Transcripts For WCBS CBS 2 News At 5 20151104

[ yelling questions ] reporter a College Professor says mayors have a public obligation to answer reporter questions. Its beyond to imagine what they are waiting for realize that they cant hide in city hall. They have to be open and accessible to the people. And quite frankly, the peoples representatives in the press. Reporter how many times taking off topic questions . How many times . Simultaneous speakers ] reporter is he taking general questions this week . He is going to puerto rico healthcare rally. He will be having an avail in puerto rico tomorrow. Reporter well, mayoral aides think his press tactic allowing is allowing him to control his message. Ionia College Professor says what may be happening is his message isnt getting out which may be why his Approval Rating in a recent poll was just 38 . So theres more at 6 00. Okay. Thank you. By the way, to see the entire exchange with the mayors press secretary as she tried to get some answers, go to our website, cbsnewyork. Com. Now to breaking news. A faculty protest of the City University of new york and there are arrests. Joe biermann is live in chopper 2 with more. Joe. Reporter thats right. This is 42nd street between second and third more towards third avenue. Its the cuny entrance there. A couple of hundred faculty staff and students all doing a protest and civil disobedience. A few minutes ago they had a large sitin here at the entrance. So far we have counted at least 24 folks arrested. What happens is the police will go in and handcuff them and then bring them down to some wagons down the street to process the arrests. Faculty and staff and students over a contract dispute. Apparently five years without a contract here at cuny. And again, they have said large protests and they plan some civil dis disobeidians like this. Thank you. A city bus driver accused in a hitandrun crash that left an elderly woman dead in brooklyn went before a judge today. 48yearold paul roper just appeared in court. Cbs 2s meg baker was there. Reporter this walker belonging to 70yearold carol bell left lying in the street tuesday after she was struck and killed by an mta bus in brooklyn. Today, the driver of that bus 48yearold paul roper arraigned charged with leaving the scene of an accident, failure to yield to a pedestrian, and failure to exercise due care. Ropers lawyer spoke outside the courthouse. A video like this people rush to judgment. Reporter police have video showing the b15 bus which was street to go east on fulton as bell was in the crosswalk. Investigators say the bus stopped for a few seconds, then drove on, dragging bells body further down the street. Roper never got out of the bus. Its so sad the way she had to die this way. But they got it on camera. Reporter he worked 15 years in transit. His family clearly emotional. His parents were also bus drivers. He is not a bad person. [ crying ] i dont think he should be penalized or created as a monster because he is not that type of person at all. Reporter bell died only a block from where she lived at the Magnolia House womens shelter and was on the way to detox for heroin addiction. Reporter as for the bus driver, the family says. Sweet person, loving, caring. And hard worker. Enjoyed his work. Lawyer says he regrets this tragic loss of life. A 20,000 cash bail has been set. Ropers license has been suspended and he will be back in court november 9. At brooklyn criminal court, meg baker, cbs 2 news. Ropers lawyer cited pending litigation regarding a blind spot in that model of bus. Now to a developing story. Planes are taking off but cant land at san diego airport because a man is randomly firing a weapon from a nearby apartment complex located under the airports approach path. Officers swarmed the building and exchanged gunfire after responding to a Domestic Violence call this morning. No one has been hurt. And it is unknown if the shooter is alone. Back around here, was it a hate crime or random attack . Thats what police are trying to figure out about a slashing attack on an offduty ems volunteer. Cbs 2s dave carlin live in Crown Heights. Dave. Reporter maurice, that attack and then an unrelated one hours later. Police say they are investigating them as hate crimes, sparking fear and action. There are two rewards, 5,000 each. Reporter Crown Heights neighbors activists and politicians want justice for david katz, a volunteer for Hatzolah Emergency Medical Services who police say was viciously attacked without a word or provocation. It happened on Eastern Parkway near rogers avenue around 8 30 tuesday night. Uniform. Police say a man wearing a mask came up from behind and slashed his shoulder. [ beep beep ] reporter this cell phone video shows him being helped by some of his colleagues. Friends say katz always carries his radio and used it to call dispatch. Heres audio of his plea for help. [ inaudible ] reporter extra police patrols, flyers asking for the public help and thousands of reward money to catch a man neighbors fear will lash out suddenly violently and were very concerned in the neighborhood because people are walking there. Reporter katz told police his attacker wore black sweatpants, hoodie and white hockey mask. A person does not adorn a mask and attack a Security Patrol unless they are up to premeditated hate and thats the type of hate we dont want in Crown Heights. We dont want in brooklyn. And we dont want in the city. We have zero tolerance for unfortunately, theres too much of it out there. Reporter another possible antisemitic attack came hours later around 5 a. M. The previous case happening outside 645 efforts will avenue. Police charged 36yearold Christian Rojas with assault, aggravated assault as a hate harassment for religion. The money for the reward is from the a dl and another organization. New at 5 00 robbers in halloween masks hold up a pharmacy in flushing. Security video shows the group of three yesterday entering the pharmacy on myrtle avenue. Two of the robbers point guns at store workers demanding a large amount of prescription medication. Then they robbed both employees who were on duty and tied them up. The bandits were also caught on video outside the store. An unruly passenger forced an American Airlines pilot to land in kansas last night. The flight was bound for new york from phoenix when a passenger became disruptive. Wichita Airport Police took that unidentified passenger into custody and that flight eventually did land in new york just before midnight. New information on the russian passenger jet that crashed in egypt. Isis may have been involved in planting a bomb on board. Russian and egyptian investigators are trying to determine exactly what caused the crash that killed 224 people. Investigators were able to retrieve information from the flights data reporter. Investigators now say the death of a decorated Police Officer in illinois two months ago was not murder. We have determined this staged suicide was the end result of extensive criminal acts that gliniewicz had been committing. After reviewing thousands of text messages, phone calls and emails, investigators have determined lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz spent 7 years embezzling cash from the department. Thousands of dollars were used by gliniewicz for personal purchases, travel expenses, mortgage payments, personal gym memberships, adult websites. The u. S. Army veteran was radioed that he was chasing three suspects on foot. A short time later, he was found dead triggering a massive manhunt. The gliniewicz family has dismissed any suggestion of suicide and said the father of four sons was looking forward to his retirement. Quentin tarantino is not backing down he is making his first comments since his controversial comments at a rally in new york against Police Brutality. Cbs 2s dana tyler reports. Im a human being with a conscience reporter oscar winning writerdirector and now activist Quintin Tarantino is stanting his ground. When i see murder, i cannot stand by and i have to call the murdered the murdered and the murderers the murderers. He is completely owning what he did that day and what he said. Reporter tarn teen tow talked to a reporter from the tarantino talked to a reporter from the times. He said he is quote not going to back away from the said as the at new york city rally last month about unarmed citizens who were killed by police. Tarantino told the l. A. Times, quote, all cops are not murderers. I never said that. I never even implied that. Instead of examining the problem of Police Brutality in this country, better they single me out. He felt that he was bearing witness to their stories and he said it changed him just being there. Reporter but his comments unleashed a barrage of criticism from multiple Police Groups. The National Association of Police Organizations called on officers to stop, quote, providing security, Traffic Control or Technical Advice for any of tarantinos projects. Get in, boy reporter today nassau countys police union said its joining other Police Groups in their calls for a boycott of tarantinos upcoming film, the hateful 8. Wanted dead or alive for murder. Reporter tarantino told the l. A. And threat of a movie boycott is, quote, to shut me down, discredit me, intimidate me and shut my mouth. Tarantinos speech in new york came at a rally just days after the murder of nypd officer randolph holder in east harlem. Tarantino says the timing of his comments was unfortunate. The Weinstein Company the distributors of his upcoming film says that it supports tarantinos right to say what he wants. Maurice, kristine . Thank you. Still ahead here at 5 00, stealing doorstep deliveries. Thieves target new jersey homes. How neighbors fought back and chased them down. I hope nobody ever has to go through that nightmare. Fined thousands of dollars for her opinion. What you may not know about Online Reviews that could cost you dearly. [ music ] she is branching out. Why Gloria Estefan says her dream come true. And its another dreamy day out there today. Temperatures in the 70s. Will it continue tomorrow . Things always change in the northeast. Ill talk about that after the break. I was running 6 months after a hip repair. Hiking 2 weeks after spine care. And setting records 9 months after shoulder treatment. One special hospital, over 1,000 special stories. See them all at hss. Edu backinthegame were here in the streets of new york, spreading the news about the real possibilities because if you dont think real possibilities in new york city when you think aarp, then you dont know aarp. 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On capitol hill wednesday, lawmakers held a hearing over a bill to make gag clauses illegal. Its happening every day across the country. Reporter other expects mentioned in the hearing a diet pill manufacturer accused of threatening to sue customers critical of their products. And a New York Hotel told guests a negative review would cost them 500. We arent the only victims of this type of conduct. Reporter palmer testified she did not remove the post or pay the 3,500 fine. Clear gear reported it as a delinquent debt ruining her familys credit for years i hope nobody ever has to go through that nightmare that nobody has to feel scared, humiliated and bullied by a business. Reporter palmer sued clear gear and won. But she still is fighting to protect consumers who want to express themselves online. Weijia jang, cbs 2 news washington. California has its own laws prohibiting gag clauses. Both the senate and house are considering bipartisan bills to make them illegal nationwide. They are expected to pass. A key witness for the prosecution takes the stand in the corruption trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Cbs 2s dick brennan reports. Reporter former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said nothing as arrived at federal court in Lower Manhattan for his corruption trial but the star witness talked on the stand. Dr. Robert taub said he referred cases to silvers law firm in order to get research funding. Taub testified that when he was initially approached by investigators, he lied and denied the referrals saying, i was terrified and i panicked and i wanted to divorce myself from any pending investigation. But taub later admitted he referred over 25 complaints to silver, hoping the powerful Assembly Leader would fund his research center. Taub testified, i hoped to so hole that i dont mean were research and help my patients Mesothelioma Research and help my patients. Silver is charged with earning 5 million by selling his office for bribes and kickbacks. He was referred to Weitz Luxenberg but the head of the firm testified silver never told them the referrals came from a doctor who got state grants. There wasnt any discussion about that. Silvers lawyers argued that he was making a legitimate income out side his Assembly Salary and they are trying to make it a crime and it isnt. This trial could take six weeks. Sheldon silver says he will be vindicated. Dick brennan, cbs 2 news. Dr. Taub also testified Sheldon Silver helped his children get jobs. The Rockefeller Christmas tree is on the way to manhattan. The tree was cut down from a yard in gardner in upstate new york. The family donated it. The tree is about 80 years old. The family said they were worried it might tip over and threaten a house. It weighs 10 tons. It will go up at rock center on friday. The Lighting Ceremony is on december 2. Its that time of year again. I know it. The house is going to look so empty now for those homeowners because they are so used to having that massive tree. Set up a football field or something, thanksgiving. Yeah. Wide open. How about is it like summer . [ laughter ] totally feels like it. 70plus today again. Lonnie is here. Maybe thereabouts, rights . It feels like the end of september beginning of october. Thats not what the calendar says as we get into november. That sky is beautiful. The temperature comes in at 63. Obviously a lot of sunshine out there although the sun did dip down behind the horizon at 4 30 this afternoon. Almanac shows us for new york city the High Temperature was 70 degrees. Now, yesterday you were 72 degrees but its a funny situation going on in our atmosphere right now because we were 70 in new york city. Thats still a dozen degrees where we should be. But look at this. Look where we found the warmest readings for today. Ridgewood, new jersey, 74. Sparta, new jersey, 73. Thats with elevation for sparta. Newburgh also an elevated spot of 72. The further you got away from the ocean, the warmer your temperatures were because we had a wind coming in today off the water. That ocean temperature is running now i dont know if anybody is going swimming but its running around 60 degrees or so. So if you are close to shoreline youre going to be 60 plus and then you get those warmer readings inland. The Bigger Picture is going to show you decent looking sky out there for the nighttime hours. Clouds tomorrow. So for tonight youre looking at 56 degrees some clouds some fog starts to develop and for tomorrow the High Temperature 69 so youre close to 70. There could be a stray shower which well talk about later. Back to you thank you. Strangest sight today along the garden state parkway. Goats couple of them roaming through the grass where did they come from . a waterfront plan for long island takes a turn. The new look that has some people fighting now to shut it down. First, though, dana tyler is here now with a look at what were working on for cbs 2 news at 6 00. Reporter hi from the newsroom. This is edit room 7 and our editor Tiffany Duncan working on a story with cbs 2 reporter diane macedo. And tonight at 6 00 its about a bronx man thrown from his wheelchair and robbed. Diane . Thats right. We spoke to the vick home who says this is the second we spoke to the victim who says this is the second time. The same man robbed him. There was video. They hope it will help catch him. Reporter youre going to talk about how concerned residents are . We spoke to residents. A lot of them recognize this guy. They say he robbed other people in the building before. Thank you, diane, tiffany. At 6 00. Now to the story of goats on the lam in new jersey. Drives keep seeing them on the garden state parkway and now rescue efforts are under way. Cbs 2s elise finch has the story from monmouth county. Reporter for the past now weeks drivers on the parkway have sporadically spotted goats on the side of the road prompting numerous tweets and sparking curious excitement. Thats just really weird i wonder how they got here. I have no idea. It was kind of funny because it was people, um, werent sure if they were dogs, deer. Reporter veronica is with the associated humane societies of new jersey. She said she has a place for the goats once they are caught alongside this pig, chickens and farm animals but animal control officers say looking the hollow horned mammals is a delicate job. You talk very gently. We get down with them and were just we go very slow. You know you dont want to run and jump to an animal especially if they dont know you. You want to make them trust you you. Reporter they want to steer them away from the parkway. You dont want to trap them near the highway. They could run in the road and cause an accident. Reporter now employees are ramping up the efforts by putting out bales of hay and goat feed. We are setting up a food station so to speak that they can go and feel comfortable eating and drinking. We have them contained in a safe area. But now we just have to contain them a little better to be able to get them. Reporter when the goats are safely caught, they will likely join the other farm animals that call this Humane Society home. In tinton falls, new jersey, elise finch, cbs 2 news. Never know. Never know. Hopefully they will have success. Exactly. Coming up next here at 5 00, not in our enabled. How alert neighbors not in our neighborhood. How alert neighbors stopped a gang of thieves and they were put behind bars. Mistaken for a terrorist why a man wrongly accused of being the Boston Marathon bomber said it turned out to be a good life lesson. And hitchhiking to a whole passenger found on a bus. 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Comfort keepers inhome professional caregivers can provide meal planning and preparation, health and Wellness Services and personal Care Services through custom care plans that can change as needs change, so your aging loved ones can stay happy and healthy in their own home. Police in maywood new jersey say they caught thieves going door to door stealing packages. Good evening, im maurice dubois. Welcome back to the broadcast. Im kristine johnson. Now investigators are thanking neighbors for the arrests. Cbs 2s Hazel Sanchez has more on residents efforts to capture the suspects and to catch them on camera. Reporter some locals may say in the most endearing way, maywood, new jersey, is a sleepy town. But their eyes are wide open when it comes to their thats maywood. We always make sure everybody takes care of each other and we look out for each other. Reporter that is exactly what gina and her stepfather were doing tuesday when they saw a group of suspicious men in a black suv driving by their homes on toma avenue. When i saw them stop up at the corner and two guys got out at the same time and ran up to the porches at the same time, i started screaming at them. Reporter police say they were stealing packages off front importantches in the area. Kylie called nine one one, and they followed the these to get their license plates after calling 911. I was talking to Police Headquarters on the cell phone and i saw them here and there turning here to turning there. Reporter with his help Police Caught up with the suspects from paterson and fair lawn trailing them through town as they tossed stolen packages of clothes, medication and electronics out the window. The pursuit finally ended on maywood avenue on the tracks. A resident shot this video of the arrest in his backyard. I would like to thank the residents for being involved and contacting us when they saw something thats going on. These three individuals. Reporter police say the suspects only got away with cookie dough. One woman who asked not to be identified says they took a package of clothes off her porch but then threw it back. Its nice that the neighbors look out for you. Reporter maywood wont let you get away with it. Hazel sanchez, cbs2 news. Police say they have identified and spoken to a fourth suspect. He is expected to surrender. Campaign 2016 now. More of the republican president ial candidates are agreeing not to agree. Jeb bush and ted cruz both say they wont sign a letter that spells out demands for future debates. The letter stemmed from the cnbc debate where candidates data were under attack from the moderators. Donald trump, Carly Fiorina and Chris Christie have also rejected the idea. Ben carson supports it. The man who was mistakenly identified as the Boston Marathon bomber says he has turned his nightmare into something really positive. [ nonenglish language ] a moroccan immigrant appeared on the front page of the New York Post following the deadly bombing. For a day or so until the fbi went public with the tsarnaev brothers, he was villified as a terrorist killer. Now as part of a college assignment, he is sharing his story with classmates. The hardest [ indiscernible ] great lesson. It was something that motivated me to do better in life. Well, one thing he cannot talk about is his settlement the post. He says the next time he makes the cover he hopes its as an entrepreneur. Scenic location. That billiondollar plan has changed on long island. Carolyn gusoff has more on the controversy in glen cove. New at 5 30. Reporter the shores of glen cove for decades an untapped jewel marred with industrial pollution a superfund site. But 20 years of cleanup and planning promised a destination. It was supposed to be marina waterfront, restaurants, shops, retail. Reporter now residents claim they have been blindsided by 11th hour changes. We never expected a huge monstrosity. Its just too big. I think its going to be a worstcase scenario. Reporter new plans for the point now include two residential towers, 12 stories each, with 1100 units. Its an urbane scaled giant the residents fear will tap out roads and services and mar waterfront views for miles. Its out of character for what exists here. Theres nothing like it on long island anywhere. Reporter comparisons compare it plaza in uniondale home to the project developer who says, building up rather than out offers more public green space. Use the playgrounds, use the parks, walk along the new boardwalk, there will be an amphitheater in a scenario that we believe will be a Cultural Center and destination. Reporter glen coves mayor cites years your studies and hearings a vast improvement he says over decades of crumbling industry. This project i believe is going to transform glen cove. It will bring us baby boomers, Young Professionals and well get people in the city with disposable income. This redevelopment is a regional issue. Reporter neighboring seacliff planning to sue. Its mayor claims glen cove broke a 15yearold agreement that the waterfront projects would be half the size. What they are looking to create is the largest building in nassau Suffolk County right on the waterfront. With shovels in the ground set for the spring, this opposition comes 20 years too late. Opponents dont think so, they are lobbying to dump the deal. In glen cove, long island, carolyn gusoff, cbs 2 news. There are even dueling renderings of the 12 story building. Developer says its drawings are not complete. This next project is the largest construction project involving transportation in the company and its happening right under our feet. How this project which few people have seen could seriously cut down commute times. Get on your feet from the pop charts to broadway, we go back stage with Gloria Estefan as her life story hits the stage. And today in history, 20 years ago today israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was rally in tel aviv. [muted singing throughout] these girls have waited 62 days for this concert tonight. So far ive counted 32 omgs, 75 lols, 13 yolos, and im super tired tweensfun age, huh . You have places to go. [girls squealing with delight] let us worry about getting you there. Bp gasoline with invigorate. What not to do if you have forgotten your metrocard. A Canadian Transit Company is investigating after a man was caught on camera riding on the back bumper of a bus. The drive managed to flag the bus driver down and got him to pull over. There was no word on what happened to this rogue rider on if he made it to his stop. A little uncomfortable. Holding on for dear life. It is the first expansion of the long island rail road in 100 years. The largest transportation project happening right now in the u. S. And when its finished commuters who dont want to go to penn station will save a bundle of time. Cbs 2s Vanessa Murdoch takes us on a tour of east side access. Reporter big things are happening under Grand Central station. With safety gear on we went underground for a tour of east side access the megaproject to bring long island rail road commuters from harold interlocking in queens to the 63rd street tunnel and into the new long island rail road concourse under Grand Central terminal. We are in the station right now. The president of mta Capital Construction led the way through the dark and dusty empty space will eventually be replaced by four platforms and eight tracks. [ inaudible ] dig out these tunnels [ inaudible ] reporter using borers to clear more than 6 miles of new tunnels in manhattan. An already complex operation is made more complicated by this. We are allowing the railroads to absolutely operate while we are building. It requires digging deep. This is the lowest level of east side access project 14 stories under Grand Central below. Reporter getting down here wasnt simple. First a construction elevator, then scary stairs. But when open to the public, it will be more straightforward. Escalators, 180 feet long, will move people from bottom to top in about 2 minutes. You will end up here, the concourse level. Doesnt look like much now with puddles in the path and steel rods sticking out but will eventually be bustling with commuters, who should it will save 30 to 40 minutes a day multiplied by five days. Reporter thats roughly four hours a week. [ inaudible ] reporter 2022. Vanessa murdoch, cbs 2 news. Thats mindboggling. What a cool place to explore. A little claustrophobic 14 stories below. So much time commuters will save. She has super strength on the court. Up next, how Serena Williams says she turned into a crime fighter in her free times. It looks like an ipod but this little device could help diabetics avoid serious complications from their disease. And dana tyler is here now with a look at what were working on for cbs 2 news at 6 00. Reporter kristine and maurice, tonight at 6 00, uproar over a proposal to charge a fee for some people getting dropped off and picked up at airports. Plus a long island mother fights to put trackers on her children at school. Looking for a reason not to rake yard leaves . We have them. Plus more on Marcia Kramer and the unusual experience she had well see you at 6 00. I have type 2 diabetes. I started with pills. And now i take a longacting insulin at night. I take mine in the morning. I was trying to eat right, stay active. 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Other common side effects include low potassium in your blood and injection site reactions. Get medical help right away if you experience trouble with breathing, serious allergic reactions like swelling of your face, tongue, or throat, sweating, extreme drowsiness, dizziness, or confusion. Now i know about novolog. Taken by millions since 2001. Vo ask your Health Care Provider about adding novolog. Type 1 diabetes a terrible disease where the body stops making insulin. It could lead to blindness, kidney failure and amputation. But now a new device an artificial pancreas is being tested. It could make life better for diabetics. Dr. Max gomez reports. Reporter its a marriage of two technologies that have been around for a while, insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors. The device senses blood sugar and then releases tiny amounts of insulin to keep blood sugar from going too high or too low almost like a real pancreas. I have been drinking a lot of water. I lost a significant amount of weight. I was tired all the time. Reporter that was when katie was just turning 6. Her blood sugar had soared to 9 times normal. So for the next 19 years, she grew up pricking her finger ten times a day to check her sugar and then figure out what to eat, when to eat and how much insulin to inject herself with. Its a hard disease to manage. There are a lot of ups and downs. Only about one in five people with type 1 diabetes achieves recommended glucose levels. Reporter but technology is advanced tremendously. Dr. Kowalski has run 19 marathons thanks to the same technology katie uses a continuous glucose monitor that measures her blood sugar every five minutes without a finger prick. And a small separate insulin pump. I still have to look at my continuous glucose monitor and see where my numbers are. And then decide what insulin to give myself. Reporter but now thanks to Research Funded by the jdrf, katie is going to be one of the first to test the marriage of her two devices into an artificial pancreas one that will both sense blood sugar and deliver just the right amount of insulin automatically. The device will be just as nearly invisible as the two she now uses. My skinny jeans, skirts, dresses, yeah, you really cant tell. Its very flat. Tested it in a controlled setting for five days. Now the Clinical Trial will be three months in the real world. I know from just those five days what a mental freedom it became and how much less stress and anxiety i had in my life because of it. Reporter now, the key to the artificial pancreas is that it has to be failsafe because too much insulin is as dangerous as too little. Early tests show that volunteers blood sugars kept blood sugars for the volunteers within a tight range. We know that means fewer long term complications of diabetes like blindness and kidney failure. So this is a real world test hopefully for about three months and the fda will approve it and it will be widely available. Thank you, dr. Max. Even if you dont smoke, this next story should serve as a warning. More people use ecigarettes as a safer alternative to smoking tobacco. But what many people dont know is that they come with some big risks of their own. A blow torch type of fire it was the most traumatic experience of might have life. Cbs 2 investigates this hidden danger. Watch etorched tonight at 11. A thief picked the wrong person to steal from. Serena williams posted on facebook that she was eating chinese food when a man took her phone from the seat right next to her. She quickly sprang into action chasing down the man and easily outrunning him. Williams wrote, just because you are a lady, dont be afraid to step up to any challenge and not be a victim. But a hero. Might run into a World Class Athlete if you are stealing stuff. My goodness. Yeah. I dont know if he knew. But he was blown away handed the phone over. [ laughter ] great ending there. Lonnie has another mild one feeling good. Great day out there today. A little change for tomorrow. Its not a drastic change. But not quite as nice as you had today. It was a beautiful day, a beautiful night, as well. Evening skies are pretty. The buildings lit up at 63 degrees as of right now. Heres what you should be planning on. There will be more clouds to finish up this workweek. Theres a very slight risk for rain temperatures stay well above normal. Could be pushing a record by the time we get to friday. Now, for your day tomorrow, 69 degrees. A mixed sky. What i mean by that is theres going to be more cloud cover than today. Today you didnt have any. A few more clouds come into the area. Tomorrow they will thicken up and possibly give you a stray shower. How much rain . This is not a big risk but it may not be a bad idea to leave with the umbrella. Theres a 25 chance to see a little bit of rain during your day tomorrow. Even going into your day on friday. Let me show you whats going on. Heres your vortex satellite and radar. And obviously the sky over our area stretching all the way out, you know, into the ohio valley just beautiful. But keep your eye on whats down south of us. Off of the outer banks, some of that rain which is also pushed a little further to the west could make its way into our area for your day tomorrow. Let me show you how the computers are picking up on it. Theres the High Pressure system. Look, High Pressure equals sinking air and thats why you dont see any cloud cover where the high is located just all clear air. This high is going to push itself sort of offshore and that rotation around the high is going to pull in some added cloud cover, okay, heres your picture for thursday like around 7 00 at night or so. And as it pulls in some of that cloud cover, it could pull in a little bit of moisture, too. Not a huge rain risk but its out there. Then we watch this front off to our west. Heres whats going to happen there. Youre going to get into your day on friday. Fright around 12 30 p. M. , um, this is like lunchtime, notice you have pockets of clearing, then some clouds and pockets of clearing and some clouds. If it works out that you get one of these big pockets of clear air setting up like arnold say 2 00 in the afternoon when you typically get your warmest temperatures from 12 to 2, if that happens, that could set the new record. That could set a record around 75 degrees even possibly. Then the front is going to make its way through and could be a little bit of rain as it does so. Here we are 8 p. M. On friday night with a slight shower chance there, as well. So you could see a little rain. Thursday late into the friday morning, and then friday late another little chance there. The colder air behind the cold front will lag and it wont get to us until sunday or so and then for your day on saturday, you also cant rule out a slight chance of some rain sticks around at that point in time but its not a big risk. For tonight more clouds Early Morning fog part of the forecast. So its not that chilly mild start to the day. Close to 70 tomorrow. You will be right there 69 degrees more clouds and theres a slight rain chance into friday, as well. Again you get a pocket of sunshine on friday at the right time i think you will, you will hit a 74degree reading, the record is 74, youre 65 on saturday. 55 on sunday. Because the cold air takes a little while to get here behind the front. Well feel it. Thank you, lonnie. Fair warning a bunch of catchy tunes are about to get stuck in your head. [ music ] Gloria Estefans lifetime sound track turns into a broadway musical. And she is sharing secrets about the show including a special bond with the leading lady. We need another fee at the airport. Off for your flight. Newest musical to hit broadway is full of familiar songs. On your feet is based on the life and music of emilio and Gloria Estefan. Cbs 2s alice gainer spoke with the cubans who say theirs is the story about living the american dream. [ music ] reporter from sold out concerts on stages around the world to the broadway stage. We felt now what this is a good moment because we have lived a life, we have done some things. Reporter some things include the sale of over 100 million records and countless emmy awards between them to name a few. On your feet is about the couples life story. It begins with how they met. When you first saw him he was wearing short shorts. Yes. Is that in the show . Oh, yes. Although the shorts in the play are a lot cuter. They are little white shorts. He has great legs. Josh has nice ones, too, but reporter josh and anna play the couple. The casting is almost too perfect. The two women actually attended the same Catholic Girls High School in miami. She didnt center to learn how to speak like me because she is from miami. We have this special accent. Reporter the show isnt all fun and dancing though. A big part of their story, the 1990 tour bus crash that less gloria with a broken back. Cbs 2 was there when she was brought to a new york city hospital. I remember them telling me in the hospital, its probably going to be impossible for you to have another baby. You might walk again. Reporter estefan did walk again and did give birth to a second child, a daughter. [ music ] im gonna be stronger its about dreams, the respect that we have for this country and the place [ indiscernible ] reporter nearly 40 years married two children and a grandchild plus they work you tell your wife yes. Reporter and if you believe. If the story line doesnt get you, as the song says the rhythm will get you. Alice gainer, cbs 2 news. What a great interview. Tremendous story. Right . Yes. The daughter the one doctors didnt think she could have helped write the only original song in the musical. And on your feet opens tomorrow night. Thats it for the news at 5 00. Well see you again at 11 00. The news at 6 00 starts right now. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. Robbed in his wheelchair, not once but twice, and this bronx man says by the same thief. Paying just to be dropped off for a flight . The new fee some flyers might soon have to pay at our airports. But first, tonight, Unanswered Questions at city hall. Mr. Mayor, will you answer a question . Cbs 2s Marcia Kramer gets the Cold Shoulder from mayor de blasio but she does not take no for an answer. Good evening, im dana tyler. Its a familiar phrase to reporters at City Hall Press conferences. On topic questions only. And mayor de blasio, who promised to be the most transparent mayor ever in the city, seems to say that a lot. Were going to be taking questions on the topics we discuss today. Any other questions on these topics . Happy to discuss that with you tomorrow. I think i was pretty clear we are talking about the topics here. Those responses all at the same press conference on monday. Today, Marcia Kramer tried to ask the mayor about several stories making news specifically today and she was told again to stay on topic. But the outcome unusual. Marcia. Reporter dana, its a hot topic at city hall. Is he transparent or opaque . Open or closed . Answering questions from the media on topics of concern or just topics that are pre