's your low-pressure system. this is the engine that churns the whole system. this is moving up to the north of our area, but the trailing col

now pushing close to east of new york city. rained lighter than "first at 4:00" but raining around the area and ponding and a lot of water near the crosswalks and puddles. let's look at the weather map. we are looking at the george washington bridge. you can barely see it on the fort lee side. delays on the airports and roadways. 59 degrees. mild rain. there is the latest rainfall totals. you know a rainfall deficit for this month is what we have right now. a little over an inch of rainfall. we are normal in december. an inch across much of new jersey. raining heavily over long island. an -- an inch and a quarter over here. huntington to stony brook over to uptown. heavy rain near old bridge to holmdel but the back edge is moving through sussex into western passaic. in one hour it will be closing in on bayonne and edgewater, new jersey and probably the hudson river. heaviest rain in about an hour

that may mix with ice north and west of new york city making the commute slick. periods of rain otherwise on tuesday. not expecting any issues in the city, by the way. 47 on tuesday. sun to clouds on wednesday. maybe showers wednesday. new year's eve, 54. probably in the 40s for the ball drop in times square. compared to winters past. >> the 40s is not bad. >> we can take it. >> usually the people in times warm. temperature is. they have already warmed up. >> they're good. thanks, jeff. >>> before we go to break, let's take a look at the community calendar. decorated farmhouse at the annual open house. enjoy craft activities and warm up with freshly milled sider. learn about the world's first underground park in new york city. join the west port library and the music theater of connecticut for a family movie special, frozen sing along. in jersey, the art center showcases the model train show, featuring the setup and design of mike, local train enthusiast. bars music presents music in motion in an unlikely but beautiful venue at the foot of the brooklyn bridge. the

around a million people here in new york city are acted to gather in new york city's times square for extraordinary security is planned for new year's eve according to the mayor. expressed in new york city police officers will be in the crowds including members of a new specialist counterterrorism unit. >> the n.y.p.d. will use radiation or spirit bill of undercover folks in the crowd. the last 16 sheets in which they funnel people in and they want them with magnetometers. i think times square will be a safe place. if you are a terrorist he will look at target that are much softer. jo: security being ramped up in washington in spite of the rose bowl parade near los angeles. senior officials say president obama has been briefed on possible terror attacks in the three cities before he left on his family vacation. after i was from a single source and has not been concerned. cheryl: wall street getting ready to wrapup 2016. ahead of the final opening just over 219 points in order to post and theme for the year. if they don't win the day the double post its first down year since 2008. so f

new york city is the largest with more than 1 million students. >> the response to the threats drastically different. los angeles closed all public schools. new york schools remained open. now, we will head to los angeles in a minute but eyewitness news reporter n.j. burkett begins our team coverage larch for us in for the -- live for us in fort greene, brooklyn. >> reporter: one threat, two different responses. nypd commissioner bill bratton said authorities in los angeles panicked in what he described today, quote, as a significant overreaction. parents in brooklyn aren't so sure about that. most parents and children we met had no idea about the threat. although they were pleased to hear it was dismissed as a hoax, many were surprised at

honestly, he put himself in that situation, and maybe he knows, maybe he doesn't, but this is new york city. anything could happen. >> reporter: another woman we showed the video to had a slightly different reaction. she said, he can't possibly be from new york, right? he is from california. he was drafted by the minnesota timberwolves a long way from new york city. jim dolan, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> learned a lesson. >>> 15 members of the group black lives matter under arrest tonight after busy airport terminal. demonstrators des sended on the minneapolis/st. paul airport after protesting. the group's aim is to draw attention to the deaths of black men at the hands of police. >>> the bodies of six u.s. soldiers killed in afghanistan, including two from new york tonight back on american soil. the flag-wrapped caskets arriving in delaware. sergeant joseph lemm was a 15- year veteran with the nypd. >>> new at 11:00 amid heightened concerns about terrorism the tsa can now require full body scans for air travelers. until now passengers could opt for a physical pat-down instead of going th

north and west of new york city and all these counties shaded in purple. new york no advisory in place. we 're t expecting a lot of snow or sleet or even freezing rain here. 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 sam

it is all about new york city. rosanna: how have you kept your family together in the last few years. it is difficult. you have been under a >> we are a very close family. we love each other. i am looking forward to this holiday season. greg: do you want him to run for reelection? that is beautiful. it is great. do you want him to run for reelection? >> of course. of course. greg: tell us about your life before you met him. >> massachusetts. what did you do after college? >> i came to newark. >> he was a speechwriter for david began. his office is now. [laughter] >> i am going to be mayor of the city someday. >> is a very humble guy. >> i do not have the details yet. >> they do not let the parents know. i know he is loving it. >> congratulations. thank you for being here. >> i want everyone to go to the website. you can follow me on twitter. check out my blog. >> good for you. thanks a lot. >> tell him i said hey. we will leave it at that. can we, please? dunkin's new sweet black pepper bacon sandwich, caramelized

new york city and los angeles targeted overseas. this as nearby pasadena, california prepares for the rose bowl with unprecedented security in place. anita vogel takes a look. >> you can expect more respect than ever before. but you may not notice all of it because some of it will be hidden to the naked eye. this year the parade received a tier 1 rating a special event rating a designation usually only given to the super bowl and a handful of other high profile events. with that comes the support of two dozen federal agencies. there will be canine units, cameras tactical response teams and plenty other security personnel mixed in with the crowd. >> if somebody is thinking about doing something illegal or some type of anti social behavior you may be standing right next to an under cover agent of some sort from a number of law enforcement agencies. >> the scene of the 127th rose parade is called find your adventure. they are teaming up with the park service which will be celebrating the centennial the next year. many of the throats ha

today hundreds of coats were handed to the homeless at the new york city rescue mission. it's part of the 27th annual new york cares coat drive. 60,000 coats since early last month. >> it meant everything to me. my coat was ripped. it's just nice to have a coat, you know for free and to see the community giving back so we can have nice warm coats for the winter. >> the group is still taking coat donations. you can drop yours off at police precincts across the city. >>> families lined both sides of the delaware river to watch the reenactment of george washington and his men crossing the river. in 1776 washington led 2400 men during the ice covered river in a middle of a snowstorm. >>> we're going to dave now with a check of the weather. this would have been -- we're totally for the polar plunge. it would have been great to do it today. a swim in moderate waters. >> i could have done it this year. >> we're going to see a change in temperatures but it's still going to wind up above the norm. we'll talk about that in a little while. in the meantime, this is what it looks like

that warning from new york city comptroller scott stringer who says the 400,000 people that live in public housing in new york might be at risk. eyewitness news reporter mallory hoff has the story. >> reporter: the housing authority has failed to learn lessons from superstorm sandy and is unprepared for the next major emergency. that's what controller scott stringer says an audit of nycha discovered. >> the storm was terrible. but nycha's response was worse. fast forward to today, i am nycha is prepared for the next big storm. and the answer, sadly, track tragically and unbeliever -- tragically and unbelievably, no. >> reporter: no emergency contact information for 80% of tenants that use wheelchairs. no emergency plan in place and no one designated to be in charge in an emergency. >> it's scary. >> nycha's response to this audit is truly pathetic. >> reporter: if a disaster happens tomorrow are you pee paired to deal with it? >> yes. we have people in place. we have partnerships in and plans in place. >> reporter: nycha says stringer is cherry picking data and paints an out did it picture

the northern edge is going to come right at new york city. it could stay at the south or get into new york city. it's going to be close. we'll have some rain in new york city, best chance, queens and staten island versus the bronx. if you'll watch this futurecast, milder in the afternoon hours, and notice how the rain, it gets close to staten island, and then this futurecast is depicting it to the south. i think it may be a little farther north than that. the steadier rains are monmouth and ocean county, south shore of long island as well. minimal rainfall, maybe a little bit of light showers in the northern suburbs. much of the day not as damp as earlier thought. itst definitely cooler. the rain is probably likely to come in tomorrow night rather than during the day. there might be a passing shower from time to time tomorrow. now sunday, yes, we're talking about big time warmth but it will start gloomy with rainfall in the wee hours of the morning. then it clears out. we might have limited sunshine on sunday. the mid and upper 60s, the recor

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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 normal here in new york city. this warmth is common throughout the whole northeastern quarter of the country. we are a lock now to get our warmest december on record. satellite and radar showing a lot of cloud cover even occasionally a little spit of rainfall and a little bit of drizzle out there. we can expect that through the day today. not much in the way of rain until later on tonight a moves south, with that maybe steadier rain around midnight. weather. cloudy, drizzle, a wind coming in off the water breezy, 6 to 12 miles per hour. we'll talk about record warmth returning tomorrow in your accuweather forecast coming up a little later in the half- hour. rob. >>> we are following a jersey. police have discovered the luxury high-rise build

with hand-held magnetometers, also using enhanced security cameras. >> we are very, very confident york city will be the safest place in the world to be. >> reporter: the nypd says then monitoring information with the fbi and says there are no threats against any new year's eve event in the city. >> we are not aware of any threat at this time that we deem credible. >> reporter: but with recent terror attacks in paris and san bernardino, california, security is still top priority to many who will be celebrating in times square. and they are trusting in the nypd to keep them safe. >> it's always in the back of your mind. >> no problems. looking forward to it. >> reporter: in addition, the nypd says they will be out in full force at concerts at madison square garden, barclays center, the big apple circumstance occur, the met opera in addition to other religious ceremonies around the city. times square, tracee carrasco, cbs 2 news. >>> there's high alert in belgium after police arrest two men accused of plotting another terror attack! police and soldiers are ensure safety. authorities say they s

urban population in america and the civil rights campaigns to washington and further south. >> new york city was a big site of the national civil rights movement in part because it's the center of money and influence and also culture. >> reporter: fundraising flyers show african-americans had diverse support. new york became the crucial financial backer to the movement. >> the new york campaign was very integrated, although african-americans were at the forefront. >> the fight in new york back then in many ways parallels our lives here today. lack of school integration, jobs, affordable housing, anger over treatment by police. sound familiar? in 1964 at the height of the campaign, 400,000 new york city school children boycotted class to demand this. it transformed our city in meaningful ways. it brought progress and paved the way for other equality movements to come. feeling feeling that life really changed. by the end of the decade, you have a lot going on in new york in terms of civil rights. also gay rights with stonewall in 1969. >> we asked what she sees in new york that was born of thi

in new york city be, nonetheless. >> well, i think it's sort of magical. the time of year, the tree lighting, as brian said, skating with friends and just to be able to be in new york city, it's electrifying. it's a magical -- it'll be a magical moment be, i think. >> what won't be magical is you guys teaching me to skate. [laughter] they say that they can. i don't know if it's true. let's just give it a quick try, and then i'll let you guys actually do your thing. >> okay. >> you saw what i can do, which isn't much. >> yeah, we're not going to -- [inaudible] >> well, thank you. all right, where do i go? look, i go in a circle. >> i think you should learn the famous spiral. >> let's do it. >> you hold your knee, and -- >> i mean, really, brian, you're kind of stretching. [laughter] all right. >> if we balance you just so, we >> it's the mic that's weighing me down. >> here, let me help you. >> you take the mic. okay. >> hold the knee, just below it. >> okay. >> she's getting up some speed, her style's looking good. she's flowing across the ice, she's picki

and new york city is inventing segregation in the 1940's. saw what was the point for him to walk the streets of new york? so now i will read a couple of paragraphs. in which i try to make that same point. he had a unique position in new york for that opportunity to come to a new understanding and offers of way to reconsider the subjects of those that were quintessentially white those that were segregated this is the case of the stock exchange in the great fire but also the revolution of the 1830's. far too often the story in st. them with what segregation as if they believed in their own separate world and in effect they become segregated for a second time telling of their history. erasing his life from their story. hamilton traveled all over with distinction and any one time would be disdainful but in the end it is hamilton the stands with his life cinematic its vividness. the trial that was the talk of the town more than the occasional angry confrontation. with all this he never took one backward step. if you crossed him he returned the fav

city. took out a full-page ad in "the new york times," paid -- praising the city's immigrants. 3,000,001 hundred 60,400 71 -- that the number of new yorkers who came to our city regardless to their place of origin or lidless -- religious affiliation. the president of the partnership for new york city, the group that placed that ad, is with me now. kathy wild, thanks for coming in. it is short. i read the whole thing. nowhere in the ad does the word donald or the word trump appear. yet, between you, me, and the lamppost, this ad is basically directly at donald trump. kathy: it is certainly aimed at isrifying that the new york this community and its leadership is solidly in support of immigration and against discrimination on the basis of religion or ethnic origin. john: is there any other republican candidate who would have provoked such an ad through what they has said on the campaign trail, or this comes right after the ban of the -- the ban proposal, so it seems aimed at donald trump. in new york city, we have in thatmuslim residents 3 million-plus population of immigrants. i

these are the things we are encouraging in new york city and essentially absurd.ple of other names that rang a bell don joe. the unidentified homeless that have died in the streets as best year in the name that really stuck out to me the most i had to do a double take and almost left the room i was so shocked was cairo shot. he's a 25-year-old men who attacked several asian women throughout this past summer. and then he ended up committing suicide. this guy has quite the string. let me type in his past. he'd been arrested 10 times between 2006 and 2015 from criminal trespassing burglary domestic abuse and this guy is being memorialized after attacking women throughout new york city at this homeless memorial just because he was homeless. that offended me. i wanted to throughout the candle i had already lit but there were touching moments when people came up and talked about their lost people they have known and things like that so it was a nice sentiment however i felt uncomfortable they were memorializing people like tyrell shaw. >> are you bringing about about a

being able to see 70-degree weather in new york city on christmas eve, it's something cool to experience. >> here in oregon, record-shattering rain. >> reporter: this month's wacky warm weather has broken more than a thousand records from coast to coast. this december has been exceptional for a lot of areas of the country. you look into the northwest where the rain and snow has been nonstop. the northeast, upper midwest, mid-atlantic, winter completely on pause and temperatures that are so far above average, they'll be smashing records before we're done. >> eric, what's in score? >> reporter: eric fisher is chief meteorologist for cbs station wbz tv in boston. >> to me this is the most staggering thing. in the boston area, we'll see the coldest winter month ever recorded and the warmest winter month ever recorded in the same year in 144 years of records. >> reporter: take a look. essentially the nation's weather map is divided in half. in many eastern cities, temperatures are as high as 30 degrees above normal. out west, it's colder and wetter two weeks ago, dangerous floods in oregon sw

expanding to new york city. sign up online at usps.com, new website for online shoppers who like amazon's prices. it's called get price local.com. so here's how it works. you find something you want to buy on amazon. then you use the get price local tab to find a store in your area willing to match the amazon plies price. the website rolled out last month. >>> the fta is making city sidewalks safer. it will be high heel friendly, thank you. the mta says the grates are made with slip resistant material and the openings are only half an inch wide. they're between park and madison. similar grates are being used in the second avenue subway project. i've learned to walk on my tippy subway grates. have to walk on the grates and

so, you know, we're looking to be an example, where new york city can really lead the way as we're also looking for new york state to lead the way. i think governor cuomo gave a tremendous speech, as well. >> yeah. >> and, so, yes, other cites are idnyc is a perfect example of that. >> sure. >> and so we're really excited we were able to host this conference this year. next year, we'll be in tennessee. new york will be well-represented, and we hope -- >> at the same time, manuel, did you hear of any ideas that are happening in other places where you saw that and said, "that's not happening here. let's cherry-pick that idea. let's poach it and put it in place here." can you think of one that comes to mind? >> oh, yeah. dream act. new york state dream act has to happen. other states -- i was just spending time with states that do have the dream act... >> okay. such as? >> ...who do invest -- like new mexico, who do invest in young people's education, right? a lot of the beneficiaries of daca would benefit from new york state dream act. >> mm-hmm. >> so, we have to get it done in the state

as new york city transit buses. if you're getting on the ferries, no ferry service with the exception of the staten island ferry still running, always running but there will be 30 minute departures today. alternative side of the street parking rules and meter rules are suspended. >>> another story on the roads least one child was among three people hurt when a car jumped a curb on long island. an accident happening just before 10:00 last night in hicksville at the intersection of old country road and new bridge road. they haven't released many details, but video from the scene shows shoes lying in the street and a car with front end damage and a damaged windshield. no word on the three people who were hit. >>> thieves can't steal the holiday spirit in one new jersey community. >> everything was like a shambles, they went through the dresser, desk, knocked every over. >> the johann sense were the latest victims in a spring of break-ins that had been reported in saddle brook. thief broke in through a back door, stole,

new york city health commissioner dr. mary bassett says it will help new yorkers fight the riskings of high blood pressure and heart problems. >> when you see this warning label, you know that that item has morean the total amount of sodium that you should consume in a sin day in that e item. >> rurantchns with 15 or more locations nationwide will be required to post the icons. applebee's was the first restaurant to make the change, the ceo of apple metro says the adjustment shouldn't affect sales in the area. >> it's a matter of educating people, and it's not a matter of telling them this is what it is, so if we can be transparent and we can make our guests feel that they're doing something that they wouldn't be doing otherwise, why not? >> but the warning label isn't coming without some pushback. the national restaurant association saying it's the latest assault which goes too restaurant community. restaurant groups and salt producers are promising to take legal action, but customers seem to be embracing it. >> it's to

joseph lemm served new york city as a detective. and he died serving his country in afghanistan as a soldier. strahan is there and he had been to afghanistan twice, he had also served in iraq, he had gone above and beyond for his city and for his country. >> reporter: absolutely. that's the reason all of his friends and colleagues call him super man and that's certainly not an accident. in the meantime, we've seen heartbreaking photos of joseph lemm's 4-year-old son just sobbing alongside of his father's casket. thousands of others heartbroken by his loss expected to crowd 5th avenue in just a few hours for that funeral mass that will pay tribute to his service. as you mentioned, serving three tours of duty. and he was also a 15 year vet of the nypd. he was a detective in the bronx and he received several commendations. he was remembered in awake last might. the sacrifice that this man made. >> reporter: joseph lemm is survived by his wife and two children. cardinal timothy dolan will be the celebrant at that mass today at 10:00. al

new york city, lower 40s here. i believe we will drop into the upper 30s. mid-upper 30s over night. 45 degrees right now. high temperature today was 51 degrees. as far as headlines, no snow in the seven-day forecast. no rain in the seven-day forecast. little tuesday going into wednesday. as far as the weekend, no snow, no rain. we ever a desset pushing 10 inches -- deficit pushing 10 inches. anywhere south of morris county, clear skies. the trend is for this air mass to push in for your day tomorrow. a sunny one. temperatures. wake up to a clear morning. 36 degrees in the city. that sun is shining throughout the day. high temperature of 52 degrees. day on sunday, football game, we will hear about this, a football game, 1:00 p.m., temperature will be 57 degrees at met life stadium. here it is december. that is an october forecast. and sunday night at sunset will begin hanukkah. 53 on monday. 47 on tuesday. if you are going to see rain it will be tuesday. >> looking good. h enjoy the weekend -- >> enjoy the weekend. >> thank you. >>> who is playing? >> match-