Im very grateful, but something is very serious here. A mothers fury over her sons stabbing as police say the suspect accused of attacking two joggers makes a stunning admission about a hate good evening. Im kristine johnson. On maurice dubois. That emotional confrontation between a mother and Police Officers in broken. The man accused is under arrest but the woman says she answers. Cbs2s Brian Conybeare live at for us. Reporter that womans son boulevard. A hasidic man walking home minding his own business is suddenly attacked, stabbed in now police say the same suspect slashed two joggers in Prospect Park last night. It was a hate crime. He is a [null]. Thats why reporter the only reason her son Yehuda Brickman was stabbed in the back last month was his religion. She also had tough questions for police during a packed Community Meeting at the Jewish Childrens Museum on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights brooklyn. How am i going to be sure that its an . I need a followup. Reporter the meeting came hours after the arrest of 26 yearold kenny rosalynn, the suspect who lives in a homeless shelter is charged with assault and robbery. Prospect park at 11 30 wednesday night, one victim stabbed in the stomach got his wallet stolen. The other was cut on his hands fighting of the suspect. Both are expected to be okay. Police sources say while in custody, he also admitted to stabbing 25yearold brickman heights one month ago. He was caught on Surveillance Video should holding a knife moments after that attack. Today he was charged with attempted murder as a hate crime in that case. But still on edge the victims mother wants dna to prove this is really the guy who attacked her son. I need to make sure that the person they got that stabbed levy is truly the one that stabbed the other two people. Bottom line is we firmly believe we have the right guy. Reporter police say they do have another knife and they are testing dna on it from that attack to make a confirmation. They are also now looking into whether this same suspect may have attacked another hasidic man in another random stabbing in november on Eastern Parkway. Live in Crown Heights, brooklyn, Brian Conybeare, cbs2 news. Thank you. A man who slashed a woman in the neck and yet another random attack in the city. Security video shows the suspect running away, the 53 yearold was talking on the phone when she was slashed on the neck and in Prospect Park. The victims husband who does not want to be identified says the attack came out of nowhere. Thinking she went to see a friend. She was attacked from behind with somebody by somebody with a mask on, she was cut on the neck. Slashed. One end to the other. The victim is recovering at the hospital tonight. The suspect was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and dark pants. A massive response to a reported Building Collapse in brooklyn that turned out to be a false alarm. Dozens of fdny trucks and emergency crews responded to the scene in bedstuy just after 8 00 p. M. Police say a man reported he was trapped in the collapse along with other workers at a construction site. Prompting a search and rescue operation. Authorities later determined that no collapse occurred. Demolished. There is no word on any charges. Major changes in the forecast right now. Second day of our record warmth had people dining out tonight but now they are going to need an umbrella. Vanessa murdock is tracking some rain for us tonight. Vanessa . I am. It is taking its time making its way to the city but already impacting areas north and northwest, also associated with the cold front that will be sweeping through overnight so yes, rain is in the forecast, really through the very early portions of your morning commute. And then after that, temperatures will be dropping. So today today we did set a record, 79 degrees breaking the old record of 74 in 2006. It will be cooler tomorrow by about 15 degrees, highs in the 60s, as we make our way toward the weekend, details in my forecast. Campaign 2016, more substance, less scrapping in tonights republican debate. The candidates compared and they did it calmly. Jessica schneider has more. Reporter it was a different kind of donald on the debate stage in miami. Were all in this together. Were going to come up with things. And so far i cannot believe how civil its been up here. Reporter for the first 45 minutes it was primarily policy the biggest divide becoming evident when the candidates were asked about trumps recent america. The problem is president s cant say anything they want. It has consequences. Here and around the world. Say what you want and you can be politically correct if you want. Politically correct. I like to solve problems. We have a serious serious problem of hate. There is tremendous hate. Do you think islam hates us . I dont. I think there is a sect of radical islam that is really really serious and poses the greatest threat to us today. Yes it is true, there are terrorists who seek to kill us. We need a president commander inchief focused on fighting them. The stakes are high heading into tuesdays contests. Especially in florida with winner takes all 99 delegates. The most recent Washington Post poll shows donald trump with 38 , marco rubio at 31, ted cruz with 19, john kasich at 4. The democrats are also duking it out but Hillary Clinton already starting to shift to the general election. People ask me all the time, who do i want to run against . Thats not for me to decide. But given what theyve all said, i will take any one of them. She has to beat Bernie Sanders who pulled off an upset win in michigan tuesday night. Getting the feeling that what we saw in michigan, were going to see here in florida. [ cheering ] reporter the splits in endorsements are starting to roll in on the republican side. Ben carson will endorse donald trump tomorrow. First u. S. Senator to endorse ted cruz today. Just before the debate started, Republican NationalCommittee Chair right Reince Priebus pledged that whoever the nominee is, the party will support them. 100 . So providing a united front for the republicans. Jessica, thank you. Elderly donald Trump Supporters accused of assaulting a protester at one of the candidates rallies. Here is video showing the 78 yearold suspect punching the protester in the face at an event last night. Police have been escorting that demonstrator out of the rally and they wound up tackling him after the punch. Trump rallies begin with an announcement that everyone is to remain peaceful. Back around here, talks will resume tomorrow morning in an attempt to avoid a new Jersey Transit strike. Both sides met for three hours in newark today, without reaching a deal. More than 4000 rail workers authorized a strike for 12 01 sunday. Contract remain at issue. Unions have been working without a contract for nearly five years. A taxi goes on a collision course along a busy east side street hitting two people in its path. The outofcontrol cab slammed into a building on the corner of east 33rd and first avenue. Witnesses say the driver was trying to be a red light. He lost control of the car. Thankfully everyone will be okay. Freedom tonight for a brooklyn man who spent a quarter century in prison for a murder he did not commit. [ applause ] cheers erupted as 49yearold Andre Hatchett embraced his family in a Brooklyn Court seconds after a judge overturned his conviction. Hatchet was serving a life sentence for the murder of a 30 yearold woman in 1991. He says despite losing 2. 5 decades of his life, he believed the truth would finally come out and he is not angry. I feel good. I feel good. Im glad im free. Ive been innocent for 25 years. You know . I always like to tell the truth. Got set me free. Reporter the organization, the Innocence Project started investigating the case. And found that hatchet was capable of using enough force to commit the murder. Suggested reading could soon be coming to every restaurant in the city in the form of a poster about wide rates. Councilwoman ynez barron was introducing a bill citing a need to warn people about the risk of excessive sugar particularly in diabetics. If the bill passes, restaurants would face a 500 fine for failing to display the poster. Dangerous distraction on the major highway and its perfectly legal. The site that has drivers taking their eyes off the road. Lirr train doors open, but wheres the platform . A computer sounding the alarm about this photo and why hes unacceptable. Why do we do it . Why do we spend every waking moment, thinking about people . Why are we so committed to keeping you connected . Why combine performance with a conscience . Why innovate for a future without accidents . Why do any of it . Why do all of it . Because if it matters to you, its everything to us. To take advantage of this offer on the 2016 volvo xc60 crossover frightening ride for some long island rail road commuters. When the train came to a spot, came to a stop, there was no platform. Just a long drop. It happened on a packed evening rushhour train out of penn station. Billie fleming snapped these photos after nearly public 20 feet from the elevated track. He alerted other commuters and quickly pushed the emergency button. He says there was no response from the engineer or the conductor. I called 911. They said they couldnt take the call. They would refer me to the local police station. They told me i have to call the nta. I called the mta. They gave me a number i had to call and i had a bunch of prompts and eventually i got to the mta for nassau county. Hit that button and got a recorded message and was told to leave a message. No word yet from the railroad on why this happened. Dangerous drive on the west billboards has drivers slowing down and taking their eyes off the road. Signs on 125th street are for the Ridesharing Company lyft. They have a lot of words and small font. Spokesperson says the ads were put up in areas known for heavy congestion with the message, use lyft and traffic will go down. Drivers say its a big and dangerous distraction. Its terrible. Like, its too small. You cant read that much when youre driving. I saw the sign, it distracted me, took my eyes away from the road. It should be removed. The owner Outfront Media says it has not received any complaints about the sign. Consumer alert about two recalls involving pieces of glass found in beer and food. Nearly 3 million boxes of journals pizzas, stouffers lasagna and lean cuisine meals are being recalled. Move comes after customers found glass fragments in their nestli, the company that makes these, suspects the glass came from the spinach that was used in the food. Corona has also issued a recall after glass particles were found in 12 ounce bottles. Includes 12 packs and 18 packs of corona extra. The beer maker says only a small number of bottles are affected. One in every 5000. There are no reports of any injuries. A new jersey man makes a fascinating discovery. Hidden for decades inside his own home. What he found out to be very valuable for someone else. Cbs2s Tracee Carrasco has the story. Reporter when jerry wilson moved into his cranford new jersey home built in 1951, he had no idea how much history was tucked behind an old at wall. We had a contractor come, he saw a trunk pushed up against the side wall. Reporter a beatup leather trunk more than seven decades old packed with love letters telegrams, servicemember metals, hospital scrubs and a picture. Tester, a world war ii nurse. This incredible time capsule of stuff we discovered. Reporter wilson set out to find the family. After an internet search he discovered she became animate gary, married to walter mcgary, parents of three dollars and eugene mcgary. We are looking for eugene mcgary. If this is the eugene with parents named walter and anna, please call me back. Reporter intrigued by the message, mcgary called wilson back. I didnt know anything like that existed. Reporter the trunk handed over. Now solving a puzzle piece to his parents love story. I knew she had served. She was a nurse during world war ii. Knew my father was in the war. He was wounded in action in a battle. So what i didnt know was how they ever got together. Reporter they met while anna was stationed at a hospital in augusta, georgia. Neither talked about their service days. Started it when she entered the army. In june 1945. Reporter pencil, army had, newspaper clippings, items that may seem mundane but they are a glimpse into a past mcgary didnt know. The idea of falling in love, meeting under those conditions and then getting married, its pretty amazing. Reporter quite possibly they may have never found out. Tracee carrasco, cbs2 news. What a treasure. Such a gift for that family. Right . Never know whats in the attic. All youve got to do is look. Lets talk weather now, vanessa is in, were getting ready for some changes now. Some changes but not drastic changes, not back to Winter Weather here, were talking back to 60 degree weather which is still well above seasonable. Lets check in with weather watch is right now, show you what they have this evening, what temperatures are doing around the region on a very now in and around scotts planes, says paul cassidy in fanwood. Skies are mainly cloudy. If we look up to the north 60 city, 61 degrees in the hudson valley, thompson cove, 78 relative humidity. Hes not reporting any showers there but there are showers right now, mainly north and northwest of the city. Live outside from high atop the empire state building, it is beautiful out there. 69 degrees, cloudy skies, west winds at six. The temperature trend has been incredibly impressive. Slightly below seasonable earlier in the week. Now we are certainly well above there, 31 degrees above normal today with a high of 79. Two recordsetting days in a row from here, those numbers to drop off, 64 degrees tomorrow for your hi, saturday 62. The normal high is 48. We are still going to be well above seasonable. Right now 56 degrees in islip, 51 in the hamptons thanks to over the water, cooler as well to the north in monticello, thats because the cold front is sweeping on through bringing with it rain, the cooler air, moves in behind it. Big picture is this, cold front extending all the way back down into the deep south, where it is causing serious issues for us, just talking light rain overnight, wet roadways as you make your a. M. Commute. Here we go hour by hour overnight showers, into a more steady rain after the midnight hour, at 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow, steady rain east of the city, by 8 00, its out of here, skies are clearing, your day tomorrow will be beautiful but breezy and much cooler. Waking up tomorrow morning, 56 degrees, showers are ending, the roadways will still be wet. By afternoon, lots of sunshine, 64 degrees and breezy with winds out of the west northwest at about 10 to 20. As we make our way beyond into the weekend, 62 degrees in mostly and mostly sunny saturday. Turn those clocks ahead, sunday 60, more clouds, slight chance of showers late in the day. Monday, tuesday 50s. It is unsettled, then back into the 60s, for wednesday and thursday. Still on the warm side. Very. Still winter. 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Never got going, 725 this season, 117 in the big ten. 2968 overall. Ryan fitzpatricks record setting 2015 season may be his only one in the big apple. No guarantee hes coming back to gangrene. The two sides set to be far apart who threw a record 21s 21 touchdowns. The broncos who have lost Peyton Manning and brought Brock Osweiler have been in touch with fitzpatrick. Also the jets are interested in quarterback Colin Kaepernick via a trade. They are not alone, the broncos and browns also said to be interested in kaepernick who got his San Francisco guided San Francisco to afp to a super bowl appearance but was eight games. Tonight in san jose. Jersey boys six points out of the final wildcard spot. He held down the fort so far, six saves there, scoreless tie at the first intermission. Springtraining baseball, Noah Syndergaard making his debut, but taking on the cardinals in port st. Lucie. The man they call thor put the hammer down, three scoreless innings, topped 98 on the radar gun allowing just one hit and striking out two. In the fifth, ruben tejada, filling in for Asdrubal Cabrera who left the game with a knee injury, tejada takes advantage, tworun blast, mets beat the cardinals 72. The yankees split the squad , first squad tied with the orioles. The other half was in tampa taking on the blue age, Aroldis Chapman made his spring debut, just a little inside, just a little erratic, one run, two hits, and two walks in two thirds of an inning. Triplea last year, may have saved a triple right here, watch this again, stretching out. What a play. The jays win it 114. Finally tonight, first were hearing from derek fisher since he was fired by the next which he said was not because of character issues as some have speculated. According to a report, because those claims downright offensive. He says the firing had to do with on Court Production not because of the matt barnes situation in training camp. Fisher was visiting barnes estranged wife and got into a brawl with his former teammate. He said barnes came into the house throwing punches and he didnt retaliate. Barnes was suspended for the incident. He says that has nothing to do with it. Didnt help. No. The image of the whole thing. Not at all. Im sure phil jackson didnt like that. E economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. Like in buffalo, where the largest solar gigafactory in the western hemisphere will soon energize the world. And in syracuse, where imagination is in production. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow today at business. Ny. Gov smoking causes 16 different types of cancer. Ones that can kill you slower. Ones that can take away lifes most basic pleasures. There are 16 different types of cancer caused by smoking. 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